Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

12 reviews

rafacolog's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Gore, War, Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

rainsought's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent

illiteratenerd's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Bullying, and Child abuse

rensreading's review

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

i’m genuinely not sure what to think of this book. that one explicit scene was absolutely horrifying which threw me off a lot and the extras weren’t really to my taste either apart from the bing-ge vs bing-mei portion.

as for the actual story, it was enjoyable up to a certain point. i mean it was literally a self-insert fic come to life in a novel with the protag going through quite a lot before deciding what he’ll stand by. and that is luo binghe, ladies and gentlethems.

i loved that plot holes were filled and that sqq was such an otaku and the final chapter was sweet but the climax before it was strange enough to kind of sour everything else for me.

fuck the system though lmao

this gets 3.5 stars from me (: 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cursing, Confinement, Blood, War, Suicide, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Child abuse, Bullying, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia

There is only one sex scene and it is at the climax of the novel and is extremely graphic. It includes dubious consent, body horror, (unknowing) sexual violence, a lot of blood, and what some people (including me) may consider gore.

moonmagister's review

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was the last MXTX book I had left to read so far and it’s the first one she wrote. As such it’s a shorter and more chaotic read and probably won’t be to many peoples tastes. Lots of people say this is a lighthearted novel, and it is, if you happen to have dark sense of humour. This is romance but much more in the style of a messy queer dark romance than anything more wholesome. So if that isn’t up your street then I wouldn’t bother trying.

I personally really enjoyed this novel, despite flaws in plot and translation. I’m looking forward to continuing the official translation in the following months!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

therakesarecoming's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

wings_of_black_leather's review

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Bullying and Death of parent

phenomenarwhal's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and War

frostingsuga's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

s_s_kassab's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Death, and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Slavery, and Torture