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rendezvousrei's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol
zhanghao's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
this is probably the longest book i've read, not sure if it's longer or equivalent to jwqs, but man. MAN. i did not want this to end. you know how once the main couple get together, your inner bitter singleness inadvertently comes out and you start losing interest? didn't happen here. hua cheng is the biggest simp on earth and xie lian is just my poor little meow meow. his unluckiness rivals my own. maybe i projected a little, but seeing their love progress and things coming to light one by one (at the best pacing i've read in danmei, i might add) was a complete joy. i spent 4 days doing nothing but reading this book and i don't regret a single second.
i see why people say this is their fav mxtx book
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
citrus04's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Self harm, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
is shi wudu transphobic? depends on if you think shi qingxuan is trans. also a bit of racism/colorism and transmisogyny from the author herself46jjsg's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
- 10/10 Worldbuilding
- 10/10 Main Characters
- 9/10 Side Characters
- 8/10 Pacing... vol 1 was a hurdle but once you get into the world and realize there's a conspiracy that literally ties everything together, you literally can't stop reading the other volumes.
In depth review will be added when I re-read this novel with the 7seas editions.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Abortion
evitak's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Genocide, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Toxic friendship
jay_maria101's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War
etherealisnt's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
So, MXTX might be my favourite author currently and maybe even of all time, because both MDZS and TGCF have taken over my life. I think TGCF is even longer than the Bible (fact?) and I just read through it like my life depended on it. Currently I'm reading the manhua and let me tell you - STARember's style and designs are SO PRETTY!! The story just feels even more grand. I'm just really into this stuff :)
There are many characters in this story too and they have usually just one name and some of them have a special title or a nickname. Like, one thing that I really liked was that Hua Cheng, who was the Supreme Ghost King was called Crimson Rain Sought Flower - if you know the story then you also know the meaning and I really like how it adds to the character. For some reason Qi Rong, who I hated AND loved because of his antics, swearing, dramatics and his unhinged and chaotic behaviour, had such a cute appearance in my head, even though he shouldn't. Like he was called Green Ghost Qi Rong or Night-Touring Green Lantern - that sounds cute to me but he is *definitely* not.
The characters were again written really well and the world building was great too! This time the characters pulled me in even more, because the humor and chaoticness was just so good. The story had the action and adventure we needed, we got our romance that Hua Cheng waited 800 years for (no big deal.. *pfft*) and some ✨spice✨ too. We got literal gods, cultivators, ghosts and all kinds of monsters and beings. Oh, Hua Cheng's scimitar E-Ming even had it's own spirit and Xie Lian's Ruoye too. Both of their "birth" story's are heartbreaking. And also, Hua Cheng's little Wraith Butterflies!!!! They are so pretty and cute BUT incredibly deadly too😍
This novel had a lot of quotes and moments that just spoke volumes. I think one of the quotes that can be understood and felt even without reading the novel is this one (to this day this quote is precious to me):
The one standing in infinite glory is you; the one fallen from grace is also you. What matters is ‘you’ and not the state of you.
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent
ssyx's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
xie lian is my favorite main character ever. period. in anything i’ve watched or read i can say with confidence xie lian is my favorite. he’s smart, funny, competent, and compassionate. he understands the ugliness of the world and how evil and cruel it can be
hua cheng is a cool mf. everything about him is cool af. i would say i’m xie lians #1 fan but i couldn’t take hua cheng in a fight. i love him. he literally invented love. he’s one of the coolest characters i’ve ever read about
there are so many thematic and character parallels in tgcf and it’s so cool to go through the book and notice all of them
something about tgcf that is different from other books i’ve read is i actually give a shit about the side characters storylines. i loved reading about the backstories of all of the gods and the ghosts.
i’ve written so much and i haven’t even gotten to how good the plot is yet. but i’ll spare the details because to no one’s surprise i loved it as well. it’s 750k words and it still felt too short because i loved it so much. also some also bangers quotes.
anyways i love tgcf and i want all of the books tattooed into my brain.
tldr: god is gay and is married to the devil
Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and War
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Death of parent, and Abandonment
xie lian has no regards for his safety love him for that but it can be a little scary lol (˃̵ᴗ˂̵)eauderat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Islamophobia, and Sexual harassment
some_random_person_hi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
I adore the way the themes of fate and love as well as the sheer number of character foils and ship(?) foils this book is so analysable as a lit student I am in love with it. But unlike other books that read like it's written for analysis (cough to kill a mockingbird, babel cough) and thus vaguely boring, this one is so fast paced. I read a couple of paragraphs and something new has already happened -> I finally managed to voluntarily finish a full length chinese book that isn't explicitly written for kids
Mm I'm never going to forget this book it singlehandedly dragged my chinese grades up, made me stop hating my mother tongue, hard carried my will to live for a semester all because I finally found a fast-paced fantasy book that I could understand.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death and Rape