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Original (3.8/5) Spoiler
Update: C83 (2.5/5) I really want to like this novel but it's hard to do so when the characters are all over the place. I'll keep reading but just know that the story is just getting worse the more you read. Highly disappointed thus far.
[collapse]TLDR: I like the author, messy start, good progression, interesting story.I LOVE Jee Gab Song! Although he had a rocky start with monster, he's been getting better and you can tell! Anyways, I really do enjoy the novel so far.To quickly sum up the novel thus far, the main character dies and comes back from the future with the ability 'Notepad' that's been seriously juiced up through Peronium, an item produced by Libra (main antagonist-company) before going back in time. He travels back to when he was about to drop out of magic highschool and decides to take an alternative route into college. Afterwards, he's mainly just trying to survive in a highly competitive and malicious environment due to classism and just general hatred from focal characters in the story.So far the story is really interesting and the story is actually starting to ramp up at around chapter 40, but therein lies the problem. The novel doesn't have the best start. It's a bit rocky right off the bat with the clunky conversation between the protagonist and his killer from the original timeline, to introducing the main characters are... Not the best.SpoilerTake Elise for example. Her initial description came from a side character in the form of a highly ambiguous and downright confusing manner that boils down to 'She really doesn't like the MC'. Furthermore, her interactions with the MC towards the start of the novel just makes her feel as through she's some sort of phantom who's personality isn't drawn out yet, to the point of having barely 3-4 lines every 2 chapters.
[collapse]However, all of that does start to get better later on. As is with most of Song's works, he has a slightly weak start but the story fleshes out a lot more as you progress with the novel.
