Heaven Official's Blessing (TGCF), Volume 1, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

[sophia_sol]

This isn't exactly a book review, since it is kind of hard to review just volume 1 of an 8 volume novel, but I just wanted to check in to register how much I love Xie Lian already! There's clearly A Lot that we don't know about him yet, but from everything we see of him he's just....I love him. I'm looking forward to finding out more, both about him and about Hua Cheng (even more of a mystery so far!!!!) and also about all the other characters beloved by fandom who haven't had a huge showing just yet.

Comments

[ermingarden]

I adore TGCF, and Xie Lian is my absolute favorite - I’m so excited to see what you think!!

[sophia_sol]

ahhhh thank you, I'm excited to see what I think too! and cannot wait till I have more context to be able to talk about tgcf and Xie Lian with folks!

[ermingarden]

I will note that if you're having a hard time waiting on the unpublished volumes, unlike with SVSSS, the translator of the published edition is the same person (Suika) who did the fan translation, and the differences are pretty minor...

[sophia_sol]

ooh that's really good to know, thank you! when I finish the latest published volume I'm definitely not going to want to wait to keep reading!

[verity]

XIE LIAN ONLY GETS BETTER

[sophia_sol]

YESSSSSSSS I cannot wait

[skygiants]

Xie Lian said something on page one of the book about how if the gods blame him for doing the right thing then they are the ones who are wrong and should apologize to him and I was like 'oh ... no .... I love him .......'

[sophia_sol]

RIGHT? What a guy!!!