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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
35 reviews
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism
Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood
Moderate: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Murder
In the previous volume this was handled more as telling history or sharing gossip which was amusing because of the lens it was told from. For the flashback it was more of a lived experience so not much humor.
I'm still enjoying the story and since it is predominantly character based with some "baddie-of-the-week" elements the previous experiences of a nigh immortal character are integral.
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Medical content
Huā Chéng is funny and entertaining in his own way as he casually meddles once again in the affairs of the heavenly realm.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Classism
Minor: Self harm, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, War
Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent
Minor: War
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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent
Minor: War