Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

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Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA).

Through Junghyeok, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, in search of an end to life-threatening “scenarios” that force people to act out narratives for the amusement of god-like “Constellations.”

After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally resigns himself to the story ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author, stating that the story will soon be monetized, before his surroundings suddenly go dark.

He swiftly realizes that fiction has become reality and he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the singular omniscient reader of the events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before.

Associated Names
One entry per line
Omniscient Reader
ORV
Sudut Pandang Pembaca Mahatahu
Toàn Trí Độc Giả
Точка зору всезнаючого читача
Точка зрения Всеведущего читателя
وجهة نظر قارئ كلي العلم
सर्वज्ञानी पाठक की दृष्टिकोण
มุมมองนักอ่านพระเจ้า
อ่านชะตาวันสิ้นโลก
全知的な読者の視点から
全知讀者視角
全知读者视角
전독시
전지적 독자 시점
Related Series
The World After the Fall (Shared Universe)
Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint – Side Story (Sequel)
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T*ash of the Count’s Family (29)
The Novel’s Extra (28)
The Earth is Online (16)
The S-Classes That I Raised (15)
If You Don’t Become the Main Character, You’ll Die (14)
The Second Coming of Gluttony (13)
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jikan_no_yuurei
jikan_no_yuurei rated it
June 10, 2020
Status: c259
This is just an author circle jerk. The first few arcs aren't too bad, but over time the setting breaks down; it's ethereal. It starts off as a sort of survival game where all the "incarnates" have to try to survive while being sponsored by "constellations." This part is honestly rather fun and enjoyable. IMO the story starts to break down when the author tries to explain what the incarnates and the constellations are.

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Spoiler

Incarnates can be made into constellations by accumulating "stories, " whatever that really means. It makes sense at first, because myths like the Monkey King are powerful because of how well known they are. However, the more you think about it, the less is makes sense in the context of the story. It's not too hard to get past that though, what really killed it for me was when characters started getting healed with "story packs." Even incarnates, who should be flesh and blood, get patched up with "story packs."

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It's as though the author was trying very hard to make everything related to "stories, " but it didn't really come together by the time I stopped reading.

It's possible that the story gets better, but with how many other novels there are out there, I couldn't bring myself to keep spending time on this one. <<less
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Derpy
Derpy rated it
October 2, 2018
Status: c74
(Read up to c74) (Sorry for grammar)

The unpredictable novel I've read so far, in a good way of course. When you expect a typical Korean Novel with typical plot after reading the early parts, then BOOM! Stuff happens that you never think happens. It is refreshing to read as you were so used to the morals of Asian culture and want a change of pace.
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gyfy2gliv
gyfy2gliv rated it
December 14, 2024
Status: --
I don’t recommend reading this book. It’s extremely popular for a reason: it has some of the best writing in fiction. The first ten floors/events are captivating, and the quality is maintained though the book becomes a bit more unfocused. The world building is amazing, the characters are fleshed out, the action scenes are captivating. Also, everything is just plain cool. Once you start reading, you’ll be hooked and you won’t be able to stop.

The ending is an atrocity. It invalidates the struggles of all of the characters. The protagonist... more>> has zero character development. This book is like eating a delicious bag of candy, then the last piece is poisoned, causing you to vomit everything else and fall severely ill for several days. Find something else. <<less
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alex_cub
alex_cub rated it
November 7, 2024
Status: Completed
As with almost every novel I've read, I picked up the webtoon first and got hooked enough to continue reading because I couldn't wait all the years it would take the webtoon to catch up.

ORV and its characters have a chokehold on me. I'm so attached to them in a way that I stay far away from the fandom because I don't want to have my enjoyment ruined. I have a complex love-hate relationship with KDJ in particular, the more you find out about him the more interesting it makes... more>> other details in the story.

Reading to the end and having things from earlier in the novel re-contextualised has made this one of my favourite novels to reread, sometimes from the beginning or sometimes just particular arcs I want to revisit. It's a story I think about so often and cry over almost just as much. <<less
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mysticfuji
mysticfuji rated it
November 20, 2023
Status: c551
No words can fully capture the essence of this captivating masterpiece. I cannot put into words the journey this novel took me through, and I think it's one of the best novels ever written. Thank you SingShong and everyone else- : (-for telling this story, it needed to be told.

