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BrabbitX
BrabbitXLv51yrBrabbitX

Slave. MC is an actual slave in many ways. The title is more literal than you would think. MC is barely an MC. He is more like a sidekick, We are reading a story form the sidekicks perspective, sure he is a bit devious and special, but in the end he is a slave. Wasted a lot of time reading this in hopes that it improves, in the end, it only gets worse, and MC becomes a bigger slave. The overall quality and everything else is great, too bad that the MC is a bit too pathetic.

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Shadow Slave

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Thiago_guedes
Thiago_guedesLv11Thiago_guedes

brother..... in the end, that's all, the brother is a slave to a bitch... it seems to be fine for you. Over time he accepts being a slave, in the end he even strives to be one. I bet if she had more slaves he would be the slave who beats other slaves to be "taken care of" by the master? hehehehe and the master and the slave... they are friends gaahahahahahahahaahahahah

StarzX:Now this is a beautiful take. Between Sunny and that slaver, Sunny never new that slaver. He was tossed into that nightmare without any relationship with any of the characters within it.With Nephis, Sunny was friends with Nephis before she became his slaver. That said, Sunny never trusted Nephis as his slaver, he only trusts his friend. That's where human emotions come in and Sunny is human. Nephis has promised to never use her power against him and he has always warned her that the day she does, he would kill her even if it costs him his life in the process. That's why he is becoming powerful enough to rival her in might. Because of this, Nephis is very careful with her wording with him. Making sure that she doesn't make a demand from him so that the effect doesn't kick in unintentionally.Look, I'm not sure why you felt the need to argue this far but nothing really changes. You didn't read the book and you're just going off using excerpts and comments without an actual deep dive into the book while vindicating the rude and hateful comments made about the book. You keep saying a person can offer criticism without being rude and I agreed multiple times while pointing out that the comments here were rude without criticism yet you continue to ignore and defend them. It isn't me prolonging this argument but you. Most of the comments here were hateful without criticism. You were trying to criticize but you haven't even read the book and is judging based on excerpts. How is any of this fair criticism towards the book? People complained about the pacing in some volumes, the lengthy descriptions in some among others. You don't see me arguing with them. Every book has its flaws and Shadow Slave is no exception. I just don't think the concept of the book which is hinted and the title and tailored towards escaping a cruel fate is a flaw. A concept that encompasses all of the characters within the book even the Nephis that everyone is on about. He is a slave and that has been established, but he is much more than uncontrollable condition of his aspect. Calling him a willing slave just because his slaver happens to be his friend and a person whose interests usually aligns with his (because they're both mostly trying to survive) without any context to prove it is just pathetic. Now you aren't saying that yourself but you're somewhat defending the ones saying it. That's the problem. I think I've used you as an example for being critical without being hateful at some point in my comments. That is because you bring context without just making claims. My only problem with you is that most of your criticism are based in assumptions from excerpts and comments without the full context of the book. The concept of Shadow Slave is not a flaw. That is my point
Trash_Mix
Trash_MixLv12Trash_Mix

Explain, give examples?

BrabbitX
BrabbitXLv5BrabbitX

cba

Trash_Mix:Explain, give examples?
Atomsphere
AtomsphereLv1Atomsphere

This is true if we're reading with an expectation for heroic fantasy. This isn't great for people that want a story about power gains. While it has power gains, it's not really the point. It's like going to a sushi restaurant when all you want is a cheeseburger.

Cartheon
CartheonLv1Cartheon

tbh I find it quite nice to not have to read the 100th novel about literally the exact same mc who does almost the exact same thing as every other novel out there. Sometimes in order to read something unique you have to accept it wont cater to your every demand.

BrabbitX
BrabbitXLv5BrabbitX

I agree. It was quite fresh at the beginning, but after that it got stale.

Cartheon:tbh I find it quite nice to not have to read the 100th novel about literally the exact same mc who does almost the exact same thing as every other novel out there. Sometimes in order to read something unique you have to accept it wont cater to your every demand.
Bad_At
Bad_AtLv1Bad_At

Yeah, "cba" because you don't actually have good examples. You're just salty MC didn't turn out to be a carbon copy of the countless other MC's who randomly become op with bs power scaling, and are also apathetic and cold Gary Stu-esque characters (a Gary Sue character is the male version of a Mary Sue character. One that is unrealistically free of any weaknesses and is perfect). If you have any actual examples instead of "cba" feel free to prove me wrong.

BrabbitX:cba
L_Poren
L_PorenLv1L_Poren

Your description fits Nephis actually. She is "unrealistically free of weaknesses." Unfortunately Sunny will have to be OP just to keep up. The entire second nightmare proves you wrong. Nephis makes all the decisions and defeats the bosses, while Sunny becomes a side character.

Bad_At:Yeah, "cba" because you don't actually have good examples. You're just salty MC didn't turn out to be a carbon copy of the countless other MC's who randomly become op with bs power scaling, and are also apathetic and cold Gary Stu-esque characters (a Gary Sue character is the male version of a Mary Sue character. One that is unrealistically free of any weaknesses and is perfect). If you have any actual examples instead of "cba" feel free to prove me wrong.
Atomsphere
AtomsphereLv1Atomsphere

You're not wrong. She's such an empty cancer to this entire story while providing no value to the experience. They don't have a relationship: the vast majority of their "conversations" is Sunny talking in his head and Nephis staring blankly into space. She doesn't fit symbolically... a star doesn't cast shade, the object in front of the star does. She is going to break the system as all good Narutos do while Sunny will shadow her. Such a bore really but could have been great. Oh well, still one of the best on webnovel.

L_Poren:Your description fits Nephis actually. She is "unrealistically free of weaknesses." Unfortunately Sunny will have to be OP just to keep up. The entire second nightmare proves you wrong. Nephis makes all the decisions and defeats the bosses, while Sunny becomes a side character.
L_Poren
L_PorenLv1L_Poren

Yeah, Nephis is kind of robotic. Maybe she stares into space to preserve her batteries? 😀 Shadow slave is better than most novels, but that doesn't say much. I'm tired of choosing between mindless simp or scheming psychopath type protagonists. Garden of The Abyss looked promising, until the author stopped updating it.. (I have nothing to read now.) GOTA has very powerful side characters, however they're older and develop separately from the protagonist. The MC also calls the shots and does his own thing, so it works out fine.

Atomsphere:You're not wrong. She's such an empty cancer to this entire story while providing no value to the experience. They don't have a relationship: the vast majority of their "conversations" is Sunny talking in his head and Nephis staring blankly into space. She doesn't fit symbolically... a star doesn't cast shade, the object in front of the star does. She is going to break the system as all good Narutos do while Sunny will shadow her. Such a bore really but could have been great. Oh well, still one of the best on webnovel.
v_nolan
v_nolanLv1v_nolan

what is worse he did nothing to cassie. anyway what is gota?

L_Poren:Yeah, Nephis is kind of robotic. Maybe she stares into space to preserve her batteries? 😀 Shadow slave is better than most novels, but that doesn't say much. I'm tired of choosing between mindless simp or scheming psychopath type protagonists. Garden of The Abyss looked promising, until the author stopped updating it.. (I have nothing to read now.) GOTA has very powerful side characters, however they're older and develop separately from the protagonist. The MC also calls the shots and does his own thing, so it works out fine.
L_Poren
L_PorenLv1L_Poren

GOTA is Garden of The Abyss. Great novel but it was updated about a month ago.. Yea, I dropped Shadow Slave. What else you reading these days?

