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2022-07-04 00:35

I am surprised this book has so few reviews. It is one of the few books I am not bored of even after 400+ chapters. It doesn't contains too many cliches usually present in the cultivation novels and provides a fresher take than the usual cultivation novel. I personally liked it and would recommend others give it a try.

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Thanks for your support. (:

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A book in the more unknown corners of Webnovel Eternal Thief starts leaving a decent impression on me starting with a very typical start of a cultivation novel that doesn't lean too hard into "HOW DARE YOU TRASH" tropes that Chinese novels tend to start with to try and build motivation for the reader. No, this novel gives you decent story and context for the reader to start becoming invested with the looming idea that the system is coming. The system does arrive with fanfare but the mc is hesitant to accept the cursed power at first showing some actual character. It has easy to understand themes of thievery and despair strewn throughout never asking the reader to deeply invest himself in the story but throws enough out there to keep me interested in it. The world is also rather interesting for a cultivation novel showing the humility to not have humans be ranked #1 in power and building a fully believable world filled to the brim with greedy humans vying to take the #1 in power. The weakest aspects of this story are the author's rare spelling mistakes of certain words like Warrior which he spells as Worrier and also the weakness of the character of the female lead it's not that her motivations aren't explained it's just the author doesn't introduce it the right way (mostly too fast and too reliant on hormones lol) to get me invested in the female lead beyond her attributes (looks, personality, etc.) but these are minor and I have built up a tolerance to this in lew of the things I like about it. Overall I am proud of this author for being able to hit a good bar for his first story

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