Tower of God (Webtoon) - Review
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Genre: Fantasy
Publication Type: Illustrated
Tags:
- Average Age of Main Characters (19)
- Length (10 / 10)
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Blurb: What do you desire?
Fortune?
Glory?
Power?
Revenge?
Or something that surpasses all others?
Whatever you desire, it's here. In Tower of God.
Join Twenty-Fifth Baam as he climbs each level of the Tower to find his beloved friend, Rahel. Facing impossible missions and mind bending puzzles, he uses any means necessary to reach the top.
Review: So as of writing this, I've finished Book 2 (Current state of publication is a half finished Book 3).
I'm also a bit hesitant on continuing now or in the future, and this is likely as far as I get.
The story's not bad... The illustrations are great, and the Korean webtoon format is really growing on me. The setting of having a tower where each level has a 'unique' world, and adventurers climb the tower with an ultimate goal of freedom or something else, is simply amazingly cool. This seemingly specific setting isn't unique, especially in recent Asian webnovels / manga etc. Tower of god takes this to extreme however, and I loved that it did.
An even bigger love of this webtoon, and what I found becoming one my favourite features, was the completely unapologetic way that a main character was made to be universally despised. The vitriol in the comments for all chapters that they featured in, which you arrive at when you're finished scrolling through the chapter, was honestly pretty creative. I think the author leaned into this as well. I cannot not believe that this character has no reason behind their actions however, and believe that there must be something, even if it's misguided.
Now it's time to address the negatives of this series for me. The creativeness of the test systems between and in floors got stale for me. They felt more shoe-horned, and because they dominate the toon in terms of length, I became less interested. The cast of characters also grows rapidly, but so many are relegated to purely side-character roles with no chance for growth and often no valid reason for their participation. I also became less invested in the main characters as the series went on, and I'm still unsure why which is the chance of why I may continue reading (Never tired of Khun and Endorsi!). Needs to be said again that the art is fantastic. (This was originally going to be a not-recommend until the beautiful ending of Book 2. Currently up to Ep. 206 Book 3.)