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To Drive the Hundred Miles

Alec J. Marsh

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

定海浮生录 [Dinghai Fusheng Records]

Fei Tian Ye Xiang

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This is more like a 4.5. I really liked this book, even though it employed some tropes that I'm not usually into and some of the later chapters felt rushed. Also I have no idea what "Arise Zhang" means, the author of this book is Fei Tian Ye Xiang.

Anyway, if you like grumpy ones soft for sunshine ones, the slowest goddamn burn, and characters with martyr complexes, HAVE I GOT A BOOK FOR YOU! 

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木苏里

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Silent Reading 默读

priest

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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: Complicated

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I honestly didn't have many expectations going into this and it blew me away. My favorite book by priest so far. (the fourth I've read, along with Guardian, Qi Ye, and Tian Ya Ke).

MIND THE TRIGGER WARNINGS it is dark af at places.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism

It's about solving crimes, so it's relatively pro-cop, and the crimes are extensively described and often awful. For example, one entire plotline focuses on

busting a pedophilia/murder ring, where children are kidnapped, sold to pedophiles, then kissed

. It's very hard reading at times.

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 4

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

5.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 3

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

In Good Company

Nicola Kapron

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Little Mushroom: Revelations

Shisi

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Little Mushroom: Judgment Day

Shisi

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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One of the best books I've read in recent memory.

The Husky & His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 2

Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad 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