exposition of story

The writing quality was garbage. Please work on it. The entire story was predictable and cringe. The characters were generic and the way they talked was horrible and cringe. The world was so generic that I rolled my eyes multiple times. Now, with my biggest issue, ducking exposition, so much exposition, half of the chapters sometimes are just exposition, for f's sake, stop.

The story is good so far, but there are quite a few grammar errors and exposition dumps.

Boy do you love exposition. I am not a fan of exposition. That being said. For a historical novel you can get away with a little more. However, don't let it get in the way of the story. There were a couple of places where the exposition almost ruined big reveals. Look at your work and ask yourself, how much do I really need for the story, be honest about it. I swear you'll improve

I'm unsure how to rate this novel. On one hand it's a great novel that is well written and fun to read. On the other hand however, this novel gets bogged down by one of the big sins of writing: too much exposition. This novel starts out great, with a great first chapter. After that however, you get 6-7 chapters of mostly exposition -- which is very much on the heavy side already. When that's through, you think to yourself: finally, now things will really get started! But even after things get started, the exposition keeps coming. Pretty much every little things needs a paragraph of exposition. See a character -> several paragraphs of exposition about said character. Want to walk through a portal -> a paragraph of exposition about what it feels like walking through a portal. See a weapon -> a paragraph of exposition about said type of weapon. It's just too much. To be fair though, besides the 'sin of exposition', I have fairly few complaints about this novel. It's written well, with character that aren't just dumb NPCs and a world and story that are fairly interesting. Sure, there is things I could nit pick about, but it's honestly not worth the effort. When this novel isn't bogged down in its excessive exposition, it's a great read. So my one tip to the author would be: think/talk about things less, but make characters do more. If it were up to me, I'd cut that entire "friend" character out of the novel -- he is the main device for most of the exposition.

Why did you put all that exposition at the start only to have us learn about the academy and the monsters from the other chapters? Too much exposition in the first chapter may discourage people from reading a perfectly good story. Have faith in your characters and the plot.