Napoleon in 1812나폴레옹 in 1812

[current chapter: 138]

This novel is really a gem in the historical and strategic genre. I really can't understand why it was rated so low. But heck, this is the shortcoming of a reviewing system where everyone—and I mean, absolutely everyone can rate a novel, when many had probably not even managed to finish a chapter. A shame, really. Now now, for the review, there I go:

Without spoiling, the novel is (from my understanding), a Napoleon who transmigrated and replaced another Napoleon; one that is different in a worse way than the one our 'real history' knows. The premise is basically this: what if Napoleon did not had the shortcomings that the 'real' Napoleon had, how would that have affected our current world.

As a fan of strategy and warfare, I found this quite entertaining. And besides, (for most chinese light-novels overly focused on their 'patriotism;' this novel is one that is 'patriotic' in a much more tasteful way than most, who only know to denigrate other countries without proper context, while unreasonably biased.

I only criticize 2 main points that I believe would improve the 'real rating' of this novel.

First, sometimes, the way the author express between the different Napoleon is quite confusing—at the least, for me. (Ex: 1-Napo from our history / 2-Napo from another timeline / 3-The replaced Napo, also called Nabot.) Besides, I think that some more context (foreshadowing or explanations) would have made this more immersive. (Ex: The author calls the Napo from the new world as: Nabot... why didn't he explain that 'Nabot,' in french, also means: a person of small stature; or badly said: a shorty or dwarf. It would have let the readers understand better his feeling toward this replacement.

Second, this novel has the typical shortcoming of most korean light-novels: too indifferently written. While interesting, it isn't really moving. The story is often one-dimensional: war, politic, war. And yet, the story is too descriptive and not really emotive.

Personal recommendation: I personally believe that this isn't a junk-food novel, very particularly for those who played: european war 6. To the nowadays people who mostly only know about ww1 or ww2; this story gives us a good feel of how it was like, between the Roman Time and Before Hitler. I look forward to the newer updates, and Chapeau for the korean writer who had managed to write a french historical novel probably more accurate than most french themselves.

Napoleon Bonaparte, who defeated Austria, Prussia, Russia and Britain and became the true ruler of Europe.
Sorry for? defeated Russia? Does the person who wrote this novel know such a thing as history?!