The Academy’s Weapon Replicator

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Etius, a game that no one has cleared.

[GAME OVER]

The moment all possible strategies failed, “Student Frondier ?”

I became an Extra in the game, I became Frondier!

[Weaving]

•Saves and replicates images of objects. However, it is an illusion.

All I have is the ability to replicate objects as virtual images!

[Main Quest: Change of Destiny]

?

You know the end of humanity’s destruction. Save humanity and change its fate.

“Change the fate with this?!”

Duplicate everything to carve out my destiny!

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AWR
아카데미의 무기복제자
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I Became Strong At Night And Weak At Day Inside A Game (2)
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Daoist Ghoul
Daoist Ghoul rated it
July 13, 2023
Status: --
The story begins with our protagonist transmigrating into a game which is thought to be a Manggame where no one has seen the ending and that too as a side character.

A cliche, right?

Yep, that's true. It is a cliche troupe that has been redone countless times by now, but this one stands tall amongst them all. It is one of the better works in the academy + side character + world ending genre.

... more>> Out MC clones the weapons and fights. Think of it as Shirou from Fate.

I highly recommend it and I would say, you will love it too. <<less
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PicturesqueSeeker
PicturesqueSeeker rated it
July 4, 2023
Status: c30
I kinda like it.

The childhood friend started getting interested in MC again. She's not that interesting even with her 'loved by 5 gods' thing.

Sybil (I think that's her name) is alright, I kind of like her so far even tho she is like a literal white lotus. I just like how she has pink hair and green eyes.

I like how MC tries to stay in character with Frondier (the body he's possessing) but the side characters constantly trying to interpret every little thing he does is annoying to read ngl... more>> once he starts showing his power sometimes. At least they're not exactly coming up to MC's face and straight up asking but the way they monologue themselves sound so uh... condescending as if the MC is some 'interesting' toy to them that they can conveniently get involved with.

Little rant but I'd say, something very common with fantasy Academy's is the side characters constantly going "He's so interesting", "I need to find out what he's hiding" and their incessant nosy-ass poking their heads in that don't concern them. Though I get why (politics, needing to know who's going to be influential cuz they're powerful etc etc.) it does get tiring to read everyone being in awe of MC or circling around trying to sound him out.

Anyways, I like how MC is blunt and casual e.g. the time he broke the coffin mistltein branch thing. But sometimes I don't like how he explains his own actions e.g. saying Elin deserves to live and that he's on their side bla bla bla, I would've just said the most reasonable and common sense response a person can give when they ask "why did you save me?" even tho we're strangers... is because you would obviously save someone because why would you want to see someone die in front of you if you have the ability to save them? Plus, sometimes you don't even think before you act. and for MC who was training, his body would still feel very active and his senses would probably move in response.

Well it's interesting enough but it also got boring so I may come back later <<less
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xPhoenixz
xPhoenixz rated it
September 16, 2024
Status: c466
This review is mainly targeted at another review by LoneDK because it's a bit of misinformation.

In his first point he said the author doesn't explain what the threats are. It's true, but that's because the author seems to follow the rule, "show don't tell". You rarely get told what the problem is and what his solutions are, instead the story unfolds so you figure it out.

He said that aster is the MC and that's it. It's true that aster is the "protagonist" or "player". We won't learn much about him... more>> because the story isn't based about him, he's just a very strong side character. An extra if you'd like

When he says we don't know the motivation of the MC, I'll assuming he's talking about frondier. In which case we do, it's something that's stated multiple times too. His goal is to survive

Now on his second point.

He says it feels the MC gets thrown around and he's just reacting. As I said before, the author is a "show don't tell" type of person. Instead of giving you a roadmap of what will happen, the MC doesn't say what will happen or what his plans are and you'll mostly see things unfold without knowing what will happen.

Then he talks about a rune that's important to the MC that he didn't know it existed.

To explain this, the way he got the rune was by basically say he doesn't believe in god's. This was impossible for him before because Aster, the only playable character in the game, received power from a god. It's literally an impossible Easter egg to get so idk how tf did something this simple go over his head.

That rune is crucial only because of MC's talent being weaving. [Minor spoiler] The only way to get weaving is to be an otherworlder/transmigrator. How tf would he know about it when no one in the game even had it?

Now I wouldn't say it's a masterpiece, without the MC's interesting power I would give this a 1 star imo. Still it's annoying to see reviews that sh*t on a novel without facts. <<less
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Leinyl
Leinyl rated it
June 4, 2024
Status: c26
I've been obsessed with academy novels lately so even with a premise that has become so common now, I think I would enjoy it if the story is decent enough with some rather interesting characters but the horrible way the story is structured just made me give up.

