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This novel is ridden with inconsistencies and gives a certain impression of being a half-ass write as we go structure of writing.Going in it's explicitly tries to show that it's a novel in the "misunderstanding" genre. And as the story progress, that fact is used as an excused for the novel being shit. I've spoken with many of the readers of this novel and every complaint I've voiced is replied back with "You have little suspension of disbelief". Like that's an excuse at all. In both Death Flag and Power in the Shadows, both misunderstanding novels, yet both are amazingly written having a consistency that this novel sorely lacks.Now for some examples:Spoiler
- The MC: From what I've read the MC can be interpreted in two ways
- 1st he's very weak mentally and his goal of becoming an "evil lord" is simply a defense mechanism so that he would have a reason if something bad happened to him unlike his previous life
- But since this is a "misunderstanding" novel, the more likely situation is that he's mentally ret*rded and if that's the case then his wife was probably justified in everything she did after having to deal with his sh*t for years.
- The Guide: He's like a poor c*ckroach who the writer uses as a punching bag for their stress. Just f*cking do something. Don't just say "The guide became so weak he could die at any moment" then 2 chapters after that says "He absorbs the despair of blah blah, biding his time to get back at the MC" and it's not a 1 time thing either it's stated multiple times. And I despise the inconsistencies of the Antagonists too. One moment she's a sl*t who does everything in her power for wealth and position, the next she's someone who's faithful and runs away with a pathetic and dickless (litterally) kid. And the kid, one moment he's a jackoff who acts high and mighty, who probably r*ped a bunch of commoners and ab*sed other "lesser" nobles, the next he apparently has mommy issues (that justifies all of his actions apparently) and came to his senses and ask the girl to run away with him. Like wtf.
- The story: While not at first it became obvious to me that this novel is a mix between CN and JP (not the good parts)
- Similar to CN in the arrogance of the MC, the copy & paste style of the enemy, and every single character kissing the MC's ass.
- JP in the sense that the MC is just dumb and dense and everything he shits out turns into gold until it doesn't but even when it doesn't, nothing bad happens. For example, there must've 10 times where he's knowingly "seduced" into buying unneeded ships even when it's stated that it's not a good idea. Yet nothing bad happens at all.
- Bullshitery: I just don't care much anymore so I forgot alot of it's bullshitery but I remember the part that made me stopped. When assassins were sent to kill the MC. Suddenly out of nowhere, we're introduced to a bunch of pro assassins that was apparently saved by Liam and is now loyal to him. Apparently, they were betrayed by their previous master (last emporer) too, so the MC can have trust problems but all the side characters are just supposed to be loyal and do whatever the MC says cause he saved em once? I mean if it's stated or made apparent that the species we're reading about just look like humans but have a mentally ret*rded amount of IQ then yea I can buy that.