Stephen Polner’s Reviews > The Sword of Kaigen > Status Update

- The little plot this book has is incohesive and nonsensical.
- The pacing is terribly inconsistent.
- The author does not respect the reader; the text is filled with redundancy and over-explanation.
- I still detest the worldbuilding.
- The use of futuristic tech is jarring.
- The 180 on Takeru's character is unconvincing and unearned
- You could not get me to care about these side characters if you paid me

Not enjoying this book, but I will power through it. The combat descriptions are well-written, but I find it hard to care when all they're fighting is nameless, faceless goons. I don't care about ANY of the protagonists. The worldbuilding has not met my expectations and the made-up words are needlessly bogging down the text. If Wang reminds me one more time about how many children Misaki has birthed I might DNF.

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