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kaib55's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, and War
nxdxnx2048's review against another edition
5.0
This book is the perfect ending to such an amazing life hanging series. I could read these books over and over again and never get tired of them. The author has made the most amazing and beautiful story.
leah_silverton04's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
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? No
5.0
The best ending to the best series. I genuinely fell in love with Xie Lian and San Lang and their relationship. To think I finished the series in a week just shows how devourable they are. The extras had me HOWLING and the very obvious but not outright explained sex scenes had me gagged. The dynamic between the two of them was always fun and sweet but a mischievous San Lang in probably my favourite thing ever. Xie Lian’s reactions to it a close second. BEAUTIFUL. LOVED IT. 10/10 would recommend and will likely read again.
lydiasgrace's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
shmadsie's review against another edition
4.0
Ugh, I love them so much that my one complaint is more. I wish it hadn't ended so soon, that we got to revel in their wedding and resulting domestic bliss, instead of getting them together and then immediately ending. Plus, I feel like I got completely spoiled by the extras at the end of Grandmaster and Scum Villain especially and these just didn't live up to those. I wanted more from them too. I would've loved a Hua Cheng perspective for sure! The story itself was great but I could've rolled around in the romance for quite a lot longer than I got to!
camicat42's review against another edition
5.0
I didn't finish this series, this series finished me. I already want to re-read it all over again!
I truly envy anyone who is reading this series for the very first time. Overall, this was everything, and if HuaLian was a religion, I would join it.
*sigh* I don't know what to do with my life now.
In conclusion:
I truly envy anyone who is reading this series for the very first time. Overall, this was everything, and if HuaLian was a religion, I would join it.
*sigh* I don't know what to do with my life now.
In conclusion:
shanaqui's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
And here we are: I've run out of volumes of Heaven Official's Blessing to read and review, unless the revised editions are made available in English. I'd be fascinated to see how much that adds to or changes the story, but I'm very satisfied with how it turns out as it is. Hua Cheng's love for Xie Lian, and Xie Lian's slow journey toward accepting it and returning the feeling is amazing -- and it's wrapped around and through a satisfying story about conflict between powerful beings, and the repeated testing of Xie Lian's resolve to never change, to never be less than he is.
This volume has a few chapters left of the main story, and the rest is made up of extras. The conclusion is a heck of a thing, with some very heart-wrenching moments, and I find it very satisfyingly done.
The extras are a lot of fun, and include some very sweet moments. I must say that I do not understand how anyone can read these English language editions and think that Xie Lian remains a virgin once Hua Cheng returns. It's blatantly obvious to anyone with an ounce of sense that the two of them are going at it on the regular, including on the altar in the Thousand Lights Temple. If you can't even read into a thin veil of subtext, then it's explicitly stated in the amnesia story: Xie Lian's old method of cultivation is gone because he's no longer a virgin.
I have no idea why people want to imagine that Xie Lian continues to be "chaste". This is a man who has been through so much pain, sometimes unrelenting physical pain for years at a time due to his inability to die, and the most violating of situations (which it takes no effort at all to read as metaphorical rapes) -- and folks are offended and weirded out if you suggest that ultimately he falls in love and allows Hua Cheng to show him that his body isn't just a tool or a vessel for pain?
People can read the scene where an amnesiac Xie Lian dreams/remembers having sex with Hua Cheng, and Hua Cheng's words to him during that memory ("don't be afraid, Your Highness"), and refuse to understand what's happening there?
Check yourselves and your homophobia and bizarre purity culture, folks.
I don't want to end this review on that sour note, so I'll just reiterate again: Heaven Official's Blessing is a heck of a journey, a story about a very good (though not flawless) man who reaches great heights and falls, and struggles his way to redemption and then to freedom -- with the help of someone who believes in him no matter what, and would do anything for him.
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.
This volume has a few chapters left of the main story, and the rest is made up of extras. The conclusion is a heck of a thing, with some very heart-wrenching moments, and I find it very satisfyingly done.
The extras are a lot of fun, and include some very sweet moments. I must say that I do not understand how anyone can read these English language editions and think that Xie Lian remains a virgin once Hua Cheng returns. It's blatantly obvious to anyone with an ounce of sense that the two of them are going at it on the regular, including on the altar in the Thousand Lights Temple. If you can't even read into a thin veil of subtext, then it's explicitly stated in the amnesia story: Xie Lian's old method of cultivation is gone because he's no longer a virgin.
I have no idea why people want to imagine that Xie Lian continues to be "chaste". This is a man who has been through so much pain, sometimes unrelenting physical pain for years at a time due to his inability to die, and the most violating of situations (which it takes no effort at all to read as metaphorical rapes) -- and folks are offended and weirded out if you suggest that ultimately he falls in love and allows Hua Cheng to show him that his body isn't just a tool or a vessel for pain?
People can read the scene where an amnesiac Xie Lian dreams/remembers having sex with Hua Cheng, and Hua Cheng's words to him during that memory ("don't be afraid, Your Highness"), and refuse to understand what's happening there?
Check yourselves and your homophobia and bizarre purity culture, folks.
I don't want to end this review on that sour note, so I'll just reiterate again: Heaven Official's Blessing is a heck of a journey, a story about a very good (though not flawless) man who reaches great heights and falls, and struggles his way to redemption and then to freedom -- with the help of someone who believes in him no matter what, and would do anything for him.
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.
bernice_reads's review against another edition
5.0
A BEAUTIFUL ENDING TO AN AMAZING NOVEL,and now the world is alright again❤️
ariadnace's review against another edition
5.0
Qué viaje el de esta historia. He reído, he llorado, he gritado y he dado patadas a la cama. Pocas historias de amor tan puras, sinceras y longevas existen en la literatura (ni hablemos de la vida real). Eso sí, ¿Qué narices es la contraseña del portal de comunicación de Hua Cheng????? Lo necesito saberrrr