Characters suddenly doesn't get mentioned afterwards

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An example is that MC was alone with a girl (Sybil) in a dungeon after being separated from the group. Sybil gets lethally poisoned and is saved by MC. In addition she gets to hear some interesting things about the MC, some of which seems to even inspire her. You would think she would somehow get entangled with the MC especially after knowing that she is described as a "villain" with an ability to subconsciously bend fate to favor her but nope after it was said she survived there was no mention of her. A character like her who craves excitement just disappears in the story for several chapters after witnessing such interesting events is just unbelievable.

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sometimes it skips certain details as to how things happened

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One example is how MC got the viscouelastic metal. It was being auctioned as it was being paraded as Baldur's kryptonite which is the Mistletein and MC had proven it was a fake. He was rewarded by his father since he prevented him from using Gram (a super important sword) as payment for a fake but the reward MC decided on was to have a good look at Gram to replicate it using his ability. As for why he also got the fake Mistletein, I have no idea. Did the Zodiac guy reward MC for showing such bold action? Did his family win and gave it to him? Did every participating family just gave up after seeing it is a fake and just let MC have it?

I honestly have no clue as the story doesn't bother telling me

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and even completely disregarding some events to the point that I had to recheck chapters. Forgetting such events so early in the story isn't giving me any hope for this novel.

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In chapter 8, Quinie and MC coincidentally met and had a bet whether a painting in the museum is fake or not. In the end MC won and Quinie had to give MC a lot of money but this entire thing was not mentioned or even hinted to have happened in any future interactions between these two. Hell when these two met each other again they said that the last time they have met was in the auction of the fake Mistletein (which happened earlier that when they met at the museum).

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In addition to that, the translation quality is making it worse especially since this story constantly shifts the POV. Names kept on changing, pronouns is used for the wrong gender and some sentences becoming difficult to understand. <<less
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kcfgy
kcfgy rated it
May 4, 2024
Status: c35
Novel lure you in with a mindblowing first 10 chapters but everything that followed is the extremely twisted storyline that author dumb down to negative IQ to fit the plot development he wants. First 10 or so chapters I was so excited I keep checking how many chapters i've left but the time I reach ch30 and read the braindead plotline of commoners coming to kill him for no reason other than develope story with his waifu made me drop it. Ah yes, his waifu harem is also another can... more>> of worm that we need to discuss, every FL in this novel follow the exact same plotline and character development of not like MC, getting interested due to his bs mysteriousness and join his harem. Every damn femlae character introudced so far follow the exact pattern, first was interesting, 2nd and 3rd I can overlook but when its the turn of 5-6th with the same plot im done. <<less
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Ravenpeko
Ravenpeko rated it
February 21, 2023
Status: c114
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Standard MC possessing a second rate villain in a game and then they hide his power and stuff, the tr*sh personality changes, and the childhood friend that liked him then doesn't like and then likes him again, all of that. What I will say though so that the pacing is quite fast, his abilities is actually revealed quite early. But I don't really like the way it's revealed, can't really described it, they just kinda did arbitrarily and the plot kind of felt random at times to like with the sister arc and the rumor arc, maybe it's just because it's mtl, but ye.


Now for mc's power, he can basically weave stuff into existence and he can throw them, fire them, and use it as a weapon kind of like emiya from fate. His character is just like any other typical Korean or wn MC, but he show his powers a bit more and he isn't cowardly like he just straight up calls the empress Philly. Bout to put it on hold because recent chaps and pacing has been pretty slow and boring and I feel like that's gonna be happening for quite some time, so I'll get back it later. Lastly just want to say that Aten is best girl. (Objectively and subjectively)

3.4/5 as of c114

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LemonReader
LemonReader rated it
June 16, 2024
Status: c153 part2
Yet another harem, cliche, not groundbreaking, plot armored, one more brick in a wall shounen stories of the same genre. But definitely does a better job at it than most of its competitors and somehow keeps me looking forward to the next chapter, recommended.
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The_Follower
The_Follower rated it
May 3, 2024
Status: c101 part2
Man, these reviews are harsh. It’s not a masterpiece but I’ve enjoyed every arc so far. The mc’s a little dense when it comes to romance, but that’s excusable considering he has bigger fish to fry in stopping the end of the world. The mc’s ability is a cheat and I appreciate the author not gimping his ability whenever convenient for dramatic effect. The characters are pretty good, though girls interested in the MC often don’t show up for whole arcs at a time.

