Dear Human
Self-Published
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Description
Nial of Grennport needs to get out of town because he's killed someone in self-defense. He embarks on a pilgrimage to a magical shrine across the desert with ten other pilgrims. When people start to die, everyone suspects everyone else, and it becomes immediately clear that no one is what they claim to be.
Information
- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2021
- Author
- stephenfoster
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.8/ 5.0
- Followers
- 56
- Views
- 26,868
Chapters(44 total)
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Community Reviews(5)
- GamblekatRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0If there was ever a story on RR that qualified as a hidden gem, here it is.
Dear Human uses the structure of The Canterbury Tales to tell the story of a group of travellers on pilgrimmage to a mysterious shrine that grants visitors the answer to one question of their choice. The story is told within the context of two framing devices - Nial, an aspiring author narrating the trip in the hope of publishing his account, and Father Ori, a 'morl' who both takes part in the pilgrimmage and also comments on events many years after its publication. Each night one of the pilgrims is compelled to relate their life's story to the group. No one is who they seem, and intrigue plays out as we learn more about the characters and their connection to a recent war between humans and morls.
As I'm writing this review there are seven chapters published, and I've been very impressed by the writing so far. The episodic 'Canterbury' structure works well here, as you learn more about each character it plays into the unfolding mystery the connects them to the human-morl conflict. - VictoriousCoyoteRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0I don't really like writing reviews, I don't feel like I put enough thought in them to critique an author, but this captured me completely with its setting in a way I've only gotten from amateur writing, with a well threaded coherent plot and ending that I never get reading online.
I'm sure there were some problems that people will notice, but after seven hours i can only say It was a truly enthralling read that I couldn't put down until I was finished - airhogs550Royal Road★★★★★ 5.0How has no one found this yet?
This story surpassed my expectations. I found myself uninterested in reading this book at first, taking a glance extremely low amount of views. However, I think this fiction is one of the best novels I have read on RR. Every character in the book is well-rounded and is relatable. I feel this is one of the only RR novels I have read where every character seems to be given characterization, even if they are killed off. The arrogance and egotism of the morls are perfectly executed, and I liked how they were portrayed as being unable to understand basic human thoughts, such as not dying.
I have just finished this book and I made an account to leave this review. I feel like this story is extremely underrated and needs to be given a chance. - ducktectiveRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Most books on RR are kinda bad, but they are free and one must do something to pass time, but also, sometimes you find hidden gems, and Dear Human is such gem.
For this book, i recommend going in blind, instead of reading reviews it will make the mystery better. - obsidianblackRoyal Road★★★ 3.0I did like the world building in this book, has some unique and interesting features to it.
The characters had interesting personalities, but in my opinion were not really fleshed out all that much.
I also didn't find the ending of the book to be very satisfying. It feels like it needed a bit more story to get to the ending that it did.