Monsters Dwell in Men

Information

Status

Completed

Year

2016

Author

Monsoon117

• Chapter 15: Passion
  Jan 23, 2016
• Chapter 14: Occam's Razor
  Jan 23, 2016
• Chapter 13: Betrayal and Loyalty
  Jan 22, 2016
• Chapter 12: Divergence
  Jan 21, 2016
• Chapter 11: Deceit
  Jan 21, 2016
• Chapter 10: Consolidation
  Jan 20, 2016
• Chapter 9: Home
  Jan 20, 2016
• Chapter 8: Collision
  Jan 19, 2016
• Chapter 7: Refuge
  Jan 18, 2016
• Chapter 6: Dichotomy
  Jan 17, 2016
• 5 My Madness
  Jan 17, 2016
• 4 Bedrock and Famine
  Jan 14, 2016
• 3 Oppression
  Jan 13, 2016
• 2 Subjugation
  Jan 13, 2016
• 1 Cataclysm
  Jan 12, 2016

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• rctsjRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  THIS STORY IS SIMPLY AMAZINGIm blown away, mesmerized by this poetry telling a dtory that binds the reader. Open your eyes, let the words flow in and enjoy.
• BO0KW0RMRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The reading was great I literally couldn't put it down. Although I think the synopsis could be modified to fit this some it's just the beginning and you imply/spoil a lot,at least in my opinion. But overall great read.
• BullerRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  It's a interresting story. I'll give it that. The style itself feels kinda different from the average to a strong degree. The people in the story are in-depth, with personalities that make them stand out from each other. And, most important of all, the title does not lie at all, though I am taking the men to mean humans in general. 5/5
• RocklobsterRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I’m grading this at a perfect review, because this is impressive work for a beginner. This work isn’t publishable yet, but with a little more work the author could achieve that goal.
  Style: It is impressive that he invokes a deliberate style without being a poor pastiche. Now, this doesn’t mean it is without error: the author often uses a similar sentence construction that feels repetitive after it’s used at the begging of every paragraph. The example sentence is He _____. Another beginner mistake that I see is the overuse of adverbs, which hamper some of his descriptions. Despite these issues the series remains compulsively readable. If I had to put my finger on it, the reason why it is readable is that he invokes the feelings of 1950’s era fantasy — where the authors made revamped versions of spoken myths, but still retained that mythic feel (See the Broken Sword by Paul Anderson, and LOTR)
  Story: It isn’t entirely unique, but that isn’t a bad thing. There are tropes such as dead relatives and wandering among the scary forest,  but the author employs them in such a way that it doesn’t feel like a resuscitation of moldy ideas. The story scratches the grimdark itch that I hadn’t hit in a long time.
  Grammar: this is his strongest point. I have never seen an early writer with such a strong grasp on the nuts and bolts of composition: kudos.
  Character: This section has many of the same issues as the story section.
• littleshippyRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Perfect grammar and style, but the story. they way it wraps around your mind. it will send shivers down your spine, chapter by chapter you will fall more in love until you sit by, waiting for the next release you bring you right back in.
• mihail98Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Damn, this is the real deal. It is unique, of exceptional quality and most importantly- not up its own ass. In my opinion, that is a combination so rarely seen on royal road, or any form of literature in general, that it deserves the title of true gem. It has similarities with parasyte and obviously has been inspired partly from it, but that is a very positive thing, because is does a great job of assimilating its best parts 5/5
• PotableRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This isn't going to be a long review, if a review at all. It might end up being more of how enthralled I am by this series. When I first started reading this, I was reminded of the Kingkiller Chronicles, in the sense of the main character being a musician who is incredibly talented meeting disaster in the form of losing those close to them. At first the writing style threw me off, but I quickly became enchanted by it, the manner of writing seems to fit the character, intended or not.
• WolfsnowRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  To preface this I was doing a quick read through during the night, and was sort of tired before I stopped reading around chapter 16. Also SPOILERS***.
  Lets start with the good points:
  Grammar- Author has shown to be heads above other authors on this site with his usage of the English language, and it works pretty well.
  Style- The style is something unique on this site as your only view point comes from Jack and Deluge. The way they view the world around them is quite warped and it shows in the writing. The way jack talks vs the way the normal villagers talk is another example.
  Bad points (my opinion):
  Story- The story view point only comes from Jack and Deluge, both of which are slightly deranged characters. As the story progresses they begin molding their personalities into each other more and more, and the way they handle other characters progresses as well. This is problematic for me, because Jack is way off kilter when talking to other citizens, including moments when he yells at the inn keeper for doing nothing. Later on Jack is betrayed by citizens of the town and almost killed, but why did this occur? Well to start Jack is deranged and constantly yells at others in the town because their beliefs clash, he almost beat a man to death in a betting fight, he beat a man to death at a local inn because the guy punched him, and he was taken to a local noble to be put in jail and then lies his way out of it. He acts as if his viewpoint is entirely justified during all of these exchanges, which maybe you can attribute to his age, and then is angered when the town turns on him. MY MAIN GRIPE comes from the part following this where Jack seeks refuge at the local nobles place, which as he states was his goal in becoming recognized for his musical talents. The noble ignores the fact that a formerly accused murderer comes to his doorstep citing that half the town died while he hid in a barrel from an unknown monster, and starts letting him stay in the house and teach his
• God Of The RealmsRoyal Road

