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taroroot's review against another edition
mysterious
relaxing
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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Body horror
Minor: Murder
sandwiiche's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
NOT THE FROG 💀
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gun violence
tartar94's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Vomit, Pedophilia, Death, and Gun violence
vivivi's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
We have more concrete answers about who Jinshi is! 😁 At least... We know who he is supposedly...
Asides from that info, we of course have more cases that Maomao solves. I love how she prefaces investigations with the fact that she is only helpful because the case happens to be about something in her field. So often we get books where the main protag is randomly brought in as a consultant or sticks their nose into some business that isn't at all related to their expertise, but I find that this story is quite good at making sure the cases that Maomao helps solve actually have something to do with medicine, health, or science/experiments.
Some cases are quite gruesome and one in particular, centering around the previous emperor, is quite dark. I find that more of the cases in volume 3 are related to the ongoing secrets in the palace than those in the previous two novels, which is interesting.
Maomao, too, is getting deeper and deeper into the plots. I'm looking forward to the next one.
Asides from that info, we of course have more cases that Maomao solves. I love how she prefaces investigations with the fact that she is only helpful because the case happens to be about something in her field. So often we get books where the main protag is randomly brought in as a consultant or sticks their nose into some business that isn't at all related to their expertise, but I find that this story is quite good at making sure the cases that Maomao helps solve actually have something to do with medicine, health, or science/experiments.
Some cases are quite gruesome and one in particular, centering around the previous emperor, is quite dark. I find that more of the cases in volume 3 are related to the ongoing secrets in the palace than those in the previous two novels, which is interesting.
Maomao, too, is getting deeper and deeper into the plots. I'm looking forward to the next one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Body horror
Minor: Murder
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