Reading Thoughts

Rating: ★★★✭☆
Dates read: November 12 - November 17, 2024
Format: ebook
Page count: 256

Thoughts: So, my main issue with this is how I feel with most light novels I've tried to read, aside from Ascendance of a Bookworm, and that is that the writing just feels simplistic and repetitive. The author will write something in a pretty simple way, and then "explain" it in the next sentence. Sometimes it's something I can overlook, and sometimes it feels irritating. During this particular volume there were definitely parts where it annoyed me and parts where I didn't mind at all.

That all being said, I feel like there was a tiny bit of relationship progress between Mell and Zara, which was good to see. I saw on Anilist that this series only has 7 volumes, so I'm curious to see if they're actually going to get together by the end of it or if they'll just live as besties forever lol. Mell is one of those characters who is totally oblivious to her own feelings so... I guess we'll see. At the rate that things are happening right now, it doesn't really feel likely.

This volume introduced a new character, Ciel Aiskoletta. And a cute little radish freak named Komerv who I love. Anyway, Ciel is... interesting? He doesn't particularly stand out aside from never taking his helmet off, so I'm not sure how to feel about him. His presence feels very temporary to me, and I was really surprised that he moved in with Mell and Zara. It felt very random, so, idk. I hope he becomes more of a staple character, because right now he just feels like he's just... there.