Solo Leveling

by Chugong

Genres: Fantasy, Light Novels
Pages: 272
Series: Solo Leveling (light novel) #5
Rating:

Synopsis:

Jinwoo's received some amazing gifts from the system, but the latest one might prove to be the greatest one yet—a key to the double dungeon where it all started. Perhaps a second visit might provide him with answers for once. He's got some time to kill until he can use the item though, but before he can tackle another gate, unexpected movement from the shadow soldiers guarding Jinah sets his alarm bells ringing...

I’d slightly misremembered how things would come together in volume five of Chugong’s Solo Leveling, so I didn’t quite get the longer-form explanations I was craving — though those will come with time. Various things happen in this book, but the main feature is Jinwoo’s return to Cartenon Temple, to come face to face with the person who created the system.

I really loved the scene with the other hunters leaving Jinwoo to sort everything out and just smoking, tearing up and blaming the smoky atmosphere. There is some genuine tension in this volume — we’ve heard dark warnings about the nature of Jinwoo’s power, after all, and we see part of this volume through the eyes of characters like Haein and Jinchul — and that scene is a lovely way of showing its release.

Of course, there’s more going on, and the world doesn’t solely revolve around Jinwoo. We’re beginning to see a much larger plot taking shape here, and I can’t wait to get to those bits.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)