I'm unsure how to rate this novel. On one hand it's a great novel that is well written and fun to read. On the other hand however, this novel gets bogged down by one of the big sins of writing: too much exposition. This novel starts out great, with a great first chapter. After that however, you get 6-7 chapters of mostly exposition -- which is very much on the heavy side already. When that's through, you think to yourself: finally, now things will really get started! But even after things get started, the exposition keeps coming. Pretty much every little things needs a paragraph of exposition. See a character -> several paragraphs of exposition about said character. Want to walk through a portal -> a paragraph of exposition about what it feels like walking through a portal. See a weapon -> a paragraph of exposition about said type of weapon. It's just too much. To be fair though, besides the 'sin of exposition', I have fairly few complaints about this novel. It's written well, with character that aren't just dumb NPCs and a world and story that are fairly interesting. Sure, there is things I could nit pick about, but it's honestly not worth the effort. When this novel isn't bogged down in its excessive exposition, it's a great read. So my one tip to the author would be: think/talk about things less, but make characters do more. If it were up to me, I'd cut that entire "friend" character out of the novel -- he is the main device for most of the exposition.
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