Reviews with content warning for Violence - Little Mushroom: Judgment Day

~~What does it mean to be human, and why does it matter?~~

Is this book as good as people say it is? No, because it’s better.

I would highly recommend Little Mushroom to anyone in a reading slump. It’s been a while since I read a book in one sitting, and I finished both volumes in less than 24 hours.

Shisi writes uniquely and wonderfully. It was sad, really sad at times, but profound. It delves into themes of morality and makes you think about humanity in so many different ways. Heavy themes are explored in a subtle, ordinary manner, so it doesn’t feel overwhelming, until it does.

I hope to read many novels like this one, but I’m not quite sure they exist.

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kat5502's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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koalala1031's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I got curious of this one because I saw someone asking about it on Twitter, and tbh this is the first time I seriously read danmei I think (excluding that one time I didn't finish mdsz fan translation)

It was mostly dark and tense, but the romantic moments were actually cute, I couldn't help but smile a bit. The ending actually made me curious of how the story would continue

I need to catch up with the 2nd book

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littleliability's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.75

This made me cry. Wonderfully hopeful in the face of a bleak and dark existence, and wonderfully complex humanity.

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ysvngah's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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

IT WAS SO GOOD 😭 - Made me literally question reality

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rhi_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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kayaks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-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

If little mushroom has million numbers of fan i am one of them. if little mushroom has ten fans i am one of them. if little mushroom have only one fan and that is me. if little mushroom has no fans, that means i am no more on the earth. if world against the little mushroom, i am against the world.

i love u my little mushroom i love u an zhe i love u an zhe’s spore i love you lu feng i love u all the characters who took one look at lu feng & an zhe and immediately went “…bffr you guys love each other just get together already 🙄”

anyways!! off to go read the second book!! can’t wait for the inevitable heartache to kick in

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aromarrie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

“Si Nan,” she said to the gray bee through the glass wall. “You can fly now.”

the worldbuilding in this dystopia is so genuinely fascinating. seeing it all through an zhe made it even more enthralling, i think.

re-read 03/03/24: reading this while learning about the concept of evolution and human biology made this story feel so much more surreal…. i still love it.

re-read 09/08/24: thank you to my friend, bri, for motivating me to read this book once again. because of that, i ended up appreciating it so much more this time around, which is….wow.

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