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魔道祖师 - Mó Dào Zǔ Shī by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

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maride's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

This book... how i can describe this book without saying I loved the characters so much (not all the characters tho) but the majority of them warmed my heart through all the lecture...

Was indeed such a ride, so many emotions and some many thoughts, but some many injustices too, some many people would say that there were no bad people in the characters but i dont think so.

Following my ideas, i think that this is a book about Injustices, miscommunication and misunderstandings... this book really show us how the History is written by the winners and how people in power will do whatever they want just because they can and how people will do WHATEVER THINGS just to get that power.

Of course this is a book about love (and sacrifice) the main couple is just something else, sometimes i was screaming of love and another time i was calling them idiots (they were) but they loved each other since the beginning ... i just get along with the pretty well i really like them so much. The last phrases of the novel (the main novel and the extras) were so pretty, like look at this last phrase of the extras... isn't it cute?

Tens of thousands of words were left unspoken, in exchange for endless laughter and hugs.

They loved each other so much

This book really ended in my Top 10 of books

a relecture in the future? OF COURSE YES i have the feeling that this novel (and TGCF too) is better after a very good relectures.

Notes: i have my opinions about some fetishisms showed especially in the extras but i feel like that topic doesnt ruin the novel and is a fetishism after all (i didnt like it but every couple with their things i guess)

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gretabookish's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-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

3.0

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thecoolshadewarrior's review against another edition

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

5.0

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yves's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this novel is awesome !

i really love MDZS and it got me into reading more xianxia. if you aren't the biggest romance fan, you can still enjoy this novel! it's so entertaining, i was hooked on how MXTX writes the story out (opinions on the latter will vary depending on which translation you read from, ofc)**
I LOVE LOVEDD Wei Wuxian's character, his character was the most memorable for me, he was highly relatable & i often empathized with him.

some people recommend to read this after the film adaptions, but I disagree. I read this first, and here's why: due to censorship & for time constraint, the film adaptations have several details left out & at times the plot is noticeably changed (if you read the novel first, you'd notice while watching)
NOTE: if you have a hard time grasping names, especially when characters have several different titles & courtesy names, then the film adaptions first would be ideal for you~~
MAY be triggering for some readers, please read all the potential triggers before reading the novel.

**i didn't like exiled rebel translations, so i went with these:
https://mdzstranslation.wordpress.com | https://tamingwangxian.wordpress.com/
now, i have only wonderful things to say about fanyiyi & tamingwangxian's translations. although they're not all complete, it contains the most beautiful prose, and the part which i enjoyed the most: it retained cultural & historical connections, even elaborating further on in footnotes. absolutely amazing !
as what translations i used for the rest of the novel, here is a guide https://docs.google.com/document/d/1njZCYtlztZn3Tcqkcm0tnyeEHbYZ6jitosTotueBgPk/edit

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