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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

12 reviews

zia_c's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It's with a very heavy heart that I'm giving it 3 stars but honestly there's so very little of Lan Wangji and I was actually reading for him to say something other than  "Mn" and one word. I liked the rest of the story but I'm a lovemaniac and I can't go without the lovey-dovey shit!!! 😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia

aexileigh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Violence, Homophobia, Gore, Child death, Blood, and Alcohol

wickedgrumpy's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This volume was a bit slower paced since it was mostly flashbacks for different POVs that are filling in the backstory of what happened while Wei Wuxian was gone.  I do like non-linear story telling but when the present timeline is such a brief slice in between two rather large portions of the book it felt like it was missing something.

I think this set the tone for what is to come as well and built on the foundation of the relationship with some realizations and playfulness in the shorter bits of the present timeline.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, and War

florcis512's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Body horror, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty

ara02's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Violence, Grief, Gore, Suicide, and Genocide

Minor: Child death and Abandonment

centrifugepolitics's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Gore

Minor: Incest

malaptica's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Yi City arc could be its own horror series. Masterful. Shakespearean. Tragic gay love triangle where the tragedy is all of the character’s makings. Five hundred stars.

Also Wei Wuxian is a ding dong

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Body horror

tomas_lw's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Both the main story, with Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, and the two rather long flashback sequences are very well written, engaging and thrilling. But the pacing of the book as a whole is quite odd. One story line just kind of stops in the middle of the action and then a hundred page long back story flashback plays out before the initial story continues. As I said, all the stories are *great*, but the pacing is sometimes terrible.

That being said, I absolutely love the characters. Especially Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, but the supporting cast is also great, Jin Ling, Jiang Cheng, Lan Yuan and many others are *great* foils for the main duo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, and Gore

Minor: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Alcohol

ashlikes's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, Gore, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Suicide, Torture, Ableism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Mental illness

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, Incest, Vomit, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infertility, and Homophobia

tiredtori's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Hate crime, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Classism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, and Suicide attempt