Great concept and start, at the begining the characters and plot were really interesting, bit since the start of the Tower of wish Arc, the novel is all about misunderstanding, the MC awesomeness and demon realm. The plot and the novel overall fall so hard that I cant EVEN read the last data chapters without feeling bored. My inital rate for this novel was 5 stars, but Dropped to 1 star. This author only know how to start a novel, After the First 150 chapters, everything turns a crap.

I've read ~100 novels from Novel Updates. A lot have been terrible, most have been mediocre, and a few have been great. TNE, however, is the best one I have read and the first that made me want to write a review to share why.

I picked this novel up two days ago and couldn't put it down. TNE blew me away in every aspect.

First, the characters. Most novels suffer from one dimensional tropey side characters, usually a harem that flocks to the MC for no discernible reason. And, to be... more>> honest, I usually don't mind. But in TNE, the characters are complex, enjoyable, and written so that I could truly empathize with them. My favorite story line came from watching MC and one of the characters slowly fall in love, and then the crushing heartbreak of an inevitable event. I can't describe how real that felt; you'll just have to read it for yourself.

Second, the powers/pacing. These two go hand in hand. Most novels I've read, especially ones where the MC has some form of advance knowledge has one big problem. Power creep: the MC becomes too powerful and this takes away all sense of tension. However, while this MC has a unique and strong ability, it comes with strict limitations. While he is sometimes able to compete with powerful people, his strength is limited and even at the latest release there are still plenty of people that could curb stomp him. Moreover, the MC's advance knowledge is not always correct and there are many things about the world that he does not know. All this leads to an MC with fun, powerful abilities who still has very real struggles.

Next, the setting. This is a truly interesting and complex world. One of my favorite things in a novel is slowly uncovering some of the mysteries of a vast and mysterious world. TNE has that in spades. From the well fleshed out Cube (the school) of the first arc to the Tower of Wishes of the latest, I greedily read through all the details. The depth reminds me of the world of Hunter x Hunter (which, for me, is high praise). You can tell how much loving thought the author put into the creation of the characters and world. In fact, one of my other favorite parts of TNE is seeing the world through the eyes of the MC, and his love for the novel that he created.

So, thank you to TNE for finally getting me up off my bu*t and forcing me to finally contribute a review. Please give it a try. <<less

This novel is extremely good. I read all available chapters in an afternoon. The MC is likable, as most of the other characters. It's funny, refreshing and the Mc's "power" is pretty dope, yet not really overpowered.

The translation is superb with barely any mistakes, the ones that exist can be attributed to a simple mistake, as in one letter missing or the wrong form of a verb, which is amazing compared to the time I had understanding the great mighty dao of mtl stuff.

Good characters, I really like the MC... more>> he is fun and a real character, though as in any novel sometimes it looks like his brain cells go on vacation leaving him alone.

Side characters are pretty good, they aren't plain and boring, quite a lot of fun was had reading their conversations and reactions to events.

The story is interesting, though by the chapter i'v read I still don't know the overlying plot, though what was happened by chapter 95 doesn't have any plot holes (at least that I've noticed) and was fun to read, and not repetitive like some cn web novels, there isn't any face slapping young masters which in NU is rarer than it probably should be.

All in all, I gave it a 4/5 yet it's not because I found any fault in it that took one star away, it's just that it's hard to give something 5/5, but if anything deserves it this novel might be it. <<less

I had no expectations while reading this novel. Not because it's bad, that's not it at all. But because the ending of 'A Monster who levels up' was not to my liking. To put it more bluntly, disappointing.

But here I am once more, caught up in the story and enjoying myself as I wait for the next update.

Overall, I like the story. You get hook at the scenes and enjoy the characters the author created. I decided to write a review for my fellow readers who likes the authors other... more>> work but hesitating to read this one due to the ending.

Let's all suffer together while reading such a wonderful novel without knowing if we are going to have a good ending. <<less

Pros:

Good Start, weak to OP not forced, interesting side characters.

Cons:

Second half quality declines, Ending sucks af, Serious nationality issues If anything is korean is good no matter you were arguing about ridiculous shit, you want me to pay you 15k for a beer? Are you crazy?. Hey it's korean. Oh well as the says goes if korean is good. Author forgets side characters ideas he show at first half, Ships created at first half abandoned at second.

