Review Detail of tedmosby2016 in The Guardian gods
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the premise of the story held so much promise but the execution killed it. There is no sense of urgency to the story. the lead MC is more plot than character. A very passive, uninteresting and very random character who does things because the plot requires him to. he doesn't need to plan anything because you get the feeling it will all work out.. This story did not need to be an isekai. It adds absolutely nothing to the story. what a waste. The logical Inconsistencies and the contrived motivations of the characters are so empty and contrived. I don't think the author understands what a god and a demigod is. There is a lot more telling than showing with zero setups. the author just says it happened and that's it. what annoys me the most is the retcons. I came across several and I am not even past chapter 60, you can tell it wasn't well thought out. The author should completely stay away from romance. it is cringey forced and doesn't make any sense.. it is always a simpy shy males versus a strong independent woman.
The Guardian gods
Emmanuel_Onyechesi
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I will delete my review. I just wanted to give a reason why I was dropping it. felt wrong to just leave. There were so many plot holes but I was so resolved to not critique everything as it happened chapter by chapter. apparently I am a troll when I do it. but off the top of my head: I won't lie, I came for the MC but it is like this novel wasn't even about him. he just didn't care about anything. he was in his own little world.then he goes into hibernation for absolutely no reason besides the story needs him to.. even though he was just born and he has every incentive to stay awake and capitalize. Bottom line is if the MC doesn't even care about his story it makes it hard for us to care. And now we have to read about his dumb, pushover naive son.. please give the gods the reverence they deserve. having a god that sound or behaves like a middle schooler is kinda disappointing.. it was embarrassing the way he behaved around a monkey and a female god that was just born and is way younger than him. way too much happens "off screen" basically it is you telling us something happened.. As for the women.. only TV women are like that (sitcoms, movies) or hateful controlling feminists, or around simpy insecure men. maybe you were looking for toxic abnoxious female characters. Healthy relationships are not like that. and don't forget we are talking about a god and a demigod here dealing with a buncha monkeys.. are you kidding me. A sun god fried his own daughter in his own domain, and it was an accident.. do you realize how ridiculous this sounds. A god, in his own domain.. Lol. he wrote a tiny carry on book about how to build and run a kingdom.. plus an enclopedia of the daily how to "start a fire" all in one tiny book.. I hope you realize how silly this sounds. The ape tribe is just too rushed and feels off. doesn't seem real nor believable. now they are a family and there is aunties.. everything feels contrived. oh yeah not forgetting a female ape decided to talk down on a god.. "what was he doing.. " are you kidding me. it is so weird. she is talking about a god not her brother. there is a pattern to your female characters, they are all the same character. It's like you think they have to put down a man or a male god to show toughness. Anyway.. I will be here all day if I continued on and on. thanks for the read though.
Emmanuel_Onyechesi:Umm thanks for your review and since you are the first negative review I have gotten, I feel like I have to correct some things for the future readers who may read your review. About the mc being passive, I can see why you think so as he doesn't react strongly to everything. as for him doing things the plot requires him to is what I don't fully understand. As for it being Isekai, i don't really know what went wrong there. if you can point out the logical inconsistences, I would very much appreciate it and would like to improve on that. Motivations is where I have a different opinion on, my world is still new and haven't had any significant history or story behind it which is why ambitions is something that slowly builds up in it's people. As for my understanding of what a god and demigod is, that is completely up to me. I would like for the retcons that annoys you be pointed out so I can see where i made mistakes and correct them. As for romance, it depends on the reader opinion. I for one don't think it was forced, besides women like when they can make men nervous if iykyk. It just depends on the men if they want to play along. Conclusion, read the novel. You may like it and you may not like it. It's okay to not like something.
Umm thanks for your review and since you are the first negative review I have gotten, I feel like I have to correct some things for the future readers who may read your review. About the mc being passive, I can see why you think so as he doesn't react strongly to everything. as for him doing things the plot requires him to is what I don't fully understand. As for it being Isekai, i don't really know what went wrong there. if you can point out the logical inconsistences, I would very much appreciate it and would like to improve on that. Motivations is where I have a different opinion on, my world is still new and haven't had any significant history or story behind it which is why ambitions is something that slowly builds up in it's people. As for my understanding of what a god and demigod is, that is completely up to me. I would like for the retcons that annoys you be pointed out so I can see where i made mistakes and correct them. As for romance, it depends on the reader opinion. I for one don't think it was forced, besides women like when they can make men nervous if iykyk. It just depends on the men if they want to play along. Conclusion, read the novel. You may like it and you may not like it. It's okay to not like something.
The sun god part was mentioned even in the beginning, even the other gods can't stay long in his real as it is too hot. You have to know he was seeded out from the sun. You made sense on the tiny book part, could have done better but it was a way for the demigod to fill in his knowledge since his father is asleep. I don't know what to say on the ape tribe part and as for a female ape talking down on a god, I don't remember that part. As for the female character putting down men, i have to look into that but to me you might have that misunderstanding as they come off strong aggressive and the male character in turn isn't so aggressive making it seem that male character was diminished. But i would most certainly keep an eye out for it. I know a lot of my readers came into the story for the gods, but like i explained to one of them, the gods in the current stage are too strong, nothing can pose a threat to them which will make the story easily boring so through the demigod i try to expand the world and enrichen it so that reasonable challenges can pop off. Right now in the few latest chapter, the gods have slowly been becoming more involving in the story. You ain't a troll for having an opinion. I am someone eager to learn and improve so i don't mind the critiques.
tedmosby2016:I will delete my review. I just wanted to give a reason why I was dropping it. felt wrong to just leave. There were so many plot holes but I was so resolved to not critique everything as it happened chapter by chapter. apparently I am a troll when I do it. but off the top of my head: I won't lie, I came for the MC but it is like this novel wasn't even about him. he just didn't care about anything. he was in his own little world.then he goes into hibernation for absolutely no reason besides the story needs him to.. even though he was just born and he has every incentive to stay awake and capitalize. Bottom line is if the MC doesn't even care about his story it makes it hard for us to care. And now we have to read about his dumb, pushover naive son.. please give the gods the reverence they deserve. having a god that sound or behaves like a middle schooler is kinda disappointing.. it was embarrassing the way he behaved around a monkey and a female god that was just born and is way younger than him. way too much happens "off screen" basically it is you telling us something happened.. As for the women.. only TV women are like that (sitcoms, movies) or hateful controlling feminists, or around simpy insecure men. maybe you were looking for toxic abnoxious female characters. Healthy relationships are not like that. and don't forget we are talking about a god and a demigod here dealing with a buncha monkeys.. are you kidding me. A sun god fried his own daughter in his own domain, and it was an accident.. do you realize how ridiculous this sounds. A god, in his own domain.. Lol. he wrote a tiny carry on book about how to build and run a kingdom.. plus an enclopedia of the daily how to "start a fire" all in one tiny book.. I hope you realize how silly this sounds. The ape tribe is just too rushed and feels off. doesn't seem real nor believable. now they are a family and there is aunties.. everything feels contrived. oh yeah not forgetting a female ape decided to talk down on a god.. "what was he doing.. " are you kidding me. it is so weird. she is talking about a god not her brother. there is a pattern to your female characters, they are all the same character. It's like you think they have to put down a man or a male god to show toughness. Anyway.. I will be here all day if I continued on and on. thanks for the read though.