Saints Row 4 Is It Good

[Natalí Stibb]

Whatan incredible gift we have in the communion of saints. The saints are like us! They are our ancestors, our teachers, our friends, our siblings. They are real, truly human. They are sinners, they are repentant children of God.

Once a Saintess who believed she was cherish by all, loved by all. However, it was nothing but a farce, her own illusion she created to satisfy her own unrealistic dreams. What's more she was betrayed. Sentenced to death by burning on a stake!

The author knows where they want the plot to go. Even after it is obvious, they go in for yet another round of telling you. It feels like you are being hit over the head with the plot line, versus discovering it.

World building is slow, then a bigger universe is thrown upon the reader, without previous context or warning. The it's pretty much back to the story.

Grammar is correct, as far as I can tell, with no glaring issue or mistake that would make reading hard.

Main character is surprisingly both nave and dumb, even after the events that should theorically lead to her change of heart. Especially when activating her \"system\", I'm not a fan of the choices she makes and her supposedly 'AI-assistant' is not particularly helpful in that regard. She choses to go with guns (I'm not sure but I don't think they were ever mentioned on her world before) with no 'good reason' other than \"I feel like it's nice\", selects skills with no rhyme or reason, doesn't train them...

The monsters the mc meets in the training montage decide to help her in some way because they've been stuck there for so long. The helpful high level god who's supposed to be her personnal assistant isn't very helpful, nor useful, except to return her to a previous point in time. I mean, if she saw everything during the first run, they could plan? Maybe? Or provide insight beside \"god you were dumb. Now do something else so maybe at some point you will be able to take revenge\"

I feel like the beginning of the story is supposed to either make you feel pity for the mc or enjoy the 'turn' when she's burned at the stake, but I was only annoyed of her incredible naivete and her over-the-top selflessness. Also, as said above the fact she's pretty much the only 'nice' person amongst everyone she encounters before being betrayed and dying is so farfetched to me, that it just didn't click.

Main character is surprisingly both nave and dumb, even after the events that should theorically lead to her change of heart. Especially when activating her "system", I'm not a fan of the choices she makes and her supposedly 'AI-assistant' is not particularly helpful in that regard. She choses to go with guns (I'm not sure but I don't think they were ever mentioned on her world before) with no 'good reason' other than "I feel like it's nice", selects skills with no rhyme or reason, doesn't train them...

The monsters the mc meets in the training montage decide to help her in some way because they've been stuck there for so long. The helpful high level god who's supposed to be her personnal assistant isn't very helpful, nor useful, except to return her to a previous point in time. I mean, if she saw everything during the first run, they could plan? Maybe? Or provide insight beside "god you were dumb. Now do something else so maybe at some point you will be able to take revenge"

The writing is good. The pacing isn't bad. However I am just unable to attach myself to the MC. I find myself skipping chapters more and more. Which I know will cause me to be more confused later on.

The first 14 chapters for me are not something I really care to read. It does pick up to what I normally like. But since I already can't feel a strong connection to the MC it being more akin to what I enjoy, doesn't really off set my feeling of not caring about the MC or what happens to her.

The pacing of the story is both fast and slow at the same time. There will be instantces of rapid jumps in time that confuse the reader as well as points were the backstory bogs down progress. The story, while being advertised as a slow-burn, doesn't \"stop to smell the roses\" at all. It's fast and glances over a lot while leaning further into worldbuilding. I don't mind having a lot of worldbuilding, but when the worldbuilding overshadows the primary premise of the story is when you start to subconciously skip paragraphs.

The story is quite the mixture of popular tropes and cliches. Overpowered protagonist has to defeat a Demon King with the help of summoned heroes; sound familiar? While it is a popular concept, the story twists itself into a villianess type revenge story where the protagonist is betrayed.

The MC herself isn't given much of a personality. The only defining moment for her is the SA scene which is a great start but that really could have developed a deeper personality when in reality that whole section is swept aside for the time being. The other characters are also static with the only real standout being Kent. Not bad, just not incredible.

The pacing of the story is both fast and slow at the same time. There will be instantces of rapid jumps in time that confuse the reader as well as points were the backstory bogs down progress. The story, while being advertised as a slow-burn, doesn't "stop to smell the roses" at all. It's fast and glances over a lot while leaning further into worldbuilding. I don't mind having a lot of worldbuilding, but when the worldbuilding overshadows the primary premise of the story is when you start to subconciously skip paragraphs.

First, the plot.... it's a really well written story as far as i read. Revenge is always a plus for me. It's looks like it'll take a number of chapters before it finishes so a long story in my opinion.

Book begins interesting and has good world building. Problem is the MC sucks so bad as chapters go on that is makes reading this just a pain. The MC is an idiot and that's always a problem but add an idiot with a young master syndrome and it makes you want to puke.

One of the biggest draws to this story, I believe, is that it is quite intense. It takes on some topics that other writers may be inclined to avoid. Traumatizing content is a listed warning, so if that is not for you take it seriously. Otherwise, there is much about this story that I believe makes it worth your time.

Style/Story: The overall structure of the story is a difficult one. Indeed it starts with a lot of backstory, so if you are looking to jump right into what the synopsis promises, just be aware it takes some time to get there. It is worth sticking around, though. The backstory is good and worth the time spent, so if you don't get too hung up on the \"real\" timeline, then this shouldn't bother you too much.

Character: It is very character driven and gets into some deep topics, as mentioned before. It's a slow burn in showing her come from one version of herself to another, but I believe it is worth the ride. This is where I think the story shines the brightest and why it is worth your time.

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