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What light novel(s) have you read this week, and what do you think about it? [January 8. - January 14.] (lemmy.ml)

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Again, post is early since I won't have internet next week. Ignore until Monday.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My top 3 are Ascendance of a Bookworm, Tearmoon Empire (even though my hype is quickly dying off since the translator change) and Cooking With Wild Game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bookworm and Tearmoon are on my list to read.

I will have to look into Cooking with wild game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I often compare Cooking With Wild Game to Bookworm. In both series the isekai MC has zero powers apart from their knowledge that they brought with them. And not knowledge in the sense of “I’ve seen a gun in TV and games and I am suddenly able to recreate them without a problem”. Just like Myne in Bookworm has to painfully R&D the creation of paper, the MC in Cooking With Wild Game has to try to recreate recipes with isekai resources.

Another similarity is how the series both start with low-stakes, small-scale problems but slowly build up to become bigger and involving the lives of more people. Both also at the very core stories about class divides.

Where they differ is who carries the series. In Bookworm it’s Myne the main character. She is clearly the MVP of the books. In Wild Game it’s the side characters around the MC that are carrying.