Odyssey of Life

Self-Published

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Description

Change is inevitable, but getting transported to another world is extreme. Marin adapts to the new world she finds herself in, and carves out a small, but comfortable life for herself.

An opportunity for a richer life leads Marin to make a bad decision. Alone and destitute, Marin vows to start over right, this time. She won't let the tragedies of the past hold her back.

This is a more a slice of life story, with fantastical elements. Marin is not a superhero! She is an average human being.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2020
Author: Suzy Down

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 3.8/ 5.0
Followers: 7
Views: 5,425

Chapters(17 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

VMJaskierniaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
MC is taken into another world. But she isn't OP, she isn't a goddess. She just has to learn to live life in a way she hasn't.
This is a very comforting story. Not the content, but the way it's written reminds me of books I'd read as a kid. The main character is very sincere- her struggle and her life is right there for us to see and feel along with her. It's written in first person and it's done well.
Grammar is ok, small mistakes, but doesn't take away from the story. The flow is good, the characters are realistic and interesting to read about.
I am baffled while this isn't more well-reviewed and well-read. It's a great story- stop reading my my review and go read the story.
SomethingNewRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
Odyssey of Life is what it says it is. We follow Marin’s journey through life, and she is an average person that does not become the hero of the world. (Well, so far.)
This review is directed towards the author more than audince. Spoiler boxes are not a joke. Read the bold at the end for my overall thoughts.
I’m not sure what the point was in making this an isekai. So far, the story wouldn’t have been detracted from if Marin had been a native to the village she starts in.
Some of the reactions to events stretch my suspension of disbelief. In the beginning, Marin survives off water for two days, but the descriptions of awful hunger, weakness, and irritability aren’t present enough. Chapter 2 is a bit info dumpy, and all that info comes into play later. However, because it was woven in as needed, it can be hard to recall when it becomes relevant.
Also, what happened to her desire to go home? Is she amnesiac and I didn’t quite get that?
Some lines had me laughing, in a good way. Conversation is a tad lacking in flow. An issue I noticed was that sometimes the character’s speak using contractions, and sometimes not, which was jarring.
Marin’s actions later in the story were a bit too illogical to me. SPOILER
Spoiler: Spoiler
If she had chosen to hunt the bear, fine, but to have that preamble of her meeting the bear in peace, then her worry that she didn’t want to kill a sentient being, but she attempts to. I’d think it would be more natural if it was portrayed as an accident, where not enough information led her to make that bad choice. Or if she was greedy, she should have also been seriously desperate to go through with that choice after realizing the bear was sentient. And a reason for that desperate should have come up.
The style of writing is hurt by the use of a lot of filter words, some repetitive/redundant word choices and sentences, and a high use of ‘to be’ verbs that could be changed to a plain strong verb. Still, there were sections of prose that were lovely