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Average. I honestly do not see how this novel can get such a high rating. I will not go on a thousand word emotional rant about how tr*sh the novel is and how the author should kill themselves (yes this community is toxic). Instead, I will present my opinions and facts on the matter, letting you decide for yourself whether this novel is good or not.Firstly, there are many issues and plot holes borne of the much too fast-paced development, which I feel as though completely ignores any world-building and compromises the foundation for the characters to develop and drive the plot forward towards a meaningful goal. It seems as though the world adapts to whatever would be most convenient for the MC, rather than the characters adapting and maturing along with changing circumstances. To prove my point, immediately after starting the novel, he is conveniently able to use 'primordial magic', which supposedly only a dozen could master, while others need to chant in order to cast spells. This was expressed quite passionately by the supposedly in-awed vampire he saved, and tbh this scene made me cringe quite a bit. I cannot be bothered finding this passage again, but it honestly cannot be explained in words.As a general note and a recurring theme across the novel, the author unnecessarily 'sucks off his ego' through the side characters and it's way too edgy. The main problem is that the characters are 2-dimensional at best. Apparently, he carries a fierce aura and bloodlust that makes people instantly paralyze with fear (insert sarcastic remark). Also, the enemies are so simple and easily hateable, with no complexity to their character at all. (He deserves to die, after all he was thinking about raping a small child, that's evil!!! Oh yeah, that apparently justifies killing thousands of other soldiers. I'm sure that they colonise and kill others for fun, and not because they have been brainwashed or etc.) This is literally just a poor attempt to justify the MC mass genociding a bunch of humans, and about how the MC is a misunderstood antihero who has great morals. This lack of complex characterisation can be seen in the female harem of his (no I will not talk about the loli aspect, or the copius amount of fan service), who greatly admire him for practically no reason. Listen, im not going to argue ethics, but if you want to talk about serious topics such as s*avery, colonisation and other nuances, at least be realistic and don't demonstrate it through a practically black and white, idealist work of fiction. There are far too many other 'unique qualities' the MC possesses to be written in this review, but I urge you to actively look for them and realise how little they make sense. I also would recommend looking at the characters and how easily loveable or hateable they are, and then at the parts where the author tries to argue ethics.SUMMARY. Too fast-paced.2D characters. No development (MC stays practically the same characteristically) . World adapts to mc. Biased towards the various extreme views the author holds on ethics (not that im saying s*avery is right) . Edgy and 'ego sucking'. Pretty dodgy woman sterotypes. Simple and cliche
