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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
"From then on, he could never move his eyes away again."
MDZS was my introduction to MXTX's works (through the animation, and I had watched the live action series as well), but ironically it's the LAST novel I finished. I had started with TGCF, then SVSSS, and eventually decided to end with this one. It's kind of bittersweet, but anyways!
The Good:The strongest point for me in this book is the characterization. I found many of the characters interesting since most would be considered "morally grey", and I found it easy to understand everyone's point of view in situations. Wei Wuxian made for an interesting main character, and he stayed as my favorite character throughout the whole time I was reading this. I also love the worldbuilding, which is something the author does very well in all her stories. The plot did a good job with providing the right amount of humor combined with utter sadness (see: Yi City Arc), and really sent me on a rollercoaster of emotions. Also since I had completed the live action first, I felt there were some things that were left unexplained or ambiguous there, and the novel cleared up those events for me.
The Bad: I'm very attached to this series and its characters, but I cannot rate this story more than 4 stars on a writing level. The writing style is a little all over the place, and the placement of flashbacks can make this story hard to follow, as it left me a little confused at some times. There were some plot elements that I think weren't alluded very well in the novel and were done better in the Untamed. Another thing for me is the development of some characters, which is also something I think the Untamed handled in terms of giving side characters more stories to them (Wen Qing is a good example).
MDZS was my introduction to MXTX's works (through the animation, and I had watched the live action series as well), but ironically it's the LAST novel I finished. I had started with TGCF, then SVSSS, and eventually decided to end with this one. It's kind of bittersweet, but anyways!
The Good:The strongest point for me in this book is the characterization. I found many of the characters interesting since most would be considered "morally grey", and I found it easy to understand everyone's point of view in situations. Wei Wuxian made for an interesting main character, and he stayed as my favorite character throughout the whole time I was reading this. I also love the worldbuilding, which is something the author does very well in all her stories. The plot did a good job with providing the right amount of humor combined with utter sadness (see: Yi City Arc), and really sent me on a rollercoaster of emotions. Also since I had completed the live action first, I felt there were some things that were left unexplained or ambiguous there, and the novel cleared up those events for me.
The Bad: I'm very attached to this series and its characters, but I cannot rate this story more than 4 stars on a writing level. The writing style is a little all over the place, and the placement of flashbacks can make this story hard to follow, as it left me a little confused at some times. There were some plot elements that I think weren't alluded very well in the novel and were done better in the Untamed.