- #1
A relatively wholesome power fantasy. Has a comedic tone that's inoffensive and can inspire a light chuckle. Thinking on this review a bit more, I appreciate the world and it's plots being developed by the author. It feels like there are several fronts occurring in the story, from mysterious folk collecting MacGuffins, to nation's acting on competitive interests, to simple stories of powerful people seeking out personal ambitions. For the most part, I'm interested in what's going on in most of the conflicts.Biggest criticism is how all the heroes and heroines are beautiful / fit, with not many other adjectives. It's not very descriptively diverse and is kind of boring on the character side of things. There's an index/character page around 165, where folk are described in one or two sentences and yeah, they really aren't much more than that.Also, the main character mu*ders a lot of monsters with magic cores, and assassins but there doesn't seem to be a lot of engagement on what a goblin village actually is, beyond mindless creatures humans can kill without concern. Kind of a shallow setting there. Not every book needs to be deep, or really challenge the general conventions of genre, but I think it's a missed opportunity for this protagonist, who often comparing their world to the conventions of a light novel. They aren't the biggest mu*der hobo either, which is nice.Those criticism aside, I rather like the series. Will be following this story!
