c16:

So far the story has been pretty good, although very little has actually happened so its hard to really judge.

The one thing that really does worry me about the book is it going in the direction of the FL being the saint (the child he took in) for pretty obvious reasons. Theres a shocking number of books like this, where its a father adopting a daughter, that for some reason instead of just having them have a family relationship instead develops in a romantic direction, so I'm really hoping that... more>> this story does not develop in that direction, although unfortunately with tags like romance and younger love interest it feels likely that it will.

C21:

Yeah... its pretty much confirmed that the saint is the FL which no matter how the author does it I won't be able to like their relationship so I'll be dropping this now. I'll leave it at 3 starts since the writing itself doesn't seem to be bad, I just hate the direction the story went in. <<less

Look, the story isn't bad, but the chapters are about the word count of a YouTube video title. It reminds me of a manga I saw where the gimmick was a page of the manga per year. Last I saw they were on page 6 and nothing had happened.

Stuff has happened in this novel; we've been through a few arcs. But a chapter a week when the word count is equivalent to the amount of words the average American knows in Spanish means some weeks all you get to read... more>> is "this morning I got up and got dressed, and then someone knocked on my door".

This makes the pace absolutely glacial. And we haven't even hit the main arc yet. <<less

Having read a bit of this so far, I think it's decent. (Edit, no longer think it's even decent.)

At first, I agree with one review where saying they're not a lo*icon is suspicious on its own. I think this probably applies more to the writer than the character.

I say that because, similar to another review, I'm not all that fond of stories where a female lead is raised since a baby to be a daughter, but falls in love with the "father." I don't think it's immoral, but it... more>> doesn't really tickle my fancy either.

However, the difference here is the actual age gap. In those stories, the father figure is actually more than old enough to be their actual father. While here, they're only 8 years apart (he is 18 while she's 10 at the start of the story). In 5 years, the typical age many stories claim to be adults in their other worlds, he'll only be 23. I've seen stories with similar, or larger age gaps that don't seem out of place. So far, he hasn't shown any interest in her "as a woman." The only thing I find questionable is "his" description of her as a goddess.

And because of that description, this is why I think it's more of an issue of the writer. I wouldn't be surprised if the writer is actually an old guy lusting after some underage girl (s) he's seen or something, or worse a man after his own daughter, pretending it's she's the one making the advances. And this story is just self insertion fantasy. That's the vibe I get from this and a number of similar stories to that "S-rank daughter" story which I did read a little, a while back, before it dropped it.

update:

Having read further, I've gotten tired of it. My biggest issue stems from the writer making EVERYONE view the female lead as beautiful as a goddess. I guess I saw this coming and was why I didn't think of the male lead's description of her being an issue (since he's only being like everyone else.

The reason this is an issue now goes back to what I said about how I think it's a self insertion fantasy. It's like I can imagine the writer is a doting father that think because he sees his daughter as beautiful as a goddess, everyone else will also see his daughter the same way. Compound with that, he's also lusting after his own daughter. <<less

If the MC has to clarify they're not a l*licon, that makes me suspect they are. The overall idea is good, if it went the direction of "My Daughter Grew Up to “Rank S” Adventurer" but from the other review, plus the MC having to state that they're not a p*do, gives me bad vibes for the direction. It'll probably end up with the hero being a yandere-type to the priest, and him getting dragged along on the hero's quest and being a dense MC and never confronts the hero... more>> about her feelings. The age gap is too large (11+MC previous life) to justify romance.

Maybe you're into this type of story, but not me. <<less