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ManalithTheDefiant t1_j6okbi0 wrote

I have this one in my Audible wishlist. Are you recommending it because it's good, or because it's a good example of poor execution?

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Mr_tarrasque t1_j6om5x0 wrote

I've personally only heard good things about the wandering inn. Uh just be warned it's like one of the longest web novels ever made.

The person who writes it is like a crazy person who writes 5,000 words a day, and is told in a scope of characters rivaled by very few. I think the story broke 10,000,000 words not too long ago. (That was the right number of zeros.) For example the entire harry potter series is a million words.

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thedankening t1_j6os7rg wrote

I've heard of this, but after reading some snippets here and there it struck as something equivalent to mid 00s bad self insert fanfiction. But maybe I just got unlucky. With 10 million words there's bound to be some absolutely dreadful passages no matter how good the overall project is.

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ManalithTheDefiant t1_j6p117x wrote

That's how I feel about He Who Fights with Monsters and Defiance of the Fall. Overall story - good. Certain chapters here and there - author is clearly projecting something and it detracts from the story

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Mr_tarrasque t1_j6p4hln wrote

I've never read it. So I can't speak to it's quality If I were to recommend any long form webnovels it would have to be practical guide to evil, mother of learning, and a hesitant recommendation for the gods are bastards as it seems to be a forever hiatus.

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slvrcrystalc t1_j6pfuol wrote

Book one: its okay for an isakai, and more realistic and fraught than most of them. I put it down twice and only went back to it because i heard it gets better and i had nothing else to do.

Book two: it gets better. Life gets better for the main characters. Interesting things happen.

Book three: book two, but better. This one might have the long interlude about the two Horns of Hammerhead University life. I skipped that. It's very skippable.

Book n..n(last)-2: really very good.

Book n(last)-1, n(last): This is the best thing I have ever read. Every chapter is a heartpounder, with unexpected twists and insights that leave me wanting more while still being a pretty self contained short story of their own. The scope of the story has slowly grown to incorporate the whole world, politics and significant events abound.

Ive never seen such a significant increase in story telling ability in an author.

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