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

55 reviews

debhawk84's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

asukaya's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

So far it's an intriguing story filled with mysteries and unknowns. The main characters Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are on opposite ends of the character trait spectrum, which makes their interactions quite fun.

The cultivation is something new for me but the execution of it and worldbuilding in the story are compelling. What is difficult to follow at times is the usage of multiple names for the same character, so it can be hard to keep up with who is who and who is related to who. This is generally not too big of an issue since the book contains a glossary with characters and unacquainted vocabulary and concepts.

The text itself, especially the spoken conversations, feel a bit stiff and unnatural for an English reader. I presume this to be a peculiarity of the Chinese language and how it gets translated. While it can be a bit jarring at times you get used to it fast that it doesn't take you out of the reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia and Torture

Minor: Infidelity

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

usjdjfnnffm2737's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: War and Torture

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

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Death, Homophobia, War, Murder, and Mental illness

florcis512'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

nightivy'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, War, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Body horror, Confinement, and Suicide

miraileah's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4.0. Read after watching the show The Untamed. A good time! I respect the choices the show made in changing from the novels, but I’m enjoying the novels as well! Certainly easier to keep track of things when I can read them though! 

Plot summary for my purposes:

Spoiler

This volume tracks WWX dying, waking up in Mo Xuanyu’s body, the Mo Manor stuff, Mt. Dafan stuff, going to Cloud Recesses and WWX being a goof, one quick flashback to WWX and LWJ meeting for the first time and general Cloud Recesses era WWX content, subduing the arm, going to the Nie Burial Tomb and finding Jin Ling in a wall, getting the leggies, going to Yueyang, drunk LWJ content, finding the torso at the Chang clan graveyard, then leaving for coffin town.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia

Minor: War

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