Once More

Self-Published

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Description

"Trouble is brewing, the world of Karridor is hurtling toward an inevitable doom, and no matter how long I ignore it nobody else seems willing to fix it!"

Follow the lazy and capricious "Goddess" Alexandria as she struggles to find someone who can solve the big problems so she doesn't have to. After all Alexandria knows involving herself with the affairs of the outside world is a losing proposition that always ends in heartbreak, it's a lesson she's learned again and again, but maybe it's time to learn it once more?

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a/n: project mostly dead, sorry folks

*cover commisioned fromJuan Miguel- thanks so much!

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2017
Author: sinkingship

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 836
Views: 352,943

Chapters(41 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

haikuotiankongRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love the main character and her side kicks. The thoughts of the main character are funny and consistent. Knowing how she thinks adds to the flavor. She's complicated -- not really good but also not evil. I would like to see more views from other characters but I understand the third person limited perspective.
The world and the story is unique compared to a lot of other fiction here. I like the fact that you built up a world where the races have to work together to save the world. It's much more intriguing than a battle against an evil overlord or demons. Now with the recent addition of two more servants, I can't wait to see what happens next!
shachloRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Simply the best in active ranking. Dont see any flaws at all. It's like Overlord with a bit simplified style (not like it's something bad). For people who are not fond of female mc - give it a try anyway, worth it.
Characters are consistent and juicy, pace is even, story goes forward smoothly and not too predictable, overall it's done just right. Don't know about grammar part much - i'm not really good at english
SPOILER ALERT
Story is about very powerfull demonnes who are awoken because world is crumbling, and she is unable to sleep anymore. She is woken just to find that her nation is no more and she is one of two remaining people of her kind, so she goes to journey.
deadshift2010Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story is truly exception, a real gem in Royal road. The story is well written and is neither rushed nor to slow. It provides enough content to keep me interested and waiting for the next chapter without starving me of it or drowning me in it. It truly deserves to be read, and as soon as you get more chapters, I expect this story to quickly rise into one of the top stories here.
Jason07Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love character development so far! A bit of lazy bad@ss meets Alucard, in the best possible way. The narration is excellent, the author is true to keeping things in close 3rd person, and the side characters are handled deftly and well, helping to develop the plot nicely.
Highly recommended read!
BlazingSeraphRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I really enjoyed reading this story.
Style: The way it was written wasn't amazing, but wasn't bad either.
Story: I really enjoy the world building and having the MC be the demon goddess basically, is super fun.
Grammar: Near perfect.
Character: I really like the characters, especially the MC. She is acting exactly as I hoped she would and it's a nice change of perspective to your typical hero perspective.
Elias BlackbirdRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Everyone that enjoys a powerful and smart MC and a well written story is going to enjoy this.
The style is not really my usual thing but well executed and with a good structure behind it.
I will update this review as I continue reading this story, so far I enjoyed it.
MaromarRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
The Unbound, beings corrupted by a mana imbalance are making the world inhospitable, humans, angels and intelligent creatures in general are being massacred by increasingly powerful, seemingly inexhaustible horrors, containment lines are being drawn further and further back by the year.
Who, in this time of desperation, is the most qualified to beat an emergent extinction event back into the depths of myth and nightmare? Who has the knowledge, station, and raw power to save the lives of literally everyone?
An extremely unmotivated Demon Lord who seems to only care for the contagion’s ability to disturb her sleep. Sinkingship’s world of Once More appears to be thoroughly shafted, for Alexandria wishes to plop back down on her throne with as little effort as possible expended, even if it means prolonging the suffering of the more short-lived races.
Rich in humor, both dark and character based, this adventure fantasy nonetheless manages to touch on themes such as the effects of power, culture, and hearts scarred by a history of constant disappointment and emotional trauma.
At once, the text reveals an elevated, some would say heavy, form of prose that lends itself well to the descriptive and introspective nature of the story. The thing doesn’t look like a flower when you turn your reading device sideways, though. The style may alienate readers used to club-against-the-brain writing where a bare minimum is given without much exposition existing in the same room as action and dialogue. The pacing does “suffer” a bit for it, but the trade off in a well-established tone of devil-may-care levity and in some cases, forlornness that keeps readers thinking for a long time.
There are, however, instances where stylistic choices get in the way. Take the interludes, for example. Some of them rehash events, in whole or in part, already displayed from the perspective of another character. While very good at showing internal motivations and differences in worldviews, it feels unneces
Hydrangea WineRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
This review contains minor spoilers.
Overall this was an amazing and entertaining story. I recommended anyone tired of reading stories full of errors on this site to read a few chapters of Once More to see if it interests them. Although my review has some criticism, please still check out the story.
Stylistically, Once More is written in first person and follows the point of view of – for the most part – a single character. I am not a fan of this. It limits the story too much, and if the reader becomes somewhat tired of that character’s point of view, they cannot look forward to reading through a different character. Although I didn’t mind seeing the world through Alexandria, I did find it a bit boring to be limited to her apathetic point of view. Personally, I would have more enjoyed reading the point of view of other characters on what Alexandria is doing and let them try to understand her intentions. Variety in this regard would have been a boon to Once More and allow the sinkingship to flesh out the characters to a greater extent.
The grammar of the story is fine overall. I am late reviewing the story, as it has been on hiatus for over a year now, but it appears the story has undergone some revisions biased on the comments of kind site users. Overall, besides leaving out quotes to end speaking paragraphs, and one typo I spotted at some point, the story’s grammar far exceeds the average found on this site. Although not really grammar, the word flow in this story is good as well. Sometimes stories on this site have such horrible word flow that I cannot read past the first chapter. In Once More though, I can assure any potential reader that they will not encounter this problem.
The story has a lot of promise, even though it only feels like it is just beginning. There are many plot points that can be explored that I would excitingly read about. First, I believe there is something more to the corruption than what Alexandria is aware of. I may be reading too much into
wayfarerRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
Quite an interesting setting the story starts in, following an OP mc that is capable of wiping the field but unwilling to act due to the troubles.
Although it is a bit weird to read about the mc insisting she doesn't care, yet she obviously does while being passive-aggresive about not caring. Not sure if it is intentional on the author's part, but it does add a unique flavour to the story.
No training from weak to strong trope, or the amazing op-ness like onepunch man nor the lazy king. Climax building is quite weak, though the plot does hint at greater possibilities. Characters aren't very interesting nor relatable for now, with a passive-aggresive mc and worshipful/fearful everyone else, but does seem to have some possible growths and some lesbian romance
LednacekRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
read up to chapter 5. the story didn't interest me at all. it lacks any sort of development that would want me read further