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The Untamed 01. - A démoni kultiváció nagymestere by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

14 reviews

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Infidelity

braynard's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

 I was first introduced to this story through Tumblr. First I saw some fanworks for the TV adaption The Untamed. Some research led me to the initial English translation online, which no longer existed at my time of finding. That quickly led me to the ‘official’ English translation published by Seven Seas. Because the workers of Seven Seas were striking at the time, I ended up buying my copy secondhand. 

Despite all these hurdles, I was pretty excited about the book. The series had a huge following on Tumblr, and, for some reason, my brain interpreted this as a sign of quality. After my brief time watching Supernatural, I should have known better. 

It wasn’t a terrible book. Aside from some cultural differences and some overt homoerotic moments, it was a pretty standard adventure story. I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it. Honestly, if I hadn’t gotten my expectations up so high, I might have liked it better. 

If you like it, great. I’m happy for you. If you are interested in reading, try going in blind. But I would say don’t expect anything fantastic. 

Sorry. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/10 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Death

eatingbrains's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Pretty solid start for a series.  There's a huge cast of characters who have various forms of address so it can be difficult to keep track of everything in the beginning.

The dynamic between Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji is hard to describe of only because you don't know the whole history they have yet, nor where it will go in the future.  So far, one is basically a class clown/jock type while the other is a stoic nerd type and I'm having a great time with it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, War, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Bullying

graceskate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Physical abuse, War, Death of parent, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Torture, Grief, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt, Outing, Sexism, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

r1vana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, and Homophobia

akari137336's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Cursing, Ableism, and Death

Minor: Genocide, Suicide, Blood, Homophobia, Murder, and Self harm

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Really enjoyed this book and I think the translation is pretty well done, all things considered. It is cool to get the full story after watching the show adaptation, and I'm excited to read the rest of them!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Genocide, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Suicide, Torture, Child abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, Incest, Homophobia, Blood, Gore, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Minor: War

samugranjo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Homophobia, Self harm, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, War, Death of parent, Grief, and Torture

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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

4.75

I read this book in four days cause my crush really wanted me to read this, and even though my crush is in vain I persevered, though this book made it so enjoyable.  I haven’t read a book that fast since high school (Divergent of all things).  This was very enjoyable, and while slow burn really gets to me because for the love of god y’all need to kiss already, I sqeed like a fan girl when the little tidbits of romance DID pop up.  I’m still mixing up characters because so many people have the same surname, but I’m getting there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Self harm, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Ableism, Child abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Confinement, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Alcoholism, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Outing, and Mental illness

Any homophobia and abuse is short lived.

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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? No

4.0

If you're after a book about complex characters with a rich magic system and an interesting plot with LGBT rep then this is the book for you. It is so easy to lose yourself in the pages of this book that the time flies by without you realising. I think this is fast becoming a comfort read for me. 

I've read a fan translation of this online before it was released in English so this is technically a re-read for me but it was so nice to get back into this world again. I understand why they have had to break the story up into separate books but when you reach the end you can tell that this is not where it was meant to be stopped. 

I've already pre-ordered the next two books in the series and can't wait to read them again, for the time being, though I'll just rewatch The Untamed on Netflix.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Death, Gore, and Homophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, Self harm, and Sexual harassment