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Nurturing the Hero to Avoid Death
“Please, I implore you to save the world.” This is what a goddess in white says to me in a pure-white space. Such is the standard line that suggests the game is about to begin. Please say this stirring line to boys and girls with sparkling eyes! It’s wrong to direct it to someone like me, who’s exhausted from job hunting! When I declined her politely, she flew into a fit of tears; when I agreed to assist her on small tasks out of reflex, she proclaimed: “it’ll be fine if you just help in the Starting-Village Arc. Please guide the Hero!” Then she tossed me into another world. No, this is a world modeled after a game that this gamer goddess likes…
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July 19, 2021
2 stars
Ah, where to start.
The relationship between Lian and Alfred was something that felt forced. Their chemistry progressed somewhat naturally but the issue was that the characters themselves felt like cardboard cut-outs. There was no complexity to their natures. By the end of the novel, I was starting to think of the main characters as NPCs, but like, the special kind.
I've never read a BL novel that made me so uninterested. I blame the lack-lustre world-building and the lack of conflict and substance within the story. Seriously, it felt like the plot was built as an afterthought when the author realised he couldn't just write two guys fucking every chapter. The most disappointing thing was that the first few chapters held promise.
The plot had potential, dammit.
And going back to the worldbuilding, I was so confused with the setting. I kept thinking that it was because it was based on a 'game world' but that would be an excuse.
Maybe it's a fault of the translation that I read but oh lord, the dialogue is so cheesy and so cringey that I felt intense second-hand embarrassment. In terms of re-readibility, this is a straight zero. I don't think I'll ever come back to re-read chapters or anything like that. My opinion is that if this was a manga rather than an actual novel, it would have been more positively received, only because of the kind of pacing that was used and the simplicity of the dialogue.
For readers, if you're interested in the premise that the book is based on but don't want to devote your time to a subpar novel, I recommended The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System 人渣反派自救系统 .
Ah, where to start.
The relationship between Lian and Alfred was something that felt forced. Their chemistry progressed somewhat naturally but the issue was that the characters themselves felt like cardboard cut-outs. There was no complexity to their natures. By the end of the novel, I was starting to think of the main characters as NPCs, but like, the special kind.
I've never read a BL novel that made me so uninterested. I blame the lack-lustre world-building and the lack of conflict and substance within the story. Seriously, it felt like the plot was built as an afterthought when the author realised he couldn't just write two guys fucking every chapter. The most disappointing thing was that the first few chapters held promise.
The plot had potential, dammit.
And going back to the worldbuilding, I was so confused with the setting. I kept thinking that it was because it was based on a 'game world' but that would be an excuse.
Maybe it's a fault of the translation that I read but oh lord, the dialogue is so cheesy and so cringey that I felt intense second-hand embarrassment. In terms of re-readibility, this is a straight zero. I don't think I'll ever come back to re-read chapters or anything like that. My opinion is that if this was a manga rather than an actual novel, it would have been more positively received, only because of the kind of pacing that was used and the simplicity of the dialogue.
For readers, if you're interested in the premise that the book is based on but don't want to devote your time to a subpar novel, I recommended The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System 人渣反派自救系统 .
December 30, 2024
2.5 ⭐
The story was promising, but a few details ruined it for me. It was a shame, because I was really looking forward to a BL isekai and hoped that this one would live up to it. The world building is hardly worth mentioning, as the story progressed the plot holes became more and more obvious. If there is one thing I find frustrating about books, it is the inconsistencies in the information given. What was blue is red in the next chapter, but I wish it was something as simple as the color of a garment.
The other thing that bothered me was the couple dynamic.The two characters separately were quite interesting and consistent in the way they thought and acted. But when they were together, they were different people. It just didn't make sense. I think that by fitting into certain tropes or clichés of the genre, their personalities were forced a bit. And if the romance was going so well, why make it dub con? I hate it when that happens, they are two childhood friends who have known each other for years and you already explain that their feelings for each other are romantic, why do you have to make it so ambiguous in their sexual interactions? If it's to please an audience, I definitely disagree. It's time to leave such toxic tendencies behind in BL.
The story was promising, but a few details ruined it for me. It was a shame, because I was really looking forward to a BL isekai and hoped that this one would live up to it. The world building is hardly worth mentioning, as the story progressed the plot holes became more and more obvious. If there is one thing I find frustrating about books, it is the inconsistencies in the information given. What was blue is red in the next chapter, but I wish it was something as simple as the color of a garment.
The other thing that bothered me was the couple dynamic.The two characters separately were quite interesting and consistent in the way they thought and acted. But when they were together, they were different people. It just didn't make sense. I think that by fitting into certain tropes or clichés of the genre, their personalities were forced a bit. And if the romance was going so well, why make it dub con? I hate it when that happens, they are two childhood friends who have known each other for years and you already explain that their feelings for each other are romantic, why do you have to make it so ambiguous in their sexual interactions? If it's to please an audience, I definitely disagree. It's time to leave such toxic tendencies behind in BL.
December 4, 2021
dnf 13.2 chaps in
I thought I'd love this novel but the more I read, the more I cringe and not from fluff that much anymore. MC stutters too much.. it makes it hard to read like yeah I get it he's a tsundere so he's supposed to stutter whenever ML is sweet to him but it's annoying now. Also idk why no one is mentioning this but ML keeps forcing kisses on him :/ the first few times it happened I didn't care much cuz it was for getting more magic but now he's just forcing kisses even though MC told him to stop.
side note the cover is very cute
dec 1- dec 3 2021
I thought I'd love this novel but the more I read, the more I cringe and not from fluff that much anymore. MC stutters too much.. it makes it hard to read like yeah I get it he's a tsundere so he's supposed to stutter whenever ML is sweet to him but it's annoying now. Also idk why no one is mentioning this but ML keeps forcing kisses on him :/ the first few times it happened I didn't care much cuz it was for getting more magic but now he's just forcing kisses even though MC told him to stop.
side note the cover is very cute
dec 1- dec 3 2021
June 9, 2024
DNF.
It was just okay. The protagonist was very basic, and the ml was defined by his affection for the protagonist and his impossible strength. It just fell flat for me.
Not to mention, the protagonist was a grown man in a teenager’s body and getting with a teenager. That didn’t sit right with me.
It was just okay. The protagonist was very basic, and the ml was defined by his affection for the protagonist and his impossible strength. It just fell flat for me.
Not to mention, the protagonist was a grown man in a teenager’s body and getting with a teenager. That didn’t sit right with me.
March 2, 2021
The MC is very cute! He has to act the part of a spoiled brat in a different world. He's supposed to be a pampered bully towards the world's protagonist but...he's not very good at it. He comes across as very tsundere.
December 27, 2023
Essa novel é muito fofa ♡
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