Zac was alone in the middle of the forest when the world changed.
The whole planet was introduced to the multiverse by an unfeeling System... or God. A universe where an endless number of races and civilizations fought for power and dominion. Zac finds himself stuck in the wilderness surrounded by deadly beasts, demons, and worse. Alone, lost and without answers, he must find the means to survive and get stronger in this new cut-throat reality.
With only a hatchet for his weapon, he'll have to seek out his family before the world collapses... or die trying.
Defiance of the Fall is essentially a light novel written in English, however; doing a direct comparison doesn't really do it justice. I will attempt to keep my review spoiler-free, so let's start. Defiance is a story about a man named Zac who has been integrated into a universe-wide system. While this concept is seen in a whole bunch of stories, the author does a significant job with distinguishing it and making it an almost psuedo-character in the story, never truly there, but still kinda an antagonist at times.
The basis of the story is a man looking for his family and what that means for him in a brand new world that is out to kill him and what he must do to survive. There is significant character development with all of the main characters and the world that they live in. The author has clearly put in time and effort into thinking about how the new world works and how the people that now live in it will work.
While that's all fine and dandy, and essential to a good story, it does drag at parts, with significant time spent on each of the arcs developing everything. While that is normally fine and appreciated, and I do love a well-developed story, with the release schedule of a chapter a day during weekdays, this can make the story feel drawn out because of cliff hangers at the end of almost every chapter and the feeling of nothing really happening during some chapters.
On to a more technical side, grammar is good, normally any error is fixed before the chapter is released and any error found later is fixed quickly by the author. The style of the story is good and fun to read, especially because the characters are developed.
The author does a very good job with engaging the reader. Some of the other books on here have atrocious grammar, and while I did notice the occasional mistake, for the most part this is solid. The biggest reason why I like this series though is that the writing is not mechanical. There is almost always a senese of adventure and discovery and emotion involved, and even fear for the character. Other books, like \"The new world\" for instance, are more mechanical. It reads more like a journal log for how the MC got from point A to point B. Very little emotion, very little excitment.
The author does a very good job with engaging the reader. Some of the other books on here have atrocious grammar, and while I did notice the occasional mistake, for the most part this is solid. The biggest reason why I like this series though is that the writing is not mechanical. There is almost always a senese of adventure and discovery and emotion involved, and even fear for the character. Other books, like "The new world" for instance, are more mechanical. It reads more like a journal log for how the MC got from point A to point B. Very little emotion, very little excitment.
The cultivation system is well-paced, something I want to learn how to do better. It is really fun to read, sometimes I used to wake up an hour earlier than usual and go to bed thirty minutes later to read DotF. The releases are consistant. I have never seen a single grammar or spelling error so far. Just a great book overall. I don't think there is a better introduction to the Xianxia troupe. Its over 800 chapters, but the MC is stil E-grade, which means it will go on for a long time. The only problem is the random release times, and the author never actually doing the reveiw swaps on his reveiw swap thread. Just one of my all-time favorite reads.
The style is great. The perspective shifts are rare, something I like. The only problem is that I find the beginning of a few arcs, mostly mystic realms. I don't like it when Zac pretends to be someone else, but that is important because of the whole \"Deviant Asura\" thing.
Grammar is almost impeccable, just a few minor mistakes. I'd say it's grammar is at the pinnacle of RR.
The characters are so well-built in the beggining it feels like if Earth somehow was integrated like in this, this is a completely plausible situation. Zac's path, mostly the struggle part, not the edgewalker path, takes away from this a bit, but all the MCs in the popular books I've read are like that.
The style is great. The perspective shifts are rare, something I like. The only problem is that I find the beginning of a few arcs, mostly mystic realms. I don't like it when Zac pretends to be someone else, but that is important because of the whole "Deviant Asura" thing.
Grammar is almost impeccable, just a few minor mistakes. I'd say it's grammar is at the pinnacle of RR.
Not a perfect story but still really good. The first arc was a bit long, but the pacing has improved since. If you like LitRPG/Sytstem Apocalypse you'll love this story, its one of the best. If you don't like that genre, you probably won't get too much from this.
I love the different components, with ordered progression and grades, but an infinite range of daos, skills, and other means of progressing that are all individually unique. Hard to have infinite options within a structured rule-based sytem, but he doesn it really well, and builds out a fantastic team over time. I've read dozens of LitRPG, but this takes the cake. Better than He Who Fights with Monsters, the Land, etc.
It does feel a bit like Primal Hunter is just a copycat of this, with even half the skills coming in the same.
I originally wanted to finish the first book before I write my review but by now I have run completely out of steam and hold no interest in finishing the book. Assuming the book chapters are split like their original release I am at chapter 71.
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