Into The Portal: Monster Invasion by God on a Hill

So the short and dirty. This story is not a 10/10. It's a solid and safe 9/10. I personally have a few gripes, but that is not the fault of the author, just me as a reader.

If you grew up enjoying Digimon, Zach Bell, Hunter x Hunter, and other young protag animes you will enjoy this story. If you like progression stories, or wuxias, you will like this story. If titles such as 'He Who Fights With Monsters' or 'Path of Asension' are ones you enjoy, you will like this story. Honestly this is a vibe of a story I've been missing for a whlie. The fact it's over 300 chapters makes it even better.

As an overall summary, this is your classic MC starts off weak/different, finds/aquires a 'cheat' or a solution to his problem, and then becomes a top 10% fighter. So far what we are seen as a reader is limited and narrow.

Style: There are times I think the writing style is a bit bland, but not in a bad way. (I know that sounds weird) In fight scenes, there isn't an over explanaion, it's just enough. I wish there was a bit more enviromental telling in certain scenes or areas, but I understand that it's not always important. Smells, temperatures, textures, maybe if wildlife noises exist or not. These are missing, but not in a way that takes away from the story. This is just me being picky. Over all, the writing style fits the story like a glove. There has never been a time where I skipped over things due to the writing.

Grammar: This one is short. Handful of writting errors, but again, it never takes you out of the story but once or twice. If you reread the sentence, you will understand. There was twice where he and she were swapped with a character and it threw me off really hard, but that's it. Over all, a better speller than I am.

Story: Okay, so overall plot. I feel like there are times where there isn't enough. We are told that monsters came to our world, but it's very vauge on the time scale. It's just been 'a handful of years' or 'before the MC was born' yet there are times when it seems other characters have been fighting monsters for dozens of years. That progression in society has been going on for longer than the parents of the MC have been alive. Again, that's just a minor gripe. It's a good thing I want to know more, that means the story is interesting.

When it comes to lore, or explanation of powers, this is done phenomoly. There is very little over explanations. Things are discovered slowly and overtime. Never has something been explain and then forgotten. Lessons come back up, and it allows the MC to apply their knowledge correctly.

I'm a bit confused on certain plot points, but I can tell the author is setting up for something significant. There is this damn rock the MC bought, and has done zero reasearch on or experimetned. He bought it because it 'felt different'. We the readers know it's important, since the MC looks at it, or reminds us he has it. But does f#ck all with it.

Character: MC, is 16 years old. He acts more like a 20 year old who has been 'around the block' three times. His emotions never if rarly get the best of him. I like the character, but he does not act 16. Again, this is easily explained due to his upbrining, and the current 'new world' society. It just surprises me when we are reminded how young the MC is.

I feel like he isn't a Mary Stu, but he is pushing that edge. Every encounter that was 'close to ending his life' he comes out of it with a power boost, and little to no punishents.