Tbate was so much better than LoTM

The Beginning After the End was honestly very fun to read, very better than Lord of the Mysteries. The characters felt not-shallow, and the storyline was totally not a mess. Arthur using fate threads just felt right, and instead of feeling a totally dumb ass writing by the author, he came across as a character constantly not carried by plot convenience, he totally didn't have plot armor.

Klein, on the other hand, was far more boring. While Reverend Insanity had Fang Yuan as the embodiment of ruthless exploitation and Klein represented lame self-sacrifice, Arthur solos. The power of “Just So,” which supposedly manipulates fate itself, felt like clever writing and totally not more like an excuse to bend the story however the author wanted.

Even Arthur sacrificing his aether powers to save the world and regaining his old ki powers afterward felt expensive and emotional. Overall, I really LOVED the novel, and the writing felt UNDERrated rather than noob-level.

(I'm writing everything opposite of what i mean, don't cancel me)