Shadow Slave

Well, it's SS, with Amazing lore, Impressive writing, unparalleled world-building, and truly astounding as a novel. But if it has one flaw, it's that it sometimes takes too long for a particular story point to bloom.

I love this story because of its world and its characters.

 Places like the tomb of Ariel have such interesting and unique characteristics that make the story so much better. Every different environment feels alive and teeming with lore, danger, and mystery that keeps me interested. Additionally, the world feels alive and changing as if everything keeps on turning even outside of the perspective we are currently reading.

 The characters, the protagonist included, are also amazing. The growth of Sunny from a paranoid survivor to a brave fighter struggling between his desire for freedom and desire for companionship is handled very well and I genuinely don't know which one Sunny will choose in the end. The supporting and side characters have their own dilemmas to deal with as well, such as Cassie's struggle with fate or Nephis's destructive ambition. Every character feels unique and human thanks to their flaws and inner conflicts that make this story really enjoyable.

If I was to outline some flaws with this story however, it would be both the pacing and the grammar. G3 has a tendency to fill some chapters with waffle or useless tangents about aspects of the power system or something else that readers are already are aware of. This drags the pacing of the story quite a lot and can make some chapters a slog to read. Additionally, G3 spends a bit too long on some arcs, namely the first part of volume 7, that really should have been outlined and then time skipped to be honest. The grammar issue is not that G3's English is bad, it is just not very varied, the same adjectives like "harrowing" are repeated too often and it just feels off. This is somewhat minor though.

Finally, I've seen some people say the dialogue feels weird or bad, and I understand where this is coming from, The dialogue is sometimes unnatural. However, personally I see this more as a result of character traits due to poor social lives. I wouldn't expect Sunny or Nephis to be very eloquent and I think it fits their characters being a bit awkward. Although I can see how it would be a bit off putting.

Overall, Shadow Slave is a great story with a few flaws that prevent it from being a masterpiece, but I will say that I still love this book and would absolutely recommend to any who are wondering if they should give it a read. Especially people who love rich lore and expansive worlds.

P.S: the system in this story is barely even a system, it is just an information organiser and there are no categories like "strength: 10" that I personally hate in system stories so this one is perfectly fine if your looking to escape the system genre.

Let's see, first of all SS isn't a mid novel by any standard. Any one claiming so is definitely full of fluff and hot air.

As for if it's peak? Well that would depend on a couple of factors. So far after 2k+ chapters, I have to say that the plot is very well written, the main characters have decent enough depth, the storyline is tight- knit and fluid.

Overall I'd give it an 8.5/10. Not any higher because of my personal requirements for a solid MC are not all met, but that's subjective.

Objectively, if you want quality, you should try this.

En un mundo postapocalíptico gobernado por Despertados con poderes especiales, los humanos luchan por sobrevivir contra criaturas de pesadilla que emergen del misterioso Reino de los Sueños. Sunny, un huérfano de clase baja, despierta como un Despertado, pero con una maldición: está atado a la sombra de otro ser. Obligado a enfrentarse a un mundo hostil y brutal, Sunny usa su inteligencia, astucia y desconfianza para salir adelante. A diferencia de los héroes típicos, no busca justicia ni gloria, solo sobrevivir. Pero a medida que avanza, se ve arrastrado a conflictos más grandes que amenazan la realidad. Una historia oscura,

Amazing series would highly recomend to first time readers because it lets you vizualize the scenes extremely well. also i must say this might be the GOAT of isekai novels.

This novel is good definitely read it, recommend for everything and everyone on this site, everything is peak fiction 

This novel isn't worth making enemy out of nixqe who knows me better than my parents 

Could be darker themed. Author made the human antagonists underwhelming( sovs and Mordret). Volume 9 ending was anti climatic. Sunphis is mid, very unnatural and forced romance. Mc/Sunless/my goat/ peakest mc deserves better (actually no character is good enough for him as a life partner 🙏)

Anyways, superb plot, very good world building, peak lore, amazing characters (except Nephis and Athena), peak arcs, fights which fill you up with adrenaline. The only concern I have with this well written novel is that author has written volume 8 and volume 9 with "not so exceptional" writing (I still like them but I have my fair share of complaints as a reader) Shadow slave is frankly a peak written novel. My negative comments on this novel are only a shroud of displeasure I possess but the amount of joy and thrill this novel has given me is boundless. Best novel I've read until now. Nothing is perfect and so is this novel. As the novel itself says everything and everyone has flaws which also applies to this novel and every other novels or piece of fiction. But shadow slave has so much intriguing things to offer as a novel that the flaws which it has are quite minor. So yes Best novel I've read so far. 

my second novel ever after Tbate, and what introduced me to webnovels.  forgotten shore peak, and cassie best character and she did nothing wrong

Don't know why I haven't written a review yet but it's peak, even though G3 sometimes suffers from a quality drop in his writing and likes reusing adjectives those are my only two gripes. I love the cast, love all the arcs, and love the power system, one of my favourite novels, even though it has gotten a bit worse after 3rd nm.

I love it! Sunny and Neph I hope they get married and have kids at the end of the novel. The story is so unique specially the real of Sunny. It's like Sukuna