Review Detail of Kergonan in Doomsday Pillars

Doomsday Pillars The last short novel I read on Webnovel has been a big disappointment. Seeing that Earth’s Greatest Magus has been consistently well rated for the past two years and its author wrote a short story, I decided to give a try to Doomsday Pillars, both to erase the bad taste the previous tales left me with and to see if I would go for the writer’s longer novel at a later date. The plot of the story is classic but pretty well written story of a reincarnator in a zombie and later « demon » apocalypse, but done in a very « realistic », pragmatic and griity style. Moreover the plot seems to indicate a more complex metaplot encompasing all the novels in the Avan-verse. This lead to one of the flaw of the novel, as the ending is a bit abrupt and in the form of a cliffhanger since it is the first part of this universe’s « Apocalypse Trilogy », whose second book is being written as of now. The main character is a decisive factor in the tales, as he is not a young man, but a middle-aged husband and father who acts accordingly, and with a perserpective of the bigger picture. The other characters are also well-made although not equally. By the the way, the author changes perspectives to other characters in many points of the story, often for a serie of chapters, which adds quality to the story. On side note, the realistic, gritty mood of the tale means that (good) characters will die, sommetimes in poignant ways. The power system is well made but rough (it seems it’s explained in more details in other books of the Avan-verse) but fine. A big flaw of this novel is the high number of vocabulary (confusion of homophone) and grammar mistakes that can be found, as well as the occasional typos. There are less of these in the last tenth of the book, but a recheck would be needed. In conclusion, Doomsday Pillars is a fine short novel with a griity, realistic mood, good character and a well-made setting, although some of it only gives us a peek in the author’s universe (in which all of his tales take place), but it is weakened by an uneven writting quality (vocabulary mistakes) and an abrupt cliffhanger ending. My final verdict is a solide 7 out of 10, and I will certainly read other novels from this writer at a later date. Kergonan out. P.S : Thank to Avan for writing this novel