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zankaru 's review for:
Shadow of the Conqueror
by Shad M. Brooks
Warning: I stopped reading at 50% and have a positive bias as a shadiversity fan.
This felt like the lazy, self insert, power fantasy fanfiction that is popular with young teen writers. The main character is allegedly 80 years old, but acts like every cliche fantasy teenager. This is not how a monarch with decades of experience acts.
He does not struggle in the slightest to learn his new powers. Which is insane because the reader learning the magic system alongside the main character is like crack for fantasy fans. Instead we get a chapter of exposition dumping. He is a genius engineer who knows everything. And also a genius sword fighter with an obnoxiously long title. He knows about every faction and culture and how to act accordingly. His sword is super special and better than everyone elses.
The premise could have been interesting if an old man traveled the world using his powers to do good. Instead he needs to be transformed into a young, perfectly built, incredibly sexy teen with the musculature of a thirty year old.
The humor is repetitive or falls flat. The introduction chapter of the two archons was painful to finish. Nearly every character through the first half is shallow or one dimensional. The sexist portrayals of the women in the story have been mentioned by others already. The only positive thing was the world building of the flat earth.
It was not a surprise to discover this was self published. It needed a serious overhaul and rework by an editor.
This felt like the lazy, self insert, power fantasy fanfiction that is popular with young teen writers. The main character is allegedly 80 years old, but acts like every cliche fantasy teenager. This is not how a monarch with decades of experience acts.
He does not struggle in the slightest to learn his new powers. Which is insane because the reader learning the magic system alongside the main character is like crack for fantasy fans. Instead we get a chapter of exposition dumping. He is a genius engineer who knows everything. And also a genius sword fighter with an obnoxiously long title. He knows about every faction and culture and how to act accordingly. His sword is super special and better than everyone elses.
The premise could have been interesting if an old man traveled the world using his powers to do good. Instead he needs to be transformed into a young, perfectly built, incredibly sexy teen with the musculature of a thirty year old.
The humor is repetitive or falls flat. The introduction chapter of the two archons was painful to finish. Nearly every character through the first half is shallow or one dimensional. The sexist portrayals of the women in the story have been mentioned by others already. The only positive thing was the world building of the flat earth.
It was not a surprise to discover this was self published. It needed a serious overhaul and rework by an editor.