First Half 4.5/5

Second Half 2/5

Overall: 3/5

The novel was 5 star before the last couple of chapters. The ending was so shitty that ruined the whole thing I could come up with 5 different better endings but the whole journey was great. The writer job was good until the ending so if you care about the journey not the end go for it if you are like me that care too much for the ending I guess drop it its better that way.

Best character development I've read in a while

No lie but character development is where this novel shines the most. If you want some good character development then look no further cuase here it is. If I had to give it a rating it would be 7/10. The character development start getting forced, slow after a certain ark that shall not be named cuase of a spoiler but after the 3 year time skip is where the Character development stops shinning and gets really cringy at times. Really sucks cause the... more>> part of the novel before the time skip the clear focus was the characters and the relationships they had but after the time skip that changes and starts to heavily focus on the plot and thats where this novels fails. If it was better I would give it 4 stars but with it sadly 3 stars. Good character development can't save a bad plot. The plot is honestly a 5/10 or 4/10 it has some point for originality, trying to add the twist of how the world the MC created is not the same he knew but thats barely utilized and only ended arguebly making the plot worse but the best part (peak moment) of this novel was cuase of that originality *cough* spoiler*cough*. The plot just like most others on this site fails on its execution, with a clear lack of planning and not using its elements to the fullest, just barely using them at all. Especially the the next arc after the odern arc. So forced and only servers to forcefully extend the novels short lifespan.

So if you want good character development then you got it but that only for a short period of time and doesn't apply all round the novel and it will be clear to you when the character development stops being the focus and starts failing. But if you want some good old plot with great action then you in the wrong place <<less

So. As every Korean novel, The Novel's Extra had a very good start. The characterization and the world creation was magnificent, the way to protagonist interact with the world, the consequences of his actions was good writeen.

I read the novel sisce chapter 60 and know, the reading fells like it has been rushed. Like the author don't know what to do anymore. The novel was always wrote in the beginning was a 1° person narrative in 2800 words. Now we have 4-5 pvo in the same 2800.

I don't have the... more>> same feeling of anxiety that I had no beginning. The writing don't have soul anymore, the fights are being rushed, the caractchar are being poorly develop and the situation with Chae Nayun is already boring. <<less

I am a bit torn about this novel. It starts off pretty well and is somewhat unique in the way MC is handled. However, after about 100 chapters it all goes to shit. The killing of a certain girl's brother just ruined the novel for me. Despite knowing how things are going MC chooses the worst possible way to handle things. And goddamn, how much torment he put on that poor girl. She actually got a mental illness because of him and had to take pills. The thing that MC... more>> only considers is how his actions will influence the overall plot of his original story, and he does not take into account how the people he interacts with will be influenced by him. This is also the biggest plot hole in the novel, which will lead to a tragedy if it happens how MC wants. In his view, this world is not real and none of the people are real, so he does not give a damn about them as people and only as characters. Also, it somewhat changes later.

Now, suppose he returns to his world in the end, and the original owner of the body is put back. What the hell is going to happen to all relationships that he built? He is clearly a different person and won't remember what happened. In addition, all the enemies MC made still will be there. He basically will ruin everyone's lives after he is back.

Of course, this only is true if the world is an actual world and not some sort of hallucination of his. But we have no reason to think that this is not a real world. Regardless if this world is real or not, if MC wanted to minimize his influence, he should've done things way differently than what he does. He should've been working stealthily behind the scenes and helping people from the shadows. But he becomes world famous and basically leading people in war. He pretty much became the actual MC of his story and the original MC went into the background. Not to mention that he stole almost the whole harem from the original MC.

And one of the biggest issues I have with this novel is that for more than 100 chapters it's pretty much a circus. Every single thing MC does is misunderstood as something else. Helping the girl? He must be in love. Had an argument with a girl? They must be a couple. The whole story is built upon a series of misunderstandings about him.

Overall the story was pretty good until the killing brother part. After that the quality deteriorates, the author starts using more cheap tricks to keep the interest. For example frequent switches of the scenes. You read an interesting scene, it buildup, and then in the most interesting part, the author switches to a different scene. This kind of thing keeps happening more often. Also, the same scene repeated 3-4 times from multiple points of view. This is also getting repeated more often.

