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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

56 reviews

radikaliseradgroda's review against another edition

emotional informative

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Nearly flung the book across the room a few times from sheer righteous fury and various associated emotions, but in the end we made it through.
MXTX just gets better and better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Classism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

faerie123's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism and Sexism

nefariousbee's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Classism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cannibalism, and Cursing

nightstitch96's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Minor: Gore, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Xenophobia, Death, Gore, Bullying, Torture, Murder, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol

keddy4306's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

5.0

This book has such an amazing start. Gamblers Den arc leading into

Hua Cheng and his perfect butterflies whisking away our darling of the Heavens.

After that we Jump immediately into the

Fangxin reveal

as well as spending a great deal of time abusing Qi Rong. 

Lang Qianqiu reminds me a lot of Jin Ling (mdzs). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism and Child death

booknerd_life's review against another edition

adventurous tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Violence, and Blood

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse

thewalkingnerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Body horror and Cursing

biscuitgale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Xie Lian is questioned about his red-clothed companion from the events of the last volume. Later he is sent off on a mission to investigate a distress call near Ghost City, Hua Cheng's territory. There is adventure, tenderness and some of Xie Lian's past surfacing. Many questions are still left unanswered and there are now even more questions.

I've been enjoying the build up on the relationship between the two leads, but want to mention that there are dark themes and situations in this story. There is more world building with the ghost realm revealed to us in this volume. This time Xie Lian has different companions. It was exciting to see his dynamic with new people. We also get to witness Hua Cheng being himself. I'm looking forward to more developments in their relationship.

The pacing was exciting at the beginning, started to trail off as we approached the end and immediately picked up at the last second. But then the story pivoted to a flashback arc suddenly. Some of the language and dialogue choices in this translation feel unexpected and there is noticeably more cursing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Cursing, Child abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment