I Do Not Want To Do This

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Description

It's the Sixth Age. Heroes and quests are a thing of the past. The world has been civilized and tamed, and that's exactly how Brad likes it. He's just graduated and landed a job at a prestigious magical R&D firm. Life is good, except for a heavy load of student debt to dig himself out from under, a still-fresh breakup, and moving across the Empire to a town where he doesn't know anyone in order to take the new job.

All he wants to do is impress his coworkers and the new boss, get his career going, and establish a life for himself. He certainly wants nothing to do with adventuring or heroics. But when fragments of a past Age intrude on his orderly life, he may well find that what he wants matters less to the world than he'd like it to...

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2022
Author: Anthony Peers

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Rating: 4.7/ 5.0
Followers: 68
Views: 41,167

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Community Reviews(9)

AbookbutlerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A fun, well-written sorry about a reluctant young hero who would rather be living an ordinary, maybe even technical and boring, life.
He gets pulled into events first by coworkers, then it starts to seem like deities, fate, and the universes are practicing their curveballs... directly at him.
I'm really enjoying the book(written up to book 1 epilogue as of today), and it seems like many aspects of Brad's world have only been touched on so far. Looking forward to steadily learning more.
Pickle HurlantRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The world is changing and Harry Potter gotta find an office job and pay his rent. He can burn his toast with a dragon's breath and do the laundry with a magic spell, yet his car need gas.
This si a funny setp, including vibrant characters and a unique world building. The prose is classic, and few mistakes could be found. The rythm is balanced, which allow the reader to binge read the first chapters and jump into the world pretty quickly.
An interesting idea turned into a very enjoyable story.
ArcanaVitaeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story captures the vibe of what if a Dungeons and Dragons World was moved over to the modern age. I initially got Eberron vibes from this story before realizing that this story was it's own creature. Where Eberron is post World War 2 this story is reminiscent of current times.
Brad is just a dude who is trying to live his life in a way that's morally good and will fulfill him. And that mundanity really grounded the story super well, sure there may be non humans, magic and actual factual Gods in the story but people are still people.
People needs to eat and pay their taxes while figuring out what the hell they're doing with their lives. Sure there is political nonsense going on that Brad gets caught up in but the man is just trying to live his life and there's something really interesting about that.
constantineRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story seems promising, and judging from his previous work this story will be awesome! I like the style of the author. Defenitly following this one. My advice give it a try, it wont dissapoint. (English aint my first language so sorry for my bad grammar) If you have heard of The Tales of Paul Twister.
AlsoJohnRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The central character is the narrator. He tells the story in the sequence it occurs with only an occasional "if I had known" foreshadowing. This is done with exceptional skill. The store delves as deeply into the history of a complex world and its development into a "scientific" approach to magic as it climbs into moral and social philosophy based on traditional D&D style alignments. Our "hero" an enchantment engineer also dungeon delves and tower climbs in his journey to discover WTF and the eternal "why me"
Banner CaygeonRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
The story is about a recent grad who takes a job at a large megacorp. Think Tesla, but instead of batteries, the cars run on magic. There the MC meets a motley crew of co-workers and the world starts to unfold around him.
Grammar Score: There were a few issues there, but nothing jarring. Could easily be cleaned up into a 5/5.
Style Score: This is a break with the regular fare and it does it well. It's a really neat perspective to take, of a regular 9-5er in a magic-laden realm. The author does this quite well and it's fun to play in this world.
Story Score: The story takes a little bit to get going, but it's really quite a non-issue. The world-building, banter with co-workers, chores/errands etc are all really fun to explore so it doesn't feel at all like something is missing. Evenutally the dungeons come up and things start to progress but it was fun just hanging out. Kind of like doing a bunch of side-quests in a game before you start doing the heady stuff.
Character Score: This (so far, through chapter 8) is a light piece and the characters are fun and have tons of zippy dialogue. I'll keep reading and find out if there's more but so far they feel like functional and believable characters, even if not entirely deep at this point.
All in all, this isn't a deep epic (or at least not yet) but it is a ton of fun, quirky, light, enjoyable and thoroughly entertaining!
OlivebirdyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Lovely setting. Magitech modern, just a normal guy in a normal tech company, just that it's working on runes instead of circuits. Dungeon delving instead of paintball. Going to church, but feeling awkward when it comes to paladins doing missionary outreach. Talking to the boss about the inherent political issues of being a dragon in modern society.
All this is the nice, peaceful slice of life with the backdrop of the democratic empire, for years a place that Good and Evil factions could coexist, ominously creaking.
woseRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I am not much of a fan of fantasy and magitech settings (especially corporate ones) usually are a turn off for me. Thankfully, that's not the case here: the author does a good job of integrating the magic with the world, making it more than just "Flintstones with magic Missiles" for lack of a better term.
I would have personally preferred to have seen him keep up the corporate setting and keep it from turning into a fantasy adventure but hey, I am sure I am in the minority. In any case, this was a fun read for me!
NatarajaRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
The society is interesting and well developed. A mix between magic, corporation and royalty, it has a lot of potential. Unfortunately there is no real plot and the characters lack personnality.
- Style & Grammar
This is very well written, no grammar, syntax nor style issues. The situations are described very clearly. The layout is good which makes the text pleasant to read even if some dialogues could be better highlighted. However, English is not my native language, so I may have missed some things...
- Story
I really like the world building, a modern society but with magic instead of technology, they have their version of the internet etc. You can project yourself into it but at the same time it's a change of scenery, perfect! The descriptions are sometimes a bit long and disconnected from what's going on, I would have liked more space to be given to the action. It would have been more catchy. There is no real plot connected to the MC which is the big weakness of the fiction.
- Character
The MC doesn't really have any remarkable characteristics, be it qualities, flaws, interesting past, emotions that bother on him, or even a goal (beyond the boring one of succeeding in his career). These aspects should be developed! Same thing for the secondary characters.