Do I recommend this novel? I don't know. The most important part now is how it's going to end. If the author ties things up in a decent way, the novel will be fine. However, if the ending is going to be as s*upid as the current arcs, the novel is going to be shit. <<less

This is one of my favorite novel.

Even though the MC has somewhat an impossible skill as plot armor, I really like all the characters in this novel. They are all have their own personalities and background stories, and not just typical side characters (even the supposed villain has an in depth story later on)

The side characters relationship and stories doesn’t only revolve around the MC, but also between each of them. This makes me want to see what will happen to everyone.

There are also quite a lot of funny... more>> situations of misunderstanding, and the females aren’t always falling head over heels to the MC, even though many of them admire and support him. They each have their own lives and not following around the MC like many other noves. <<less

I love this novel, enough to read past the annoying love interests in the story. But I'm sorry, no more.

(Unpopular Opinion™ here) I've decided to drop this story only because of how horribly annoying the rich girl with the sick brother is (and all the other love interests are). Do people really find a girl like that appealing? Currently there's a girl like that in my lecture and most people try to avoid her like the black plague. I know it's a bit mean but such a sticky and... more>> obsessive personality is really off putting.

The only love interest that I truly like is Rachel, even though she's a bit of an archetype, at least she's not the crappy rich don't-talk-to-me-peasant girl like CN. Although there are quite a few plot points that don't make much sense in the novel, but my enjoyment never decreased because of them. But because of how poorly written the "romance" is I'm not going to deal with it (even though I picked up this novel for the action and story)

Again, that's not romance, that's not how you get a person to like you, hell if the author just killed off CN the reading experience would be a 5/5.

To those who aren't bothered by the multiple "love" interests in this novel, congratulations, this novel is a positive 5/5 and extremely enjoyable. <<less

I am in complete and utter disbelief of what happened in this novel. The premise was interesting and the start was acceptable overall but everything goes only downward from there.

The world building was interesting but the MC seems to simply not care about anything much at all. He’s content with his OP ability and doesn’t seemingly actually care about anything despite ‘accepting this is the real world’ for half the novel.

The misunderstandings and comedy were funny but it wasn’t really ground breaking.

And the ending is easily the worst I have... more>> ever read in my entire life. No joke I can flip my grade 5 English textbooks and read any story, it will have a better ending that this. I have no doubt that the author was slowly losing his brain cells while writing the novel. Instead of getting better while writing he only got worse.

The WORST ending of all time. You can read if you want a decent plot but the ending is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life. <<less

A story about an author being thrown into a fanfiction of his own work. The premise was quite promising and the abundant misunderstanding between characters could've been hilarious. Unfortunately, like in so many fanfictions it failed in proper story development.

The story progression was utterly predictable and things happened just because the plot had to move forward. There's no consideration for story logic or character's personality. If some dramatic events needed to happen then characters will behave out of character or hold the idiot ball. Everything was at the convenience for... more>> the author at the expense of readers who were invested in the story.

I would've given the story a 2.5 just because characters interactions were quite decent at times. But since the rating system could only give a 2 or a 3, I had to rate it down. <<less

Me after reading this: ... more>>

Spoiler

"My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined."

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The novel starts off pretty solid. Not good, not bad. Then it suddenly went on a fantastic spree, hitting its peak on the Chae Jinyoon dilemma arc. It then continued on pretty great, although falling off a little in terms of writing.

Towards the end of the Tower of Wish arc (Around chapter 220+) was when sh*t went downhill pretty quick. The writing plunged rock-bottom, plot-progression was wishy-washy, unfinished story elements were thrown around everywhere, and a lot of the characters were ruined to the point of becoming 1-dimensional.

Now, believe me, it got worse. Around the last 70 chapters was where I just gave up trying to ignore the bullsh*t the author pulls. From there on, literally everything was chaos. It's to the point where you don't even care anymore because the author clearly didn't.

Now, because I already read up to almost the ending, I decided to bear through it and quickly just reach the ending. And lemme tell you guys, the ending was the most frustrating and disappointing ending ever. The author really nailed the feeling of wasting time, because it literally made the entire novel feel pointless. Believe me, don't read this novel if you hate wasting precious time just to feel immensely disappointed in the end.

