The Book Eating Magician책 먹는 마법사

4.5/5
JadeBeautyHunter's review below perfectly summarizes how I feel about this novel. Short and bittersweet, but I left the story feeling fulfilled. A good summary of the novel is below in the spoiler mark if y'all want to see:

I love this one, but i hope the writer could continue with side stories more....it .eft me hanging like giving me a cockblock

Contains all the standard korean stereotyps/cliches. The MC is a beta loser who suddenly becomes strong through a 'cheat', he has zero libido, no real goal for getting stronger, he caves in to authority figures, thinks govts are inviolable, has no real friends or comrades. Authors writing style is painful similar to "omniscient reader" and the TL inserts words that don't fit contextually. I read up to 200 and found no improvements.

Sob sob, oh gluttony, you didn't deserve such an end. Damn ungrateful Theodor

Is this novel really made by Korean author? Its more like this novel is made by chinese ******* author.......

3/5 (Decent)
Mc is a person with no talent, gradually climb to ranks thanks to his a abilities and plot armor he overcome his enemies.

Good novel

Read and finished this long ago, so posting my review from novelupdates for you guys

After catching up to the novel at chapter 190, I wrote the below review on 26th January 2018. I am updating this review on 13th April 2020, almost two years later.

OLD REVIEW

I've read the above reviews and all I can say is that they are premature :/. As expected from a good Korean novel, the author doesn't drag things out much, places timeskips in very good spots of the story and infuses a lot of action and plot wherever needed. There are a few drawbacks, like MC is a bit (just a liiiiiiitle bit) like those thick skulled idiots in other novels where he interprets obvious signs of courtship as something completely different. But there are signs of him growing out of it.
Also looks like this novel is going to go 500+ chapters. That's a lot considering most KR novels are usually below 400. As of chapter 190, more than 75% of the mysterious higher powers that are very integral to the plot are still missing.
So overall, this novel is great. The world building is excellent. It looks like MC has only explored one half of the world he is living in as of now (another point supporting the 500+ estimation) . The girls who are in love with MC also exist.
I recommend this novel. KR novels always have an edge over JP and CN novels because they don't bullsh*t a lot. I love it !

UPDATE AFTER FINISHING THE NOVEL

Looks like I was pretty spot on 2 years ago when I wrote the above review (pat on my back) The plot progresses organically without fillers or anything. I expected 500+ chapters, but it ended beautifully at 400. So many heartwarming, heartbreaking and bittersweet moments in this novel, I am glad I finished it. I kept it on hold 2 years ago after I read this novel to its latest chapter 190 then. This author did an amazing job with this novel. KR stories really are a step above the rest of Asian novels. A sincere thank you to the translators at wuxiaworld for translating this amazing story. The romantic interests are well balanced too, just love this.

This one is good. decent read with enjoyable plot. Give it a try and I guarantee you'll be interested at the very least.