Ghost of the Truthseeker 1

Not sure if this is bad writing or bad editing, but it isn't good.

There's a decent - albeit generic- system apocalypse story hidden in here about a college kid climbing his way through the leaderboards to become one of the strongest on earth. There's an initial world-building phase, some kind of tournament that opens up the universe and a psychopath antagonist to drive the story. All the elements are here, but the execution is plain bad.

It feels like huge chunks of info were just cut out. Not sure if they were edited out or were never there in the first place, but it makes the entire book feel more like a highlight reel than an actual story. The skill tree system never gets a decent explanation and our MC keeps investing in random “skill leaves” with no noticeable effect instead of actually upgrading his abilities. There's references to training arcs and conversations that never happened...

My guess is someone went through the original, selected full chapters they deemed as not necessary, fully deleted them without adjusting and called this edited and ready for kindle.