I rate this a 2.4, but it could've reached a solid 2.9 if it wasn't for the ending. <<less

The Novel's Extra tells the story of a web novel author becoming trapped inside his unfinished fantasy novel as a random side character. To escape, he will need to interact with the main characters of his novel and finish off the story as one of the characters.

The first 100ish chapters were a refreshing read, the author slowly built up the world and the characters seemed to develop at their own pace. However, overtime, the story started to fall apart. Lots of plot holes began to surface and the character interactions... more>> seem more to be intentionally done in a way as though the author just wanted to stir up drama but had no idea how to proceed onwards and wrap up.

By the 200ish chapter, it became quite obvious that the author had ran out of ideas. One of the common weaknesses of publishing web novels in countries like China and South Korea is that authors are forced to continuously release chapters every week. It leaves no time for any long term planning and the quality of the writing + the plot itself always degrades overtime. The novel's extra suffers from the same curse. For those still interested in this novel, I would suggest reading up to the first time skip and pretend the novel ended there. <<less

Almost every chapter ends with a cliffhanger. Such an intense plot.

We're submersed info several arcs simultaneously, some of which are progressing for 250 chapters and more.

Protagonist is not generic. He is not a cute guy every girl wants, he doesn't want to be friends with everyone. While he is smart he cannot predict everything.

... more>> While there are some cliche you can find in any other asian novel, they are not becoming absurd or annoying.

Main characters are awesome and mostly unique. You will not find tsundere-yandere-sister bullsh*t here. Characters have emotional and very diverse personalities.

Overall, I evaluate this novel to have 1000 points on a 100 points scale. Why can't I give it more than 5 stars? <<less

Well this is personal, no hard feelings k?

This novel undoubtly has potential. The premise is good so do the MC, he is no ret*rd. But along the progress of the story, it gets.. Well how should I put it, I lost my interest. Compare to first 100 chaps, 100+ get boring.

Especially on time skip, too many plot holes. MC seems sunk on his own life in his novel, busy with unimportant issue etc.. Etc.. Kinda like he is enjoying his life and forgetting about getting stronger and his main purpose.... more>> Idk, maybe bcs translation not finished yet and this part is just climax's complementer? Who knows may be something is unreveal yet?

Btw Translator was top notch, no kidding. I hardly find any difficulty when reading this novel

For now, 4 stars <<less

I wake up with excite every morning (GMT+08) because of this novel.

Good character interactions, good dialogue (not forced and sounds natural), not cringy.

Also, Evandel is the best.

Great pacing and characters aren't carbon copies of each other. The protagonist is a little bit generic, but in a good way, since he is really just an average guy transported into another world. He does display the forgiveness and sympathy that would make one think he's a beta MC, but this is justified since he's the writer of the story and cares for his characters. All-in-all, best KR WN I've ever read.

It's not good. The MC is ridiculously overpowered on the onset. His knowledge of the world as its co-creator, his insane luck stat, and his ability to literally create or augment anything to fit his desired goal as long as he has enough points for it, which he obtains from being out of the ordinary or causing a scene. He's basically a god. And what's worse is that the writer wastes so much time giving him more op abilities because of his luck stat or because the story continues, basically... more>> for no reason at all.

Some people might argue that since he's only the co-creator that the MC still might meet something unexpected/challenging. Hasn't happened yet and I doubt it ever will with all of his cheat abilities.

There are two types of characters, those who hate the MC and those who love the MC. The reason people love the MC is because of his cheat abilities and the reason people hate the MC is because they are idiots within the context of the story or because of a misunderstanding.

Spoiler

He wants a weapon? Uses his knowledge of the world as the co-creator. He wants a character to like him? He uses his knowledge of the world as the co-creator to know what that character secretly likes. He wants to relieve fatigue? Augments a drink to literally do that. He wants to one shot kill a stronger than anyone else monster? Creates a bullet that does it. He wants his other stats to increase faster as well as get new abilities? His luck stat. Boooring.

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Why do so many people like this?! It's not good! It's just another op guy gets whatever he wants. If it were purely a comedy then I might give this a four, but it wastes so much time pretending that the MC absolutely needs to get stronger to face the imminent threats. Or pretending that the characters have any level of depth. <<less