However, I have one thing to say for those who want to read this: please do not spoil yourself. Do not worry about the ending for now, as it can only be understood when you read everything else in the... more>> novel. Its meaning will truly be lost if you spoil yourself so this is a great warning before you open any spoilers in the other reviews or online. <<less
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znukhsoc
znukhsoc rated it
November 16, 2023
Status: c389
I wasn't really passionate about ORV and it was just a mildly interesting story to me but somehow I couldn't quit reading it. Maybe because the word count activated my competitiveness. Then 3000 pages later (around 200+ chapters) somehow I got who Secretive Plotter is and oh my god, I found myself punching pillows, I was crying randomly middle of the day, while working, while cooking.

3000 pages later I got why people ship them too... They are basically married. But I'm a bit salty about Yoo Joonghyuk, I don't know... more>> how Kim Dokja read about him for 3000+ chapters. He. is. boring. AS HELL. I get the melancholy and the emotions the character gives since I literally cried for him and because of him but UGH. He is insufferably stubborn and a BIG DUMBASS. Maybe that's why he died 1800+ times. I want to punch him so much.

4000 pages later I got... a little bit bored. The story island arc killed my soul.

On hold for now, maybe I'll continue it as the manhwa makes progress. <<less
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rizuuumi
rizuuumi rated it
May 30, 2023
Status: Completed
If you're planning on reading this, do not listen to the bad reviews!

This novel made me cry like a baby. When I first began to read it, I couldn't get enough and I eventually found myself reading whenever I had free time. Of course, the story isn't perfect and has its plot holes occasionally, but they were nothing major. What really makes this novel so lovely is the fact that everything is so intricately woven together without any flaws. Not only this, but the words the author chooses to use,... more>> and the sentences that they put together are so beautifully chosen that you'll want to take a minute to just digest it all.

I'm not lying when I say that this has to be the best novel I've ever read! Every character that is introduced has so much depth to them that it leaves you wanting to know more. This may seem like a typical game-based survival novel, but it has so much more to it. Every chapter has managed to give me chills, and I am still finding myself near tears every time I see anything ORV related on social media... <<less
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Viltis
Viltis
April 16, 2023
Status: c87
So many inconsistencies, author talking about cliches while making the ultimate cliche - bending everything for plot cliche and destroying all rules established previously cliche.

here be spoiler analysing a single event that happens ch68-70.

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Spoiler

MC needs to get Changsin station, but it's been occupied by Tyrant King, MC needs to either get the Tyrants flag or go to Tyrants main base and put his flag in the flaghole.

Jerk Yoo breaks through the roof and drops down on Tyrant and kills him, then MC runs towards Tyrants corpse and picks up Tyrants items but not the flag which would imply that Jerk got the flag but why not the items?, all the while Jerk Yoo is running towards MC, see the problem?

next MC is not allowed to enter Last Kings challenge because MC doesn't have the Changsin station, but then he gets Changsin station flaghole and puts the flag into it this accomplishing the requirement, except that's not how it works, only main base flaghole counts so he needed to put the flag into Tyrants main base flaghole but Tyrants flag was taken by Jerk which means that even if Tyrants main base was Changsin then it would have changed to Jerks main base, if Jerks main base was Changsin then Jerk would lose his King qualification and be kicked out of the Kings free-for-all battle, see the huge problem?

Jerk Yoo was not kicked out so that means he didn't pick up the Tyrants flag but then why did MC not pick the flag while picking Tyrants other items, wtf is with this convoluted bs plot? Everything would be fine if MC took the flag but noo, then all that bs "oh no! What do we do now?" and then that bs "clever" way to get the Changsin flaghole is all just tr*sh bs padding.


And why the hell did MC and Jerk runs towards each other and not meet? Jerk is super and faster so there's no way he would let MC slip through.

it was stated long ago that Changsin station was taken over by Tyrant so getting Changsin flaghole wouldn't work, the conclusion that might work is that after a king dies and no one picks their flag then their territory becomes free but it was never stated that such a thing was possible because it was explained in a way that contradicts this possibility.

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but author likes breaking established rules for plot since a while ago
Spoiler

some people managed to enter the station and enter the movie theatre even though the station was blocked so no one could leave or enter the place.

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And let's not forget the sinister undercurrent of the novel that questions what is real
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basically MC world and Jerk Yoo novel world are being merged into one, kinda hard to write so simply people from MC world are looking at novel world as fake but novel world people cannot accept that, but MC world people are being turned into novel world people, and MC doesn't understand that possibility, like jeez your name is Dokja which translates to Reader, what a damn coincidence eh, is it hard to believe that MC is just a character in another novel, but MC cannot accept it just like those novel world people cannot accept it.

