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The jokes get old fast.The translation is excellent, explaining the jokes/allusions well.But the problem is that you have a clueless idiot protagonist, and the whole world is also holding an idiot ball.Remember "Comedy of Errors"? Take a similar premise of "misunderstand everything" and then run that joke into the ground.It's fine for cheap laughs and in moderation. Don't read this all in one sitting - it really makes the experience worse. Comedic fatigue sets in quick.There are great comedic set pieces and situations take individually, but there isn't enough contrast or "Downtime" for you to appreciate it at all.You know kind of like how Shakespeare masterfully uses comedy to cut tension and give breathing/development room for his dramas (such as in Macbeth) ? Well Tilea's worries doesn't do that at all, showing a complete lack of understanding in pacing and comedic timing.Turn off your brain, and it's somewhat enjoyable if you also wipe your memory after every chapter.Look, it's a good fun laugh a chapter at a time. But A comedy that stops being comedic if you read multiple chapters at once? 3/5.Spoiler
For those of you who don't know, I rate novels on not how much I personally enjoy them, but rather on how well they do what they set out to do.
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