Celesta

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Description

A world from which magic is gone. People turned into non-humans. Destroyed civilization and an ordinary man, our contemporary, caught in an alien body by the will of either the gods or a psychic loser. What awaits him? Days in sewers, fear of not waking up in the evening, madness, which every minute erodes consciousness, fading emotions, hatred of the living...If the whole world is against you, change the rules of the game. Find true friends, build a home and make fate take over. Even if not immediately, even if slowly, like a worm, but you must move only forward.T.N.Celesta or Sprouts of Dead Worldit's Roman Artemyev's novel. The first book of the Dark Mother series.

Information

Status
Completed
Year
2022
Author
Camrad RIP

Tags

FANTASYPORTAL FANTASY / ISEKAIPOST APOCALYPTIC

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Rating
4.3/ 5.0
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38
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35,412

Chapters(40 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

  • jaredsbrorRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    First things first, I recommend you read 10-20 chapters in and see if you like it.
    Important to note, this seems like a new author writing, not a terrible author writing. There is a difference.
    Style
    Ths pov shifts in this book are abrupt and don't have any punctuation markings, making it a conscious effort to sift through them, something that is not very relaxing, especially when I read these books in my free time when I want to relax.
    The main characters name in pov shifts is constantly switching between his old name and his new name, very inconsistently. This is also related to the irrelevant gender shift that I described in my story description below.
    Story
    This is the main part that I have a problem with. Also note that although what I am going to tell you is not part of the synopsis, it's not necessarily a spoiler because it does not change the flow of the storyline in any way.
    For some reason the male main character gets brought into a female body. The confusion between his male and female identity is absolutely irrelevant to the plot line and very confusing with the POV switches.
    It does not change the way he thinks nor does it change the way he acts. It is completely irrelevant to the main plot line and only adds to confusion in the book. I don't know why there is even a gender change except maybe wish fulfillment. You could slice the gender bender nonsense out of the novel and it would barely change it.
    Character
    The characters are fine. They're not exceptionally well developed but they're understandable enough.
    Grammar
    The grammar is not perfect but it is very good.
    Overall
    This book is not a bad book at all. With more punctuation marks separating POV switches and more consistent understanding of the gender switch, this book would be much better to read, but as of right now it is definitely not a bad book.
    Give it a try for the first few chapters. If you don't like the first few chapters you probably won't like the rest.