Show Me The Second Chapter!
Honestly, I think I ruined my sleep cycle because of this novel. I started reading it about 4 or 5 days ago, and pushed hard these last 2 days. I got like 2 hours of sleep this morning... 😴😴😴.
Anyway, it is truly a fun read. A bit nonsensical in terms of game mechanics and balance, but fun and engaging all the same, almost at all times. It robbed me about 9-10 hours of sleep in 2 days after all.
The world building and monster diversity are really good. There is almost never a repetition of content throughout the novel regarding this.
The characters are also fun and have their own personalities.. They each bring something to the novel. I can always tell who is whom, and almost recall every named character, minor, major or supporting. The author did a really damn good job in character creation and interaction. It's almost unreal; this is very, very rare. Of course, none of them really have their history/backstory explained, they also got no closure either; but they are all very likeable and real.
I also have to applaud the author for keeping the "Young Master" and "face slapping" to an absolute minimum. There are probably less than a handful of examples present in the novel. But thankfully not the plethora of regurgitation that these types of Chinese novels are 1,000% guilty of recycling endlessly throughout 99% of their novels.
The ending is also a bit rushed. But it's an open ending, so it's difficult to complain about that...
My one complaint about this novel, is the disconnect from reality. After a while, the author simply stopped caring about stuff outside of the game. There were simply too many things left hanging. Basically, nothing outside of the game got explained or had any form of conclusion. Fatty's history and why he's such a badass can at most be speculated to be some kind of special forces or ex underground/mobster lifestyle, as there's no confirmation, evidence, or explanation of his background. Even the setting of the novel was only hinted to be Beijing once. Some clans were mentioned to be from Beijing many times, but Fatty's specific location was only hinted that single time.
This novel still needs a lot of work, especially in the department of closure. Of course, the author left an open ending, suggesting a sequel of some sort. So I can only hope these are all addressed in the next book. But all in all, this novel is very entertaining.
The translation also has quite a few hiccups and a decent amount of typos here and there, but nothing too distracting or frustrating. These typos aren't whole sentences or chapters like some of the annoyingly crafted novels on here that seem more like a preliminary draft, rather than a completed and published work. A once-over edit can easily solve this, so it can't really be called a huge issue.
Show Me The Second Chapter!
Honestly, I think I ruined my sleep cycle because of this novel. I started reading it about 4 or 5 days ago, and pushed hard these last 2 days. I got like 2 hours of sleep this morning... 😴😴😴.
Anyway, it is truly a fun read. A bit nonsensical in terms of game mechanics and balance, but fun and engaging all the same, almost at all times. It robbed me about 9-10 hours of sleep in 2 days after all.
The world building and monster diversity are really good. There is almost never a repetition of content throughout the novel regarding this.
The characters are also fun and have their own personalities.. They each bring something to the novel. I can always tell who is whom, and almost recall every named character, minor, major or supporting. The author did a really damn good job in character creation and interaction. It's almost unreal; this is very, very rare. Of course, none of them really have their history/backstory explained, they also got no closure either; but they are all very likeable and real.
I also have to applaud the author for keeping the "Young Master" and "face slapping" to an absolute minimum. There are probably less than a handful of examples present in the novel. But thankfully not the plethora of regurgitation that these types of Chinese novels are 1,000% guilty of recycling endlessly throughout 99% of their novels.
The ending is also a bit rushed. But it's an open ending, so it's difficult to complain about that...
My one complaint about this novel, is the disconnect from reality. After a while, the author simply stopped caring about stuff outside of the game. There were simply too many things left hanging. Basically, nothing outside of the game got explained or had any form of conclusion. Fatty's history and why he's such a badass can at most be speculated to be some kind of special forces or ex underground/mobster lifestyle, as there's no confirmation, evidence, or explanation of his background. Even the setting of the novel was only hinted to be Beijing once. Some clans were mentioned to be from Beijing many times, but Fatty's specific location was only hinted that single time.
This novel still needs a lot of work, especially in the department of closure. Of course, the author left an open ending, suggesting a sequel of some sort. So I can only hope these are all addressed in the next book. But all in all, this novel is very entertaining.
The translation also has quite a few hiccups and a decent amount of typos here and there, but nothing too distracting or frustrating. These typos aren't whole sentences or chapters like some of the annoyingly crafted novels on here that seem more like a preliminary draft, rather than a completed and published work. A once-over edit can easily solve this, so it can't really be called a huge issue.
