Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

16 reviews

malecbanewood89's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Blood, Death of parent

sellalellen's review against another edition

4.0

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Genocide, Homophobia, Self harm, War

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity

braynard's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 I was first introduced to this story through Tumblr. First I saw some fanworks for the TV adaption The Untamed. Some research led me to the initial English translation online, which no longer existed at my time of finding. That quickly led me to the ‘official’ English translation published by Seven Seas. Because the workers of Seven Seas were striking at the time, I ended up buying my copy secondhand. 

Despite all these hurdles, I was pretty excited about the book. The series had a huge following on Tumblr, and, for some reason, my brain interpreted this as a sign of quality. After my brief time watching Supernatural, I should have known better. 

It wasn’t a terrible book. Aside from some cultural differences and some overt homoerotic moments, it was a pretty standard adventure story. I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it. Honestly, if I hadn’t gotten my expectations up so high, I might have liked it better. 

If you like it, great. I’m happy for you. If you are interested in reading, try going in blind. But I would say don’t expect anything fantastic. 

Sorry. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/10 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Pretty solid start for a series.  There's a huge cast of characters who have various forms of address so it can be difficult to keep track of everything in the beginning.

The dynamic between Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji is hard to describe of only because you don't know the whole history they have yet, nor where it will go in the future.  So far, one is basically a class clown/jock type while the other is a stoic nerd type and I'm having a great time with it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

graceskate's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing

r1vana's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide

akari137336's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Violence

Minor: Genocide, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Murder

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really enjoyed this book and I think the translation is pretty well done, all things considered. It is cool to get the full story after watching the show adaptation, and I'm excited to read the rest of them!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: War

samugranjo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail