The Price of Controlling Time

You asked why I'm here? Well, it's because I really love this book (okay, actually I clicked in because of Kurumi). Overall, the author is a new writer, so some issues with the work are forgivable. As for the setting and main plot, honestly, after reading one volume, I still don't understand the protagonist's purpose; maybe it's just about showing off. But imagine if I had that god-like overpowered ability—I'd definitely have a huge harem! Since the author's control over the text isn't very strong, what exactly is it about this novel that attracts a loyal readership...?

Someone asked me why I write book reviews, and I said it's for the monthly votes. Is it okay for you to be so direct? Then what's the point of this book's title? Is it just a clever way to tell readers that the author is terrible at naming things? Even a title like "Suddenly I Could Control Time, and I Had to Pay the Price," which follows the standard format on SF (a Chinese online forum), would be more enticing. Okay, let's leave aside the fact that we're both terrible at naming things and talk about other things. The protagonist displays various overpowered abilities: ① accelerating his own time ② reversing time ③ injecting time into others, reviving them ④ seemingly able to steal other people's time...

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While this novel doesn't offer very detailed environmental descriptions, its character personalities and the abilities of the characters are quite interesting! At first, I thought it was just a book about a male protagonist using his time-manipulation abilities to level up and fight monsters, but I was wrong... This book has a fairly good world-building and many interesting abilities. For example, turning imagined things into reality is already a very overpowered ability, but personally, I think even the strongest ability can't surpass time and space manipulation! Since I've written a long review, I'd like to say a few more words... ... Einstein once...

Um... I don't know why I'm writing book reviews again~ This is the fourth time I've written one, and without exception, I predicted the success of the previous books. As for their final results... Some were good, some were bad, I guess? Anyway, back to the topic—actually, I quite like the book *The Price of Manipulating Time*. When I first saw it, the cover featured Kurumi, but I didn't click on it then. I only opened it after it was released. At that time, I just liked the cover and looked at the word count. "Huh? There are quite a few words, I'll just read it for fun." That was pretty much my mindset when I started reading it...

This is my first time writing a book review, so I don't have any profound insights; I can only offer my own perspective. Initially, I started reading this book casually, and at first, I found it quite interesting and readable. As for the class president part, I can overlook the plot hole of how the male protagonist met Rika after changing the class president... But in the end, it was all because of Naruko-senpai... A school beauty, actually... Had already been unlocked into all sorts of positions by some unknown older man, thoroughly exploited, and even had a child... (The older man...)

As Nijūichi said, everyone has their own preferences. Dark fantasy and light novels are among my least favorite genres. Therefore, the following comments are merely my personal opinions; please don't blame me if I'm too harsh, it's not my fault (lol). Okay, let's get to the point. To be honest, I was initially drawn in by the Kurumi cover, but later discovered it wasn't a Date A Live fanfic, which was a bit disappointing. However, out of interest, I continued reading, found it quite good, and then... I was hooked. The author's solid writing skills lay a good foundation for this work, well...

I casually flipped through it, and from the very first chapter, I was struck by the author's profound command of language. Well... Even better than me! A little jealous. Oops, something's gotten out of place here, cough cough! The incredibly smooth writing style showcases the author's solid foundation; the imagery is incredibly vivid, easily conjuring up images in my mind. I don't need to strain my imagination at all... This is what a light novel should be! One word—it's fucking amazing! That's the flavor! The flavor of a light novel... (Everyone: You promised one word! Are you paying homage to the remake of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy"?) Shut up! Every time...

In Chapter 8, the protagonist, to kill time, tries to find out who killed Nana, only to discover it was the class president. This brings up the concepts of time, space, and parallel worlds. The protagonist goes to great lengths for a dark, yandere character, even experiencing his first real-life time travel to the past. I can only say the protagonist is incredibly self-righteous. The key point is that he eliminates the cause of the class president's descent into darkness in the past, changing only the class president. Has he heard of the butterfly effect and causal chains? The past has already happened. If the class president hadn't become dark, she wouldn't have killed Nana, the protagonist wouldn't have met her, and consequently, he wouldn't have met the class president. Everyone is connected by a huge causal chain, like the butterfly effect; even a small thing can indirectly affect the world and Earth...

Hello, Ugly. This is Lolicon. I was recently kicked out of Group 7 because I said "KFC crunchy" in McDonald's. I don't know if you still remember me. As a member, I don't want anyone to cause conflict. I read your book review of Li Tong, and indeed, his books have become more superficial and somewhat weak, and Li Tong himself has gone a bit too far. As someone who has never been on the homepage, I just want to say that your book is indeed good, although it is full of gore and grotesque elements, the meaning you want to express is very strong. As for Li Tong, why bother talking about him? Although I know you don't want him to go down like this...