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Allow me to start by the end: This novel is definitely worth the read, very particularly for those writing light-novels, who could learn more than a point or two.

That being said, my review is divided in 4 parts: Settings - Characterization - Plot - Style.

The beginning itself was entirely a masterpiece. The author was very creative, both in style and settings. It's cultivation system was unique, and the plot was very well weaved. Honestly, it was very refreshing discovering this, among many novels that... stained the light-novel universe by either its simplicity, or vulgarity. And very particularly, the most surprising part, is that it was a West vs East style of fantasy novel; very unexpected was the fact that it was a C-LN, a Chinese novel. Not that I'm discriminating, of course, it was just that for those who've read a lot of C-LNs, this one is an utmost memorable one.

As I've said, the beginning was a masterpiece: in every and any point. However, the Mid-End deteriorate a little... One could even say that it was normal. I mean... the most difficult part of all novels, is to start and to end. The author did a wonderful job starting it, but the mid-end was slightly... less well-thought, or rushed. It can't be said that it was bad, it was simply disappointing that the novel couldn't sustain its masterpiece level throughout the whole journey. Still, compared to 95% of all light-novels... Well, I wouldn't do it, because that'd be very insulting for the Lord of Mysteries.

So, here's the summary of the Bad Points:

1- Power-fights: Honestly, the fighting scenes was probably the hardest part to read... because sometimes, the complexity is kinda... over-complicated for nothing. And that, made it a bit... tedious to follow at times.
Ex: The foreshadowing for settings was well pre-planned, and well-dosed; but for the fights, it was often overly complicated, and worst, interrupted by... out-of-blue explanations of why the powers worked in that way. (A bit... disruptive.)

2- Plot-weaving: While it starts as a REAL Masterwork, it ends only with: better than most. A bit disappointing... Why? Because at some point, the plot repeat and repeat, while we lose track of its original creativeness.
Ex: It was way more interesting, well-written, and captivating reading the MC's initial progression from Low Sequence Beyonder, to a High Sequence one.

3- Consistency: If Lord of Mysteries could have maintained its initial quality, it would have been doubtlessly the most well-written web-novel of all times... by very freaking far. Unfortunately, it wasn't able to preserve that... extremely high, initial quality. Ex: Beginning, everything was like a perfect, unique puzzle, that would fit, somehow, one with every others; and then, at the end, there were many... under-developed parts that should have been focused on, and other parts that should have been reduced.
Ex: I, as a reader, had initially attached a lot of importance and emotions toward Klein's family. It was beautiful to see the siblings help and grow toward each others. And then... poof! At some point, we totally lost track of them... It was like, a bit too sudden. Even when they had, somehow reappeared, it was a bit pointless and superficial. Besides, if there was a major plot-hole of a part in this novel... (spoiler warning) it was that, for example, those almost almighty quasi-gods could do almost everything one could never think of (stealing fate, mind reading, impersonating, etc.) ... but couldn't discover Mortal Klein's true ID, and exploiting its affection toward his family... when the dumber Leonard, had somehow managed to figure it out before everyone else... And that's not even talking about after Amon had, somehow, discovered about it... and then nothing ever happened... very un-amon-like.

4-Interactions: Lord of Mysteries totally lack a little bit of a certain aspect of the human interactions... Never thought I'd be saying this for a light-novel, but it was one of those times that I'd wished that the MC would have had some kind of... romance, with excellently portrayed gf candidates, like: Audrey, Evernight, or the Princess. I mean, I trust the good-taste and the writing style of this author, to have made Klein a bit more human-like. (As if a guy could have motivated himself to go through all that cultivation hassles, while never even being slightly attracted by a girl... At this point, even if Klein was gay, it would have humanized the character a bit more.) I trust that even if the author had written a small romance, it wouldn't have sunk like most of those junk-chinese-harem stories out there.

In any case, this novel is still—by very far—one of the most well-written light-novels out there. And my bad-mouthing is merely due to my highest expectations of hoping to put this one, at the very top of all those light-novels. It was something—realistically expectable—for such a talented Chinese writer. He, alone/along with few other Chinese writers (Mao Ni, or Gu Zhen Ren), had renewed my initial... very, very poor impressions, toward most superficially and terribly written Chinese light-novels that had junked our universe.

