This is getting 5 stars for how good it could be… but it’s a rough start. Somewhat unique setup to a tower climber, with a very cool MC power set – I really like the mini time loop aspect. Unfortunately this story had 1 big problem holding it back, and that’s pacing. It’s painfully slow, with maybe 1 day passing in the whole book. I get the time loop aspect will slow it down, but this stated to drag to the point of not making sense. There is almost no actual plot progress here, the whole book focuses on what others would have spent maybe the first few chapters on: the apocalypse setup, meeting the party, and entering the tower – that’s the whole book. Spoilers…… it’s stated that each floor could be a world unto itself and will take years to reach even floor 7; but only a few hours in floor 1, the races are about to open the path to floor 2. Author needs to cut down the time looping and let real time move or not dedicate multiple chapters to every reset, 7 time per day. Love everything else but if this pacing continues I won’t make it through another book.