A Black Market LitRPG.

As the title says, I think this is a fantastically written story, but probably not one I'll continue to follow.  I was really impressed with a lot of the elements of the writing.  The story follows a logical progression with a nice balance of build up and action, the characters are interesting with realistic motivations, given the story setting, and the grammar is good.  The style is what both makes it and breaks it, for me. 

There's a lot that I like about it, and I feel like the author is quite skilled.  There's a slowly accumulating dribble of information that I really appreciate.  The author doesn't smack you in the face with a lot of exposition about the character and his back story right out of the gate.  Instead, we find things out bit by bit over the course of many chapters. We find out he was a crime lord, then we find out a tiny fragment about how he died, then a hint that there was a betrayal, then another hint that continues building up the picture of his past life puzzle piece by puzzle piece.  The setting he's been reincarnated into seems to be building up the same way.  We're introduced to the neighborhood, then the district, then the city, and then we start getting fragments of history and international politics...  The information only comes out as it's actually relevant and as a reader, it makes me feel engaged and interested every time I "manage" to catch another hint and add another piece to the mental model of the world that I'm putting together.

On the other hand, I have to admit that I did not take the content warnings seriously when I started reading this story.  Most of the stories that I've read that tag for gore and/or traumatizing content are, in my opinion, pretty laughable for what they consider potentially traumatizing or triggering.  Likewise, most "villainous" MCs are not terribly villainous.  So yeah, I've started taking a lot of those warnings pretty lightly.  This story is not like that.  This story has moments that are truly dark and brutal, with descriptions of violence that I find both realistic and vicerally disturbing.  They are extremely well written scenes, so well written that they make me physically uncomfortable from the mental images they paint.  I'm not taking any points off my rating for this though; the author is delivering exactly what he advertised and delivering it well.  I'm just not sure that I can take it.  So my advice for others is to take a look at the content warnings, and then give it a try if you're interested in exploring this genuinely dark and disturbing dipiction of the criminal underworld.

If you like economic progression and crafting, read this! This story will perfectly scratch your OP MC "rags to riches" itch. This is the first time I've seen that combined with a true Villian MC which is awesome! However, it has issues that I'll note below so I can't give it an overall 5 star rating.

Style: Fast-paced and direct. There isn't a ton of imagery or world building. Words aren't being wasted on pointless dramatization. The dialogue tags are smooth. Minus the grammar, I have no issue being immersed in the writing. For an OP MC story, I think the style is near perfect.

Story: This is the economic progression of a magitech gang. What more could you ask for? 😍 The business decisions make sense. The marketplace responses are reasonable, however, they definitely aren't optimal. Oh, and there's crafting! My only critique is that the author could take more time to add greater detail to the financials. However, I'd rather get more chaps 🤷.

Character: The MC is well depicted as a sociopathic gang leader business man. Also, the MC is a bit carucaturized, but it's not bothersome. However, the supporting characters are too simple for my liking. I don't need fully developed side characters, but I would like it if they could reason to a greater extent.

Grammar: There are issues. However, I don't care about them enough to ask the author to add editing to their process. I'd rather just get more chaps. 

Now, read the damn story yourself! 

I very much enjoy this story, and the weak-to-strong, team-building protagonist set up is popular for a reason. The only major downside, to me, is that the characters feel a bit two-dimensional.

-Style and Grammar: There are a few noticeable errors, but they don't cause confusion, and the style seems to work well for the story.

-Story: Weak-to-strong story in a magical sci-fi setting with noble and common factions. It's not an uncommon setup, but the premise and situation are unique enough that it doesn't feel recycled.

-Characters: This is the story's weakest point. The MC is a bit flat, in that he seems like an idealized alpha-male.sociopath. Never makes mistakes, always has everything planned out, and he never panics or shows empathy except as deception/manipulation. That said, the MC is an evil crime lord from another world, so pehaps that's just how he is supposed to be. Side characters will naturally be a bit less fleshed out than the MC, but this story suffers from a phenomenon you see in a lot of wish-fulfillment stories where the MC will help a character once and then the character willingly gives up everything important in their life to become the MC's devout worshiper with unquestioning obedience.