v_nolan:what is worse he did nothing to cassie. anyway what is gota?
say_rahh
say_rahhLv14say_rahh

are you sure you aren't the authors bot.....based on your profile I think so

Bad_At:Yeah, "cba" because you don't actually have good examples. You're just salty MC didn't turn out to be a carbon copy of the countless other MC's who randomly become op with bs power scaling, and are also apathetic and cold Gary Stu-esque characters (a Gary Sue character is the male version of a Mary Sue character. One that is unrealistically free of any weaknesses and is perfect). If you have any actual examples instead of "cba" feel free to prove me wrong.
Teddy_910
Teddy_910Lv15Teddy_910

can confirm the author does not speak like an angry child in his novel reviews

say_rahh:are you sure you aren't the authors bot.....based on your profile I think so
say_rahh
say_rahhLv14say_rahh

that's a good point

Teddy_910:can confirm the author does not speak like an angry child in his novel reviews
crimson_king_5044
crimson_king_5044Lv13crimson_king_5044

Spent a hour reading and then it meantion his perk that it someone lnow his true name he wil actually become a slave i am gratefu for you as you are one of the only people that actually explained so i dont have to waste anymore of my time

Atomsphere:You're not wrong. She's such an empty cancer to this entire story while providing no value to the experience. They don't have a relationship: the vast majority of their "conversations" is Sunny talking in his head and Nephis staring blankly into space. She doesn't fit symbolically... a star doesn't cast shade, the object in front of the star does. She is going to break the system as all good Narutos do while Sunny will shadow her. Such a bore really but could have been great. Oh well, still one of the best on webnovel.
lordseven
lordsevenLv15lordseven

what did you expect from a novel called "shadow slave". it's refreshing that the author is writing about such a mc. there are tons of generic stories with copy/paste plot/mc. This is not one of them.

BrabbitX
BrabbitXLv5BrabbitX

Didnt expect mc being a sidekick and some1 elses slave. not every title should be taken literally. As I said it was refreshing for a while.

lordseven:what did you expect from a novel called "shadow slave". it's refreshing that the author is writing about such a mc. there are tons of generic stories with copy/paste plot/mc. This is not one of them.
lordseven
lordsevenLv15lordseven

didn't expect him to be a slave when it's called "shadow slave" ? him trying to escape his faith is a central part of this work. also he is not a sidekick, it's a weak to strong story where the author does an excellent job at flushing character's strength/growth. what you are complaining about is exactly what makes this story a masterpiece. the author is consistent in leveraging characters strength and affinity (based on their powers), shadow being mystery/deceit type of power. this is not dumb mc who steamroll everything due to plot. if you want a simple wish fulfillment story go read emperor domination.

BrabbitX:Didnt expect mc being a sidekick and some1 elses slave. not every title should be taken literally. As I said it was refreshing for a while.
BrabbitX
BrabbitXLv5BrabbitX

why you repeat the same point that I already explained? Can't you read? If you think MC is not a sidekick then I can't help you.

lordseven:didn't expect him to be a slave when it's called "shadow slave" ? him trying to escape his faith is a central part of this work. also he is not a sidekick, it's a weak to strong story where the author does an excellent job at flushing character's strength/growth. what you are complaining about is exactly what makes this story a masterpiece. the author is consistent in leveraging characters strength and affinity (based on their powers), shadow being mystery/deceit type of power. this is not dumb mc who steamroll everything due to plot. if you want a simple wish fulfillment story go read emperor domination.
L_Poren
L_PorenLv1L_Poren

The weak to strong progression is not the issue. Readers didn't expect him to become a willing slave.

lordseven:didn't expect him to be a slave when it's called "shadow slave" ? him trying to escape his faith is a central part of this work. also he is not a sidekick, it's a weak to strong story where the author does an excellent job at flushing character's strength/growth. what you are complaining about is exactly what makes this story a masterpiece. the author is consistent in leveraging characters strength and affinity (based on their powers), shadow being mystery/deceit type of power. this is not dumb mc who steamroll everything due to plot. if you want a simple wish fulfillment story go read emperor domination.