  ★★★ 2.5

  Why?
  why did U have to destroy this Master piece like this?
  i have read Halfways through chapter 3 and I can't force myself to read any more and my stormach churn when I read this there is a couple of reasons:
  1. The way u write the story makes it hard to follow. It like u are missing half that is happening because of the poetic way u have written this story.
  2. The mc is not only unrealistic resistant to flames, but he is also very calm in a situation where his parents dies. I mean his first reation to his carriage just suddenly exploding in flames is to run in and save his parents? Just ignoring the flames and somehow dragging his parents out of the carriage walking through flames suffering no wounds or burns.
  3. The mc is forgiveness incarnated, I mean his parents fled from somewhere to give him freedom and on his mothers deathbed she says he should be free and live his life well. And yet the next day he is captured by slavers and being branded as a slave there by taking the freedom his parents sacrificed themselves for away from him. And he doesn't even hate them he actually seems to be getting along with them, which does not make sense si ce he is just a 12 year old boy and those people just took away what his dead parents sacrificed themselves for.
  4. When u are reading this it feels like u are reading this blind. By that I mean there is no description of his surroundings. From reading those 2 and a half chapters this is what I know about he appeance of the persons involved: dad: jet black hair mom: n/a mc: he is 12, Jase: n/a Rahuul?: n/a cavil: very thin and old. His surroundings: he is in a forest on a road. There are remains of his carriage, the slavers carriage is also on the road, there are campfires with people around, the graves of his parents.
• AresRoyal Road

  ★★ 1.5

  So the author thinks he's hot shit for using a thesaurus all the while trying to sound poetic. Everyone else is calling it a masterpiece, godly work and what not, but in truth it's comes out aesthetically awkward and choppy. lets take this paragraph from the first chapter in moment of his mother's death as an example for a moment:
  Her voice echoes through time reciting simple pleasures. Her voice enchants my memory of this cataclysm.         What was once a burned body is now a fallen angel. She spreads the wings of her voice granting this world           undeserved rapture.
  I don't even know where to begin. I mean what is the artistic license behind the whole paragraph; even more so, what is the literally device: is it an allusion to some piece that has alluded me? Is it then allegorizing to a hidden deeper connotation like slavery or some such? No, it's just unwarranted exaggerations to render ordinary affairs into flamboyant fiction to patronize himself, or well I am not sure why he does it. The author has gone so over the top with the usage of hyperbole, it is no longer just stylish musicality to create a supernatural atmosphere. There is no rhyme or logical structure to it, it's just a choppy mess that is simply over-ambitious phrases lump together.  "Her voice echoes through time" "her voice granting this world undeserving rapture" like come on, dude you aren't convincing anyone with those excessive expressions.
  I do applaud the author for at least trying, which accounts for more than 90% of the material on this website. I do hope you learn, instead of buying to the hype that you have been so readily receiving in the comments and in the actual reviews. Alas, this is the standard we have set for ourselves, so I won't be surprised to find my review at the very bottom of this section.
  Additionally, I must say, I have read the actual story beyond chapter 1, but I did find some fault with whole development. For example, the kid is being cradled and lullabied to, bu