I am pretty biased but I've always loved the villian MC. The smooth criminal. The man that's evil yet you want to win. And that's exactly what you get in this story. As others have said, economics and crafting work well, especially when combined with the main character. It really itches that number go up feeling we all like to indulge in. Definitely recommend giving it a read.

Black Market hit the road running, not a slow moment. It's all meat and no fillers. It's about how one man kick-starts his puny street gang into a Business empire and more.

The characters are exciting. I mean, everybody have Alvin in their life. He’s the one who’ll bite the dust. We sympathize for him, but don’t want to get caught anywhere near him. So imagine the good feel when we saw Kyle rising up with cold hard determination and boy how he delivers with tons of big-brain moments. 

Story is Black Market’s selling point. This is the return of the good old mafia classic. A ruthless businessman starting their journey from nothing but the clothes on their back and a set of hard knuckles. Then it snowballs out of control, from just youngsters, thugs, and street goons, into an elite mega corpo level.

The style is nothing but excellent. Perfecto. Love those status boxes. I thought it gonna be repetitive, but man, I’m sold. I mean, give me more and you won’t see me complaining. 

Grammar? I hardly found anything big. Just some typo and small things. It's smooth to read. This guy got better English than me tho.

Overall, this story is lit, Lit! Nuff said. I highly recommend Black Market to enjoy who enjoys Isekai and got tired of the usual search-your-identity trope. Here, we got a Godfather incarnate, running the mafia from the get-go. Expect tons of guilty pleasure. That's what convince me to finally register just to send my best wishes, Good Job Mr writer. Looking forward for the next chapter. 

Story is pretty to good to start with, experienced high level crime lord is isekaied to a world with a system. The LITRPG elements in this story feel a bit hollow, characters seems to be strong based on knowledge and power rather than levels or skills like most system based settings. Which in this situation is totally fine, given that the planning, strategy and business acumen of the MC should be and is the driving force of this story. So far it has been interesting and exciting. Seeing the MC use the system to uncover potential sources of income is a good start. Be warned the MC is a brutal street lord not some random homeboy. Having said all that the chapters are pretty solid inidividually not excessively short except at the beginning. Definitely give it a try. 

Man I just love when the main character is on the more villainous side of things. I've been playing a game called City of Gangsters and this seems to be vying to scratch that same itch. Story is well written so far, and while I'm not so grammatically inclined everything seems to flow together smoothly. Not much to say after only 3 chapters, but I'm personally excited to keep up with this story. Also, did I mention purple boxes? Purple. Boxes. My favorite color popping in every now and again to deliver me some savory stats? Yes please. Nothing to lose by taking a peek and seeing if the writing tickles your fancy.

A Black Market LitRPG is an overall great story.  I found it very easy to become immersed in the story and to want to read more chapters of it.

Good grammar, good setting, great plot. Characterization is reasonable. The main downside, if you can call it that, is a complete lack of morality. Not one person I've seen so far in the story is a good person. The main character Kyle is perhaps the most evil of them all, or perhaps just the most effective.

Kyle dies and gets reincarnated into another body and another universe with very different laws and a System, for him but not for most other people. 

Kyle is not confused. He does not hesitate. Kyle instantly seeks to seize control of his situation and get benefits for himself, and he does so in the most expendient and bloody way possible.

From then on, armed with all the knowledge and skills of his former lifetime, Kyle works towards his usual goal - ownership and domination of all he surveys. 

Three chapters in and the MC has already achieved more then most do in half an arc, despite that the story does not feel rushed at all. 

The grammar is really solid and everything is pointing to this being an excellent work going forward. 

Excited to see where this progresses. 

The premise, setting, system, plot, and main character are all acceptable to good. Meaning there aren't any glaring problems that should pull you out of the story in the previous categories. That said, the dialog can be rather mediocre to poor throughout the story. Lots of instances of characters saying things to each other out load that they are already aware of for the readers sake. A lot of the in fight dialog feels like it's trying to hard and comes off as larpy.