Reviews of Fantasy Assassin in a modern world
Fantasy Assassin in a modern world
lynerparel
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- Story Development
- Character Design
- world background
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Alright, this novel has one of my least favorite tropes. Nice-guy assassin. Those two tropes just don't work well together. First off, the main character. The best assassin from a fantasy world, can even kill Kings and Queens. Is almost caught on his very first job. He is supposedly a assassin but in reality hes just a vigilante. Side characters. Another review basically talks about this perfectly. All the characters are template characters. Cop who relies on intuition, girl whos a battle maniac, cute little sister, grumpy older brother, super-genius kid who can hack into anything. Plot & writing quality. First off, this novel definitely has a amateurish tinge to it, but seems somewhat refined. The plot, however, seems super forced and is rather boring. Gang members beat up the main character's brother, he beats them up. They come back, with more, because? (This is a world with martial artists, why are these guys so keen on killing themselves) Anyway, he beats them up, takes pity on them, once again because? He decides to kill all the gangs nearby because of some pity story the guy told him. Later, when a cop invited him to dinner a young master decided to beat him up. He beat them up instead, and now decided to destroy his entire company and family. Good ol' vigilantism. It just seems rather forced, especially that young master part. (Again, there are literally martial artists in this world, the young master doesn't have a single martial artist) Anyway, another gripe I have with this novel is "intuition". God it's annoying. A lot of novels go with this really forced way of advancing the plot. A random copy intuitively knows that the main character somehow committed the crime of killing gang members, so she invites him to dinner. A random battle-junky intuitively knows that the MC is the one who fought her before. (he was completely covered in black, no resemblance) Overall, a amateurish novel that is rather low quality in general.
despite my 3.6 score, I really quite enjoy this novel. What I have a problem with is the illogical nature of the new world he's in. Martial artists / rich people act just as unbridled as they would in a medieval setting despite being in a modern setting, quite openly either threatening or killing/kidnapping people. A martial artist with the tiniest of strength is feared as if calling the police wouldn't work perfectly fine.
Pros: The quality of the writing is superb. Characters are relatively well thought out and have personality World is pretty good, couple things are a bit strange but that may be due to a slow build up. Cons: Story is all over the place, a lot of missing information that would make some parts easier to keep together. The Update Stability is what makes this book hard to stay excited for; 2 chapters a week isnβt uncommon for amateur writers. One problem is the chapters are a little short. But the BIGGEST issue is the cost of reading, specifically the Privilege Access. 700+ coins for 9 chapters is not a fair price. Privilege lasts a month, approximately 8 chapters a month for 700+ coins is not worth the money readers will have to pay. I am able to pay that amount, (and I DO, I honestly enjoy this novel) but for an average reader I would not recommend doing so.
by far the best assassin/rogue story I have ever read. the mc actually stays true to what he is good at and doesn't start doing something new because "I'm already a god at this, so let me fight life and death with something I suck at" or something like that. additionally all of the characters are very fleshed out and actually feel like people. the world is built beautifully and continuing to expand. but not so fast that it feels rushed.
Luckily Iβm early here and I will shamelessly review this 5 stars. That aside, I would like to know if the mc also kills people, stays in the shadows, puts secrecy first in an assassination and doesnβt speak with the target first then kill him.... and if he will accept assassination requests for money. If the author would be kind enough to answer, I will definitely read this book. If they please me ;)
