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Whatdoyoudowhenyoudon’tfitin?Edwinneverreallyfeltmanyconnectionstoother...Readmore

Whatdo youdo whenyoudon’tfitin?Edwinneverreallyfeltmanyconnectionsto otherpeople,butas a physicsstudent,thatwasfine.He didn’treallyneedit,anyway.He wascontentto peelbackthemysteriesof theuniverse…notthatthereweremanyleftto find.Modern-dayresearchwasjusttoowell-established,toowell-troddenforanysingleenthusiastto makeanysignificantheadway.Butthatdoesn’tapplyto otherworlds.NotoneswheremagicandSkillsrunrampant,wherewell-definedrolesandClassesdominatemuchof societywithlittleroomfornovelexperimentationfromitsresidents.Thatkindof worldwouldbe perfectforan overeager,newly-mintedAlchemistto makehismark.Thingsareneverthateasy,though.TheWayAheadis a veryslice-of-lifestoryfollowingthestoryof someonetryingto findhisplacein a worldthatdoesn’tknowwhatto do with him.Expectlotsof science,lotsof alchemy,a fewsarcasticquipsby theSystem,andlotsof explorationinvolvingtheworld,self-discovery,andaboveall,science.Afterall,furtherresearchis alwaysrequired.UpdatesWednesdays.Collapse

GameElements,Sci-fi,LitRPG,Magic,MaleProtagonist,Strategist,System,WeaktoStrong,Alchemy,MagicFormations,Anti-socialProtagonist,NaiveProtagonist,CharacterGrowth,WorldTravel

Quote:KuroNoxP.S.Don'tevengetmestartedonhowtrulyandutterlyunintelligentthemcis(basicallySheldonCooper.),nottomentionthesenselesslawsofthissupernation.Thisismyonlyproblemwithreadingthis.Thef#ckingchoicesmcmakesandlawsIcansayit'sidioticasthisisamedievaltimesandwithsomeinsanemindcontrollingkindaskillseachkingmighthave.

TherearebothgoodandbadtraitstothisstorythatIwouldliketodiscusshere.Firstandforemost,asummary:Thegoodtraitsarethatthesystemisunique,thecharactersaredistinct,thedialogueisthoughtandemotion-evoking,theplotisinteresting,andthenovelisenjoyabletoread(atitscore).However,thecoreissueIhavewiththisnovelisrelatedtoitslengthandformatting.Thelengthofthenovelcomparedtothedensityofeventsoccurringin-universeisfartooimbalanced.Typically,wewillhaveonethinghappen,suchasthemaincharacterbecominghungry,butwethereaderhavetogothroughatleastthreetoeightparagraphsdescribingthisonechange.Itisnotdescribedas"Hebecamehungryafterwalkingfortwodayswithoutfood."or"Hoursofstrenuoushikingovermountainsandfightingmonstersmadehimstarving."butparagraphsafterparagraphsdescribinghowhebecamehungry,whatitfeelsliketobehungry,histhoughtsonhowhefeelsnowthathe'shungry,howharrowingitwastobecomehungry,whathecoulddotonotbehungry,andthenatleastthreeseparatetheoriesonhownottostarvetodeath.Towhichhewillcatchhimselfforrambling,onlytocontinueramblingashemanagestofindsomestrangefoodandnotstarvetodeath.Itisasthoughwearereadingareal-timestreamofconsciousnessfromthispersonthanastory.Weseealmosteverydamnthoughtandidea.NowIamironicallyramblingonthistopic,butmypointstillstands.Almost30%ofeverychaptercanberemovedanditwillnotimpactclaritywhatsoever.Andontoformatting,thesehugeparagraphsofverbaldiarrheamakeitincrediblydifficulttoread.Usuallyyoucanonlyseeabouttwoorthreeparagraphsonyourscreenatoncesimplybecausetheyaresolarge.Eachsentenceisstretchedasthoughtheauthorisahighschoolstudenttryingtoget600wordsforhisessay.Andthesentencestructureisoftensoconvolutedthateachsentenceislayeredwithmeaningstothepointthatclarityissharplydecreasedandyourabilityasareaderto...well...readthesentencealsoisimpacted.Besidesthis,therearen'tmanyproblems.Itisagoodstorybesidestheconvolution,andifyouenjoyreadingtheinsaneformatting,thisisprobablyheavenforyou.P.S.Don'tevengetmestartedonhowtrulyandutterlyunintelligentthemcis(basicallySheldonCooper.),nottomentionthesenselesslawsofthissupernation.