Golinth

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6 months ago

Not recommended

In a sentence: Yet another mediocre regression novel.

I’m not sure if it will ever get better, if it does, I’m sure someone in the replies will mention it. However, the single most important part of a story imo is the hook, and this novel simply does not do that well after the initial chapter. The first chapter is a great start, with an MC that is destitute in an unfamiliar land and characters that genuinely seem interesting. Then, the novel flushes that all away with a cheesy “back to school” arc that entirely ruins the characterization that was presented in the first chapter. The author immediately drops the “MC has been alive for thousands of years and can barely remember his family and friends’ faces” idea for a power fantasy perfect memory MC who remembers obscure info like “which teacher has a crush on other teachers” and their exact birth dates.

Add on hyping certain characters up to be the ultimate badass of their time only to make them a bumbling fool when you get to know her, and you have a recipe for a novel that you know will not live up to the initial premise.

MidnightsSlave

6 months ago

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Recommended

Our Main Character is hero Dale Han. A useless hero with a hero power that has pulled him through when all of humanity has died and allowed him to get stronger through experience. His power is upon death he instantly resurrects. He cannot die for long! So to deal with this fact he seeks death using the Primordial Flame. That in turn sends in back in time and he decides it is time to change the past. To make it so he doesn't lose everyone.

Still just a few chapters in so this review is hardly a spoiler. It has some comedy elements thrown in with a main character who inner monologues. Looks like a good read. There are also inner monologues from the perspective of other characters. It seems Damn Reincarnation may have had an impact on this novel. The author probably read that.

However it seems to have reasonable world building and character development so far.

Apart from many various present tropes the worst flaw is the author writing something and changing it later. Mentioned shortly with a spoiler example. Don't read past the capital letters if you don't want the tiny spoiler.

Overall this is a good little read. I want to see where they take it.

Lastly as the main positive as an old monster he is not acting like a child.

TINY SPOILER FOR CHAPTER 26 DO NOT READ FURTHER UNLESS YOU WANT THE TINY SPOILER RELATED TO HOW THE AUTHOR CHANGED SOMETHING IN THE STORY

In the early chapters it mentions he cannot remember his parents faces. In Chapter 26 he quotes himself as a born-and-raised orphan who would obviously not remember their parents faces as they were a born-and-raised orphan.

Graceberry

VIP

5 months ago

Not recommended

I kinda struggled with this one. The hook was great. The reincarnation premise is fine. I also don’t mind seeing cool characters as dumb, innocent teens. I was even tempted to sub early on.

As other reviewers have pointed out, the problem is inconsistency. The story is frankly sloppy. The character is an obnoxious smirking OP MC type pretending to be a broken and suffering MC type which seriously grinds my gears. It just feels fake and disjointed. It has potential which is just not being realized here.

Even with all that I was more on the neutral side, but the last chapter where it just opens with comments on characters breasts, and the whole love interest “puffing her chest out proudly” UGH just BARF BARF BARF, this tipped me over to negative.

All that being said, I’ll keep reading for a while and see if this novel redeems itself.

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