This novel is mediocre at best. Let's talk about its good points first: it has a messy narration, the grammatical structure of My Immortal, and a cliched plot. The narration is a mix of past and present tense. It's mostly past tense, but the narrator lapses into present tense often enough to make it jarring. This is a reference to how the hero character crosses over through time; in order to justify this, the author writes his narration in both the past and present, telling us that the past and present are but the same, allowing the character to go back in time. The narration is in 3rd person limited, but the POV switches randomly in the middle of a chapter. It's very unique and I like how the author is going outside the established boundaries and doing his own style of narration. The grammar of the novel is frighteningly good. I often have to reread a sentence to make sense of it, which is a really good thing since it makes people read longer and improves the valid read stat. And if someone ever invents a pay by the minute system for monetizing books, this'll be a huge advantage.I also really like the cliched plot. I don't like to think when I read, so when the plot is familiar, it makes me happy. There are a few bad points that counteract this, though. First, there's the lack of typos. Unfortunately, we're in 2021, and spellcheck is automatic these days. However, correctly spelled words make the writing read pretentiously. Bad spelling gives the reader a sense of familiarity. Second, there's a coherent plot. One of the things My Immortal did well was having a cliched plot while having no coherency whatsoever. This novel follows a logical progression instead of the FL falling in love with the MC on c2 then being totally forgotten for another F character. All in all, this is a 3* novel. Not bad enough for 2* but not good enough for 4*.

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