Reviews tagging 'Child death'

พันสารท เล่ม 1 by Meng Xi Shi

6 reviews

laios's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism

dizzy_sama's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring relaxing slow-paced

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

4.75

True slow burn romance. It’s not for everyone as it takes A WHILE for any real action to start up and even then it’s extremely chaste.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Sexual harassment

fred___'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Gore and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Cannibalism

stubbornjerk's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Rape, Torture, Cannibalism, and War

unforth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.0

I simultaneously enjoyed this book more and less than I expected to. Early on, the first few chapters, I was a little worried about how much manipulation would be involved in the relationship between Shen Qiao and Yan Wushi. Those fears were quickly proved unfounded (so quickly that I'm not even going to spoiler tag it). However, when all was said and done, I didn't feel like Meng Xi Shi *quite* managed to complete the "enemies to lovers" bridge. While there's an author's note about why things are handled as they are, I didn't really find it satisfying, and I'll admit I'm already pondering writing a "fix it" that bridges what I perceived to be the gap. That said, I still enjoyed the book, and I thought the political aspects of the plot were handled interestingly, though again, I could have wished there was a little more detail so that it'd feel a bit more "complete." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

There's some dubious consent kissing between the main two characters, before they're in a relationship.