Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

6 reviews

some_random_person_hi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• 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

  This book is literally everything. The beginning 60-70% reads in the style of a weekly mystery that gets investigated by the main character but starting from the last arc in the third book (by the web novel 3rd out of 5 books way) the previous arcs start to coalesce into a plot really quickly and intensely. 
  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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Abortion, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Xenophobia, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Abandonment, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Murder, Bullying, Cursing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Stalking, Excrement, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape and Animal death

eatingbrains's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I most skimmed the parts I read from the official translations in order to read the fan translation for what hasn't been released yet.

I do think the official translations streamlined and polished everything based on what I did read.

What can I even say about the story?  It's about love and hate.  It's about destiny.  It's about willpower.  It's about life and death.  It's about sacrifice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Murder, Toxic relationship, War, Child abuse, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Child death, Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Medical content

peonydancer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, Blood, Genocide, and Self harm

bluebari's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Stalking, Torture, Xenophobia, Cursing, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Trafficking, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Homophobia, and Medical content

kshonrade's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-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

Gut-wrenching, heartwarming, horrifying masterpiece. The plot is thick, the characters are so interesting, and a lot of the time I can feel my heart clench because of how endearing they are and how much I root for them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

weiwuxiann's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

god i loved this book so much. xie lian and hua cheng have my heart. i love them sm. them<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Cursing, Addiction, Abandonment, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Vomit, Suicide, Stalking, Self harm, Misogyny, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria

Minor: Chronic illness