Only I Am A Reader

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Description

Leo Lock, a reading addict with the ability to truly 'read' books, never really fit in his boring 'normal' world. However, everything changed when an unknown voice found its way to his head!

Fainting only to find himself in the body of acharacter from a fantasy novel he once read upon waking up, Leo barely processed his new reality before he was thrown into another whirlpool.

[ Role: Reader ]

[ Target: Reach the Epilogue. ]

The only lead he had about his 'transmigration' didn't speak much! Even the character he took over already had a foot in the coffin! How was he supposed to survive that long? Why did he have to become the protagonist's brother?!

Moreover, what was this Personal Book supposed to be? Reading Attributes? Points?

Follow Leo as he experiences the true life of a reader in a fantasy book, facing expected challenges, and encountering all kinds of 'new'... Would he manage to go back and find out the reason behind his 'transmigration'? Was that even his purpose? Or was this nothing but the start of a much bigger change beyond the scope of his understanding...?

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Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2022
Author: Lightning Asura

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Rating: 3.9/ 5.0
Followers: 117
Views: 74,657

Chapters(67 total)

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ExBlazERoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
A story in which the MC is transmigrated with a weird system and has the necessary knowledge and abilities to logically exploit the plot workings with future plot knowledge and modern scientific/fictional knowledge.
The story is basically set up in a way that the only 'cheat' our MC has is his knowledge of all the books and stories he's read.(besides the customary speed-learning abiility). And his job is to navigate between the death flags using that knowledge.
To be fair, the story hasn't progressed far enough to know what else he has to do besides that.
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STYLE 4/5 --- Opinion placed under spoiler for neatness. No actual spoilers in this one.
A generally crisp style of literature. Some drawbacks are that the MC's introspection and mental planning sections are drawn out a bit too much. Sometimes, it feels like a single chapter is split into two separate ones because of how little happens in each individually.
Another drawback could be the conversation sections. Essentially, it doesn't flow well. It's a sort of 'say one line, explain the motive behind that line, reply one line, explain the motive behind THAT line, and repeat process'. The explanation part varies in size but still gets in the way. It seems ok the first few times, but eventually I ended up with a 'get on with it already' feeling in regards to the conversation.
Conversely, there's not much info-dumping. There is some, of course, but well within tolerable.
STORY 5/5
Story is compelling if slow. The system the MC has in this story is not the typical growth helping one (though it does do that too). Unlike the usual 'help user grow stronger faster' system, this one directly has something to do with the transmigration itself and has some as of yet unrevealed overarching goal.
It has also subtly implied that MC's current transmigration won't be the only one. Of course, I could be wrong.
GRAMMAR 4.5/5
Not perfect grammar but it's in that ballpark. Minor typos at worst.
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