Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

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

9 reviews

eternalscribe's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, Classism

bruxinha_fc's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War

namjin's review against another edition

5.0

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

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

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

dioscorea's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Cursing

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

em_reader's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Abandonment

miss_sunshine's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Graphic: Death, Violence

Moderate: Gore, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

unforth_duckprintspress's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I've already read a fantranslation of this entire book but I'm absolutely delighted by the official English translation, it reads so smoothly, and I'm absolutely ready to fall in love with Wangxian all over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Internalized homophobia, mild dubious consent