How to get lost: a wanderers guide

Self-Published

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Description

Most people have a really hard time getting lost.

They wander the same old haunts for years, never looking over that next hill.

Luckily, I have never once known where I am!

So come my intrepid friends, sit at my fire that I might teach you the wonders of wander.

(Cover courtesy of Not_A_Hat, writer of overgrowth)

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2017
Author: reil-rhiil

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 174
Views: 345,853

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Community Reviews(10)

OdysseusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I actually found this through the random story generator, what luck!
It's an amazing, hilarious story, a few.typos and grammatical errors here and there, but they don't get in the way of the story, aren't too many anyway.
It's about a guy who's perpetually lost, story and world building is done in an offhanded way, usually mentioned only in passing. The mc is an amnesiac, so he can speak the language but he lacks alot of common sense, can't really properly relate alot of words.
The entire story is done from the perspective of his journal, so it can be a little jarring sometimes, like when something happens to him it can actually change how the chapter is written
Anyway thats it for my review, you should read it, it's awesome
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SoulSeekerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The content is unique as compared to the preset series you sometimes see on this site. Its a little bumpy but that fits with the style and theme. I love the chapters from other peoples perspectives as it provides another depth to the novel. The sporadic releases do make you cringe a little but its released often enough.
IMalinRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Please continue this. I was scrolling through the fictions when I found this story with an odd title, so i began reading it on a whim, However soon i was hooked, from the randomness of the title and beginning of the story to the strange events that followed after, I genuinely want this story to continue as its very good so far.
enkayRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
To anyone who's not yet read this novel, HURRY UP AND START!
This one my favorite novels, I absolutely love the way the author writes and how he's built the characters.
And to the author, THANK YOU SO MUCH! for writing this story, I absolutely love it.
GrimmlockRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It looks like it's on indefinate hiatus, but what there is is certainly worth a read. Taking the form of a journal, this tale is driven by a strong voice through a slow start and into a bombastic pace which it maintains throughout. A very solid (if late to arrive) supporting cast simply puts the cherry on top (Praise Julius). Despite all its over-the-top action and high high-magic, at the end of the day How to Get Lost truly feels like an actual journal kept by an admittedly dim, but loveable, lost wayfairer. Then adventurer. Then nascent godling, but who's keeping track?
norwegian manRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
fucking loved it. been looking for something like this for ages.
MadKingRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This story has a certain charm that draws you in and makes you want to keep reading. With the help of a lot of humor and fiery mayhem you get a great story of adventure and friendship that you don’t see a lot in most stories on RRL.
BullerRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
But that's fine. With the style being close to journal-formatting, I don't really see a point to be too angry about the grammar having issues. It really only adds to the feel of authenticity that this story gives off.
Characthers? Eh. They are shown off in broken parts and pieces, not really making it possible to get too good a feeling of them. I'll give this a 4/5.
danlern2Royal Road
★★★ 2.5
Im on chapter 39 and it seems that the main character will never get smarter. its annoying to read the ramblings of a mad man as he burns down the world.
MachomachoteRoyal Road
★ 0.5
This story is a frustrating jumble of half-formed ideas that goes nowhere. The author’s decision to abandon it amplifies its flaws, leaving readers with a hollow, unsatisfying experience. The style is overly casual, leaning too heavily on forced humor and irrelevant tangents, making the prose feel juvenile and unpolished. The plot is virtually nonexistent, meandering from one random event to another without tension or stakes. Chapters feel like isolated, trivial episodes—whether battling “not-nots” or discovering fire powers—none of it feels significant or memorable. Combined with the weak grammar, inconsistent sentence structures, and shallow, one-dimensional characters who lack depth or growth, the story offers little to engage readers. The brevity of the chapters further undermines the narrative, as nothing is developed enough to create immersion.
There is no effort to establish a cohesive world or build tension. The protagonist, while quippy, comes off as irritating rather than relatable, and the humor consistently misses the mark. Encounters with creatures such as “not-nots” and “Leggers” lack creativity, feeling more like placeholders than elements of a fully realized world. The narrative’s random progression makes it difficult to feel any connection to the events or their outcomes.
Adding insult to injury, the story’s abandonment ensures that even the scant potential it might have had is wasted. Without resolution, readers are left with an unfinished draft that feels like a half-hearted attempt at storytelling. Ultimately, this abandoned work is a prime example of how not to write fiction: shallow, incomplete, and wholly forgettable.