Maze of Mania

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Description

For an unknown reason, humanity was here.

Trials that mimicked history, replaying it as if taunting those in the future that they will make the same mistake. Forces beyond what should and shouldn't exist, exert their influence on the mundane. Yet not all hope was lost, despite being subjected to the worst possible conditions for any living being, humanity has adapted.

Yet times have changed, and humanity has found itself at a bottleneck, unable to continue forward anymore. Faced with a choice, a certain maiden had chosen the radical route. Sacrificing herself all of humanity's progress to forcefully evolve its talent.

From these seeds that she had sown, it was only a matter of time before the wall they faced crumbled apart.

Unfortunately, one of these seeds was rotten. Just what kind of chaos would this unruly seed incite? Would his existence be a benefit or a detriment to humanity?

See how a young man named Arin, fueled with the desire to trample over everyone else, lives alongside those who were meant for greatness. At first, he had felt immense joy ruling over everyone else, continually suppressing any resistance. Then, as time passed, he learned that others were stronger, more talented, more skilled, and even more impressive than he would ever be.

Just how far was he willing to keep up with the monsters he had once dominated?

What to Expect:

-Just a lot of senseless violence

-Shock for the sake of shock

-Subpar story

-Somewhat decent grammar

-Very gory details

-Turn your brain off and read, you might enjoy it that way

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2023
Author: kafsha

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Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
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HaracasRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
I dont think ive ever read a novel with such a gaping disparity between its prologue and main story.
Grammar is decent, nothing amazing but without errors, but thats about the only passable thing this novel has going for it.
The style is the greatest issue for me. Everything moves so slow because firstly this novel suffers from the 'telling and not showing' syndrome. About 90% of this novel is exposition. We are told what characters feel, what they think, why they do. This is exacerbated by the excrutiangly slow moments of action where every characters actions, thoughts and reactions are told to us in detail. And at the end we are left with a two thousand word scene for what is a brief scuffle.
The story as a consequence suffers, but as an added layer of deterence for readers, most of the plot points so far have involved insignificant matters. Why do I care to read about a school fight when i know next to nothing about the world or how the power system works? And its not like these are short scenes, they take up 4 whole chapters. Thats twelve thousand words i dont care one bit about.
Lastly the characters. Oh boy, where do I begin. Let me preface this with saying I pretty much exclusively read stories with evil mcs, so when I say this mc is beyond edgy to the degree hes unlikable, know that its really bad. I dont know how a character thats unironically this edgy comes to be and its not like hes even consistent. At home hes a totally different person and not because hes doing it intentionally. We are just meant to accept that a dude who regularly beats people to near death cause hes bored can function like a regular kid at home. No chance. The other characters arent much to talk about either and are very generic cutouts of the usual tropes.
If there is any advice I can give it would be to reduce the amount of waffle and words salad. Focus the story around the important events and not whats in between. And for the love of god, please tone down the edge.