adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

I‘m… a simple person. I read RLY messy shit set in a magical word with a hot villain and a deeply emotional and painful story line and I go AWOOGA. Seeing the exact length of the novel makes me realize why it took me an entire week or two to read through.

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yuheng's review

4.75
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

well. meatbun does know how to hurt you :D 
this novel shattered my heart into pieces
it just hits on another level 
erha made me feel so many different emotions while reading and for me this is very important in books

characters are very well written and their development is incredible. the only thing i don’t like is the lack of important female characters 

also !!! chu wanning !!! my beloved !!!!!! i love him so so so so much everyone always talks about mo ran’s development which is with no doubt amazing but the way wanning changes throughout the novel deserves more attention than it gets now. he’s such a comfort character for me i think everyone should read this novel at least for him 😩

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nonaru's review

4.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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
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catlin's review

5.0

Oh my god this book!
The plot was so masterfully crafted. The reveals took me by surprise so often and yet when I looked back I could see all the crumbs that the author has left as clues.
The beginning was so fast-paced and gripping. The fluff romance moments made my teeth rot with sweetness, the comedic relief moments had me rolling with laughter, and the angst was honestly leaving me in depths of despair.
The characters were so complex and multifaceted; there wasn't a single flawless person, yet I couldn't stop falling in love with so many of them.
Truly a masterpiece in its genre!
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Though, comes with a lot of warnings and I advise to take them very seriously. This is an adult work! It contains multiple explicit scenes (cw), non-con sexual encounters (tw), and heavy violence and gore including torture (tw), body mutilation (tw), war (tw) and multiple character deaths (cw/tw)

tomlindrea's review

2.5
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

camduroc's review

4.0
dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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amoscreates's review

5.0
dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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
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hibaxx's review

4.5
challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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emblue's review

5.0
dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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nini23's review

3.0

Everything would have been solved if they had just communicated! I read the English online translation