Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú] (Heaven Official's Blessing) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

8 reviews

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

  This book is literally everything. The beginning 60-70% reads in the style of a weekly mystery that gets investigated by the main character but starting from the last arc in the third book (by the web novel 3rd out of 5 books way) the previous arcs start to coalesce into a plot really quickly and intensely. 
  I adore the way the themes of fate and love as well as the sheer number of character foils and ship(?) foils this book is so analysable as a lit student I am in love with it. But unlike other books that read like it's written for analysis (cough to kill a mockingbird, babel cough) and thus vaguely boring, this one is so fast paced. I read a couple of paragraphs and something new has already happened -> I finally managed to voluntarily finish a full length chinese book that isn't explicitly written for kids
  Mm I'm never going to forget this book it singlehandedly dragged my chinese grades up, made me stop hating my mother tongue, hard carried my will to live for a semester all because I finally found a fast-paced fantasy book that I could understand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Abortion, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Xenophobia, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Abandonment, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Murder, Bullying, Cursing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Stalking, Excrement, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape and Animal death

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

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

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

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

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

phenomenarwhal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Kidnapping, Sexism, and Transphobia

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: Blood and Death

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

binniearcher's review

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

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

To me, the one basking in infinite glory is you; the one fallen from grace is also you, and not the state of you.

I am not ready to write a review yet, but I can definitely say that these characters have carved their own place in my heart and that I love them to pieces. This book was an incredible journey and I highly recommend it. 

questo libro è bellissimo: leggete il manhua, guardate il donghua e innamoratevi di hualian

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion and Death

kingorgan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

It took me three months to read this book and it was worth every second that I fell behind on my reading goals. This book did exactly what I want books to do - tear me apart emotionally and then put me back together again. Every character is interesting and complex, the plot is well thought out and intricate, and the writing style was very enjoyable (although remember that this is a work in translation so obviously things get a bit complicated in that respect). I would definitely recommend this book <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexism, Torture, and Violence