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Finished reading: Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 8
Aa-aa-aa-and done!
So I like Hualian better than the main pairings in SVSSS or MDZS (no shade on either, mostly just a personal preference thing), but the story itself I think suffered from being unfocused in places and with, honestly, a pretty disappointing villain reveal.
Still a fun read, and with some parts that will live rent free with me forever.
I'm enjoying this drama so much now it's unreal lol. It may be xianxia, but it's very deep and philosophical. Not a surprise as it's written by the same screenwriter as A Moment But Forever, and guys, IT'S AN ORIGINAL SCRIPT.
Chinese social media is going crazy with plot guesses due to that. Sometimes their theories are so far out that I think they'll be really disappointed that the story will just be the story of two powerful immortals having a marriage crisis lol.
The discussions around this drama are so rich because both leads have a valid viewpoint about fate, destiny, a god's duty and well, marriage.
I also love how ruthless our main female character is. So ruthless is Hua Ruyue that I really pity Bai Jiusi sometimes.
It's true what they say - you know how to hurt the ones you love the most.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0KdvU1ykVI&list=RDO0KdvU1ykVI&index=1 …
I'm enjoying this drama so much now it's unreal lol. It may be xianxia, but it's very deep and philosophical. Not a surprise as it's written by the same screenwriter as A Moment But Forever, and guys, IT'S AN ORIGINAL SCRIPT.
Chinese social media is going crazy with plot guesses due to that. Sometimes their theories are so far out that I think they'll be really disappointed that the story will just be the story of two powerful immortals having a marriage crisis lol.
The discussions around this drama are so rich because both leads have a valid viewpoint about fate, destiny, a god's duty and well, marriage.
I also love how ruthless our main female character is. So ruthless is Hua Ruyue that I really pity Bai Jiusi sometimes.
It's true what they say - you know how to hurt the ones you love the most.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0KdvU1ykVI&list=RDO0KdvU1ykVI&index=1
On my reading blog, I review Love Between Fairy and Devil Vol. 1 by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang. The original novel on which the Netflix series is based is completley different from the adaptation, but very good and entertaining.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/05/love-between-fairy-and-devil-vol-1-by.html
Finished reading: Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 7
After the last volume being such a banger, this one was a bit . . . meh? Partly because it just felt there was too much — too much plot, too many characters, too many side-stories — which I guess is very much an MXTX hallmark, but as someone who tends to prefer closer and more intimate stories, this kind of “crossover special” shtick doesn’t work for me.
The other one was the White No-Face reveal. I’d actually been trying to avoid spoilers for once, but had still managed to figure out most of the plot based on fedi vagueposts. And this is another one of those “for me personally” things, but I don’t like the actual reveal as much as the fake-out, which I firstly thought was foreshadowed better, and secondly I just found more thematically interesting. …
Finished reading: Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 7
After the last volume being such a banger, this one was a bit . . . meh? Partly because it just felt there was too much — too much plot, too many characters, too many side-stories — which I guess is very much an MXTX hallmark, but as someone who tends to prefer closer and more intimate stories, this kind of “crossover special” shtick doesn’t work for me.
The other one was the White No-Face reveal. I’d actually been trying to avoid spoilers for once, but had still managed to figure out most of the plot based on fedi vagueposts. And this is another one of those “for me personally” things, but I don’t like the actual reveal as much as the fake-out, which I firstly thought was foreshadowed better, and secondly I just found more thematically interesting. So . . . that was kinda a letdown.
Finally, Hua Cheng is inching into bratty bottom territory, which again is Big MXTX Energy . . . but does my id totally cold. I’d been enjoying Hualian because it didn’t have this dynamic, but . . . here it is, I guess. Even if only a teeny tiny bit.
Anyway. I guess we’ve got another six months before I remember to buy the final (?) volume. So . . . look out for that.
Finished reading: Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 6
Oof. What a volume, ey.
"There are hundreds of libraries like this in the Eastern Wilderness"
To give you some perspective: by early European medieval standards this would be an impressive library. There'd be grander ones, but each of those bound books would be worth a small farm, so whoever owned would have spent a lot to get them. Xianxia, of course, mirrors historical China, where ->
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On my reading blog, I review Peerless Vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi. Best volume so far, with the gut-wrenching twist typical of the author.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/02/peerless-vol-3-by-meng-xi-shi-review.html
ICYM yesterday: My review of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun vol 7 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou. Still no end in sight, but after the twist at the end, I'll keep reading.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-husky-and-his-white-cat-shizun-vol.html
I review The Husky and His White Cat Shizun vol 7 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou. Endless battles, not-so-final bosses, and stunning revelations. Entertaining as always, but a bit long.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-husky-and-his-white-cat-shizun-vol.html
From yesterday, my review of Remnants of Filth vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou. Only heartbreak here.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2024/03/remnants-of-filth-vol-3-by-rou-bao-bu.html
I review Remnants of Filth vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou. Heartbreak after heartbreak, but we finally get some answers too.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2024/03/remnants-of-filth-vol-3-by-rou-bao-bu.html
My first book review of the year is Thousand Autumns vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi. Another great volume, with interesting developments, but still no romance.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2024/01/thousand-autumns-vol-3-by-meng-xi-shi.html
I review vol 4 of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou. Such exquisite torment of two people in love who can't communicate. Best volume so far.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-husky-and-his-white-cat-shizun-vol.html
I review Heaven Official's Blessing vol. 8 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù. The story of Xie Lian and Hua Cheng has come to a rather uneventful end. https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2023/12/heaven-officials-blessing-vol-8-by-mo.html
Last volume of Heaven Official's Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu is out today, and I both want to read it immediately and don't want to read it at all so it won't end. 😭
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60044962-heaven-official-s-blessing
