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VanaxityLv12yr
2022-06-29 20:57

Dimensional Descent is a story about Leonel Morals and him trying to become as strong as possible as his world starts evolving to the next dimension. Originally, I gave this novel a better score, maybe it's just because I'm burnt out, but looking back on the novel it really isn't as good as I previously stated. Writing quality is great, there isn't many mistakes if you aren't specifically looking for them. (5/5 stars) Story development is where I'm most conflicted. You see, I really can't call it bad when I've read to nearly a thousand chapters. However, I feel like I just walked a thousand steps only to realize theres an innumerable amount of steps more. I have read to chapter one thousand, only to realize the story has gone a little everywhere, while at the same time nowhere. The only difference from the start of the novel and now is that the main character is stronger, and has more connections. It is chapter 1000, and there is still no direction for the novel. The main character has fought so many different organizations, strong enemies, etc, but looking back on it they were all pointless as it feels like none of this helped the main character's non-existent goal. How many more chapters will it take for the story to gain direction? I'm kind of tired of reading about so many "unique" characters only for all of them to be later deemed irrelevant. Aside from all this, I've long lost track of how people "progress". The main character has already done five hundred different ways to get stronger, and they all feel super exaggerated until the main character fights someone. Listen, even if you constantly say "it's a miracle for someone like the main character to fight x." I don't buy it. The main character has such a ridiculously overpowered ability that I feel is super underplayed and overplayed at the same time. His ability does everything, just not that well compared to something else. This story is the definition of the phrase "Jack of all Trades, Master of None." (2/5 stars) As for character design, I can't give an honest answer at this point. All the characters are logical, and do actions that make sense of their character. This might be due to the story rather than the characters, but theres nothing unpredictable about these characters. In one thousand chapters there is not a single character that has surprised me with their actions. Rather disappointing. Aside from that, the main character has such ridiculously slow character development it's stupid. The main character has had a "lot" of character development if you want to play with semantics, but absolutely nothing has changed. His character is the exact same, except he thinks a bit differently on a few things. It's annoying. These characters aren't substantial at all, they all feel hollow with the outline of logic. Also, I will never understand the relationship between Aina and Leonel, it feels like it changes every chapter. Aside from the first portion of the novel, it's basically just Leonel chasing after Aina constantly, and Aina constantly leaving to do something else whilst saying shes in love with Leonel. It's annoying. This is still happening at chapter 1000, and I feel like this whole relationship is too tedious to make sense. (2/5 stars) World background is a mess. They have introduced so many things and none of them conflict with each other. It feels like a world with no standard, no rules. It genuinely feels like the author is just making things up as they go along. This is doubly so for the power scaling/development, theres so many ways to progress, the "best" path for the main character changes whenever the author feels like he didn't praise the main character's overwhelming might enough. Politics are a mess to be honest. I never really understood half of what the author was ranting about. This is a world of dimensions, where the higher the dimensions the stronger the people and planets are. According to the author, a 4th dimensional existence is a god to a 3rd dimensional existence. In theory. The problem with this is it's basically irrelevant the entire story as the main character fights so many people stronger than him it's ridiculous. Aside from that, world background has the same problem that lies with character design and story development. There is a LOT of world background, but nothing really substantial. It feels like they are just padding it out instead of making sure the base is solid. (2/5 stars) Overall, this is a fairly good story superficially. Once you dig deeper you'll realize theres nothing really there, and it gets hard to read. Don't get me wrong, the characters are great, and the fights are thrilling. However I almost immediately got burnt out realizing it was chapter 1000 and realized the story basically hadn't progressed from stage 1. The author is great at writing, but the author made the story go in the wrong direction. I give this novel 3.2 stars out of 5.

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THE_CURSED_1224Lv2

VERY INFORMATIVE REVIEW, YOU MUST HAVE SOME MUCH PATIENCE TO GIVE THIS LONG REVIEW

Lord_of_ChaosLv3

A very detailed and informative review, and one i completely agree with. You have good taste.

StormeyyLv14

Thanks for the detailed and unbiased review. Just dodged a bullet there….