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I'll continue reading and it's too soon to give a rating by me, but apart from interesting world and overall plot, the author is still lacking in writing continuity or is just tr*sh and did that on purpose. Just another great novel being ruined by a bad writer at this point imo

edit: wow author creating plot by making MC forget things and then remember them at crucial moments, if that's not a cliche then what is? I was honestly thinking MC turned into a ret*rd but no he just has bad memory lol <<less
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parkmoondaeourpuppy
parkmoondaeourpuppy rated it
March 6, 2023
Status: Completed
Beyond amazing, it's simply a masterpiece.

2 years ago, I crossed upon this novel and god I'd pay the price just to be able to experience the ride again for the first time.

I can still remember how overwhelmed I was when I reached the end and realizing that everything is connected. Everything. And the fact that the ending is so free- open yet endless. I felt so overwhelmed, I cant get over this novel until like a month later bcs its just too beautiful.

In this 2 years i've been searching for... more>> another good novel but I havent found it yet hahaha (side eyeing tocf and ex rank role's replay, lets see how those two ends) <<less
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danilou
danilou rated it
February 14, 2023
Status: Completed
this is the bestest thing I've ever read. I relate to the MC so much and when I first read it, I can't stop. Its too addicting. The fact that I take my time to read this and try understand it better makes it more enjoyable to read. The characters and their character developments is so good and the multiple pov's to understand the thoughts of other characters. I love every chapter of this story, it never gets boring
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zegye
zegye rated it
January 31, 2023
Status: c214
I read this novel like I got a prank which was said to be good and many praised it, it turns out that what I got while reading this novel was boring lol.

at first it was good in the middle of the chapter it became boring, the story decreased not as good as at the beginning, the writer was really inconsistent.

MC with inferiority complex always feel guilty

the plot is repetitive/stale, dokja knows how to solve problems because he already knows what happened, he sacrifices himself, after a while goes back... more>> to his friends everyone will be mad at him for sacrificing himself, rinse and repeat.

the fights are too long, convoluted, too many wasted words and repetitive.

one more thing that bothers me, the gay vibes between the two MC are very pronounced.

this novel is good and unique at first it becomes boring and repetitive in the end. <<less
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taohua098
taohua098 rated it
January 11, 2023
Status: Completed
A beautiful, heart-wrenching story of struggle, sacrifice and friendship.

Words cannot describe how this story made me feel so I won’t even try, all I can say is please read this novel - you will not be disappointed.

Once I reached the end I just laid there, feeling empty, staring at the sky and stars for a long time...
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elliepot
elliepot rated it
July 30, 2022
Status: Completed
I remember I was reading this novel in between classes last year, it was a whole riot. I remember I would read it instead of studying, I found the fantasy aspect of this story to be very original until the very end. Our trio consisting of a reader, protagonist, and author makes up for an incredible storyline. I mostly enjoyed the last two arcs and the epilogues, I felt high and emotional reading those parts. I feel like I wasn't in the right mind, the plot twists near the end... more>> are amazing. The prior arcs were able to properly and smoothly build up the story until it reached the climax and conclusion.

I also relate with the MC a lot, I also love stories more than anything, stories are what inspire me to continue living. Interestingly, Kim Dokja reminds me of Cale, they've always been the selfless type even if they won't admit it. They like to do everything in their power to reach their ideal ending or conclusion where nobody is hurt (except for them). I guess I find these types of MCs very endearing.

This novel literally is one of a kind. It could be regarded as an action, adventure, and fantasy novel but it's also more than that, it's a novel that literally gets you thinking and will hit you with the feels here and there. I can understand why there is a psychological and drama tag. Reading this novel is like entering a dream. <<less
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Jyuuuuuyu
Jyuuuuuyu rated it
July 28, 2022
Status: Completed
I finished this novel months ago and the only reason why I'm rating this a 4 is because of the sheer sadness and despair this novel has put me through.

Every arc has its own uniqueness and this novel is actually one of the longer novels that I've finished without rushing through. This took me about a month or more to finish and I stopped reading a few times due to it having 551 chapters but I always ended up picking it up again and overall I really recommend this if... more>> you like companionship, sacrificing, relationships (platonic), and more importantly, angst. I think I cried a few times during the epilogue, it was my favourite arc if you even count that as an arc. <<less
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Brasdf
Brasdf rated it
March 26, 2022
Status: c411
Started well, but got increasingly random and repetitive.

The beginning is pretty great, really. Interesting characters, fun events. However, as the story progresses things became increasingly baffling and random.

For example, everyone becomes a story and the winner in a fight is about who has the best story, only god knows what that means or how it is judged, as a reader you have no idea. Just complete nonsense.

For some reason good stories have some effect on probability and that somehow affects whatever and everyone is busy sacrificing themselves for each other... more>> all the time, which really gets boring the fifth time.

