Better than average, far from masterpiece.Plot and character development start OK, but seems to halt post ch. 100. Before this point MC had plan other than just get stronger. He tested thing, gathered information and made plans how he wanted to progress, but after chapter 100 there is non of it until ch. 167 which is last chapter at the time i am writing this. In those chapters MC just becomes observer in plot and goes with anything while opportunities to get stronger just shower him like no tomorrow without any contribution from himself. And any setbacks get resolved in mater of few chapters with MC getting stronger in process this ties up to...Another issue, tension, that just does not exist post separation with his mother. Since if only thing MC risk is his life in story like this, it is clear that he will survive otherwise there would be no book. That is why risk to other people / things he gets attached to is only real risk in stories like this (that are not like game of thrones where anyone can die) and that is only true if he actually loses something. That could have been done with his party during first dungeon if we didn't get dragon POV explaining that he actually didn't lose anything. Followed by his fox being at risk if it ever shows up again. But as it stands now there are no risk.
