Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

34 reviews

tulipvee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Incest and Rape

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

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

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

Minor: Chronic illness

s_s_kassab's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

lindenwater's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Child abuse

binniearcher's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

gillian_t's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit

thebookewyrme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is truly Epic, in all senses of the word. It’s a Lot, but so worth the time investment to make it through all five volumes. The main characters, Xie Lian and Hua Cheng are so sweet and lovable and funny together. I really enjoyed MXTX’s humor in this. And the story was a sweeping epic full of magic and mystery and world-ending calamities and ghosts and gods and ordinary human failure. I honestly can’t recommend this book enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse

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.

sweetesteph's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Cannibalism