Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

9 reviews

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

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

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

4.0

I've seen part of CQL already so I came into this knowing that things would be similar but hopefully different enough that it wouldn't be boring -- and it definitely wasn't! While the flashback scenes did drag a bit at times, the present/future parts were enough to get me through those spots. MXTX's humor is, as always, great (I'm still laughing about some of the things Wei Wuxian said/did/thought -- for instance, dude? You're Lan Wangji's dead wife) and the mystery was super interesting. I loved his interactions with the juniors and I was pleasantly surprised that Jiang Cheng wasn't as bad as fandom made him out to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: War

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

3.25

 I decided to give the novels a try after watching the drama, CQL.

And after reading just volume 1, I will say, I appreciate the novel for expanding and clarifying the lore, but I think my "canon" will be the drama. 

MXTX truly struggles to relay exposition in a smooth manner, instead choosing random info dumps that derail the plot and make it very unclear who knows what. I have no idea what information Wei Wuxian knows (or how he knows it, after coming back) and what information is included just for me, with him unaware. 

This story is a diamond in the rough. Knowing what I know about how this ends (and also how much has been changed from original text to adaption, as I have also read the manhua and also several posts comparing the drama to the novels), I think the drama improved this story which lays down an amazing foundation. Great ideas, intriguing characters, but so much mess in between. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, War, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Child death

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

mustnotblink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I am a western reader with no language knowledge beyond English so I can not attest to the quality of the translation. However, as someone new to this genre, I did read some cultural guides (provided by the non-western portion of fandom) and some general xianxia background and tropes so that I would have a better understanding of the novel. I'm a big fan of fantasy and sci-fi so I am used to being thrown into the deep end of new worlds, but I firmly believe that having this background knowledge made my reading experience 100% better.

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu is very talented at crafting characters that people love. I can attest to that; it was very easy to start loving Wei Wuxian. His narrative is very much unreliable but there is a careful balance between his humorous antics, telling bouts of intelligent problem solving, and the extremely insightful moments of darkness that makes him a joy to read. Lan Wangji holds his cards much closer to his chest, yet allows enough glimpses over time that soon he too became a treasured addition to the shelf of characters I would fight a bitch for.

Do l desperately wish that this book was not split into three volumes so I could read the rest? Absolutely! However, I do think volume 1 did a good job balancing world/character introduction with the mystery plot progression AND flashbacks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Self harm, Mental illness, Body horror, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: War and Child abuse

unforth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I've already read a fantranslation of this entire book but I'm absolutely delighted by the official English translation, it reads so smoothly, and I'm absolutely ready to fall in love with Wangxian all over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

Internalized homophobia, mild dubious consent

sarahconnor89757's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence