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

5 reviews

faerie123's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, and Body shaming

zia_c's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

“𝙄𝙩 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩, 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣.” — Xie Lian

This line is going to 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵 me (and everyone) when the 8th volume drops. 😭😭😭 #Iykyk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, Body horror, Death, Violence, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Genocide, and Outing

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Child abuse

squinnittowinit's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Heaven Official's Blessing Vol. 1 is hilarious, witty, and thoughtful all at the same time. Xiè Lián is a wonderful main character, a kind soul who truly sees the best in people and wants to help them, but at the same time he isn't naive or sheltered. He is a calm and centered presence in the crazy situations he finds himself in.

The biggest difficulty a reader might have with this book is how many names some of the characters have, as many of them are immortal gods who have gained names over time. Keeping a paper nearby to make a character log or keeping the Heaven Official's Blessing wiki pulled up (but beware spoilers) as you read may be helpful.

Another thing to note is this is a translation from Chinese. In order to more closely capture the meanings of the original text, this version is not quite written in the 'literary English prose' style that English readers may be used to, but it is grammatically correct and overall quite understandable. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Mental illness, Self harm, and Confinement

Minor: Sexism, Grief, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Body shaming, and Misogyny

dory26's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Minor: Body shaming

aardwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

I went in having seen the show already and so there weren't many surprises in this first volume, but I got all the sweet, weird, fantastical nonsense I knew would be waiting for me, and that's all I wanted. Yes, the translation is a little clumsy in places, but it's inevitable. I also really liked the references at the back. I'm still learning the ins and outs of the genre and a lot gets, well, lost in translation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Death, Confinement, Bullying, and Cursing