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drtx_bwt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Blood
Moderate: Violence and Cannibalism
Minor: Cursing
brynn_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Violence, Gore, and Murder
rhi_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Medical content
squinnittowinit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Huā Chéng is funny and entertaining in his own way as he casually meddles once again in the affairs of the heavenly realm.
Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Mental illness, Violence, Gore, Murder, Child death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Cursing
Moderate: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Hate crime, Death, and Confinement
Minor: War, Abandonment, Transphobia, Self harm, Grief, and Kidnapping
avacadosocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, and Cannibalism
Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment
rtaire's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and War
samugranjo's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Classism, Child abuse, and Slavery
Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Medical content
vigil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
it (mostly) moves past the arduous set up of volume one, while still introducing new plot threads and character information in an organic matter. this one had an actual plot within it that felt like a main story, even when it traveled in different directions. we begin to fill in the outline of xie lian, though much of hua cheng is still left a mystery. i will say it was nice to see him in his element in
the misogynistic undertones that are present in the first book are largely absent from this one thankfully, but that's only really because there's no women here.
the reason for it getting a 4.0 is the fact that for the last hundred pages of this book (and the next TWO hundred pages of volume three) we're relegated to a clumsily introduced flashback arc. my issue with mo xiang tong xiu's writing is that she will introduce concepts very early on, and when she suddenly decides its relevant to the plot, she shoves you backwards into at least around a hundred pages of flashback exposition, and then immediately tries to pick backup where she left off. this doesn't mean i don't enjoy the flashbacks themselves per se, just i don't enjoy their ham-fisted inclusion, and often unnecessary and odd length. too detailed on things that don't matter, and a paragraph of exposition on things that do.
the nature of most web novels is that when they move to trad publishing they could use professional editors. mxtx is absolutely no exception to that, and i'm really beginning to understand why this is eight books long.
as a final, seemingly everpresent disclaimer, translation and related issues abound. please stop saying xie lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, i got it the first six times.
Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Torture, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
heather077's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, and Violence
l_ander's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail