A Gentleman's Curse

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Description

Living a normal, content blue-collar life in the States, MC hadn't expected his situation to change for a long time. When his soul is stripped of his body, however, his plans were thrown out the window. Thrown into a new world with regrets and the memories of a life that is no longer his, he can either embrace this new environment of magic and monsters, striving to make a new life here using his old knowledge, or suffocate under his past.

Hey! Author here. Chapters post every other week and are anywhere from 3.5-6.5k words apiece. This'll be the first story I've ever written but I have a plot in mind and a plan in place. Just let me know if there's anything you'd like to see or if something about the grammar is bugging you. Thank you for reading!

Please keep in mind there will be some minor adjustments made to the earlier chapters as the book progresses. I'm building a story chapter by chapter, so I may/will need to go back and touch up some things.

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Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2018
Author
Vistiel

Tags

ACTIONFANTASYADVENTUREMAGICANTI-HERO LEADDRAMASLICE OF LIFEMALE LEADSECRET IDENTITYNON-HUMAN LEADREINCARNATION

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.4/ 5.0
Followers
2,591
Views
1,602,688

Chapters(90 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • Big People SchoolRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    The story is very good. I don't analyze stories so I couldn't really tell you why I like it but it is great and I always eagerly await the next chapter.
  • KorlaresRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    A very good story!
    Hope you continue and finish this amazing novel.
    Just finished arc 2 chapter 7 and it was the best chapter so far. Really hyped for the next one to come out!
    Wish you all the best Vistiel!
  • Vowron PrimeRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I really enjoyed this story - and it was the characters that did it for me. From the main to the side characters, the dialogue, characterization, and sheer emotional tension is just masterfully done. You grow with the characters as they grow, bonding with them over the long course of the story. The story takes on the challenge of handling teenage emotions - which, as we all know - can be an extremely turbulent time.
    Coupled with a story that was clearly going places, and what had been narrated thus far had me truly hooked. I do truly hope that this is picked up again one day. It'd be a true shame if it weren't!
  • dark asuraRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    Likable characters
    Good grammar
    Nice writing style
    Keep it up author
    Wish there was more chapters
    Looking forward to where this is going
  • drizzRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    An interesting story. It manages to make an overused trope unique and enjoyable to read, through excellent characters and a well-structured plot. (For RRL standards, naturally.)
    The worldbuilding is kept rather minimal, while the immediate surroundings of the MCs are described well, the world as a whole feels kind of... empty. That's okay though, as it is very clear that the focus of this novel lies elsewhere.
    ...namely, in the characters. They feel alive. They develop (at a reasonable pace). They have actual, believable interaction with each other and the world around them. It's... refreshing, really.
    One thing that I do want to note is that the female characters far outweigh the male ones (excluding the MC). And I don't mean the fact that they outnumber them, but they just seem a lot... deeper. This is especially noticeable when you compare the MCs mother with his father. Still, all points, this is a minor complaint.
    The story flows well, and time skips are placed appropriately, the MC kind of just does his thing; there's not much of a "big goal" he's working towards. That's not too much of an issue though, and it sets a rather relaxed tone for the story. By no means does that mean to imply that the story is overly lacking in action, but that's clearly a secondary focus.
    The grammar is almost flawless, but I'm super picky in that regard, so you're out of luck, I'm afraid. Occasionally tenses get mixed up, and I spotted a few typos here and there. By far not enough to break the flow, or cause too much of a distraction, but still. No full points for you. ò.ó
    I'm *this* close to adding this to my favourites, but it's just not quite there yet. This is most definitively a story I'll be following though, and I've really enjoyed reading it so far.
    Right, that's it. Written as of Arc 2, Chapter 22, and inspired by the note in said chapter, haha.
    Cheers, hope you keep going!
  • gnarlytreemanRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    More enjoyable than the rest of the batch it came up with in its timeframe on royalroad.  Has more potential. Only 1 question, when where and what is the gentlemans curse? So far it looks like a blessing in my opinion. No real curses in the story so far.
  • SiletRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    This is a review from a passionate story enthusiast. To be quite honest author, I am a bit dissapointed with how this story has been written so far. The story has barely lived up to the tags that are in the bio of this story. So far it has played out like a third rate soap opera that has constant conflicts in order to distract the readers from the flaws that are hiding in it.
    Spoiler: Spoiler
    For starters. The worldbuilding. Considered to be one of the most important aspects of a story in order to get the audience to imagine the world the MC is in. So far, you have little to no time put in this aspect. We started this story out with the picture of the MC flying towards a new planet with huge continents that are full of mystery. With 63 chapters in, and 1,048 pages, we have gotten nowhere in this aspect as we have spent all this time on the emotional aspect of what every single character feels. What is the point of writing in the amazing scene of a huge unexplored planet if we have to wait our whole lives to even get there. With how slowly the chapters are being put out, it is not unexpected if we have to wait 3 more years to even reach that level with how slowly time seems to pass in the story. Also, why would you tell us about a system in his orignal world if he won't ever bring it up in the future? Is it for the novelty of being original?
    Another problem that has been plaiging me this whole time is the way you just change some of the concepts for we preceive from characters on a whim by adding them in conveniently. Like the age of the MC. When we are introduced to the MC, he is at least above 18 years of age when he enters the body of the baby, and I can accept him being treated like a child and acting like a child even though he has the mind of an adult, but why did this particular family have to have warped sense of value when it comes to decency. We are introduced to the kiss. Alexa kisses Damien on the mouth and he doesn't tell her about why the opposite gende
  • pastey5Royal Road
    ★★★ 2.5
    I tried reading this due to Ruffwriter's mention.
    The writing style isn't the worst, but it suffers from trying to use anime/manga like expresions in text. Things like *BOOOOM* *KRRRAGFCHH*. Signs of beginner writers that try to express a wacky zaney feeling through text rather than express it through words.
    In the same respect, the logic of characters is sometimes 'silly anime' like at times with characters acting unrealistically or how you'd expect them to act in a comedy manga. Even worse is the massive jumps in reasoning the characters take in order to get where the author wants them, which is very visible early on when he's younger.
    Another thing: The author tries to make the character young early on to show how skilled he is by being able to train at 2 years old, but it's obvious the author has literally no idea how children and toddlers act or are treated. A recommendation for any author, if you haven't had a kid, had a relative with a kid you've seen frequently enough, or at least researched developmental stages of kids, then PLEASE LEAVE THIS OUT. It's so jarrying to read stories with things so blatantly wrong. It's obvious the author isn't even that comfortable with topic considering how much effort he put into mentioning the MC wasn't breast feeding.
    Finally, the author ended up defining a bunch of world plot points early on like the empire and different institutions, but then went on to have no interaction with them. It didn't really serve to teach the reader anything important, but it did limit what the story could do in future chapters. This is something a lot of low quality isekai manga do because they're in such a rush to show the reader how their story is different from the basic "rpg fantasy world isekai" mold.
    Overall the story suffers from lack of understanding on subjects and poor character interaction. But I think the author has some good potential.
    My recommendations would be to
    Write about topics after researching them. Don't use age as a way
  • PickyReaderRoyal Road
    ★ 1.0
    This novel is incredible, not only does it allow you to experience the joy of subverted expectations by having over half the tags be complete clickbait but it also allows you to develop a new found appreciation for other novels by failing to even attempt to be coherent.
    The author uses some of my favourite writing styles such as "repeat the mc learning the exact same lesson for hundreds of chapters without him learning a thing" and "watch as the protagonist gets walked all over, doesn't like it and continues to let people walk all over him"
  • CatVIRoyal Road
    ★ 1.0
    This is a very VERY bipolar thing.
    People who hate harem really hate being tricked into reading something that is obviously harem.
    23 chapters in and now my day is ruined with hours wasted.
    Please tag your novel properly.