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He Who Fights with Monsters 3 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #3)
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This has been a painful read. Out of respect for how much I've loved the first two books I still give it three stars, and I will read the next one coming out later this year. However, it will have to be significantly better than this one for me to continue after that.
The reason why I describe this experience as painful is two-fold.
One of the reasons is the EXTENSIVE spelling mistakes found on nearly every single page. There was even a part where the author forgot to remove a line stating "for audio book please remove for ebook". It made the experience irritating to say the least.
The second reason is because the book up to about 65% in was written in a way that made it feel like a giant summary instead of a story. Not in a way that rehashed what had already happened before, but like the author was summarizing the actual new story of this book. It improved a bit at the end but then another big annoyance came up. It had 8 epilogues!!! WHY? Nothing in those epilogues couldn't have been part of the story apart for one small bit.
Please please please review the book before release and at the very least use a spelling checker to remove instances of "we are are going to bla bla" or "maybe we should we are going to do" etc.
Again, the end of the book picked up in quality aside from the spelling which somewhat made the ending experience better, until you get 8 epilogues. I do recommend reading this if you love the series, despite this review, because it does bring many revelations about the world, characters and the story as a whole. I truly hope the next one will live up to the quality of the first two books which I've already devoured twice this year.
As a side note, I do not claim to be a perfect speller or anything close to that. I make mistakes like everyone else and forgive a lot in books, up to a certain point. This book passed the point.
The reason why I describe this experience as painful is two-fold.
One of the reasons is the EXTENSIVE spelling mistakes found on nearly every single page. There was even a part where the author forgot to remove a line stating "for audio book please remove for ebook". It made the experience irritating to say the least.
The second reason is because the book up to about 65% in was written in a way that made it feel like a giant summary instead of a story. Not in a way that rehashed what had already happened before, but like the author was summarizing the actual new story of this book. It improved a bit at the end but then another big annoyance came up. It had 8 epilogues!!! WHY? Nothing in those epilogues couldn't have been part of the story apart for one small bit.
Please please please review the book before release and at the very least use a spelling checker to remove instances of "we are are going to bla bla" or "maybe we should we are going to do" etc.
Again, the end of the book picked up in quality aside from the spelling which somewhat made the ending experience better, until you get 8 epilogues. I do recommend reading this if you love the series, despite this review, because it does bring many revelations about the world, characters and the story as a whole. I truly hope the next one will live up to the quality of the first two books which I've already devoured twice this year.
As a side note, I do not claim to be a perfect speller or anything close to that. I make mistakes like everyone else and forgive a lot in books, up to a certain point. This book passed the point.
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September 6, 2021
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September 6, 2021
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September 8, 2021
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September 8, 2021
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Nov 08, 2021 04:12PM
Advice: The story doesn't get better. It gets much, much worse. Imagine Jason as the ultimate badass who can face entire nations, never need to apologize to those he supposed "wronged" because he was right all along, has an incredibly beautiful girl pinning for him over a decade later and has the character development to become Tadwid because he has PTSD, but it only appears everytime he yells at people when angry. Have you read a bad Isekai novel or some of those churned Harem fantasy in Litrpg? Jason becomes that character for around 2/3 of the lenght (i didnt' red more in royal road). So... good luck?
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Oof, I only saw your comment now but that sounds painful. I'll keep it in mind for the next one, might make it a KU read rather than a buy in that case. Sad to hear it though because i really loved the first two.
The typos and lack of editing was so bad! When Brian was written as Brain, I almost gave up entirely.
I'm about 40% through this, and feeling quite similar to you. Did book 4 improve?
Jack wrote: "I'm about 40% through this, and feeling quite similar to you. Did book 4 improve?"No, the character never, ever grows, his "bullshiting" 80's skill is still undefeatable and it becomes more and more annoying. He is still the darling of the universe, still wanted by beings that are so far above him its absurd and... He learned nothing by his stay on earth, but he is now and asshole because the world is bad and not because of the ptsd.
