Galatea: A Litrpg Story

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Quenton Keller is your average Otaku, bullied at school and unlucky in love. One day he wishes to be anyone else only to find his wish granted. Reincarnated as Briony Moray, a young noble girl in a world of ruthless nobles and unknown magic. Quenton must adjust to life as a lady, navigate deadly court politics, and master his class before doom befalls him and his new family.By Blackleaf and Guillotine-ChanAuthorship Discord: https://discord.gg/srNExMhUC9

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2022
Author: Guillotine-Chan

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Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
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ZenobiaTayRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Slow built, but well built.
Story - The plot is fun. There's not much action yet, but our MC clearly wants to be something more, so action might just come later. It's old victorianish style with high society rules and drama that would be expected in this type of society. There are mentions of monsters and perhaps magic but we haven't seen much of it yet. The MC is trying to build themselves up all while making friends, improving their image and bonding with their siblings. The gaming system likes giving the MC a hard time.
Character - The characters are beautifully written. They're each unique and have their own traits. The interaction between them flows well and you get a clear image of who each person is and how they feel about those around them. The dialogue sometimes feels stiff, but I wrote that off because it's 'expected' for characters to talk formally in the era that the story is based in.
Style - The style is fine. Not very descriptive, but written well enough that it doesn't matter as much. It's clearly the author's style preference. You get dragged into the story, nevertheless.
grammar - No complaints, nothing that takes away from the reading.
ArmorienRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Having recently finished a Jane Austen novel, I suppose it only makes sense that I swerve to RR to find something to sublimate the hole left. So, where do I begin?
Style: The style itself while nothing extremely special, or meta, or ground-breaking is still very good and suits to the story well. The dialogue in particular manages to capture to some degree what one might expect of the setting and is executed to a high standard. In terms of prose, I think the only thing that's lacking is mayhaps more environmental imagery and descriptions of character's facial features, which are two very minor nitpicks I have.
The LitRPG elements are also non-intrusive and work quite well and (as per my preference) does not take up too much importance and appear between every line. In terms of the LitRPG elements however, I find them a tad lacking, as though I'm presented with information like (Endurance goes up by one), I'm never quite sure what they amount to and find it a bit arbitrary.
Story: The story is more then I expected. A lot of these type of stories I find, tend to fall into the same slog of having a standard LitRPG plot with the MC just discovering a way to escape from home and grind monsters, but it isn't really that way in this case. Here, there is actually a semblance of political drama so far, and wider implications at the family's status within society.
Character: The MC is something. I think they're alright, and certainly not horrible, as in just another self-insert. They seem to view their new body as another character other then themselves which is quite interesting, and they have quite amusing motives in wanting to become a hero and slay dragons and whatnot, that I feel could really lead to something bigger. Overall though, I would say they are alright so far, and not too amazing. The other characters on the other hand, seem to have sufficient depth, and through the limited screentime they've had, have managed to demonstrate traits beyond just superficial exagge
luda305Royal Road
★★★★ 3.5
I was thinking a long time about what to write here. So long in fact that I thougth I had written a review, but apparently did not. So, I have to draw a bit on my memories... which means this ended up being very short.
The story was okay. I did not expect it to be a period drama, which is what it is. Vaguely Victorian England type thing. Like Bridgerton or perhaps Pride and Prejudice. There's hints that it might transition to action/adventure, but there's also hints that that is being subverted and that the protagonist will stay in the noble/ruling class drama-intrigue thing.
That said, the writing was pretty good. It just was a very different story than I expected.
The System likes to screw with the protagonist.