Reviews - The Founder of Diabolism

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The Founder of Diabolism

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

4.53 AVERAGE

leroyuhuhu's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dipodomysanonimo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-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

kdjsfav's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

networklvrs's review against another edition

4.0

i’m literally never going to be okay again

saturn26's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

FINALLY DONE
Man, that first section was such a drag. It was so boring up till

lotus pier burned

and then from then onwards it was splendid. All around really solid, I just didn't enjoy the main ship's interactions set when they were young. Really wish we'd gotten to see more of

Wei Wuxian being in yiling patriarch mode

First chinese novel I actually read from start to finish (skipping non-age appropriate sections) purely for enjoyment so it's a nice milestone for me.
Really really liked the

burial mounds scenes with the Wens

, that was my favourite section of CQL and it's somehow even better here. I feel like a fake fan but I like CQL!Wangxian more 😭💀 novel!Wangxian was just so plain compared to all the plot going on in the book. Also, the sheer amount of times

Wei Wuxian directly or indirectly got Lan Wangji drunk was somewhat annoying

. Uh, I think CQL is not a faithful adaptation when going by tone.
Moving on, when the angst hit it really hit.

When I got to the Qiongqi path section, it was hard to convince myself to continue reading.

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