Oliver's Wishes
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My name is Oliver Pettini, and I am the owner of the most dangerous technological artifact in existence, or maybe it's magical, I haven't figured that part out yet.Last week I had an IQ so low that I sometimes forgot how to get home, and could barely stumble through sentences. This week I am the owner of the most advanced space station in the known universe and I wield powers that can alter reality itself. If I have the energy that my power is dependent upon... You see I get more energy every day, it's a set amount. I can stockpile it or burn it all up on one giant "upgrade" as I like to call it. This power comes from one of the wishes I made, yes, on a magical genie's lamp. I know that sounds crazy.So what do a Viking woman from 800AD, a U.S. Army combat veteran, and a fat gaming nerd have in common? Well, they're my team, and if I can save up enough energy I can use my new power to give them superpowers of their own. That's the plan at least. The problem with my plan is that I have some shadow organization looking for me. They'll kill me, my family, my friends, and everyone I have ever loved to get the lamp. What do they want? As far as I can tell they want to rewrite our universe into some kind of communist paradise where freewill comes second to safety and the government.I have to find some way to keep the lamp from the organization going after it that involves more than just hiding up in my space station. I refuse to be a hermit coward. I also have an ingrained need to help people, and now I have the power to do that. I have more resources at my disposal than any law enforcement agency on earth, and a team of people willing to help me.I want to be a hero, but I have no idea what I'm doing. Did I mention I was a barely functioning idiot last week?P.S. I'll be posting new content every other day.I've taken "The Pledge" which I'm sure will make a lot of you happy. It basically means I promise to finish any story I start within a timely manner. You can learn more about ithere.
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- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2018
- Author
- CoryGaffner
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- Rating
- 4.0/ 5.0
- Followers
- 229
- Views
- 18,706
Chapters(5 total)
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Community Reviews(10)
- viking_powerRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0This left me wanting more. Looking forward to the next chapter.
- ClayM8Royal Road★★★★★ 5.0The story is a true work of art, a fine story to read and enjoy! The plotline is setup well, the characters are divine, well written, and very enjoyable. After reading one full chapter of the book, i had already wanted more. As you read the book you will dwell into and allloving story with an amazing plotline! I assure you, you won't have a single boring moment as you read the book, please, take you're time and enjoy it!
Sincerely, Clay - HeartbreakidRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Always raising up the bar! Keep it going you'll be a great writter.
- Slither_ManRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0I haven't read something this original since this book that I believe was called "Take the Body and Give Me the Rest". Either way it's well written and something very new. I'm not a fan of gamelit but the way this author does it is very easy to digest.
- Austin_VoigtRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0A Brilliant work of Fiction, The Characters are believable and Lovable; causing The Reader to be absorbed into the Text. Oliver's Wishes is a splendid choice for Readers alike, with a utterly Perfect Dose of Action and Adventure. Looking forward to future chapters in this Trawling Adventure.
~Austin Voigt - JimboooooRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0this book is amazing!
- Owen PRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0this book is very interesting and i cannot put it down. It seems as if alot of hard work was put into it.
- ProtonManRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Needs more character interaction so I have to give you a 4.5 out of 5, but other than that it is perfect!
- sseagleRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5Should I keep reading in installments or just wait to buy the book? It is a great premise, I look forward to finishing it.
- HorstRoyal Road★★★ 2.5Review after Epilogue of Book 1
THE WHOLE REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS
So the idea of this book is great and the first 10ish chapters really made me look forward to the rest of the story and right then i would've given the story a solid 4.
But now i've read the rest of Book 1 and i have to say that somewhere along the line the story lost me.
To get this out of the way the grammar is excellent for RRL and the style is about average for an experienced author.
The characters in this book aren't that generic in general terms when it comes to "superhero" stories, atleast the MC is a refreshing new template that the author builds upon. The rest of the main cast isn't really new ( with the exception of Astrid in the beginning ) but the author manages to give them a little twist to make the characters interesting enough. Although i have to point out that by the end of book 1 the characters lost a lot of their appeal to me.
Sadly the character development is quite flat in most cases if existent at all and that becomes apparent in the later half of the book, where the only character that actually develops is our MC and even his development isn't done well in my opinion.
My main gripe with the character development is the lack of depth to their development, the characters do get over their issues and develop socially and emotionally but all those developments feel shallow and barely scratch the surface of what i would think of as the complexity of a humans mentality.
Another point that irks me is that somehow the characters throw common sense out of the windows halfway into the story like inviting people onto their spacestation and stuff, that is just not what you do as a thinking person.
Now the story is what i really don't like for a couple of reasons.
For starters i have to point out that the story progresses way too fast in the last third of the book, given the time the author took to describe events and interactions in the first 2/3 of the book, the events that take place in