Overgeared

Heeeelllloooooooooo to all of you who are visiting for the first time and to those of you who are visiting again. I welcome all of you for taking the time out of your day to read the content of this blog. Today I would like to introduce a Korean Novel that I have been reading and would like to suggest to you today.

Overgeared is a about our protagonist named Grid. He like many of the other 2 billion users on Satisfy play to be able to get to the ranking positions. the better you are the more money you get in game which can then be converted into money in the real world. Grid plays most of the game being brash, stupid and mostly unable to grasp even the basic of concepts in the game. Plot progresses in the usual VR Game plot line and we eventually see the steady mature growth of both the character and the writer. I would recommend to anyone that should you be willing to read this story then stick with it, despite how bad the writing is.

What are the things that I like about this web novel? Well for one thing the story is evenly paced and we constantly have the story progressing both in the game and in Grid’s personal life. Most stories in this genre I feel – based on no knowledge at all by the way- would probably have a weakness in telling the story that was based on real life. I liked the world building that this author has chosen as well as the small but noticeable character development. The plot is great and everyone knows at which point in the novel is going to happen, but not in a cliche way. There is enough to make the story have tension as well as not giving everything to the reader. It gives us enough the want to keep reading but not be so quick in the pacing that we felt like we needed more. I can’t say the same for all the chapters in the story as I have read only up to chapter 30.

Now we unfortunately have to move onto the biggest flaw and set back in the novel. That is the overwhelming disappointment at Grid being the biggest jealousy, stupid and selfish character at the start of the novel. I kid you not there have been a few instances where I have wanted to place the web novel away and never look at it again all due to the arrogance and stupidity of this character. I am unsure if the world in the game just produces really prideful people or if this is just the writing style of the author but it is difficult to get passed. I will warn anyone who wants to read this novel to please try and get through the first novel before the judgement begins. I think besides this major character/writing flaw the only other ting I should mention is that the jealousy of this character is just….it makes me want to bang my head on the wall with annoyance. Grid gets jealous about every single little thing and lets it affect him in such a way that he doesn’t carefully analyse or correct his behaviour/situation. The only saving grace as I am further seeing is that the writer is actually minutely advancing himself as an author so reading the story makes it worth while.

Thats all I have for now folks. I hope everyone stays happy and healthy especially in the new year! Until next time.

twirlsandcoco😋