The novel starts off really strong. The author clearly did their homework—going as far as using Google Maps to make the journey accurate, which I appreciated. But after that, it feels like all the effort just drops off. The main character gets nerfed hard, not just once, but twice. First, his powers are cut down significantly, and then his personality becomes so arrogant that he refuses to use his full abilities on weaker enemies, which just feels frustrating.
Then the story takes an even weirder turn when his future self gives all his friends sequences (like in Lord of the Mysteries), and one of them becomes his frenemy, giving the MC a tougher enemy to deal with. It feels really forced. To top it off, there’s a huge inconsistency. In an earlier conversation between Lucian and Annabeth, it’s made clear that sequences are tailor-made and can’t just be handed out. But then Luke, with zero experience, can somehow mass-produce sequences? Seriously? How is making potions that turn you into a god suddenly so easy that anyone can do it with a few instructions?
