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The Founder of Diabolism
by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
DID NOT FINISH
Yet another reactionary story full of random chance and deus ex machina. It’s impossible for me to feel invested in the main character or the story, and the world building is just a foil for the deus ex.
Characters:
The characters here are the most good part of the story. They have distinct personalities. Of course, they all seem very shallow and have repetitive actions, but it’s an oh well. The main character is a decent guy trying to have fun in life. The main supporting character is a tsundere dude.
Story:
The story follows the main character as he reacts to the random occurrences around him. I personally detest this kind of story. It’s hard to feel invested in anything of this book because random occurrences take away any possibility of progress or lasting change. Kind of like how you would feel less invested in your homework if the teacher is going to roll dice to calculate your grade anyway. Also there is a lot of deus ex machina here, with characters being saved by random, non-foreshadowed people or things out of the blue.
World:
The world building here is annoyingly full of information dumps, and isn’t the focus of the story anyway. Not a lot of effort is put into the world building because the story is more about the characters, so you already wouldn’t read the book for the world building. On top of that, the book is full of random name drops and lists of people and places, which is annoying and impossible to remember. The world building tells you about nonsense without giving you a reason to be invested in the information, resulting in a lot of forgetting and subsequent confusion.
Characters:
The characters here are the most good part of the story. They have distinct personalities. Of course, they all seem very shallow and have repetitive actions, but it’s an oh well. The main character is a decent guy trying to have fun in life. The main supporting character is a tsundere dude.
Story:
The story follows the main character as he reacts to the random occurrences around him. I personally detest this kind of story. It’s hard to feel invested in anything of this book because random occurrences take away any possibility of progress or lasting change. Kind of like how you would feel less invested in your homework if the teacher is going to roll dice to calculate your grade anyway. Also there is a lot of deus ex machina here, with characters being saved by random, non-foreshadowed people or things out of the blue.
World:
The world building here is annoyingly full of information dumps, and isn’t the focus of the story anyway. Not a lot of effort is put into the world building because the story is more about the characters, so you already wouldn’t read the book for the world building. On top of that, the book is full of random name drops and lists of people and places, which is annoying and impossible to remember. The world building tells you about nonsense without giving you a reason to be invested in the information, resulting in a lot of forgetting and subsequent confusion.