Blood Demon's Retirement

Set in a peaceful fantasy world where cross-species marriage is common, this is the story of a war weary veteran that set to walk the worldly path.

If the universe is fine, i find the story over focused on culinary matters. The mc has a character depth that the author does not exploit. The author hint to the guilt of the mc and to PTSD without really writing about it.

The great universe with a complex cultural make up made me think of "the slime farmer" novel at webnovel.com .  Both stories are foodie oriented but the "slime farmer" author know to depict the depth of the inner struggles of his mc.

This fic surprised me. It does not score particularly well on any of the core pillars of storywriting by any means: characterisation, plot, worldbuilding, etc. However, what it excels at, I find, is being a page turner, and—by extention—a chapter turner. It achieves this in two ways: 1) Shorter chapters, so easily readable in a few minutes; 2) The writer dishes out exactly what you expect from the synopsis/description, and that is commendable to me.

There are faults, yes, and many of them; that is to be expected of someone who is writing in their third language, however. The grammar is not great, dialogue feels very samey or uninteresting, and personally I feel like the main character does not act like someone who has such an infamous reputation. The author could do with trimming down some of the fat to streamline chapter further, as I feel like there's a lot of unnecessary information in many paragraphs, and feel like the easily-readable nature of this web novel could be made better with shorter chapters. 

But: it's clear they are writing this for the fun of it and is relaxed writing this relaxing slow-burn story, and this shines through with how nonchalant the writing is. It's very simple—there's lots of dialogue, quite a bit of worldbuilding (though at times there are info-dumps), but plenty of character interaction that will satisfy most RR readers of slice-of-life I feel.  

To me it feels like an even more relaxed version of Data Dragon Danika, reminds me a lot of it. I am usually someone who thinks, 'hard pass,' to web fiction that clearly does not have much—or any—polish, but for some reason, I find myself saying, 'Just one more chapter.' The easiest way I can describe it is that it is akin to comfort food; you take one bite and you just can't stop, or help yourself, and it helps greatly that each bite (in this case chapter) is just simple and short enough to be a pleasant experience through and through. 

There's no deeper meanings, no complex imagery or difficult concepts to grasp (bar learning lots of fantasy names/places). But for slice-of-life? That's ideal, so if that's the kind of stuff you're into and are looking for an easily digestible mundane-fantasy about solo backpacking across a fantasy world, I recommend this. 

An enjoyable read, which as advertised follows the journey of a retired powerhouse as she explores a world rich with unique creatures, systems of magic and interesting races and cross species.
Some very unusual classes and beings pop up as the MC's exploration takes us on a bit of a Hungry Planet journey through monsters, cultists, bandits, goblins with odd fetishes, pirates and the odd homage to Monty Python. (Note: the cultists, pirates and bandits were not canabalised as part of the storyline.)
Lacks the extensive stats and powerups of a LitRPG as the main character is already at the top of her game, or close to it, which lends the story some of its charm. Which is not to say there is a lack of conflict or personal growth.

My title basically says my entire opinion of the work; the MC goes somewhere, eats the cultures food, learns about their ceremonies and clothing and housing, then moves on. It's just like a brief overview of stuff an anthropologist would write about in their diary, but with orcs and elves.

It's perfectly fine, very slice of life-y, and I've read quite a chunk of it so please don't think I'm being disparaging by describing it this way.

There's just a lack of tension from the "action", which is probably mostly by design, but less excusable is how shallow most of the character interactions are (IMO). 

I am not the one to give a very detailed review, but the overall story is definetely a slice of life focussed on Trying out various Dishes around the fantasy world. It also has some action scenes which might cause people to think its an action style story, but it is actually a slice of life at heart.

The characters are good and while could use some more details from past to flesh out their motivations and thoughts, it is mostly well done. There are really too many characters though, I sometimes got a bit confused when picking the story after some interval.

World Building is nice and seems be well thought out. Not all aspects are known but we seem to know enough and that is fine for a story of this genre.

Appropriately for a story about retirement, the pacing of this story is decidedly laid-back. Personally, this type of story isn't typically my cup of tea, but I could absolutely see the appeal in this story for someone who enjoys this sort of thing. If you're looking for a decidedly unique slice of life story with a twist, then I think this is worth a try.

My main complaints with the writing itself would be the exposition dumping. There's a lot of information that's frontloaded in the first two chapters, and then it just kind of abruptly stops and the story meandres for a while. I haven't read far enough to know how the exposition is throughout the story, but I could definitely see a lot of people who would have been potential readers being turned off by those first few chapters. 

My other complaint would have to be the typos. It's not so much the typos themselves, but rather how they affect the writing. They have a tendency to be placed in the worst possible spots, and they often completely change the intended meaning of a sentence via a missing or misplaced word. Things like that take a typo from barely noticeable to distracting, so it's definitely something to look out for.

I've got to say, the synopsis does not lie. This is the story of a warrior who goes into retirement after the civil was she is a part of is over.

Those fun chapters inbetween serious, dark, plot filled chaoters in other fantasy novels? This is that. We get to explore this wide world through Cal's eyes as she discovers what the peace of the world truly is. 

With many new places to see and things to experience, it is only improved by Avitue's vivid detail and creativity, and just enough humor and fantasy to keep a reader hooked.

What a fun first couple of chapters! I gotta say, it was a really pleasant ride. I should've expected it from a fiction with retirement in the title. Still it was really good. English is your third language? Why does it seem better than mine?! There was only one error that I spotted and it was clearly just a typo.

Why am I docking half a star? The prologue didn't do it for me, too many exposition dumps that really made my eyes glaze over. I was worried the rest of it would be like that too, but the following chapters had really good gradual world building. So nice save!

Now I'm going to listen to come sail away by Styx.

trying their best to act while a man with a gun has it pressed against the back of their head, ready to shoot the moment that they cant say something perfectly. Perhaps something else to keep up with the setting, but I think my point got understood perfectly.

This isn't the perfect story. Flaws with the characters design, a style that might leave some questions unanswered, and a general sense of what the heck did not leave me with the greatest impression. Because of that, I will be leaving this with a 4/5. Needs work

The MC goes on a retirement vacation where she explores the world. She is powerful enough that there are no dangers during her travels, so she is left to enjoy the food and hospitality of the people/cultures she meets.

Very slice-of-life without great tension-filled story arcs or psychological drama. A very relaxing read with great food descriptions and exploration of foreign cultures. However, I wonder for how long the author can keep up that feeling of whimsy amusement without things getting boring.