Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu, Vol. 6 by 墨香铜臭, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

45 reviews

gokurakuji's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

4.75

{ in case anyone sees this, my actual review of this book is on the full, webnovel version }

for my own reference:

- after an avalanche, xie lian and hua cheng come across a cave of ten thousand gods
- xie lian reveals that he had always known that "nan feng" was actually feng xin and "fu yao" was actually mu qing
- mu qing and feng xin attempt to keep xie lian away from hua cheng after discovering this entire cave is filled with xie lian statues and that hua cheng was the small child during the shangyuan procession back in xianle
- CONFESSION SCENE!!! "'your highness... you really will... be the death of me.'"
- white no-face reappears and traps xie lian in the kiln, wanting xie lian to become a new calamity
- ALL OF ARC/BOOK 4: WHITE-CLOTHED CALAMITY!!!!!!!!!!!!
- mu qing leaves
- feng xin and xie lian begin to busk, but get into a turf war that leaves one man nearly crippled
- the king of xianle is revealed to be quite ill while the queen now delights in """cooking"""
- xie lian buys a bunch of ghost lanterns from a shady cultivator and puts them to rest... but one sticks around and prays never to rest
- xie lian resorts to trying to rob a man and is caught by some junior officials, but they promise to keep quiet
- when finally going to cultivate, xie lian finds a great spot that ends up also being found by ~33 heavenly officials. this all blows up when it's revealed that the news of xie lian resorting to robbing has spread throughout heaven and then mu qing - a lower court official once more - joins and is forced to get xie lian to leave
- xie lian starts seeing white no-face everywhere
- temple scene........................
- xie lian forces feng xin to leave
- xie lian's parents............. ruoye is 'born'...................
- xie lian vows to use the resentful and vengeful souls of xianle (soldiers and those who died from human face disease) to kill lang ying, king of yong'an
- xie lian gets a new assistant, wuming
- lang ying dies as he was already, willingly, infected with human face disease of his wife and child
- xie lian says in 3 days he will release the resentful xianle souls but first lays in a street with a sword through him
- at the last second, One Man gives xie lian his bamboo hat to shield him from the rain
- xie lian decides to not destroy all of yong'an but when he starts to take in all the souls, wuming instead does
- white no-face reveals that wuming had been his One Last Believer
- xie lian ascends again and asks jun wu to banish him
- he begins his common life and hopes 'we shall meet again' after seeing a small red flower on the side of the road
- end of arc/book 4!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Emotional abuse

oopsimgay's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was so, so intense. It is not for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

litematcha's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

alisylvi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

buplupblup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Vomit and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol

uisgeart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Ouch ;-;

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit and War

fran_buesa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Alcohol

_calreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

katskurina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Screaming, crying, throwing up. I've never cried this much over a book. The first 1/4 deceives you with the iconic confession and too much sweetness for your own good. All your happiness will be broken down in the rest of the book. Just when you think these poor people can't get more traumatized- boom! Pain! Suffering!
 
"If their hiding place is destroyed, then there's no need for me to exist either"
"I'm willing to never rest in peace"
"Your Highness, I am forever your most devoted believer"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

ssyx's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i no joke cried the entirety of book 4 the first time i read it and i cried rereading it this time as well

this is just a heartbreaking read. with like no moments of happiness. while reading when you think things couldn’t possibly get worse it does. 

something i noticed in reread

when i first read it i didn’t realize that hua cheng was forced to watch xie lian get stabbed. i just knew he saw what happened. anyways so that’s why in book 5 he’s freaks out at xie lian in the like weaponry room because he thinks xie lian will stab himself to get out

i think the thing that makes this specific book so sad is how like realistic it is. like take away the immortality and god stuff and it’s really a story of how intense poverty can complete change you as a person and how fragile the human will is. 

anyways shout out to the hat man you’re a real one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

honestly trigger warning mental anguish