I already lost most of my interest in the story when we got to the edgy plot twist that angels and demons are both equally evil. Really didn’t see that one coming... and dropped.

Spoiler

I was also somewhat annoyed The scribe of heaven who is so cunning and crafty and the best planner made an insane plan with huge risks without any steps towards ameliorating said risks, such as preparing beforehand the weapon against the dragon of the end. I’m pretty sure that was a thing, I dropped this like a month ago.

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OuRyed
OuRyed rated it
February 6, 2022
Status: Completed
This novel is simply to great, I've read more then once and still not bord of yet, the MC is Op understandable that what was the tilte said, the "protagonist" is abnormal !! Of why wouldn't he, he has kept regressing so it would be more surprising if he wasn't especially in such a broken world.

I almost cried my heart out at the 516 after seeing "The End" but I calmed down after continuing on reading, I've experienced ups and downs with this novel, that my sis has to remained... more>> me that it just a novel. The crying and laughing, angry... etc Me:"... " ashamed. jpg

Nice Remainder: please don't confuse non reader's with your bad reviews, since there are some people who read no more then 30 or so chapter, saying it's tr*sh. What are you guys saying that the MC consider the people around him as NPCs !????? Nonsense, who who sacrifice his life over and over again for NPCs, and what's the problem with having the plot and being omniscient it was written in the tilte above so if you don't like it don't click from the start, and it's not like his super strong that he can crunch anything that came his way. Not alone. And please don't insult my favorite novel, I can accept criticism on one premise that you understand what are talking about, some people make me confused, which novel there talking about. <<less
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Helverda
Helverda rated it
January 22, 2022
Status: c551
"Is the story really over when the author stops writing it?"

My heart hurts so much goddaaaaaamn

But despite my internal turmoil and tears streaming down my face like water from shower head, I find it incredibly funny how the ratings mirror the rating of a novel which became Kim Dok-ja's reality - "Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World". It, too, had people stop reading it after 30s, 40s, 50s, 100s chapters, readers finding it unreadable, confusing and lacking any structure to speak of. And that's because that story... more>> wasn't for them, duh.

Now I will be taking back the words I previously wrote that you would never see, because I erased them, BUT, you know, this IS, PRECISELY, a story about transmigraaaation in a noooovel that some dude apparently read and now can overthrow mountains, cut the seas and "fix" the initial story so it's now the Supreme™️ version. It's TOO a subversion of such story, where the aforementioned dude IS simply a normal human being and thus suffers quite a lot before the grand ending, which may not be better, but simply 'his own'. But it's not at all only that. And there is no grand ending. And the dude is not normal. May he live happily ever after in my thoughts, amen.

This is a story about stories. How they are made and how they end, how they are able to impact someone's life, be it to save it or destroy it. Maybe even save AND destroy, at the exact same time.

This is a story about what it means to be a reader. How you interpret stories, how you imagine their continuation, over and over again, deconstruct and reconstruct them, and ultimately love them.

It's also about what it means to be a writer. To be a character.

If your existence was a story, if the world around you and everything in it was one, how do you think it would end? Will it end at all? Will others end it for you or continue it for you? Will you yourself strive for it's end or wish for an eternity?

It's a story that has been planned from the start to an end. Which is a rarity, since most are planned from chapter to chapter.

But it starts slow, like any other transmigration novel, before blooming into something else.

It takes all those common tropes in modern novels - reincarnations, transmigrations, regressions, and milks them for all their worth, opening grand new possibilities. The only other "story of other stories" that I can think about that is on the same level as ORV in it's themes is "Umineko no naku koro ni", and even it is a loooot different, while the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE is quite the same.

['Reading comprehension' is too low to properly convey the themes of this story.] Sorry, sorry. Had always been bad at analyzing literature, but I need to convey my feelings somehow.

In the end we have a rather vague description, but I find it hard to describe this novel as anything else. It is, undoubtedly, worth seeing for yourself, preferably to the very end. I totally would recommend reading manhwa first though, for visual references, it will help quite a lot if you find it tedious to read at the beginning.

The "omniscience" may annoy you. But if one story was everything for you, your only reason to continue living, wouldn't you know it the best?

The sacrifices that main character makes may cause you to roll your eyes after a second, a third, a forth, a fifth. Or shed a tear, since hurt inflicted from those sacrifices stays. They are not meaningless, nor are they forgotten.

The dialogs and info being hidden from you before crutial events - the absence of foreshadowing in a few places may cause your mood to sour considerably. Maybe even enough to drop the novel altogether.

But it still would stay with you, influence you for a bit. Or a lot.

May even cause you to write nonsensical, "tryin'-to-look-cool", full of fake depth, pretensions reviews like this one, be it to praise the story or condemn it.

Spoiler

The end of the novel is GEUFUUDJUTG ARGHHHHH I. I don't like the endings which are basically. "Imagine your own end, cos we're lazy so. Yeah. Think for yourself and all jazz" LIKE, NO, WE KNOW FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENED

dokja for sure gets reformed, but the rest is simply. Not written

and so the countless readers are now dreaming about the continuation of their own happy end

eeeh I think I finally stopped grieving the ending so. Happy thoughts happy thoughts!! *Gets depressed and shuts down*

also the prologue is basically the end.

"A web novel platform filled the screen of my old smartphone. I scrolled down and then up again. How many times have I been doing this?

“Really? This is the end?”

I looked again, and the ‘complete’ was unmistakable.

The story was over."

AND THAT'S US

[THATSUSTHATSUSTHATSUS]

circle is complete

I finished reading like two hours ago I'm still high

AND DOKJA DID IN FACT PAID FOR THE EPILOGUE DIDN'T HE

FUUUUUUU-

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in conclusion: read this one it's good, I'm swearing on my mom's grave (she's still alive but I didn't tell you that so shhhhhh) <<less
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mixernix
mixernix rated it
December 1, 2021
Status: c117
The characters don't feel like people, but like plot devices. Everything drags on and only about 20% of the information is relevant to characterization or the story.

The world building is alright, I will give it that.

I am honestly surprised how many average stories get 4.5/5 on this site, it's disheartening that I can't even rely on the ratings or public reception here.
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AlthaKhalee
AlthaKhalee rated it
October 3, 2021
Status: Completed
It's the first time I make a review for a novel. And I think I should make a review so you guys know how amazing this story. This story is AMAZING, like AWESOME, WONDERFUL. Thank you the Author for made this amazing story, really. When I red the final chapters, I was thrilled. They are so touching and I really love our MC and his companions. I mean, our MC is a nobody at first but turns out to be amazing person, and the companions are also amazing. I love... more>> them all. I wish there was a side stories but this ending is also good, at least I can imagine it by myself. I can't move on from this story. Please, it's soo good. <<less
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Xiliqs
Xiliqs rated it
May 28, 2021
Status: Completed
Rating for main story (before epilogue) : 4

Rating for epilogue: 5

General rating: 4.5

... more>> This will be a short review where I'll only talk about my impressions while reading ORV. I don't intend to talk about plot points or details.

First, I need to say that the novel starts pretty generic. The main difference is that instead of the person getting isekaied on a novel universe, we get the novel's universe to become real. So, in the beginning, we basically get MC using his memories of the novel to save people and do what he thinks is better. Like I've already said, there is nothing very original at this part. Nonetheless, it is really fun. I really liked the interactions between characters, Kim Dokja's interactions with the kids, with Yoo Jonghyuk, with Han Sooyoung (my favorite character) , with Uriel and other constellations. So, for me, what urged me to continue reading was the interactions and some funny moments that happened here and there. Sincerely, I'm the kind of person that prefers character-driven stories instead of more plot-driven stories (I mean, in cases when we can't have both).

However, while I was reading the main novel (I mean, everything before the epilogue), my thoughts were alternating between: "WOW! This novel is great, super intelligent, creative, and, even brilliant. I love it." and "This novel is bullshit. It is full of plotholes. I don't know wtf I'm doing reading this. I will only continue because of the characters.". Thus, I was super conflicted reading this. I had the feeling that it showed flashes of brilliance while full of stuff that didn't make sense. I was not convinced about the behavior of a few people, like "why are they helping MC's group?" or some random people sacrificing themselves.

But, boy, when we get to the epilogue... This novel reaches another level. I have this impression that the novel was written because of the epilogue. That the epilogue was what the authors really wanted to show us and they developed it prior to everything else. Do you guys get what I'm saying? Most, if not all, of the problems I had while reading this novel get an explanation in the epilogue. It makes so much sense! And even though I had seen a few spoilers (unintentionally), I didn't see a lot of stuff coming. I got a lot of surprises! Until the last moment, I was still thinking "ok, so what will happen now? Will everything be ok?". And we, the fandom, still don't know a few stuff and get to theorize and discuss with each other (And I love this feeling!).

Lastly, this novel works with a really nice concept about reader-character-writer. I think that every reader will like to read about a reader's interaction with his favorite character and with a writer.

In conclusion, this novel is fun and interesting. I think you should give it a try. <<less
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