The series has a lot of good things to say about it. The focus on a c-list supervillain which is always interesting, character development is top notch, the world build is unique and engaging, and the villains, while a bit overpowered, are more interesting to read than usual due to the mystery surrounding their origins, similar to the original Doomsday storyline in DC Comics. But then, there are the flaws of the story, and boy are there flaws. Nothing dealbreaking, the series is definetly worth a read for anyone with even a minor interest in superhero fiction, but the last third or so of the series, or really, everything after the Time Skip suffers from serious pacing problems. It stops being an engaging story about a metahuman using what seems like a crappy superpower in original and creative ways, and becomesa boring, drawn out race against nothing. It takes FOREVER with even the most minor of plot advancements, and the author tried to mash way too much exposition and last minute drama during the final few story arcs, and it doesnt help that it really feels like the author ran out of steam for the epilogue. I'd rate this story 7/10, worht checking out, but there could have been more than it ended up with.
Excellent Start, Serious Fatigue
The series has a lot of good things to say about it. The focus on a c-list supervillain which is always interesting, character development is top notch, the world build is unique and engaging, and the villains, while a bit overpowered, are more interesting to read than usual due to the mystery surrounding their origins, similar to the original Doomsday storyline in DC Comics. But then, there are the flaws of the story, and boy are there flaws. Nothing dealbreaking, the series is definetly worth a read for anyone with even a minor interest in superhero fiction, but the last third or so of the series, or really, everything after the Time Skip suffers from serious pacing problems. It stops being an engaging story about a metahuman using what seems like a crappy superpower in original and creative ways, and becomesa boring, drawn out race against nothing. It takes FOREVER with even the most minor of plot advancements, and the author tried to mash way too much exposition and last minute drama during the final few story arcs, and it doesnt help that it really feels like the author ran out of steam for the epilogue. I'd rate this story 7/10, worht checking out, but there could have been more than it ended up with.