Monarch of Evernight (Web Novel)

Ok, so this novel was a waste of my time. I am overwhelmingly disappointed by how the novel turned out, all the other reviews make it sound so great, but other than the okay grammar, I find every other aspect of this novel lousy. The Mc is like a punching bag with zero brain cells, despite the original premise, it always falls to the typical Chinese cultivation tropes, and then the constant loop of interactions. 😤👎

Really good story with a varied set of characters well fleshed out in a troubled land filled with warring "races" trying to outmaneuver their neighbors for benefits or just survival. The story is simple enough at start but gets more complicated (even sometimes needlessly so with all the Chinese style political stuff that makes it more strange than deep and interesting). For me this novel's fight scenes are really well written, I mean you get a good mix of planning, cunning and simple to understand and well described abilities or moves from the characters with even their "personalities" taken into account. The romance is heartwarming, heartbreaking, annoying and even disappointing with all the problems the MC seems to have but it's all fine to me as that's how it's supposed to be (even if I wish our Ye could be less of a simp but hey that's his charm I guess). I highly recommend this story for the depth of the power system, the action and the well written interactions between the diverse cast of characters that can be simple, strong, nice, devious or everything at once (yes Zining, I'm talking about you). The political stuff, I really didn't like and thought was a chore, the backstabbing or selfishness was annoying after a while (even if believable considering people are selfish a. . holes) and really I wish the MC was less "nice" at some points even if that would probably end up changing the whole story overall it was still one of my favorites.

To be honest, I was very excited when I first started this novel. The world building, the different races and their relationships with each other and the dark atmosphere was very impressive. But after 300 chapters I was very disappointed, there were too many young masters and face slapping scenes in the novel and I started to get tired of these clichés. Although MC's journey to power is well planned, the young geniuses who can defeat him are not properly explained why they are so powerful, so MC's defeats start to seem very stupid. Sexy female characters with anla eyes and dragon eyes kept popping up. This novel had great potential, but as far as I can see, the author focuses too much on the stereotypical Chinese clichéd style and it wastes the potential of this novel.

Highly recommended series. But, it has a lot of dark elements. So, the age restriction is probably in need. First, I love the dark elements of this series because the author can make the MC look like a villain in a world that is already very dark. The setting is great. And the notion of guns as weapons is refreshingly new in CN.

Best novel I’ve read so far. And one of the first. You will never get bored reading it as well as especially brutal. I will say though that there is a point in this novel that seems like fan service when they travel to the separate dimension but keep reading, you’ll learn that it isn’t so bright as it seems and has a dark sub plot to why they did what they did to him

This web novel has unique worldbuilding and so far the story is interesting. I would recommend this to anyone who's looking for something new to read. I think one of the downsides of the story is that it is kind of repetitive. Although the pacing is quite slow you should still give it a try.