- #1
Overall, it's a pretty decent "banished from x group" novel. If you're looking for a casual read that's enjoyable, this will float your boat better than most in this genre. The writing is by no means fantastic, but it's good enough, and the story/world is unique enough to be interesting. The characters are fairly one-dimensional, but again in the context of a casual read there isn't much of an issue with that. Typical villain-types plotting with bad schemes and whatnot along with a somewhat dense MC who is good at his one skill. Main antagonist that kicks MC out at the start is what you'd expect in a dumb antagonist. Compared to other stories in the genre MC isn't an OP fighter or somebody with an insane gimmick or cheat skill that makes him OP. He's a very skilled appraiser that is good at finding talents and guiding/training them in the right way to maximize their potential.Some reviews complain that MC just gets too lucky in finding talents, but I'd argue it's not luck but rather his high appraisal skill managing to find the diamonds in the rough. Up to chapter 42, the number of talents he's found (around 10 or so) fit well within the typical number of people you'd expect to be above average in a bell curve given the sample size, so statistically speaking there's not really any issues.Like I said at the start - great casual read. Rating is based on that bar, since there are a lot of novels in this genre that don't even meet that standard.