List of reviews made by users for the Shadow Slave novel.
106 users have written reviews for the Shadow Slave novel and rated it with an average score of 4.8 out of 5.
106 Reviews
A masterpiece novel with a great main character and relevant side characters that have their own development (most of them), peaks (that do not involve ranking up) unique goals and are not the subordinates/ pawns of the main character.
Sunless the main character is very well written. He's very realistic and complex. He is a relatably flawed character and is not the typical perfect nonchalant mc. His growth and journey is beautiful as he finds his "home" and his purpose in life through many different character arcs.
My personal favourite mc's are the ones whose purpose and goals have build-up and are a result of development instead of mc's whose goals are instantly given at the beginning and never change (the latter is not bad if executed well but will still always be inferior to the former) Some examples of the former (other than Sunny) are Thorfinn from Vinland Saga and Kaladin from Stormlight Archive. They gain insight and growth throughout their journey and have many internal conflicts through which they develop and eventually find their purpose. These mc's will always feel more human and have more effort put into writing them. Their growth and journey is also shown and not told.
The world building, lore and power system are top notch with the world being vast and creative, the power system (only inferior to LotM imo) having symbolism of ascending to Godhood in each rank (instead of just rank 1, rank 2) and the lore having a whole mythology-like history with multiple eras and Gods.
It does have moments with slow pacing and repeated content. And many times the author uses unnecessary adjectives. But overall it's a wonderful novel. I definitely recommend it. READ IT NOW, THIS IS PEAK FICTION
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I didnt want to make this long but i will say it again
REMEMBER THE GREAT MIGRATION!
Btw this is peak 😁
We lost everything. . . But we won't fall. My karma may be lost, but some things are the same. Shadow Slave is Rank 1 as it deserves and will return to its former glory. If you are new, no need to read reviews, just read the novel yourself and decide then, if you want to join us. I can only say, that this is the best Novel I ever read. World building, power system, characters. . . everything is 10/10
Best I have ever read. A masterpice of character building, worldbuiöding and storya. Would give it an eleven out of 10 if it would be possi
What can I even say? One of the best webnovels out there, for a good reason. Premise (10 - 20 chapters) seems a little weak but it picks up speed. The lore only thickens (😏) from there. The author, G3, which is usually referred as The GOAT, by us mongrels, is very good at creating coherent story, with minimal plotholes from my observation, and fleshed out characters. The cohort, our main characters, feel like real people rather than useless characters only to uplift Sunny. The power aspects in this novel, and the general setting, give a dark fantasy vibe, similar to what games such as Dark Souls do. Sunny is rather disoriented throughout the beginning of the novel, trying to understand himself, while trying to survive out of spite for the world. No more story from me no spoilers :)There are moments which may feel like filler, and you could potentially think of them as filler. People need to understand that filler, which most people consider anything non-action, is required for a novel. Even the best of novels require information to make the story and action feel meaningful. So while some chapters look like filler, they are necessary. Regardless, these chapters may be less enjoyable to read than the action scenes, which literally REQUIRE hundreds of chapters for buildup. Nonetheless, there are no info-dumbs, except the very beginning, which is a common practise and literally required. I rant about filler content because people sometimes dont understand the difference between lore build and pure anadultered filler. Anyways, if you really read all of this, which sums to around 1.7k, you could have propably started the actual novel. Give it a try, worst case, if it is not your tea, you only wasted at best 1-2 hours :)
the greatest webnovel I've ever read, and anyway this needs more reviews ...
good plot, nice characters development and design and so on, idk just read it lol if you arent already
I mean... do I have to explain? The best webnovel I've ever read, apart from Lord of the Mysteries, it's just amazing, in terms of world-building and lore, it's just fantastic overall.
Easily one of the best novels I've read. The experiments G3 does to break some tedious parts of the story he chooses to write are very good, and he evolves characters if they become too repetitive. The romance is amazing, and now that it'll get stronger once one of the strongest creatures in the world is killed is genius.
Quite good. Shadow Slave is an intricately woven story which continues to impress and go up my rankings. While personally not on the level of RI or LOTM, I can see how it is for some people. The first few arcs were some of the best I've read, though there were some things I'd like to point out.
For one, while the story explores dark and scary topics, it also has a crude juvenile humor and across the book, Sunny (mc) is almost constantly infatuated with any woman he sees and the author makes sure to shove this in your face every 10 or so chapters despite being a grown man.
Secondly, even when it does cover the more scary or dark topics, its very brief--almist as if the author doesn't want to go too far into what he originally planned. This one is one of the worst for me, as it could've been so much more.
For third, Nightmare Creatures (a form of dystopian-sometimes humanoid-beasts with thousands+ of variety) and their details are almost always cut short, even for those which last over the point of 50+ chapters, you only learn of their rank and brief appearance (sometimes not even that). This unfortunate shortcoming also applies for the strongest of these creatures, despite them being heavily emphasized on having intelligence and sentience, we almost always see them as mindless beasts attacking whoever and whatever they see. Some hold territory, but thats the limit of personality for almost all Nightmare Creatures.
Finally, the character development, while meaningful and spread across many characters, often feels shoe horned and improvised into the story to drive the narrative with no clear change prior, lacking a distinguisable change to character prior to it being 'announced' that the character changed. Side characters(apart from sunnys friends and allies) also aren't often fleshed out or even seen prior to the chapters they're defeated or killed.
Although I've bashed on some shortcomings, I enjoy the story despite those and find myself intriguied by the interesting approach by the author on both publishing (high weekly ch. count) and take on dark-adventure fantasy. Overall I believe that setting and dynamics is where this book shines most. It' a good read, and a great starter story into ln's/wn's. Would reccomend regardless of experience as a reader.
