It has interesting characters both likable and not. The enemies are grand, beyond life. The author clearly has thought all of his setting and worldbuilding in this novel and it shows.

It would be an excellent novel; if it wasnt plagued by one thing.

Pacing!!

Everything goes to hell constantly. All the time. Everything that can go wrong goes wrong in a lot more ways than one. No rest for the characters and in return the readers.

We are riding an extreme roller coaster without chance for respite. It constantly adds stuff hitting us left and right, it personally makes me numb. I constantly have to skip chunks of the chapter because I find myself not really caring about everything that happens. An enemy appeared? Oh. Again? And its stronger than the last? Right as they killed the last? Sure, go ahead, I will mostly skip the fight scene as I wait for a little more story.

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oxygen5011

Status: c16

May 8, 2021

It got ruined by a stupid MC and too convenient system.

MC gets new skills every time he moves, actually he gets skills without moving as well. He got mediation skill that granted him more skills.

Even running and climbing is a skill. I wonder why walking and breathing (not counting meditation) are not. And gaining new skills is too easy, hold your breath and now you have the stealth skill. Easy peasy right?

MC does not have an awareness of his surroundings and precaution against the creatures of the world. He can make a friend with a chimera which looks like a dog, knowing it less than a day. Going as far as saving it from dying.

Level gap means nothing to MC with his friendship and pinky magic system. He can attack monsters as he wishes, because the system gives him the quest to do. But monsters are more powerful than him? Who cares? Just throw some rocks, got a skill for literally throwing rocks, upgrade it by throwing more rocks.

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FireflyFanatic

Status: chapter thirty – 030

Apr 27, 2020

A well thought out story with a hidden agenda, and a character determined to survive, damn the odds. It starts out with a... I’d say bang, but perhaps splash would be more appropriate, as Felix, our MC, wakes up next to an acid ocean and a not so happy sea monster of mythical proportions. So what does our MC do? Well... he runs away. A lot.

In a land full to the brim of monsters that could kill him with a glance, Felix is determined to survive and find out where he is. And to do that, he has to get stronger, fast. His only advantage is a world system and his mysterious new race that was chosen for him by someone, or something, unknown, and a will that refuses to break.

Welcome to the Continent, Felix Navarre.

We hope you survive.

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carlru

Status: c137

Jul 10, 2021

Dropped it.

The world is very well fleshed out, as is the system. Another reviewer has criticized the system for being too convenient, but this has an explanation later in the plot.

The stakes are there and so the tension is also present.

But during the 137 chapters I've read, there was never any downtime. It is always balls-to-the-walls action and dire straits which push the MC forward.

This may sound like a non-issue, but believe me when I say that Berserk was better at cultivating a balance between tension and moments of peace than this story. This balance I described is supremely important for any story and this one fails at that aspect.

Another important aspect this story fails at is progression. It is something central to any story, especially a LitRPG-story, and your first instinct will be to point at the changing 'Status Window' to prove me wrong. However, just increasing numbers and adding titles doesn't suffice.

I want a character that is changed by their environment, I want relationships that bloom and/or whither, and I want an MC that gets stronger. At first glance the story may seem to partially fulfill these tasks, it doesn't.

Firstly, the MC is someone that could be found in any 08/15 Japanese light novel. A goody-two-shoes with no aspirations or flaws. Felix had some cool moments, that much is true.

But often these moments didn't change his personality, or anything about him for that matter (excluding story-relevant bull). It was as if these moments were ignored as soon as the next chapter began.

Secondly, the relationships in this story were like a mountain, unchanging (note the reading status). The author can talk about how characters aren't suspicious of MC anymore, but if I can't see that in their behavior that means jack sh*t. I don't want to sound condescending, but while the author tries to follow the "Show, don't tell"-rule, he/she doesn't succeed consistently.

Thirdly and lastly, just because the author says MC has become stronger, doesn't mean it is evident in the story. As I've mentioned in a previous paragraph, numbers and titles don't mean anything if they're not backed up by conflicts that showcase this. This issue rears its ugly head when the MC can't take care of random goons easily when he fought alongside Silver-Rankers in a previous chapter. It shows itself when the MC doesn't have a semi-solid fighting style that incorporates his skills for maximum synergy.

Spoiler

If I ever come back to this story I will be pissed if nothing happens between Felix and Vess.

