katynguyen's review

3.75
adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

waiting on the rest of the translation
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impressionismo's review

4.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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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meganmarjorie's review

5.0

10/10 would not recommend

sg03's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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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sleeplessjay's review

5.0

Oh lord, it's been almost a year since I read this monster of a book and I believe I just finally finished digesting it.
二哈和他的白猫师尊 (also shortened to Erha) does not hesitate to pull any sort of punch in any direction, that's a given. This novel spends about 300+ chapters not hesitating in pulling tear-jerkers every chance it gets in a beautiful xianxia setting. We follow Mo Ran -a recently deceased emperor of the cultivation world- throughout his adventure. Throughout his perspective, the importance of narrative perspective shines through as we learn about Chu Wanning and the rest of the cultivation world. Mo Ran relives his life again, now with a new chance to rethink everything and ultimately create a new future for himself.
This does not hesitate in exploring themes of loss, identity, redeption society, and what makes us who we are. It's a mix of grays in its morals, in the end the reader is left with their own opinion. No character is truly good or bad.
Sadly the novel has a few plot issues at times. It's includes a few Deus Ex Machina moments and stories aspects that are left under developed (ahh RIP engineering plot aspect potential).
If you are a fan of angst and well developed characters I totally recommend the novel! Though please look through the warnings first! It's very graphic and explict.
I don't think I'll ever enjoy another novel like this again ( :( please someone, someday find me a novel like this one, good characters and angsty). I'll be continuing to stare at my precious copies, reread, and wait for the drama. Good luck to any new readers!
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izabellyohana's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional 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

meatbun carved out my heart and ate it still beating. never in my life have i read something and felt the anger, hatred, love and frustration as i did reading this novel. from beginning to end i didn't know what to expect from mo ran, such a complex and interesting character!! everything that happened to him made me crumble and just want to take him away from that terrible world. and CHU WANNING MY BELOVED... same as mo ran, such a strong and complicated character. i love how he's described as such an untouchable and cold man but when you get to see his side you realize just how raw and emotional he is and how deep he feels (which is exactly my favorite type of character, thank you meatbun). so many intricate details that keep you wondering until the very end and then, boom! nicely closed with a bow on it. UGHHH!! the dark, gritty, dirty and heart-wrenching narration and events that happen here are NOT for everyone, and definitely not for those who are sensitive to heavy topics, so be warned. 


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modumachi's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

read the trigger and content warnings before reading this book!

shizunthusiast's review

5.0
dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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binniearcher's review

4.0
dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes