Victor_Venegas

I only needed one chapter to realize it was AI; I read (with difficulty) four more chapters to confirm it. If you think otherwise, you're either deliberately turning a blind eye or your parents are direct relatives.

I hate the pretentious dialogue the AI writes.

All my one-star reviews are for one of two reasons, always (you can check): 1. AI use, like here. 2. Plagiarism. If you want to see good reviews, just scroll down further. The problem is, as the "author" here said, we're in a dark age of AI slop.

Let's see how long my review lasts...

I really enjoyed the entire rant in the first chapter, especially the part where the “author” says how offensive it is to even suggest that he uses AI for this story and how, beyond the offense he takes, he actually feel pity for the readers who might think that about his work. After all, who could really blame those readers when they’re surrounded by so much AI slop? Rigth? Well I genuinely loved it, particularly the sheer audacity of going on that rant and then brazenly publishing a first chapter that reeks of AI-generated writing. It’s honestly a great example of unintentional comedy. Now, so the “author” can’t hide behind the weak excuse that I only read the first chapter, I took the time to read a couple more and found, to no one’s surprise, that it’s still AI slop. Here’s why: First, the random font changes. I’m not talking about titles like *School Afternoo* or something like that, that’s something some authors do intentionally, but within the chapters themselves: switching fonts, unnecessary bold or italics on words that don’t warrant emphasis. It’s not the most obvious sign, but it’s definitely a clear one. Second. “The novel isn’t excellent, nor bad, nor unpleasant. It’s just AI slop.” No one writes like that consistently at least not to that extent. It’s something you see a lot in AI-generated text (you can verify this by asking an AI to write a 2,000+ word chapter), and it shows up multiple times in each chapter. Here I counted at least three instances per chapter. Third, the dialogue. Beyond the lack of emotional depth in the characters, the “clever” dialogue is incredibly grating. One example I remember is when the MC meets a secondary character and they work together in the lab. The line goes something like: “Do you want a partner, or will you work alone, resenting anyone who slows you down?” That’s their first meeting, the first interaction. Who talks like that? No one… well, ChatGPT does. (Again, if you don’t believe me, try asking it to write a “playful” conversation between two characters.) To wrap up my own rant, I’ll say this to the “author.” If you’re going to use AI, at least have the honesty to admit it. Don't pretend to have values.

And no one blames you for believing that; after all, your account was created just a few months ago. You don't know of anything better to compare it to, since everything is AI slop now.

Well, what can I say? It's not a bad story, it's just extremely bland. None of the characters, whether the protagonist or the secondary characters, have any personality whatsoever. "I died and was reincarnated as a German soldier during World War I? Oh well, what can you do?" You know how in Frieren everyone seems completely expressionless all the time? That's how this story is, and not just with the lack of personality in the characters, but also in the narrative descriptions. "I shot from x distance and my target died, then I ran and shot again." That's not an exaggeration; that's how it reads, and that's how it evokes zero emotion. That's my problem, and the reason for my low rating. If the story were a drink, it would be water. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's definitely not spectacular. It's not for me. Good luck to the author.

It's been a while since I've come here to show off my superior intellect by generating theories about this novel, but my moment has arrived. At a certain point in the chapter, the author uses the name Raymond Sackler, who, among other things, in the real world, along with his brothers, bought Purde Pharma, a company partly responsible for the opioid epidemic in the United States due to the over-prescription of drugs like Oxy. Now, this shoutout could very well be just a nod from the author to the corruption of the American healthcare system, but I highly doubt it. As I mentioned in another comment, I theorize that the author will use Vogler as an antagonistic character in the future. Furthermore, using the Sackler connection, I think we'll encounter Vogler again after 1996 in the story when in real life Oxy was released (perhaps even later in the story, I don't know). Here's my theory. It's worth clarifying that I'm not depressed in any way, so if anything happens to me, they (the author) tried to silence me.

Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking, but it's pretty obvious it was intended to further the plot. I think the author will use Vogler in the future; I highly doubt it will affect PJ in any way in the short term. Maybe in the second or even the third volume. After all, where the story is headed, there aren't many opportunities to create villains, so what better than to have one already?

How is it that Mike was late if they're literally going up in the same lift? Why is Donna giving him messages if she's Harvey's secretary? I know everything you post is AI-generated, but at least try to correct it a little; it's not that hard.