Status Updates From Wizard's Bane (Wiz, #1)

But let's not see him get the idea of hacking the magic system yet like we were promised by the premise. Let's have a side character tell a whole chapter-long story about how she got these scars.

It took *this* long before the concept of computers and programming finally came up again after the protagonist was introduced as a computer genius.

It's starting to pick up now that it's not constant spite and antagonism, but there's still no sight of the premise that made me want to read this book in the first place. Get the hell on with it!

A basic portal fantasy or early isekai at the start, but this one has a cool idea that I think makes it worth it.

Took him long enough. Two thirds in before we got to the good part.