If only every author who publishes on Webnovel read this novel their qualities would skyrocket

Can anyone suggest a good novel like this. It can be of any genre but it has to be on par with this one.

The best.

I love the fact this is so detailed. It makes me feel more immersed and makes the world seem much more realistic. It gives you a feeling that you are actually there, like it's not a work of fiction, not just a book but more like a real experience, memory.

I'm seeing a lot of comments about how some can't get past the first chapters but for for me, from the moment I read the extremely detailed description of Klein's room, I fell in love. I don't know what it is about this novel but something was just in line with my taste.

If you love a book that has amazingly well thought and organized world build, in depth storytelling then this is for you.

This is kinda a masterclass in novel writing... and by "kinda," I mean it is.

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I really want to experience the chuuni vibe these people are talking about. But why tf I can't get past chap13 I know for a fact that this genre is for me but, I just can't get into it. This is literally my 7th time trying from the scratch. HEAVENS PLEASE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH! THIS TIME I WANT TO FINISH THE FIRST VOLUME

unforgettable novel. one of the best novels i've ever read.

amon is my favorite antagonist of all time... especially because of his enthusiasm for monocles 🧐, how classy.

i can write so much more about how good this novel is, but i'm lazy, and i don't think i can do this novel justice with my meager vocabulary anyways. 10/10 novel, you have to give it a try.

This comment are as french :

"Lord of the Mysteries" est un bon novel qui rentre facilement dans mon top 10. Voici donc mon avis, sur ses bons côtés, comme sur ses mauvais :

Positifs : Un univers original, ici notre MC ne reviendra pas à la vie dans un monde qui est à l'époque du Moyen age, mais a l'époque de la révolution indutriel. Le côté surnaturel de ce monde est également caché au grand public, tout en contenant ses partis uniques. Le Tarot Club ainsi que l'identité secrète qu'utilise notre MC en étant son dirigeant en fait également le point fort du novel. Les mystère de ce monde regorge de secrets que nous et le MC découvriront au fil de l'histoire, ce qui change de la majorités des novels qui ce centre pour la plupars sur la progression de la force du protagoniste. L'humour et aussi au rendez-vous tout comme les scènes d'horreurs qui vous feront froid dans le dos. Un incontournable à lire.

Négatif : Oui, même un excellent novel comme "Lord of the Mysteries" a ses erreurs, qui n'en déplaise aux fans. Premièrement, la déscription des combats qui, au début, sont facile a suivre mais qui deviennent de plus en plus compliqués à comprendre au fur et a mesure où le MC et ses ennemis deviennent de plus en plus forts. En effet les pouvoirs surnaturels de cette histoire sont originals et bizarres, ce qui fait à la foi la force mais aussi la faiblesse de ce novel. Plus les personnages de ce roman sont puissants, plus leurs capacités sont compliqués et étranges. Qu'ils utilisent ce genre de pouvoirs pour résoudre certains problèmes ne nous rendra pas confus car l'auteur explique bien leur capacités complexes. Mais ce genre de capacités dans les combats entre puissants sont tellements nombreuses que l'ont se perd facilement, ce qui rend les combats du milieux jusqu'a la fin du novel très confus a suivre. Deuxièmement, l'auteur donne des explications à coup de paragraphes entier pour nous bourrer le crâne de théories sur l'histoire, ce qui fait qu'ont doit relire souvant plusieurs foi la même partie pour la comprendre. Les parties explicatives où le MC résous des mystères sont trop compactes ce qui les rends compliqués a comprendres. L'auteur aurait dût donner ces explications petit a petit dans l'histoire pour qu'ont prennent le temps de les digérer. Troisièmement, le Tarot Club n'est pas assez développé, ce qui est vraiment dommage car c'est l'un des gros points forts du novel. Enfin, quatrièmement, une fin trop ouverte qui donne l'impression qu'il n'y en a pas. Une histoire doit avoir un début, un milieu et un FIN, si il manque l'un des trois, alors il sagit d'une oeuvre inachevée. Donc très déçus par cette pseudo fin.

Conclusion : Globamement un bon novel qui doit être lu malgré quelque défaud, je vous le recommande.