Moving Mountain Body and Godeater Mind sound impressive, but what do they actually do? Do they influence his skills? Apparently not, apparently, they're only there to service the plot.

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This story has provided me with 100 chapters of entertainment and I want to continue to read. But I also don't want to be disappointed again. That isn't a good feeling.

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Mortemodred

Status: --

Jun 12, 2021

Stupid MC's are unreliable, much the easiest way to do things. However, he does stupid things throughout the chapter from start to finish, without rationality by relying on his stupid instincts. Constantly careless until it's like his brain doesn't work.

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miszterx

Status: chapter ninety nine – 099

Sep 25, 2020

Overarching plot: check

Charachter development: check

Characters that you can actually care for: check

Made me cry: check

Ladies and gentlemen. This is the good stuff!

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valci

Status: Book 4 - dropped into lava

May 7, 2023

The best way to describe this novel is by comparing it to a rotting gem. The deeper you dig and clean the more rot you uncover and the more disgusted and disappointed you get. You ignore the bad things saying to yourself it has to get better right. Sadly that's wrong, it gets much worse. At the end I was raging at the author how he managed to screw everything up again and never learns from his mistakes. Do not pay for this if you want to try reading it.

Spoiler

Try... ;)

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The more you read this novel the more you learn, how someone can write whatever comes to their ***** mind. This novel is proof that to be a good author you need a baseline of organization, intelligence and memory, that sadly this novel lacks.

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If you like to read your novels with your brain active, you will hate this work. The author is sadly consistently disorganized, inconsistent, illogical, forgetful and lazy. It all reflect in the novel and the MC. Other bad reviews brush on how the MC is stupid, but that is not the truth. The authors lack of memory, logic and looking into the future is the reason for the brain-numbing actions of the MC in the novel.

This novel has it all, insane amount of loose loopholes, inconsistencies, straight-line plot, plot shields not armor, shield upon shields and then bad patchwork of some of the loopholes and inconsistencies. It gets soo bad the author just ignores some of the mechanics of the world he set and never touches them again. Plot armor so stupid he doesn't even try to explain it.

The plot direction makes no sense. The author just places down bad guys in the story. All of them insanely higher level then MC, more experienced and outnumbering him 1/100. The author then sends the MC towards them with no logic or reason. MC just goes towards bad guys and meets them, struggles, almost dies and suddenly beats them up. The bad guys are also bad guys with no background. So he just creates them so the MC has something to almost die against.

The worst case of plot armor is when the MC faces a evil demigod, for no reason I must add. In the first book and at level 15 with nothing none the less. He of course wins, defeats it even thou she a demigod, is level hundred+ with stats far beyond his own and demigods strength was hyped up to be on a level of a world ending calamity able to destroy the realm only for her to lose and get trapped in his soul/mind. Let's also mention the demigod could effect the system and give and take skills and tittles from the MC like it was nothing. If you can get past that without losing the will to read the swish cheese that is this novel, be prepared because the MC gets nothing for doing such a feat at level 15. The system that gave him titles and stats for surviving some bugs at low hp gave the man forgotten titles that were not worth a damn and never mentioned again in the story.

Of course the author also can't keep up with the skills he keeps giving the MC so he just stops giving them. In book 3 he probably finally couldn't take the backlash of the readers and stars combining them.

The amount of brain rot I got from reading 3 books of this novel is insane. I thing I might almost be on the IQ level of the author, so I had to stop. The fact he is selling this sh*t without rewriting it is disgusting.

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KarmaHunter

Status: c0

May 8, 2020

im not one to male reviews but im in love with this story, the writing and setting is so good, im enjoying it a lot. 10/10

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Loggar

Status: chapter thirty two – 032

Apr 30, 2020

It's a great story but I miss 2 things. He doesn't absorb enough of his enemies or try to relieve again and again his memories. It seems like he don't know his potential. Even though he ALREADY HAD seen the potential of both skills.

Btw. I miss luck status. Few histories on the site do make luck an actual status that make difference....

Well, other than that is well written and has a nice, concise and good history. Paired with nice fights. It's a good read. Maybe in the future it will be 5 stars.

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TheGreenReader

Status: chapter sixty nine – 069

Jul 26, 2020

Nice. All jokes aside an amazing story with twist, turns, some of the best action on this site, and a compelling story that keeps you interested and invested. This story has me reading the chapters as soon as they come out it has great word count and chapter length and little to no errors . In my opinion its the best story on the site.

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