Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

6 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

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

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

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

samugranjo's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Body horror, and Sexual harassment

aardwyrm's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The episodic webnovel sprawl of the thing really starts to come out in this volume but it's all good enough you don't care

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Child death, Death, Incest, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Murder, and War