Arachne

Self-Published

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Description

I’ve always been afraid of spiders.The scholars call it Arachnophobia.It would be wrong to call that feeling hatred.I couldn't even come close to them much less cause any kind of harm.They just utterly terrify me.However, sometimes life forces you to face your fears.Though, I would take any other option sometimes there simply is none.You can't run away from yourself.Even if eight legs carry you a lot faster than two.

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Status: Ongoing
Year: 2023
Author: expentio

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Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 360
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Community Reviews(6)

ArmitageRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I'm enjoying this so far, the trauma affects me deeply i feel our poor protagonists pain 😢 and i hope she can power through it, this story has some deep horrible trauma haha, the characters are interesting the world is fascinating and i think is more fleshed out in our beloved writers other books at the moment more as most of them are all centred in the same world of Ea but this adds some more depth and spice of it's own, the writing appears to be spotless and the grammer is clean and flows well into the mind and soul and is something that will have you hooked wanting to know what happens next. I'm looking forward to seeing more from this series when it continues 😄 🙌 big trauma powers 🔋 🙌 i give the author all the prase and support i can. Keep up the good work 👏 ❤️
NightGirlRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
First of all I should say, I don't really like it when a story hase a "Non-Human" tag but the character in it acts completely like a human. Sometimes it has to be like this because of the plot, but I not talking about that situation.
I remember one particular story where the elves were actually humans in elves' skins. So much so that I sometimes forgot they were actually elves, especially since it was a story without pictures.‌ I believe that showing the difference between us humans and them, biological advantage and disadvantage and different needs and worldviews is the charm of Non-human stories.
After all, who goes to a Non-human story to read a character who actually acts like a human, right?
And good news, this story is not like that.
Arthur is a person who knows what kind of race he writes and creates. He takes his time to tell the difference and
Also paying attention to biological behaviors that FL itself is not aware of and happens unconsciously.
It was very interesting to see how different their view of the world is from humans.
I must say I really enjoyed it. I was really craving a Slice of life story so this was refreshing.
I can't say anything about grammar, English and I are not the best of friends, yet. Anyway, the character was well made And the style was good enough to dive into. Among the few stories I've read where non-humans are non-humans, and a Slice of life story that isn't boring with family relationship. A brilliant story
NothrilRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story has an interesting premis.
A bit of body horror but also wholsomeness. Making the best out of a bad situation and overcoming your fears.
The rather static location sets the focus on the characters but as a consequence we do not learn much about the world.
I´m certain that will change as the story progresse.
I can only recomend this story, but you should be carefull if you have arachnophobia and a vivid imagination.
KsandrRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Well, it's been more than a year. The year long withdrowal is KILLING ME. I DEMAND MORE CHAPTERS!!! ... please.....
Khm, if i stop joking (though it's real long of a hiatus), the story itself was a novelty for me, but not for the author. All his(her) stories start with character loosing humanity for some external reason. There are stories about becoming something devine, worthless, being of disgust, etc. But to become the subject of own fobia... That's a first for me.
All the characters (not only "sisters") have thoughts, desires, values and, as a result, character of their own.
There are at the moment: silliness, cuddles, SPIDERS... Thousands of them..., afear of not just spiders, a pinch of wrath, and revenge enough for a flavour. There are some unsetling parts of enemies in this blend, sometimes litirary. And MC has her own (non-eightlegged?) minion. To be fair there are some depictions of saffering: most of them are in first chapters (transformation). Anything more will be to much of a spoiler; I HAVE already said too much to give 200 words.
At the moment of this review the story is still too short (<50) to be properly judged in full length.
Oh, PS: the story HAS ARACHNIDS, ARACHNOFOBIC PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO LEAVE this novel, or to read and contently leave to hospital with doctors.
Dive174Royal Road
★★★★ 3.5
At the time there is only one chapter posted. But I can already tell there is a good amount of world building that will be explored, and so far an exciting way forward for the story. The grammar itself is fine. My main problem is the stylistic choices of the author. Having the letter of the person after what they say feels weird to me and wasn't consistent, but also makes it feel more robotic. There isn't a description of how people speak, which actually stops alot of the characterization amd connection we would feel with the characters. Also, the way the chapter is structured made reading a bit weird in its own right, if it's a new sentence, it's a new line. Overall I like the start enough to keep reading and see where we go, and I recommend you give the story a crack.
KezdetRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
So far from what I've read this is a pretty decent story with a Lil girl terrified of spiders slowly accepting her fate as a new spider monster. Unlike other monster stories she's not magically transported to another world and born as a spider but instead through some mad magical spider science is transmuted and is having to fight through her primal arachnophobia as her abilities manifest one by one.
Overall the writing itself is pretty good and my only real gripe about it is the conversations, it's nice that you can generally tell who's speaking by the (n) for Neri or (k) for Koro or something, however this is a matter that can be vastly improved upon, as it stands its more like reading a script for a play than becoming immersed as the perspective semi switches between first person and third person and sometimes I'm unsure which first person it is going to as it'll be from the mc's point of view and then shift to anothers point of view. Generally this is not good for the story, and is the other thing our author can workshop to greater heights.
So yup seems like a fresh author learning to write, and theirs minor critiques that don't make the story bad and are just lessons to learn along the path of writing and I look forward to seeing how her story progresses.