Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

47 reviews

mary_jinxedit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Body horror

graceskate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, Torture, Racism, Grief, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Homophobia, and Infidelity

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Bullying, Animal death, Torture, War, Blood, Child abuse, Genocide, Murder, Body horror, Classism, and Death

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

lenchen25's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Death, Gore, Classism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

iellv's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Normally I wouldn’t continue reading this series, but sometimes the good far outshined the bad. Ik what I’m getting out of this series and what I won’t get so I’ll be a bit more generous with my ratings moving forward lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, and Transphobia

sb0112358's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Torture, Body horror, and Genocide

Minor: War and Kidnapping

Snakes

atsuanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

One of the first books I fell absolutely in love with and got me back into reading !! It’s so romantic, funny, the found family makes me sob but it’s also so emotional. I ADORE all the characters and love how fleshed out and lovable they are. The missions are so fun to read and it checks off so many of my favorite tropes! It’s a book I think about so often. It’s not without its fault as it’s MXTX but it’s one of MXTX’s only good works in my opinion. If you really wanna read it though please check the content warnings. In other words I love hualian so much I never stop thinking about them </3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Self harm, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death of parent, Genocide, Misogyny, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

grandr's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Death, Murder, Violence, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual assault

mxpringle's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, Classism, Gore, Grief, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Cursing, Racism, Colonisation, Body horror, Death, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Suicide, Homophobia, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cannibalism and Alcohol

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The beginning was a little on the slow side but it picked up and quickly became engaging and I didn't want to put it down.

I think the main deterrent I have might be with the style of translation.  I am used to translated works using footnotes for quick reference so having one chunk at the end describing all the nuance that is otherwise lost in translation interrupts the flow.  I chose to discern by context and then read through the glossary and such after so I think it will improve the experience for reading the next book in the series.  I admit that this is a personal preference.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Violence, Death, Murder, Body horror, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Medical content, War, Gore, and Torture