Magitech Awakenings

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2019

Author

Nightdrift

• Chapter 8 - Awakening
  Jul 9, 2019
• Chapter 7 - A Dwarf's Dawn
  Jun 28, 2019
• Chapter 6.5- The Tin Cans of Nolusburg
  Jul 9, 2019
• Interlude 2 - A Life Sentence From Birth
  Jul 4, 2019
• Interlude 1 - Guppy's Story time
  Jun 29, 2019
• Chapter 6 - Unlimited Power 3
  Jul 8, 2019
• Chapter 5 - Unlimited Power 2
  Jul 5, 2019
• Chapter 4 - Unlimited Power
  Jul 5, 2019
• Chapter 3 - A Normal Day 2
  Jun 27, 2019
• Chapter 2 - A Normal Day
  Jun 27, 2019
• Chapter 1 - Memories of Pain
  Jun 27, 2019
• Reference Chapter 2 - Common Races and Beasts of the Terrapian World - A beginners guide
  Jun 29, 2019
• Reference Chapter 1 - A Brief History of the Terrapian World
  Jun 28, 2019
• Prologue
  Jun 26, 2019

Reviews

Community Reviews(6)

• DradixxRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Having now read up to chapter 15, I'm editing the review with my latest thoughts.
  TLDR, give it a try, you'll get hooked
  At chapter 4 its off to a pretty good start. Nothing to say about grammar. I didn't see any fault. 5/5 -- Same as of chapter 15.
  Style wise its pretty good. The phrasing isn't too simple although I do usually like it a bit more researched. Maybe also a bit more description, of the surroundings for example. 4.25/5 -- This actually gets much better latter in the story: 5/5, nothing else to say.
  Story is interesting and original. The narrative goes back and forth in time but does it in an way that's easy to understand. At chapter 4 the world is still being built so I can't talk about the story's triggering event -- But at chapter 15 I can, and boy does it start with a boom.
  The characters are believable until now. They actually feel a bit too normal (except one). Usually MC's have a trait that's overly exagerated, but not here, or at least not at the moment. 4.5/5 -- At chapter 15, characters got some depth, although the MC sometimes doesn't think very far ahead, but I'll cut her some slack, she's only a kid.... which actually makes it more believable.
  In summary, a pretty very good story which I will definitely follow. It deserves a good 5/5! Thanks and keep the good work up!
• Eternal Dreamer 401Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  I've read up to chapter 41.1 now, though I'm not sure if the post will say so since I read the novel before even making this account. I made this account just so I could make the review lol.
  I have to say, I enjoy this a lot. An immediate plus for me is the grammar and flow of the story. I don't know too much on "proper" grammer and the finer details but I definitely am able to read this smoothly and immerse myself into the world around each character. There were only a few obvious typos in the first some half chapters I read (I'll try and find them later, for now though I'm just going to keep writing this review), but nothing to criticise harshly over.
  Normally a story with multiple POVs makes it incredibly confusing for me, but you made each of your characters worthwhile and interesting for me to remember. I also loved noticing the casual mentions of details surrounding one character, only to realise how close they are to another character and dying to find out if they would clash or interact, or getting excited when two characters finally did meet.
  The plot is definitely slow, but that actually helped me since I could immerse myself into the story better. I'm in no rush to see any specific part, and I'm enjoying each perspective while trying to understand the complex world building you've set up.
  For a first time trying to write a fantasy fiction, I think you're off to a great start. I don't normally do reviews, since I'm nowhere near the type to criticize another's work (for intents good or bad), but I felt a need to give a simple positive review for this story since I enjoyed it so much. Keep up the good work!
• catbearpenguinRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Well worth a read especially with the 40 odd chapters now up and listed. has been a delight to read and cant wait for the next chapter fix. Its rare to find a story with decent world building and well written characters but they manage it well.
• ZethuronRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  This was a nice read, enjoyed reading about Guppy and her adventures, even if so short so far.
  Characters are well done, not exaggerated, but nothing expectional in the end, im liking them however.
  Well thought out world, with an sort of extensive backstory that has been carefully planned. Good races with their own quirks and cultures. I feel like it could still be done beter, but its early in the story and theres so much more that could be shown.
  The plot so far has been sort of original, but nothing expectional, im still interested in how it will develop, could still become a good and fun one.
  This story however has some problems.
  First is grammar, overall that has been fine, but the flaws do show at time, the spelling used in this story is very good, with only a couple of small mistakes. However puncuation is a problem in this story along with usage of capitalization to a lesser degree. This may seem problematic, but its sort of easy to fix with a big editing round. But then theres the issue of wording used in this story, and thats going to require a lot of effort to fix.
  The style used in this story is sort of problematic in some ways. Overall its fine, the author has a good gasp on pacing, can strike a balance between story elements, but i feel like worldbuilding could be handled better than it currently is. The problem here is that there are messed up paragraphs throughout the story, especially in relation to dialogues. This is related to the earlier noted puncuation problem.
  If those flaws are fixed, this could actually be a great story. It currently has a lot of promise, and i hope the author can capitalize on that promise.
  Good story for those who are interested in a new Fantasy one to read, even if it doenst have to be excellent.
• jonnnneyRoyal Road

  ★★★ 3.0

  Reminds me of all the failed movie universes in recent years. So much focus on building a complex world and a dense cast of characters with long back stories and so little focus on telling a coherent and entertaining story. There are about 10-12 chapters of good story mixed in with the first 40 or so chapters Available. Add in a few really smart and many really dumb characters and you get a slog that might be worth it.
• luda305Royal Road

  ★★★ 3.0

  This is an interesting idea. An apprentice in a magitech society on magical decline gets caught in a work accident and fuses her soul with a mythical dragon. Shenanigans ensue.
  I don't know when a reader would actually get to read that story though.
  For this review, I very much want to emphasize just how little plot there is and how buried it is in the worldbuilding.
  Prologue: This is very good; ~10 years before present, a bedtime story framing worldbuilding.
  A reference chapter you can skip
  Another reference chapter you can skip
  Chapter 1: Five minutes of waking up and 90% reminiscing
  Chapter 2: Waking her siblings up and buying breakfast
  Chapter 3: 70% flashback and then walking into her workplace
  Chapter 4: A lot of exposition and a hint of the power solution
  Chapter 5: Fire up the machine
  Chapter 6: The machine explodes, a dragon shows up, and they soul bond
  Interlude 1: Flashback filler with the protagonist
  Interlude 2: Filler with someone else
  Chapter 6.5: An interlude by any other name
  Chapter 7: Another flashback filler of someone meeting the protagonist
  Chapter 8: Guppy sorts through her memories and, at the end, the dragon tells her to wake up
  This is a bit of a problem. The whole plot hook doesn't even occur until chapter 6, which is the 9th "entry" or however you call it. And then, there are four entries of filler, and frankly the 5th entry after that is still filler, which presumably the protagonist waking up in the entry after that. Which means, in a story where the premise is the protagonist has a magical accident, she doesn't wake up from the accident until the 15th entry.
  On top of that, even the chapters that move the plot forward are drowing in exposition and backstory.  I had to choke down Chapter 1 just to get through the damn thing, which ultimately was just
  her waking up.
  Whether you frame the issue as one of style or one of story, it's just not a story I can recommend, unless you're interested in a fantasy encylopedia or fantasy almanac.