did not finish. reached chapter 3.3, I think. I got tired of the protagonist being ignorant. he has all these books and doesn't seem to be taking advantage and actually reading them. he already has an arrangement for sustenance, and a safe place to read. yet he persists in making his own life hard. I got fed up, and decided to put this book down and move on with my reading list. ( )

I really liked this story. I like it better than Worm (Wildbow's first story), tbh. The main criticism I see is that the main character loses a lot over the course of the story. This is true, but I think a tradgedy is a valid form of literature. This is the tragic story of Blake Thornburn: diabolist and bogeyman. I would recommend to anybody who likes fantasy with a solid magic system, and who doesn't mind a dark story. ( )