DrGraceLv14

A very good and informative review

phishyLv14

Good review but a little after 1000 chapters the progression and how the story is going to advance really becomes apparent but i remember feeling the same thing

kill_zone58Lv4

I'm at chapter 2000~smt and I can say that what you wrote is a total lie

phishy:Good review but a little after 1000 chapters the progression and how the story is going to advance really becomes apparent but i remember feeling the same thing
Chimbuchi_OkelueLv2

good review

BrobeastLv3

thank you, mate. this is very informative

PurpleDaoLv14

Can you give your opinion?

kill_zone58:I'm at chapter 2000~smt and I can say that what you wrote is a total lie
kill_zone58Lv4

it's prolly to late now but, here's my opinion: nothing changes, the mc meets stronger opponents, powers up, learns his actually weak because he met a stronger enemy, and powers up again. the author led me to believe a higher dimensional being was like a god to a lower dimensional being and yet the mc just seems to ignore this with powers that came out of nowhere. the author tries to explain where the ability came from and how powerful it was, but it doesn't matter cuz in the next few chapters it becomes irrelevant and a new ability comes up, the MC'S main ability was never truly fleshed out because he kept on gaining new ones. This was one of my favorite novels when I just started but after reading more novels I started noticing the flaws, and they were glaring, it honestly doesn't deserve the position it has on the rankings and I can easily name a few better novels. Overall it's not bad if you're a newbie, and I would even recommend, but otherwise, it's just hot garbage

PurpleDao:Can you give your opinion?
PurpleDaoLv14

Thank you

kill_zone58:it's prolly to late now but, here's my opinion: nothing changes, the mc meets stronger opponents, powers up, learns his actually weak because he met a stronger enemy, and powers up again. the author led me to believe a higher dimensional being was like a god to a lower dimensional being and yet the mc just seems to ignore this with powers that came out of nowhere. the author tries to explain where the ability came from and how powerful it was, but it doesn't matter cuz in the next few chapters it becomes irrelevant and a new ability comes up, the MC'S main ability was never truly fleshed out because he kept on gaining new ones. This was one of my favorite novels when I just started but after reading more novels I started noticing the flaws, and they were glaring, it honestly doesn't deserve the position it has on the rankings and I can easily name a few better novels. Overall it's not bad if you're a newbie, and I would even recommend, but otherwise, it's just hot garbage
dantecoltzLv1

This is why masochist reviews is the best. They suffer through 1000s of chapters and write down concrete experiences on how "bad" it is.

Cid_Is_TiredLv13

(Read to 1300) Completely agree with your point about the “logic” in the story. Just because some story element or character trait is logical doesn’t make it entertaining and enjoyable to read through. Really wish Awespec used some of that time and effort put into the ‘logical’ chapter long expositions for something else.

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scscsLv15

~30~ Chapters review. Why should you start reading this book? Because it's great of course! More seriously, I've read the other books of our dear author, so here is what I can tell you: - Author knows what he is doing, it's not his first shot. - Author knows how to write a novel in a more than DECENT ENGLISH and his writing is FLUID, things that unfortunately very few webnovels can boast about, especially in early chapters - Over the last few years, author has proven that he was capable of publishing multiple chapters daily. He won't disappear or go on a 6-months hiatus. - 1chap/day will probably increase in the near future after the author finishes one of his other books. If you like eastern fantasy, give a try to his other books, they are great, not flawless but they will entertain you! Now, what about THIS novel? I had some reservations about the 'system' tag because I find that systems in novels more often than not remove agency from the mc, make his growth unnatural and authors don't know how to balance that later in the story. So I'm relieved that this is a 'light system' so far, it is not some godlike entity granting op bonus only to our mc. Mixing evolution, system, apocalypse, and cultivation is a breath of fresh air! I hope author will find the right balance throughout the novel. It reminds me of 'The Oracle Paths' a little bit, but the two novels are still very different. Characters are compelling, no major flaw there so far. I don't think there will be any harem. I hope author will introduce more side characters not existing only through our mc, the very best novels also shine thanks to their original side characters, I know that it's sometimes hard to balance as the story still has to focus on one mc. I wish that our mc will continue to grow differently compared to the mcs from the author's other books, we readers like variations in our characters' personality. Overall this has been a very enjoyable 30 chapters read, I recommend everyone to give it a try, you won't regret it! This novel has the potential for top 10, I'm certain of it. PS: I hope Dyon can work faster, Dimensional Descent also needs 3 chapters a day!

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