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Release That Witch

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AsteriskDelta
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Although it's one of the most well-written novels on the site (so far as coherency and pacing), it suffers from poorly-constructed (frustrating, even) main characters as well as the author making (heavily foreshadowing) several promises to his readers which he reneges on due to the author's IRL wife. Furthermore, he creates a great deal of unnecessary drama by making the MC unwilling to communicate certain things or stubbornly clinging to the morality of his old world, which could have all been avoided if he was simply honest to others AND himself. This review will focus mainly on the negative aspects of the story, as there's an excess of reviews that discuss the positive points, many of which I (at least partly) agree with. Development of characters is quite good when it comes to non-MC male characters and mature female characters, but there are more than a few female characters MC's age who seemingly never mature and constantly antagonize him (a trait that the author appears to find "endearing"), to which he does... absolutely nothing, allowing himself to be walked all over (note several men also act like this initially, but the MC either comes to an understanding with them or punishes them/tells them to GTFO). I'm not saying that the women should all just swoon around Roland or whatnot, I just wish he wouldn't indefinitely excuse poor behavior that he wouldn't tolerate from his other (male) subordinates. Roland himself has an almost static character from chapter 20 on, and the few occasions he decides he needs to change/grow result in a long internal monologue before he goes back to exactly how he was before. Random side-character peasants are unironically better-developed than him. Furthermore, Roland is basically a Chinese JP-MC-- though he does kill, he accepts far too much abuse (only from women, mind you, he's more than happy to reprimand men), preaches sunshine and daisies and the power of friendship, and only really succeeds due to plot armor and the constant work of more competent people who are willing to make the hard decisions he won't. His blend of western high-horse moral preaching mixed with CCP propaganda can get very grating at times. That said, among my sea of complaints, props to the author for turning what started out as a 2D enemy (The Church) into a compelling antagonistic faction with whom the upper echelons can be empathized with and understood. Frankly, if Roland wasn't an MC, The Church would have literally have been humanity's only hope, and their actions go from cartoonishly evil to morally grey ones taken by desperate men and women who acted in a bid to save humanity-- and, frankly, their actions would have been vindicated if they weren't in a fiction novel with a superpowered (metaphorically speaking, at least early on) MC suddenly appearing to save the day. The romance takes center-stage in this story, and while the writing itself is good, the relationship it portrays is downright pitiful and more fit for someone in middle/highschool than adults of the characters' age, not to mention they progress at a glacial speed (takes over a year for him to get more than a peck). Anna (the "official" female love interest, and the only one the author was "allowed" [by his wife] to explicitly write) treats him quite poorly at times, alternating between hot and cold and outright snubbing him countless times, even in front of others or after a long time apart. I honestly believe the author lacks romantic experience and simply puts up with however his IRL wife treats him, then assumes that all relationships are like that and writes the MC as the same henpecked husk of a man that he is. Frankly, there's nothing in the story that makes me feel like she ever loved him, something other (densely ignored) female characters express in spades. To add insult to injury, Anna herself is about as 2D a character as they come-- super-powerful, super-smart (goes from barely literate to overturning modern quantum mechanics and outshining all modern scientists within less than a year), and yet lacks any defining personality characteristics; she's quiet, ostensibly nerdy, and... nothing else. She's basically just a plot device to give the MC a combo CNC/lathe/welder/kiln machine and let him kickstart industrialization. Oh, and despite seeing combat only ever once before, she's perfectly calm against monsters that terrify warriors with decades of experience despite the man she "loves" dying a few feet away. As one can probably guess from the above, it was the poor romance/female lead that ruined this story for me, even making the kingdom-building aspects unenjoyable as the MC constantly interacted with women who clearly cared for him and would have made far better partners The other female "love interest" (if she can even be called that-- the author, as I said before, was forbidden to write about her/other women by his wife) is one of the most well-developed in the entire story, and has both a genuinely entertaining personality and admirable personal qualities. Despite this, she's relegated to constantly "watching over" the MC, and despite always trying to help him, risking her life for him countless times, and the two clearly loving eachother, the author can't even strap his bullocks back on long enough to give her the happy ending she deserves. May the idiots who called this "harem" step on a lego brick, and may the poor author dig his spine out of the dumpster and find an IRL woman who actually shows him the same love and care he shows her.

Danuja
DanujaLv5Danuja

Release that Witch was one of my favorite novels, but good things simply do not last. The author keeps adding more and more side characters which do not add anything to the story. The opponents are dumb and incompetent, there is nothing exciting since the MC's brilliance will flawlessly win the day. The whole thing is riddled with convenient events and plot armor. Whenever there is a problem a new witch will appear or evolve to solve it. And most importantly the author has no clue about culture, sociology, technology and economics. There have been so many times where the MC's actions should have utterly doomed bordertown. The only reason a decent novel like RtW has so many 5/5 stars is the lack of alternatives. There is a massive lack of good kingdombuilding novels.

Eternal2145
Eternal2145Lv14Eternal2145

I love the book but ; Even if its premuim it would be fine since we would "normaly" only be 10-20 chapters behind but i checked and its on 808 latest chapter however you have to pay spirit stones since 746 (around there) thats 60 chapters i thought we would still be able to read so where are the free chapters????

Cocktail
CocktailLv5Cocktail

Spirit stones... so many chapters are locked with spirit stones and the price is twice the other novels + you can't watch an announcement... so I will stop reading this novel for a while... spirit stones are the only reason for the few stars I am giving in this review. This novel is top class otherwise.

Ahala
AhalaLv14Ahala

I've loved RTW for a long time now and have been an avid reader. But what is the deal with the premium? I understand that there will be chapters which I can't read without paying spirit stones, but why is every single new chapter locked down? I thought it would be a 10 ahead sort of thing, but so far I can't even read any new chapters because the older ones are still locked down. Qidian please fix this.

Pontiff
PontiffLv10Pontiff

I've been reading this story since it had barely 200 chapters and before Qidian came. I fell absolutely in love with it, and I'm still in love with the story. I love the way the protagonist uses his knowledge to accomplish his goals. If you love kingdom building stories this one is a MUST read.

Kaidian
KaidianLv14Kaidian

Only book that I actually read here. It really is a amazing story and you start to like the side cast. Which you get to hear about so often which makes this a really good world building story. Also currently says 95 chapters a week which is a bug but if you start to pump out 95 chapters a week I would be amazed.

HoldenD
HoldenDLv10HoldenD

Release That Witch is a great story but my review is more about the translator rather than the story itself. I was a little bit hesitant when I learned that Qidian picked this up so quickly after it was dropped by voltare but at this point they've proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they're both skilled and fast. In fact I decided to go back and see how they measured up against Voltare and the comparison is astonishing, in the last chapters of it's run it took a little over 3 months for Voltare to release 50 chapters, in the 6 weeks or so since they've taken over translations Qidian is approaching the 120 chapter mark, over double the amount in less than half the time with not a single noticeable drop in quality.

Aksamov
AksamovLv11Aksamov

I have read atleast 20 lightnovel, from qidian or other sites. I liked Issth a lot, liked Mga, liked Iras.. But, i really love this one. Im not a translator, but i have started to translate this novel to Turkish, cuz everyone have to read this wonderful novel.

Runemaker
RunemakerLv4Runemaker

Great novel... used to read this daily at volare till somehow they said the translator gone missing and the release goes slower. Well hope i will be able read this daily once again.

4_Anthem
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ejoy_zbk
ejoy_zbkLv10ejoy_zbk

Why all content gone???? What happen..........

mamalisa
mamalisaLv3mamalisa

I have read many books but none has such an amazing pull. I no longer read, i leave this tale,the charater build up is beyond this world and so real.let me just say real,real,real.

Igor_sodre
Igor_sodreLv5Igor_sodre

Bring back the previous cover page please. The current one is just too childish and RTW is by no means a children's novel. Now with that out of the way, this is one of the best pieces of art that I ever read in my life.

yavuzck132
yavuzck132Lv11yavuzck132

This is a really good webnovel. One of the best. I cannot decredit that. But, I noticed something weird about the website. When I started reading this webnovel, I read until around 890 chapters without being asked for any soulstone. After that I started to read every chapter with soulstones, which I am fine with that. But, later I noticed soulstones are being required after 790. Since I paid chapters 890 and since with my earned by blood soul stones, chapters from 790 to 890 are locked for me (I even mentioned/reportedon the forum which I was replied and told I did not pay for them with soulstones.) Later, which is today, I noticed soulstones are being asked after chapter 100 something. WHAT THE HELL!??

Boooz
BooozLv12Boooz

Sorry this novel is kinda boring to read, I dont like the genre. No ability nor power kinda sucks though better to read library of heavens path than this suck witch novel. Im on the 1st chapter but i give up, i feel like this novel is not good for me to finish the 1st chapter.

EternalChu
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Daoist35425
Daoist35425Lv3Daoist35425

Do all novels on this site have a paywall now??? I haven't been able to read any chapters on any novel for the past 2 months. I'm seriously going to start looking for a different site to read these novels. I read about 10 different novels here and they all have a paywall now. Wish the people running this site weren't so greedy. But oh well gonna go back with WW and start a new novel there instead.

Holdmahbeer
HoldmahbeerLv5Holdmahbeer

COMMUNISM DEFINITELY WORKS GUYS: The novel Join our plucky Chinese hero with an indominable will and a very Chinese attitude (Environment? What’s that? Can I burn it?) as he brings light to the dark ages and builds a world where everyone who is willing to work, can eat. And if there’s not enough food? Don’t worry, our resident druid will just gene mod some better cereal crops so everything will be daijoubu! Our hero faces many threats, such as rich snobby nobles, the actual king, and even the frickin’ church and its secret Spartan program, but he’s not helpless. With his modern tech knowledge, he’s ready to solve the most important question since the release of CiV: “who would win: swordsmen or WWI infantry?” So follow our hero as he combines China’s social structure with America’s love of guns and style of foreign policy, and watch as he convinces all the actually important people to JOIN THE DARK SIDE, WE HAVE ICE CREAM AND JESUS JUICE (chaos drink) Tldr: it’s really good. Top tier web novel. Don’t think too hard about the long term consequences of centralization of power in the hands of someone above the law, the susceptibility to corruption of a government too large for its citizens to comprehend and too powerful for them to change, and the ramifications of having actual mind reading secret police.