Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

7 reviews

bookoutlier'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: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

aeons_v_atlas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-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

4.25

Takes a long break from main plot at one point

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Alcohol, and War

blingping's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely gorgeous book. I haven't cried in months, and this had me in tears several times. Not only is the story incredible, the translation is also done so well (much better than the official translation, that's for sure). Overall, this just has so much heart and soul in it, and it genuinely restored my faith in humanity. Go read it (only after checking the content warnings, tho, it can be very intense).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Lots of subtle homophobia and misogyny. There's some dubious consent towards the very end, and the extras have some pretty risque nsfw scenes.

teagstime's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Death of parent

zhanghao's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

idk who main-tagged this as "light-hearted" but they're lying😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

i don't recommend reading this before watching the live adaptation. the time-skips are not always coherent and sometimes there's a flashback inside of a dream inside of a talisman-induced recollection inside of a-- you get the idea

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, and Rape

spiritedfaraway's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Incest, Rape, and Cannibalism

Sexually explicit scenes are in chapters chapter 95, chapter 111, and chapter 112 and those chapters can be easily skipped if you'd rather not read them. Also, work/death camp-like setting, very dubious consent, and corporal punishment.