Charlotte Powers: Diary of a Would-Be Superhero

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Description

The journal of a girl who thinks she knows. (Spoiler: She does not know.)

"...an odd combination of stream-of-conscious anxieties and high-flying save-the-world goals written by an overzealous, naïve teenaged girl in her wristwatch computer diary."-readers are better at describing stories than the writers who wrote them

"When it's over you look up: the world looks the same, but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days."-bit OTT but I'll take it

"...everything cannot just be good and then be even more good, in this story, right?"-100% accurate assessment

"...the plot was bland and the character uninteresting. It was just a very dull read. I cannot recommend this book to anyone."-oh well can't win them all

Discord for discussion. Complain about Charlotte's nonsense! Ship the characters! Do a thing!

Now entering the second arc, Power Play. Things are getting serious. We're heading towards something important. Charlotte is still largely clueless. But she is trying so hard.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: BJKWhite

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 45
Views: 96,231

Chapters(106 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

Un pwasson volantRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Damn, I should read seinens...
Well, I liked my read and I'm just an immature and casual reader, and I like your work, so I'll just give it a five stars~
Firstly, I like the MC, or more like her mindset.
She experienced hardship, but survived them, and she found some good.
And she's being a proper hero trying to fight evil~
Just a personnal opinion, but I think I'd like her to really get what it really is to be a hero.
But I think as well, everything cannot just be good and then be even more good, in this story, right ?~
I don't like sadness...
hellicRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
First things first, this whole story is written from the perspective of a fifteen-year-old girl through her journal entries. I find it very creative and the voice of the character definitively shines through, but I can see how it can be a major turn-off.
Give the first chapter or two a try and if you don't mind reading a very realistic diary of a teenager, then I think you'll enjoy reading about Charlotte, her powers, her family and friends, and her adventures in the next 460 pages.
Plot summary: Our main narrator, Charlotte Powers, is the daughter of two former superheroes in a ficitional world where the Golden Age of heroes and villains has passed. She also has powers and has been training her whole life to be a superhero but the poor girl is incredibly, incredibly sheltered. This story is basically Charlotte experiencing the "real world" for the first time.
Note, the first arc reads more like a mystery than a superhero fic. The second arc fits a more classic superhero setting but unfortunately the story has not gotten an update in three years at the time of this review and the last chapter ended on a major cliffhanger.
Style: I like the diary-style of storytelling and it's very creative and convincing, fake technical issues and all. However, it is not for everyone.
Grammar: Pretty much perfect. There are parts where the reader is blasted by Charlotte's unfiltered train of thought but they are always very understandable.
Story: The pacing is on the slower side but the plot always moves along. Like I mentioned above, the first part is a slower burn mystery with a side of school drama but it quickly picks up at the climax and into the second arc. But I do have to dock a star because this fic dies just as things are heating up and some very essential questions are about to be answered.
Character: I really like Charlotte and she feels very authentic with major strengths and weaknesses. There's a significant reveal near the end of the existing chapters that is essentia