Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent

Review: A Frustrating Missed Opportunity This novel promises a dynamic journey through unique leveling mechanics and high-stakes magic, yet it ultimately falters due to the protagonist’s baffling decisions and squandered potential. ### Squandered Potential and Poor Strategic Choices The core issue lies in the protagonist's persistent self-sabotage. Despite having the means to rapidly ascend in power—earning exponential XP and accessing formidable skills—he opts for trivial tasks that yield minimal rewards. Instead of harnessing his abilities to grow stronger and secure key allies, he wastes valuable opportunities, making his progression feel intentionally handicapped. ### Disappointing Character Development The character’s lack of foresight is particularly glaring when compared to supporting figures. For instance, a side character—an angel of justice—demonstrates significant potential from the outset, while the main character remains embarrassingly stagnant. His obsession with minor details and a restrictive, counterproductive playstyle transforms what should be an epic journey into a series of missed opportunities. ### Narrative Incoherence and Frustration Rather than presenting a coherent, engaging narrative, the story devolves into a frustrating display of wasted time and underutilized abilities. The protagonist’s fixation on low-value tasks detracts from the tension and excitement that the story could have offered. Instead, readers are left with a protagonist who seems intent on limiting his own progress. ### Lackluster Writing and Redundant Exposition Beyond its flawed character choices, the novel suffers from a writing style that is both over-expository and repetitive. Key information is dragged out over multiple chapters—as if one chapter weren’t enough—resulting in redundant and monotonous storytelling. This overabundance of exposition not only disrupts the narrative flow but also makes the reading experience unnecessarily tedious. ### Final Thoughts The novel’s failure is not due to a lack of creative world-building or intriguing mechanics but rather the protagonist’s chronic inability to leverage his strengths and a writing style that bogs down the narrative. His self-imposed limitations and illogical decisions, compounded by a repetitively overdone exposition, turn what could have been an engaging ascent to power into a cautionary tale of wasted potential. For readers seeking a smart, well-paced fantasy adventure with characters who evolve strategically, this novel may prove to be a deeply disappointing experience.

Hope this is not some BS novel where the MC gains 10× the experience but then at some point people can match his strength or leveling speed

Loving this story so far but I feel like the author keeps repeating stuff he already said or though one to many time.

I like the story. The issue I'm having is that The author is repeating themselves over and over again by writing the same thing in different ways. There are entire chapters that are written about something that would take maybe a paragraph. Half the time you can read the first paragraph and then skim the entire rest of the chapter and still understand very clearly what happened. Other than that, I like the idea of the story. I like the writing of the story, but too much expounding on things that don't matter much.

don't waste your time mc is coward rather then being cautious and even with his 10x talent bro still struggles against opponent that should be 2 to 3 times weaker then him and bro just keep all those more the 500 free stutus point to gift someone where he could literally double his all stats by using them

plus the mc doesn't take risk or test his limists