Reviews tagging 'Child death'

天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú] by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

17 reviews

jacquelinenought's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

sarahek716's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

sarahconnor89757's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

phenomenarwhal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexism, Transphobia, Kidnapping, and Abortion

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Child death, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

halcyonuncoil's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

 This is one of the most breathtaking stories I have ever read.

Filled with character development so potent it left me breathless and reading far too late into the night, a leading couple with such overwhelming chemistry I couldn't help but to root for it and extremely fleshed out and nuanced side characters. It leaves no question unanswered and every single offhanded remark is bound to be some kind of Chekov's Gun.

I have never before read a story that was so enchanting that I raged, I cried, I laughed and I blushed and none of it felt forced. The pacing was fantastic, and the translation, though perhaps not always perfectly grammatically correct by English standards, was incredible.

The length of Heaven Official's Blessing might be a downside to some people, rounding off at an astounding 244 chapters- but as someone who hunts down fanfiction the second after finishing a book the sheer amount of screen time each character is given in a book so long fills all those needs itself.

There is so much more I want to write about this book, but I will refrain from doing so here, in part because I just want to rant over spoilers and fanboy over Mo Xiang Tong Xiu like I do every time I finish one of their books.

5/5 would read again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm and Blood

Minor: Suicide

while all of the warnings are fairly graphic much of the graphic violence happens in flashback 'books' of which there are two. Each scene is a bit startling and off putting, but none exist without meaning and purpose.

The child death scene does turn out to be a fake puppet but it is very graphic.

Also, there is a scene where the main character is held down and repeated stabbed in fatal places for an obscene amount of time under threat of unleashing a plague. So that's pretty awful.

talismangoes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child death