The actual action is decent, though the... more>> chapters are generally fairly disjointed, for example going from the end of one conversation directly to the middle of the next day.

It’s not something amazing like SSS-Class su*cide Hunter, but quite a bit above average for these kinda of novels. <<less
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Novel Casanova
Novel Casanova
May 19, 2024
Status: c525
Full review is elsewhere but heres a short gist of it-

The characters are really in-depth with the MC’s personality only getting more fleshed out as the story progresses, tho he does start off a little bit of a blank slate. The relationship between the MC and other characters is done really well (especially favorite of mine is his relationship with the... mother-in-law). Its complex and keeps changing, there’s doubt, trust, allies and sometimes people turned enemies because they have a different goal. He makes a point that almost every character... more>> has a possibility, a different timeline where they turn to evil and feels it his responsibility to keep them on his side.

The powers and action is done well, though its more about he MC figuring out a strategy rather than him always just ‘levelling up’ or getting more skilled. And more importantly its about politics/ figuring out the real enemy’s plan and trying to stop it rather than beat enemy = win. The world building is pretty good, things get more fleshed out while keeping a bit of mystery and ‘divergence’ from earth mythology. Plots and story arcs go for a really long time.

It is a great novel if you let it cook. 8 out of 10 easily.

As for the reviews that seem to miss the point, its not 'the commoners' against him its an organization that has a specific reason for it, and the girls dont blindly fall for him cause 'mysterious' he explicitly helps each of them in different ways. He doesnt ab*se game bugs cause its not really a game, he DOES go for hidden treasures but acquiring them isnt his top priority, he absolutely uses his information advantage to its fullest extent and he does make connection with powerhouses. <<less
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edgard
edgard rated it
May 9, 2024
Status: c101
in its genre its quite original without too much fan service and with a determined protagonist that knows what he wants. While I do not think its the best book I have ever read its quite good for the genre.
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PannedPizza
PannedPizza rated it
March 21, 2024
Status: c49
This isn't a professional review, its just an opinion of a stranger online. Anyways the story's main characters power is heavily inspired by fate, it has its own unique stuff added by the author but aside from that its basically Emiya Shirou in a different skinsuit. The story is pretty fun if you turn off your brain a tiny bit, compared to other braindead generic stuff, this is less generic, not saying its good just saying its fun to read. The translation is reaaaally shaky in the beginning, it gets... more>> better later on, so if you can get past the really bad translations at the beginning then your golden. Aside from that the side characters are pretty solid and the deeper lore of the story is actually interesting surprisingly, like the things that has to do with gods and humanity and stuff. <<less
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Judikael
Judikael rated it
May 19, 2025
Status: c606
I'm not going to give spoilers directly, but you might draw some conclusions based on my opinion, so if you don't want to know anything at all, don't read this review.

Honestly, I thought the beginning was quite good, and I liked the depth some characters started to gain. However, the ending was straight-up disappointing. I feel like it wrapped up way too quickly (which is common in works of this type), but I still didn’t expect such an anticlimactic conclusion.

Now then, spoiler alert:

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The protagonist decides to return to his original world. There are things mentioned, like Loki being from another world, but we never get to learn anything about that world or whether it's the same as the protagonist’s—leaving us with unanswered questions. Beyond that, the final war felt anticlimactic to me, but the worst part, I repeat, is that the protagonist decides to go back to his original world, even though he barely talks about his family and I don't even recall him mentioning any friends there.

Also, despite the many women interested in him, he doesn’t end up with any of them. He makes Selena cry, Ellodi cry, and basically hurts every woman who had feelings for him, and acts like it’s nothing. I’m not saying there had to be a romance, but then why did the author create so much romantic interest around the protagonist if, in the end, he doesn't even share a single kiss with any of them? Why include such a disproportionately large number of women around him, and give almost all the narrative depth to those women, if he’s not going to end up with any of them?

Honestly, the ending is incredibly disappointing. (Not to mention the whole thing about the clock and the rewards, which is completely dropped halfway through the series and randomly brought back at the end without giving him anything. Or how he absorbs the mana of the nine realms without consequence, and then just uses that mana to kill the goddesses of fate.)

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OrokaneBaka
OrokaneBaka rated it
December 23, 2024
Status: c123
The writing takes a steep dip after the attack where MC cuts one of the bad guy's hand.

