Review Detail of Vanja in Tyranny of Steel

If you are not a fan of impenetrable plot armor, this book is not for you. Every opponent of the MC is so stupid they couldn't get water out of a helmet with instructions written on top. But this is not the most frustrating part of the book, it's how the MC and his dumb ass spy chief are portrayed as "intelligent and brilliant" while all of their schemes are so basic a 5-year-old should be able to see through them, the only reason they work is that everyone else has had their intelligence lowered by about half. He manages to convince his opponents with the most benign arguments, there was a small section where he unintentionally caused terrorists to appear in the world, but he killed a bunch of people and everyone calmed down. The original terrorists took up farming, his allies, and own people were fine and were not afraid that they would be next. The author has tried explaining a lot of these issues by building a militaristic society, which would work. The problem is none of the negatives that come from a militaristic society are apparent, for example, where is the beating and abuse of those deemed weak? The mass execution of those not part of the pack? And don't come saying that it's because of the "heavy punishment in the law system he created", there are countries in the world where people get shot for drinking alcohol, and you can still find plenty of alcohol in them. The reason the world started moving away from pure punishment and moved to rehabilitation is that the punishment system creates more hardened criminals by forcing them to "go the full way". If we went too far with the move or not is a debate for another time. As a final note, the math makes no sense in this book, things are created instantly, perfectly, and without issues. I would really like to give this book a 1 star, but the WN voting method demands 2.4 as the quality of writing is good, and as far as I can see the book enjoys relatively stable updates.