View Single Post
Old 03-01-2016, 08:52 AM   #27
frostschutz
Linux User
frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
frostschutz's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,282
Karma: 6123806
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Device: none
I started reading "Against the Gods".

The more I read the more I have the impression that I have read it already. There is such a thing as reading too much of the same genre. ^^'

Against the Gods has the same weaknesses as other xianxia novels... main character has unfair advantage, is just too powerful and all-knowing, yet miraculously even more powerful adversaries manage to appear as otherwise the story would be boring.

Main character also suffers from "just in time" syndrome... no matter what he does, like randomly getting lost in the wilderness, getting stuck for an arbitrary amount of time, bumbling about in various inns, but when he finally reaches the next big city, he is "just in time" the very day, hour, minute for an event that happens only once a year.

Oh well. Still a fun and easy read I guess.
frostschutz is offline   Reply With Quote