Plot holes keep opening, characters keep appearing & disappearing for no reason, and without any consequences.

Eg they made a big show about MC going to a warzone, for a vacation, acting like he was going to die. But no reaction was even given as he survived or came back. Nor was it explained why some characters from the academy randomly deusexmachina appeared in the battlefield & were randomly approved, fought, & went back... more>> without so much as a word about the absurdness.

The starting was ok, but not good. <<less
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LoneDK
LoneDK rated it
September 12, 2024
Status: c60 part1
I am going to compare this to The Academy’s Weakest Became A Demon-Limited Hunter a lot because this novel just feels like a worse version of it. Both novels have the MC transmigrate into a game that's deemed impossible to clear, both set in the academy, both MC are mob characters that have a limiting cheat ability. However, what Demon-Limited Hunter infinitely better than this novel is the execution. Let me give some examples:

  • The motivation of the MC:
    • In Demon-Limited Hunter, he's there to stop the Evil God or the world will end. The novel is split into arcs that mirrors the chapters in the game. MC explains what/who the threats are and we see how he uses his game knowledge to get stronger and face the challenges. It's straight forward, easy to read and enjoyable.
    • In this novel it's never quite explain what the threat is. The MC just said that Aster is the MC of this world and that's it. We never get a clear understanding of the MC's motivation, is he trying to save the world? Is he trying to survive? The structure of the novel is all over the place and whatever plans the MC has, it just gets tossed aside in favor of him having to react to the world.
  • The MC:
    • In Demon-Limited Hunter, the MC is the man with the plan. He knows what he needs to do, and he does it. Sure sometimes things deviate and change but it is acceptable as he is interacting and changing the world. His power-ups feels earned because he actively goes after them.
    • In this novel, the MC feels like he is just thrown around and reacting the world around him. Even though he's suppose to be a veteran of the game. One of his main power-up in the early part of the novel - the rune, he earns by accident since he didn't even intend on going into the dungeon to get it. BTW that rune is crucial the MC btw and he didn't even know it existed. There are many instances like that in the novel and in every battle, he just has dog-sh*t luck where he somehow stumbles on power-ups just right to survive his next encounter.
I can list more but the two examples above just makes this novel feel cheap and uninteresting.
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ssshhh3
ssshhh3 rated it
August 21, 2024
Status: c232
I can't tell if it's the writing quality or the translation quality, but it noticeably improves as you read. It's a 5/5 plot and character wise and the pacing is good too. The setting is generic but it is not boring due to the introduction of mythology inspired characters and objects as well as the way the MC interacts with them. I would give a 4/5 out of for the earlier parts actually and say that it rises to a 5/5 by the last available chapters. I also appreciate that... more>> the MC doesn't actively simp for the female protagonist's around him and maintains a clear-headed eye on the goal - survival. <<less
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Thecomicgeek
Thecomicgeek rated it
August 20, 2024
Status: c231 part2
I like it, its to be expected that the novel would have cliches which is inherent with the genre so I will pass on reviewing that aspect as it is cliche.

First the MC. There isn't alot of details about his original life, and the body he possessed is also a minor character who was basically just a mob in the game and had very little information himself. Yet as the story progresses I noticed the similarities in character of the MC to the bodys relatives. Which is that they are... more>> very taciturn; does not show their emotions easily kind of like Vulcans from Star Trek. Imagine near constant poker face. So it can be hard to figure out that they actually care for each other and their people quite deeply. Also the MC has adapted quite well in his new body. I would even say he has done so better than the original owner or at this point Im asking myself was the original owner really the "original" one? Theres an arc regarding wraiths trying to possess his body that sort of could be a clue but again it wasn't explicitly mentioned but it did click. So I am looking forward to more developments.

The world has incorporated Gods and Demons, And Myths and Legends. Gods in particular have a mix of greek and norse mythology (so far) Demons from the Christian Bible (No angels as of yet). And King Arthur and his cast has also existed in their world in the past though the writer has taken some liberties with their stories here and there. So far Im liking the world building and the developments so far. Though I have occasionally took a rest here and there from reading. The book doesn't have alot of fluffy in your feels moments. Maybe since the majority of the exposition is from the MCs point of view and he can be quite.. Emotionless.

