Horizon's Edge
By TurtleMe
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King Grey has unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability. However, solitude lingers closely behind those with great power. Beneath the glamorous exterior of a powerful king lurks the shell of a man, devoid of purpose and will.
Reincarnated into a new world filled with magic and monsters, the king has a second chance to relive his life. Correcting the mistakes of his past will not be his only challenge, however. Underneath the peace and prosperity of the new world is an undercurrent threatening to destroy everything he has worked for, questioning his role and reason for being born again.
TurtleMe
Wearing the mask of TurtleMe, this writer has progressed from his title as a Berkeley graduate and discarded his identity as a corporate worker to dive into the world of fantasy.As a recognized web serial author for over two years, TurtleMe brings together a blend of traditional and eastern literature alongside fast-paced installments into his novel "The Beginning After The End", an epic fantasy starting from the rebirth of a king into a new life of magic and twisted fate.He has a fondness for books, comics, games and going on walks with his wonderful girlfriend, Grace, and his devious dog, Roy.Read ahead on https://tapas.io/series/tbate
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Reviews for Horizon's Edge
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of the best book's i have ever read. It Made me emotionally intuitively happy and surprised that such book could exist with every thing that it needed.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not bad but overrated
The best way I could put this story is that it's incredibly frustrating. It has all the elements it needs to really be a compelling story but just falls flat, mostly due to the fact that the world is just so generic and assumes too much of the reader. But anyways, this story is worth reading so lets start with the pros
The Relationships - The relationships in this story are generally hit or miss but when the story hits, it hits. The relationship between Sylvia and Arthur (the MC) is very heartwarming and does just the right amount to make it work. The relationship Arthur fosters with some of his peers is pretty nice too. The relationship with Elijah is quite nice too.
The Pacing - The web toon is pretty fast and entertaining throughout. It does a pretty good job between balancing character, story, and action. It's an engaging story and I totally binged it.
The Cons
The World - The world is very generic and doesn't bother to go in an original direction with the way it has decided to portray fantasy races. Elves are wood-y, Dwarves are earth-y, and Humans are everything-y. The world is set in a vaguely European setting that's incredibly anachronistic with clothing and architecture that would fit in Europe anywhere from 1000 to 1900. Everyone conveniently speaks the same language. There are adventurers and guilds. Etc. etc. It's essentially DnD lite. The magic is somewhat(?) original but can't really decide if it's like a science or something mystical.
The Culture (rather, lack thereof) - This is somewhat related to the World but needs it's own section because it's actually one of the biggest weaknesses of this story. From the webtoon, every race is alluded to have its own culture but there doesn't really seem to be differences at all. All the races share the same language, the same political system, and religion is pretty much nonexistent in this story. The political system is also confusing and unexplained. Nobility exists but it's unclear how it's set up. They're just kinda portrayed as rich assholes instead of people that serve a real political role in the kingdom.
The Isekai Elements - This is my least favorite part of the story but the isekai elements are leaned on too heavily as a deus ex machina and the fact that the MC was a king doesn't really seem like a good choice. For one, the MC was an orphan king, which could work, but doesn't make any sense because the webtoon implied he somehow became king through being strong, which is not how monarchies work. The world he used to live in looks very futuristic, with flying cars and shit, but the first piece of "future" tech he brings to the new world is a steam engine? The MC also doesn't seem to be particularly interested in politics despite being a king. I just assume that the MC was really just a soldier in his past life and it makes so many more of his choices make sense.
Conclusion
Is TBATE good? Yeah it's worth a read. It's definitely one of the better dungeon crawler-y isekais I've read and it cuts out a lot of the bullshit that other isekais would poorly pile on. It's no masterpiece in comparison to other stories and it's far from original. The author seems like he's super talented though so I'm interested to see what he does next after this.
Talk about an unexpected ending. The children's story that this series started as is officially over. The series's entire tone has probably changed (dare I spoil it?) for the bloodier. But I'll still be continuing, hoping that this mess gets better eventually. And can I just say that I really appreciate how no matter how powerful Arthur gets, we get shown (not just told) he's still got enemies much more powerful than he is.