Reviewed:
I wanna be this guy!!!
Perfect as I fantasize it? Oh fuck no, but closer than many authors have created.
Mike, Mikael, is the guy I want to be.
Well… mostly. In some of the scenes within the overly long chapters he’s more than a bit emotionally whacky, but then recovers. To be expected I’d guess as scenes of needed drama within a written tale.
Within this story human emotions are well described and I can relate kinda prose.
Caveat… your perception may be vastly different than mine. That’s OK, just different viewpoints.
Evil.
The earlier chapters are filled with extremely poor editing. Everything. All. Punctuation to spelling and beyond is bad.
Many, many times there are places where the reading must stop and re-read slowly to get the intent of the author. OK. For you it may be a minor issue. Shrug. A so what kinda deal.
For me it is a visual indication of how the author views his audience. Are they worthy of my best efforts or will they settle for the first draft?
My opinion is the author published the first draft without the consultation of a comprehensive editor.
The tale is good, but could enter the realm of the best on SOL with some careful editing and an expansion to 30-40 chapters at logical breaks in the story.
All criticisms aside, I wanna be him. Helping people improve their lives.
Reviewed:
Just When I Thought It Was All Over, It All Starts Again is a wonderful do over story.
The story is quick to start and draws you right into this Isekai story. A common problem with these stories is that the hero often gathers a huge harem of women and that each woman is that individually named, which blows up the cast very quickly.
Although Mikael draws a lot of women to him as well, Greven handled the problem of a big cast elegantly by keeping most wives and concubines anonymous, which in turn allows you to focus on key characters.
Another very refreshing change is that the protagonist does not conquer the entire economy or (re-)invents weapons that allows him to control the world, instead we have a protagonist who lets the world develop at its own pace. I really love this part since there is a natural development to the story that does not feel rushed.
There are some technical flaws in the story, but considering its size, that's bound to happen. Overall, the story is easy to read and follow. There is a good flow between dialogue and summarizing some parts as well as a good flow in the passage of time. I've noticed the story becoming better as the chapters progressed too.
The plot is very enticing and kept me reading page after page. It has a good pacing and there are various plot twists and developments that keep you wondering of how it will all end while you're rooting for the protagonist.
Overall, I love the story and I can't wait to see how it'll end.