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

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

The next time we meet, I will use my true appearance to greet you.

I am ecstatic that I finally have MXTX's books on my bookshelf! And while this is not the smoothest translation, I don't care. I this series so much, this is one of the best slow-burn romances of all times and the characters are some of the best. Xie Lian and Hua Cheng play off each other so well and the mysteries in this are so intriguing. If you're looking for a series with romance, mystery, horror, and heart, this is the series for you!

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

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mysterious sad slow-paced

Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I continue to give Riley Sager's books a chance. And I continue to be disappointed. The descriptions always sound so good and there are almost at least parts of the books I like, but something always ruins it for me. In this one in particular, there were many things that ruined it for me.

Being it Kit's head was irritating and her not doing her job (she's a home-health aide) was infuriating. Kit's patient is in her seventies and uses a wheelchair and yet Kit would forget to do Lenora's exercises. In another instance Kit put a pair of headphones over Lenora's head because she wanted to have a private conversation. Nevermind the fact that she didn't ask, nevermind that Lenora couldn't take them of even if she wanted to. YOU DON'T DO THAT. To be honest there were just so many ableist things in this book.

There were also glaring plot holes everywhere, and almost all of the characters' motivations were confusing and made absolutely no sense. And do not even get me started on that horrible ending.

I have two more books of Sager's that I haven't tried before, but I'm not sure if I'll actually get to them because the more I think about this book the more upset I get and there is just not enough time in the world to read at best mediocre and at worst abysmal books. There are just too many other books I'd rather get to.

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