crackedcactus

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a year ago

Not recommended

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As of chapter 220

I have to say I can’t recommend this novel. I enjoyed the earlier chapters and thought the author would develop and flesh out the world. Even the FL disappears for over a hundred chapters and multiple new FL candidates introduced and discarded relatively quickly. By the 160 chapters, the novel’s plot feels more like a runaway train. At this point I have no faith that it will be brought back to a satisfying pace or even a conclusion.

As of chapter 220, the entire power/cultivation system is such a mess that I doubt the translator knows how the realms go. If this was a power level or fantasy novel it wouldn’t be a big issue but by the 150s it’s truly hard to judge even the enemies due to losing all sense of how strong anyone really is except for the all mighty sword master. Making it worse is when alternate cultivation systems show up, without even clear distinctions between them and not comparing with what the readers have been told about the system the MC uses. What you get is a fragmented mess of terms and realms without comparisons, you might as well compare the power of Pokémon and Digimon directly without any context or support.

It’s such a mess that I’ve stopped championing the novel in the hopes of explanations or plot to settle down to a recognizable level. I could continue but honestly it just makes me sad to see what could be a great novel implode with such bad pacing/power.

Invisalats

a year ago

Not recommended

As of chapter 114: the pacing has absolutely wrecked the story. Nothing seems to have any weight or significance. It's just breakneck through everything. What little slowing there is lacking in detail and any significant exposition.

The main character, while likable, is rather talented, but his interactions with most characters, including his "master," are bland and predictable.

The antagonists and the side characters at first seem interesting but they eventually devolve into little more than audience members. The only difference is the antagonists typically die in record time regardless of strength.

Another thing harming the novel is the comedy. It's just poorly timed and actually repetitive in execution.

I'm still reading it but it went from a 4/5 to a 2.5/5 at this point.

Drak0nus

a year ago

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Edited

Not recommended

Updated review: As of Chapter 75, I have dropped this novel. The main reason why I dropped this is because of its repetitiveness. I thought that this wouldn't suffer from one of the biggest issues of Chinese novels, which is plot repetition, but it unfortunately does. The plot moves so fast that the author ran out of ideas on how to make the story interesting.

In my old review, I said that its cliche subversion tactic was the one preventing it to be the same formulaic trashy Chinese novel. Unfortunately, this subversion tactic gets repeated over and over again. And it's not like there's any variation to the tactic, it's just the same type of subversion repeatedly done over and over, making the story very predictable.

Overall, my current rating for this novel would be 2/5. And also, my previous recommendation was neutral, but now it's a not recommended one.

Old review: I am someone who views a lot of Chinese novel cliches such as face-slapping, courting death, bragging one's status, & etc., to be incredibly stupid. So seeing this novel's writing of subverting the readers' expectations by doing the opposite of those cliches to a certain extent, is still pretty stupid to me.

Now, I'm not saying that this is a bad novel. But for a person like me who hates those kinds of cliches and tropes, the subversion tactic is at best a decent attempt to not be trashy. Nonetheless, the novel is interesting enough for me to still read. This is purely because my nitpicks are mostly about the Chinese novel cliches, which Chinese novel fans probably like.

Lastly, I'm still wondering why this has a comedy tag. I don't know if it's because of jokes not translating well in text form, but I hardly see any joke or humorous undertone in this novel. And on the rare chance that I got to see them, they're not funny at all. Can someone tell me if it's the same case for other readers?

Anyway, I'd give this novel a solid 3/5. A decent read if you're bored.

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