Reviews tagging 'Grief'

天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú] (Heaven Official's Blessing) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

27 reviews

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Outing, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

bluebari's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Stalking, Torture, Xenophobia, Cursing, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Trafficking, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Homophobia, and Medical content

sparrow_hawk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicide, Bullying, Child death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Violence, Death of parent, War, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Sexism

jacquelinenought's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Suicide, War, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

fishflo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is very long and the story picks up slowly but it's worth the time because it's a beautiful and moving love story  with very lovable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Genocide, and Gaslighting

sarahek716's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

Moderate: Child death

sonshine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Torture, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cannibalism, Cursing, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

phenomenarwhal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Kidnapping, Sexism, and Transphobia

thecoolshadewarrior's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Gore

dreamereternal's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

This was utterly delightful! I loved how tropey and fun it was but it also had really great considerations on faith and understanding, atonement healing and the messiness of  morality when you are immortal. I'm also sure there were things lost in translation and considering this was a fan translation at that, while excellent I do want to come back and give this a more in depth review after I read the official version. I really loved how philosophical this novel often was when considering the actions/lives of immortals and honestly how human and messy they were for all their supposed superiority and power and the depths people will go to for survival all while wrapped in fun tropey BL romance with a sexy ghost king and kind hearted god. It was really fun and I'm excited to try the rest of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's collected works!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse