Alive?

Information

Status

Completed

Year

2019

Author

E Gourmelen

• Afterword
  Jan 21, 2020
• Bonus chapter
  Jan 21, 2020
• Chapter 35
  Jan 20, 2020
• Chapter 34
  Jan 18, 2020
• Chapter 33
  Jan 17, 2020
• Chapter 32
  Jan 15, 2020
• Chapter 31
  Jan 13, 2020
• Chapter 30
  Jan 11, 2020
• Chapter 29
  Jan 9, 2020
• Chapter 28
  Jan 9, 2020
• Chapter 27
  Jan 8, 2020
• Chapter 26
  Jan 6, 2020
• Chapter 25
  Jan 5, 2020
• Chapter 24
  Jan 4, 2020
• Chapter 23
  Jan 3, 2020
• Chapter 22
  Jan 2, 2020
• Chapter 21
  Jan 1, 2020
• Chapter 20
  Dec 31, 2019
• Chapter 19
  Dec 30, 2019
• Chapter 18
  Dec 29, 2019

Reviews

Community Reviews(6)

• Wise old penguinRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The story is written in the style of a journal, with evenly spaced entries. It speeds up massively near the end (fx in the bonus chapter).
  Story is well written, consistent and it follows a single question to the very end
  Spoiler: Spoiler
  "What kind of [Redacted] made the MCs race, since they're clearly artificial?"
  There's no confusion in the story, like at all. The story is ended at an early stage, both leaving a lot up to the imagination and preserving the integrity of the universe.
  Grammar is not all that great in the unedited chapters, but he's working on it right now.
  The characters are memoreable to say the least and even adds keymords in case you forgot their names between chapters (which you normally wouldn't).
• cbwRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Idk i liked it. I liked the perspective that it had on the world. I like that it was not too dramatic. And the fights were just right. If it had a downside it would be that it was too short words s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
• malinizgeldiRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  frankly, I either read the beginning of it in the past or there was a very similar beginning in another series. Apart from that, the introduction, development and conclusion of the book are excellent. also quite satisfying for 39 episodes. I loved the book. I had some discomforts in the middle part of the book, but you don't see mc at all except for the character. The story of the book is very good. It allows you to describe what you want in a very good way and to imagine it. I definitely recommend.
• luda305Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  I don't remember reading this the first time. But the Road says i did in January 2022. And that I rated it 2 stars.
  But the algorithm brought me back. And unusually I gave it a second chance.
  It's good by Royal Road standards. Reminds me a bit of Andur. Basically, a guy from a magically advanced ancient civilization (think Atlantis) wakes up centuries after a cataclysm (tidal wave; again Atlantis) as an undead skeleton. He then goes to study the changed world, study new magics and do a little uplift. He's basically an OP mage
  Moreover the story is complete.
• M.ScoutRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  I personally find this story to be worth the read.
  While I think that there is room for more Character development, I still found myself able to understand the actions of the MC.
  His very curious nature is another plus. It also was a good idea to stay in the first-person perspective for now, because it keeps the story away from plotholes and confusing and distracting plotlines, also I like that the story is kind of written like a journal or diary it makes the characters feel more alive. (sorry for the bad pun)
  Spoiler: Spoiler
  The story: the summary that was given by the Autor is pretty good:
  In the ruins of a once glorious city, a (now undead) mage awakens.
  As the only "survivor" (well...) of the cataclysm that destroyed his entire civilization (not like they tried to survive), he’s forced to adapt. While learning the intricacies of his new body, he’ll carve out a place for himself in this foreign world. "
  I would maybe add that there is an additional part of the story (the creators) that has not been explored yet and I hope that this will be the case in the future of this story or a separate one.
  Or, maybe the Autor is going to expand on the aspect of the undead hivemind. (which would also be really interesting) . {who knows still waiting... :P}
  All in all: the grammar is not that bad (found like 3 things that bothered me. But I couldn't find them today, so I guess they were corrected) and the style of the story is neither off putting nor confusing. (so good job!)
  *The Story has been rewritten and serveral general style issues  have been resolved. *
  Spoiler: Spoiler
  *old rating*Overall 3,5 out of 5 (which is pretty good) would continue to read.
  4 out of 5  finished it, definitely worth the time
• AcerbicRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Disregarding occasional typos and grammatical errors, this is a very palatable story. The ending chapters feel  rushed, but at least we get a finale, and its not just abandoned like many other projects.
  I don't want to be excessively negative, but the novel definitely could be improved/expanded upon in many different areas.
  Spoiler: Spoiler
  Non-human lead.
  It doens't really feel "alien" enough. Really, many the MC of wuxia novels are far more "non-human" in their reactions and world view to me than the hero of this story. If the goal was to produce consistent but alien logic, i must say it was not a success.
  High fantasy.
  Vaguely so. Yes, there is a sort-of amorphous quest, magic, many races... but all of this is barely a dressing. None of the tropes of high fantasy are actually relevant and story-crucial. They are sorta there as decorations, but if this was Hard Sci-fi, nothing would change, really.
  Magic.
  Severely underdeveloped. Clearly, the author put efforts into making magic and magical research a topic to interested reader with, but it just doesn't take. Between low emotional pragmatism of the main lead, "magic advances" being a form of infodump, and the who "highly advanced magic..." fusion going on, it is just not making my heart beat faster in anticipation. We learned new words of power, woo-hoo..?
  Politics, international and local, court drama, personal drama.
  Primitive to none-existant. Queen is wise, knights are loyal, enemies are unquestionably evil, people are mostly content, everything develops according to plans, etc..
  Adventuring.
  Technically yes, but practically MC is too OP to provide any fun to the reader.
  Again, its not that the novel is bad-bad. But its like a bike with kiddy-wheels on. Yes, ridable, just not the real thing.