His relationship with other characters especially the main cast can be described as distant at worst or tolerated at best. He is a loner this one. But! Its character development. He does care about the other characters. A whole lot actually. More than his inner dialogue would care to admit. The cast does notice it but our MC tends to try and do it all himself it has beens sprinkled here and there that he has an existential crisis about his conception that its a game world (having an in-game status screen in a real world would kinda f*ck you up tbh) and the reality that the characters have real feelings and real relationships and he feels GUILTY. So he inevitably keeps the ones his body originally knows at a distance and so far from what I've noticed he has only unconsciously let that guard down (just a teeny bit) with a character stuck to him that he never knew of in the game.

In summary the story despite having alot of characters feels "lonely" alot of his fights despite his OP ability is rather tragically desperate and very painful but I can say up to my currently read chapter that he is developing for the better. At first he was just focused on getting stronger and surviving but little by little he is developing real actual connections to his new world which is exciting for me.

I won't say it's the best book but I don't hate it, I am entertained and still raring to read more. <<less
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MyRAMEN
MyRAMEN rated it
July 29, 2024
Status: c2 part2
Even with me liking the Academy weak to strong niche, despite the often repitiveness and simple plot formula, this was one of the worser ones I've tried. For one the MC keeps refering to himself as a third person, switches to first person I/I'm. The story flow is super basic, and within the first c1p1 we already see a forced FL plotline... I can already see how much more devolving the story would become later, as the characters were also flat and felt uncharacteristic.
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darkarson
darkarson rated it
May 23, 2025
Status: c395 part2
Became a chore to read right around when he gets on a boat to a new continent. The author should have just given him a happy ending and ended the story. After that there is a lot of rehashed content and the ending is abysmal, there is no sense of closure at all. I wouldn't really recommend reading this beyond the first half unless you like sucky cliffhanger endings.
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GhoulDrago
GhoulDrago rated it
July 30, 2024
Status: c63
It's a standard "I woke up in the body of a nobody side character in a game", where the MC learns that the side character is actually pretty good etc etc. It could've been a good progression, weak-to-strong story but then the MC hides his identity for no particular reason, and also relies on pretty blatant violation of previously defined limits. There's also no real mention or foreshadowing of a character's abilities before they become critical for the MC.

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Example;

MC is previously stated to be capable of conjuring a umm legendary grade artifact for only 3 seconds.

Some nobility hating madman, attacks the MC; MC is heavily injured and exhausted, female heroines come to rescue, they are incapable of eliminating the opponent for reasons so now obviously this happens:

MC -once again might I add, is heavily injured and exhausted- is now suddenly capable of not only casting divine-ranked runes, but also conjuring divine-ranked weapons while having enough time to have a deep conversation with the heroine.

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Example for asspull:

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Okay, it's known knowledge that royal family can see future, however, it is mentioned that none of princesses can use it. Even the existing user, the Empress can only really vaguely intuit the future

MC is f*cking dying after pulling his regular shounen bullsh*t in front of princess, all of a sudden it's said that the Princess has potential as the greatest healer and through the power of bullsh*t (i.e future magic) the princess heals the MC from near death.

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Another thing that I may add is that, for some reason, this novel seems to treat adults -who are also part of high ranking aristocracy might I add- as teenagers who can mess around with a child as they please.

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Eg: The Empress personally going with the MC, without any guards, to the base of a suspected traitor. Even if said traitor is one of her daughters, she must have some sense of danger.

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It was interesting in the first couple of chapters, but then soon fell off and never really recovered again, I'm fine with the usual shounen bs like powerup in the middle of fights etc, but this novel never quite manages to achieve the sufficient buildup necessary for it to be cool and then the "keeping quiet about one's abilities" part also downs the fun very annoying tbh.

Honestly I thought that maybe there's something special, or a pick up of pace etc for this novel's high rating, but nah. This is just a poorly written novel which has no business being this high up on NU rankings. <<less
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Rasselon
Rasselon rated it
April 30, 2024
Status: c22 part2
I am a biggest fan of this genre. The reason is simple - endless opportunities for author to explore.

MC could ab*se game's bugs, collect cleverly hidden treasures, make connections with powerhouses by abusing the information advantage, etc, etc. He or she could do literally ANYTHING.

There is nothing here.

... more>> I wrote a few proper constructive points to criticise this novel, but this only created an illusion that something is actually going on, albeit in a wrong direction, so I'll be brief.

Characters are disappointing too.

Even then, this novel is not the worst. Even with all these negatives I could've held on to some hope and continued reading, but the last few chapters went in an insultingly terrible and pointless direction, so I'm dropping this now.

I can recommend this novel to you only if you set the bar so low, there could be no way to be disappointed. There are a few sparks of something intriguing, but that's it. <<less
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