Reborn 2023

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Sourn Sanneh

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:12:57 PM8/3/24

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I like this story. So far it's nothing revolutionary or anything but it's a fun litrpg reincarnation. It feels like it's in the same vein as Singer Sailor Merchant Mage so if you like that you should try this. I was a little worried in the prologue since the MCs tone felt like kind of a weird mix of detached and melodramatic. Like it's the typical \"MC loses everything because of bad luck and nepotism\" tragic backstory but conveyed with a surprising amount of detail for such a short chapter but basically no emotion. Plenty of isekai stories on this site kind of have lackluster prologues though and some of them just skip to the new world so it's not that much of a problem. Looking forward to seeing how this story develops.

I like this story. So far it's nothing revolutionary or anything but it's a fun litrpg reincarnation. It feels like it's in the same vein as Singer Sailor Merchant Mage so if you like that you should try this. I was a little worried in the prologue since the MCs tone felt like kind of a weird mix of detached and melodramatic. Like it's the typical "MC loses everything because of bad luck and nepotism" tragic backstory but conveyed with a surprising amount of detail for such a short chapter but basically no emotion. Plenty of isekai stories on this site kind of have lackluster prologues though and some of them just skip to the new world so it's not that much of a problem. Looking forward to seeing how this story develops.

First, I want to say I am really enjoying this story. It has only taken me about a week to binge 259 chapters and I would not have done so were I not totally enthralled with the setting, story, and characters.

GRAMMER: 3 This includes spelling and punctuation in addition to grammar according to the Review Rules. I'm also lumping in usage of the incorrect homonym here as well. There are regularly instances of fairly basic mistakes. Sometimes these mistakes are so bad that even after spending several minutes struggling with a single paragraph, I'm still not sure what the author was trying to say. This score is both higher than it could have been because the majority of paragraphs don't have glaring errors, AND lower than it would have been with a simple pass through a program like Gramerly.

STYLE: 4.5 The official description for this category is \"The general feeling of the piece as created by the author's word choice, literary devices, and unique way of writing.\" Unfortunately, as a result of consistent incorrect word choice and the \"unique way\" of regularly violating basic rules of punctuation and grammar, I knocked off a half-point here. An argument could be made to have awarded a full 5 points here and lowered the Grammar score even more, but this was my choice as a reviewer.

CHARACTER: 4 The protagonist, Ajax, is fully fleshed out and feels very much like a real person. The same cannot be said, in my opinion, for even one other character. By this point I would have expected, and appreciated, his family to be more fully fleshed out, but they still have something of a cardboard cutout feeling to me. This is further compounded by Fluffy having their gender change from female, when first introduced, to male in more recent chapters. The more charitable explanation would be that as the story progressed, the author realized Fluffy needed to be male all along. However, if this were the case, I would have expected a mention of this fact in an Author's Note....

STORY: 5 In spite of all of the above, I absolutely LOVE this story and look forward to read it for months and years to come! I personally enjoy both the world building of how magic would alter the political landscape of a pseudo medieval world AND what can happen to such a world when an individual from our modern world reincarnates there with their memories fully intact. A particularly enjoyable twist on this trope is that Ajax seems to have his modern memories and adult mental faculties from the moment of his birth into this world.

STYLE: 4.5 The official description for this category is "The general feeling of the piece as created by the author's word choice, literary devices, and unique way of writing." Unfortunately, as a result of consistent incorrect word choice and the "unique way" of regularly violating basic rules of punctuation and grammar, I knocked off a half-point here. An argument could be made to have awarded a full 5 points here and lowered the Grammar score even more, but this was my choice as a reviewer.

Love the series. Wish other authors made it where their characters actually had growth. Sure this guy has knowledge he shouldn't have, but he still has hardships. The fact he has to better himself and isn't handed anything makes him a great hero. Really hope get get the elf girl as a second or third wife

I had read a lot of litrpgs. This one seems to be an ordinary one with at most 3/5 rating at the start. However, the context keeps geting better and better. There may be some typos, but its not a big deal. The writing style is somewhat enticing. It made me read 180 chapters in 2 days.

This novel is fantastic, looking forward to every new chapter. Amazing. Love Characters, Love the approach of the author to a familiar storyline, although I am still waiting for hints to the end game boss or plot. Either way it really is fantastic the story flows, correct grammar and pronunciation which is something that is usually missing in these novels.
by the way most important is the schedule of release is very consistent.

World and system are very well done with obvious thought put into it. Both are taught to us along with the MC so we don't get left behind. Side characters are decent but I feel like we are being set up to maybe have some forced on us.

The MC has memories of gaming from a previous life, and uses these to 'game the system'. Much of this is possible due to how the system itself works, and the MC discovers multiple work arounds and advantages. He obviously works hard, as is par for the course, but his biggest strengths are manipulating the unique workings of the system in Gamer Reborn,
There is also decent character growth, and many side characters play an important role. This is a classic in the LitRPG genre.

The protagonist gets a second chance in life being reborn in a fantasy world. This plot is heavily emphasized for the first chapters, yet the protagonist almost completely neglects his 21st century-knowledge and sidesteps the language issues or previous life experience after the initial chapters. At the same time, the pacing halts to a crawl and world building is introduced.