Getting By in the Marvel Universe

It's rare to find a book like this anymore. Its logic and emotional depth are realistic, and crucially, the characters are well-developed. Unlike many time-travel novels, it doesn't rely on the reader's preconceived notions to create characters due to insufficient writing skill. Finally, the book's scope extends beyond Earth. In short, it's a masterpiece among works of this genre.

Several Marvel books feature this kind of pseudo-slacker; either they recruit Mindy to cause trouble and clean up their messes, or a real slacker should drive supercars, live in villas, play with women, and stay away from the poor and the underworld.

If you get through the early parts, I personally really, really love this book. From the moment he first arrives in Asgard, the story becomes incredibly exciting, and the protagonist's personality becomes very likable. He's no longer just drifting through life, nor does he use his knowledge of the plot to his advantage as a false prophet.

Thank you for your understanding, fellow readers. I'm back. I only wrote half a chapter after finishing my work today, so I will resume updates starting tomorrow. My father suffered a 50ml brain hemorrhage at the time, and it was on the verge of causing a brain herniation. You could say he was already on the verge of death.

This is a fantastic book, a true masterpiece. At the beginning, the protagonist doesn't seem like a 35-year-old; he seems more like a thirteen-and-a-half-year-old. I recommend starting to read after chapter 10,000. The author is a master of late-stage storytelling.

I only read the beginning and had no desire to continue. Actually, the simplest way for writers to test this is to put themselves in the author's shoes and see if it makes sense. This protagonist didn't seem like someone in their 30s at all; they were completely indecisive and acted more like a housewife. There was absolutely no sense of them spending 800,000 yuan on a plant.

Most novels these days follow the same formula: the protagonist painstakingly maintains a saintly image in the early stages, refusing to sleep with beautiful women who offer themselves, keeping the relationship ambiguous. Then, in the later stages, they suddenly transform, like a bull in the countryside swooping down on a cow in heat.

Flaw 1: Superpowers are enhanced and upgraded, yet the body is still weaker than an ordinary person. Flaw 2: In the Marvel universe, even if you're a good guy, you don't even know how you died.

I've read up to chapter 26. I'd read a bit of this book before, but I don't know why it was deleted. Now I know. Chapter 26 was an attempt to exonerate the gangsters. I'm speechless. Gangsters with even a shred of decency shouldn't have died. The gangsters' mothers are heartbroken knowing their children are dead, and they'll be left all alone and pitiful. The author's writing style suggests either stupidity or malice, but I suspect it's both.

On the surface, he seems to be just drifting through life, but in reality, he's a sycophant and a troublemaker. Add to that a lot of self-righteous inner monologues, and the character is a useless person in his thirties who's frivolous and easily flustered by the smallest things. Finally, the frequent appearance of new characters is overwhelming, and the writing style is disjointed, yet there's basically no story to speak of.