Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Band 01 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

3 reviews

fullybookedlola's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book was very good and I loved it. Sometimes though, the translation seemed off and some sentences did seem to not make complete sense. But overall, I really liked reading it and after putting it off for half a month, I was right back and could follow along where I had left off.
I love MXTX's writing style, it does feel unique, though it looks like it is sometimes too much telling the story instead of showing it, but luckily it doesn't put me off. 
Loved reading this novel after waiting a long time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent

Minor: War

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

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I read this book in four days cause my crush really wanted me to read this, and even though my crush is in vain I persevered, though this book made it so enjoyable.  I haven’t read a book that fast since high school (Divergent of all things).  This was very enjoyable, and while slow burn really gets to me because for the love of god y’all need to kiss already, I sqeed like a fan girl when the little tidbits of romance DID pop up.  I’m still mixing up characters because so many people have the same surname, but I’m getting there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Sexual harassment

Any homophobia and abuse is short lived.

tiredtori's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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: No

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If you're after a book about complex characters with a rich magic system and an interesting plot with LGBT rep then this is the book for you. It is so easy to lose yourself in the pages of this book that the time flies by without you realising. I think this is fast becoming a comfort read for me. 

I've read a fan translation of this online before it was released in English so this is technically a re-read for me but it was so nice to get back into this world again. I understand why they have had to break the story up into separate books but when you reach the end you can tell that this is not where it was meant to be stopped. 

I've already pre-ordered the next two books in the series and can't wait to read them again, for the time being, though I'll just rewatch The Untamed on Netflix.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment