Review Detail of Gbotty in Soldiers of Time.

REVIEW Hello, I’m the author of this book and I’m leaving my review after 100 chapters. I'll like to start by apologising to the readers who had been following the book from the start for my longer than expected hiatus. This will be a little more than a review, as I will be leaving all my thoughts and plans for the book. This will allow everyone to understand the path I’ve envisioned for the book going forward. Ideally, I wanted to arrange my points into pros and cons but I know that pros and cons are subjective. So, I’ll be leaving it to each person to decide what is a pro and a con. -Although the story is primarily about a group of soldiers with super abilities, it will be more than just the average shooting, fighting and killing you would probably be expecting from the genre. A lot of wits will be employed by various characters; a lot of planning will go into the execution of their plans, etc. -The story will subtly touch upon many different issues including political and socio-economic issues. -It will try to avoid being as nationalistic as possible so that we can all enjoy the personalities of the characters. It will neither discriminate nor promote any group over another. Everything will come from the outlook of the characters involved. -The special abilities of the character will not define them; instead, it will only be another tool in their toolbox. As a reader, characters who are defined by or totally dependent on their abilities sometimes put me off; take away their abilities and they become useless. I’m not saying it’s good or bad, just that personally I don’t like it hence I don’t want characters in my book to end up as such. -If everything goes according to plan, the story will be long. Perhaps very long. It might also come off as slow-paced. -Aside from the main military genre, I plan to explore many other genres as required to make the story as realistic and relatable as possible within the confines of fantasy fiction. -I plan to avoid many clichés. Hopefully, I can. I’m not ignorant of the fact that some clichés are unavoidable, perhaps even necessary. -The overall mood of the story will be serious, sometimes dark. I'll be including any deliberate comedy. If there is, it will be subtly and be brought about by the interaction of characters based on their personalities. There will be very dark elements, a bit of gore, unpalatable ideologies and things like that. I may try to downplay them though. In addition, I will give a warning before such events. However, they will be present as they are a part of the story so I want to inform you beforehand. -It should be obvious by now that I have a lot of ambitions for the book, even I am not sure of how much I can achieve. It's a passion work that I've put a lot of time into planning. How much I can achieve will depend on my knowledge and writing experience. I’ll be frank. I have zero prior experience in any art; talk less of writing. I’m learning as I go. Therefore, mistakes are unavoidable. I hope as I increase in experience and proficiency, these mistakes will reduce or be eliminated. That said I’m completely open to constructive criticism. I’m no stranger to the fact that the truth hurts but it’s also necessary for growth. So, please don’t hesitate to share your views with me. You can leave a comment or review. Depending on the success of the book and interactions from readers, I might create a discord channel for better interaction. All in all, I hope you give the book a try. I’m confident you’ll be hooked.