The Saga of Tanya the Merciless

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Have you ever wondered what makes a perfect military system? What happens when efficiency is pursued not just as a goal, but as an art form? What if the greatest horrors of war came not from hatred or cruelty, but from pure, practical logic?This historically-grounded reimagining of the "The Saga of Tanya the Evil" series strips away magic to expose something far more terrifying: human ingenuity pushed to its absolute limits.Through the lens of multiple characters caught in the machinery of War, we witness the emergence of a new kind of warfare - one where every action, every casualty, even every act of mercy serves a carefully calculated purpose. As Allied forces struggle to maintain their foothold in occupied Europe, they find themselves facing not just German resistance, but a system that turns their very humanity against them.At its heart, "The Machinery of Necessity" asks what price we pay for perfect efficiency. Where is the line between optimization and obsession? Between necessity and horror? Between genius and madness?A meditation on war, systematic thinking, and the cost of progress, this first volume examines what happens when we optimize a process past the point of humanity - and what remains of us when efficiency becomes its own kind of weapon.Welcome to a world where the greatest threats aren't the monsters we fear, but the systems we create.

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2024
Author: tame_tame

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Rating: 4.1/ 5.0
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AstrowoudRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I'll keep this review short, mainly because I am not in the mood to write a really extensive one.
So, this novel does show how a mathematical approach to war could impact the way it is fought. It lacks a few things that makes the novel a worthwhile read. It lacks personal connections. Now, before you ask, yes, this was indeed in the synopsis. The problem here is that there is no personality for the main character or the characters surrounding her. It reaches a point where I just decided to skip ~15 chapters and it felt that nothing had changed. As a reader there is no way to attach yourself to the people in the story. And while the philosophical question asked in the premise is interesting, due to the lack of characters and seeing who they are and their inner thoughts we aren't able to truly see the effects.
Think of it like somebody asking the question (to which we now have an answer) "what happens when the ever demand for economic growth is pushed so far that the future is ignored." Well, now we know the answer is resource scarsity and global warming. But what if instead of answering the question, or debating whether or not we should include human reaction in the answer, you only answer by explaining how the transport system from the factory to the shop works. The answer is incomplete. Of course this is a bad analogy, but the point is that the original philosophical question isn't explored that much, partially due to the lack of personal connections with the main character. I wouldn't count any other interlude (if you can call them that) as introduction or character development. It is simply too short.
I'll still give it a 4/5 though. Because hidden beneath this is a lot of possibility. I'm certain that if the writer ever made a rewrite in which the main character isn't read as nothing more than a cog in a machine and the other characters don't really seem to exist there is something amazing to find. Maybe instead write the introduction of the system Tanya uses an