Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

天官赐福 by 墨香铜臭

18 reviews

zhanghao's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

tears flowing down my face... hualian my beloved i would fawking die for you. 

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

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Content Warnings

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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 herself

46jjsg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Just putting this for record keeping.
- 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. 

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: 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

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

enigmas's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-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

HuaLian really did invent love :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Gore, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

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, Genocide, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and War

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexism, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

elainabear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Cannibalism

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

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

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