- #1
Holy crap, where do I even start...So as a TL;DR for the peeps with an attention span of a goldfish, this is basically the author's slow and torturous ride for the reader to make them accept self-flagellation and eventually accept this masochistic bait of a novel.Don't like? Then off you go.Now, regarding this, I've given it time and let it cook, and have reached Ch.50 by the time of this reading. I don't wanna spoil much, but I'll rant a bit about why I hated the experience.First off, the MC, from the modern Korea, was not even able to use his knowledge in any way shape or form. He's basically being backseated while the body he inhabits controls it most of the time. His consciousness becomes a repository of his experiences (including all the failures and regrets) he accumulates in every loop. And it adds to his ever growing neurosis that is just one tip away from exploding.Second of all, while I appreciate the author's very very brave foray in unsavory topics, he has had the MC act more on assumptions than any information he gathered (other than those the MC experienced head-on). MC was s*upid for this amount of time and I can't even bear it.Next, the timeline is really confusing here. There is nothing denoting months for the passage of time. There's the occasional mention of seasons passing, but I can't even get an accurate passage due to them being barely mentioned, if at all.I'll still give this a go, and see if it gets anywhere better. Sunk cost fallacy and all that jazz. I'll update after.