After Ch 29.5 Good isekai
I stopped reading this for reasons best explained in these comments:
"This is my favorite review from the LN because it's just so god damn accurate, and I entirely agree. Couldn't say it better myself
"This series makes my brain lock up and start to smoke. The premise isn't any better/worse than other reincarnation/rebirth novels. The writing isn't any better/worse. If you like the slower stuff versus action, it may be for you. It's kind of nice that the MC's goal isn't vapid love or getting laid or getting laid for the thousandth time. My issue is, as a book lover, I can't find any aspect of the MC that translates to "bookworm" unless it's supposed to be literal.
Another reviewer said the title should be "Ascendance of a Book Fetishist", and I couldn't agree more. As she's flitting through the story sing-songing "Aaaah, I want to read a book", she doesn't ever seem to mention what she wants from them. Does she want a character to inspire her? A history to enlighten her about her new world? A poem to distill her turbulent thoughts? Does she want to learn about something? Anything? When she finally finds a book, does she even ask anything about it? She asks the shop keeper if she can touch it, specifically, if she can *rub her face* on it. The fantastically expensive, hand-transcribed, super-rare, finally appearing book... can she rub herself on it? No... That's okay, mister, I wouldn't let her near my collection either. I'm really hoping that sticky stuff was bookbinding glue residue.
But MCs have had weirder quirks, right? She's also pretty selfish, condescending, and, ignorant of things you'd think a well-read adult would understand. But once again, it's that bookworm part that eventually made me twitch and quit once the seizure passed. Unless I find out later she's *actually* a bookworm that reincarnated after being crushed under a pile of books by the squeamish japanese megane-chan who massively overreacted to the sudden appearance of a bug eating her library, I think I'm done with this."
-Senethari"
And:
"She looks cute but she is very selfish and careless. Her family is poor, not too poor, but lower middle-class. She is supposed to be an extremely well-read adult woman, yet she comes to be a whiny, selfish and uncaring little girl who is only interested in getting a book without wondering on how much trouble it is going to be for those around her. I will continue reading this manga for now, but if her attitude does not improve, i will get too annoyed by her. I love books, am a book-worm myself, but i cannot abide with wasting valuable resources on a pipe dream when the whole family is on the very of poverty. Books are supposed to be wonderful creations that give knowledge. Despite having knowledge, the MC does not even use the knowledge to do anything fruitful. Kind of disappointed coz while reading the mangas, i got so many ideas that could have been sold in the market to get more money but the MC ignores everything. Saad"
Ascendance of a Bookworm