Reborn as a Goblin

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Born into this twisted world of magic and monsters. He knows there was a life he had once, as a human.

But now he is trapped in the body of a goblin, a creature who rapes and pillages, despised by all, and rightfully so. His life is now set on a path of conflict for the very thing he is, what will he do when his human soul gets in the way of his goblin blood?

A story about identity, revenge, regret, and growth.

A bleak world of fantasy with a deep story and intricate details, he must use every tool in his hands to survive and perhaps, make a true home for himself, and anyone brave or desperate enough to join him in this bloody path of betrayal, deceit and war.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2023
Author: PenguinSam

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Rating: 3.9/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(10)

Vulgyas101Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Bruh just the first chapter is all I need to know this will be a fun read
And a wild ride hopefully it reaches a climax of grimdark epicness reading it was great and everything but I hope he becomes a goblin king and have a kingdom but that's Farfetch
BayOkuzRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Just everything about this story hitting my jams. I really liked the style that author is writing and character development is cool. I just would love to see more evil sides of our mc. If the pace chapters are coming stays the same this book will be one of the gems of the site
Galaxy876Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
NEW READERS GO READ IT! IT'S GOOD!
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Author-san, this is, I hope, a constructive review. The overall novel is wonderfully done so far. I'm interested in our MC and want to see what he does. The story part is great. The telling needs just a bit of TLC. The fight scenes and dialogue are a little rigid. We go from no dialogue to full conversation which is very jarring.
"What is your name?" is a full sentence. "Is, am, are, was" are all concepted that should be incredibly hard to convey. It would make more sense that she pointed at him and asked, "Name." and he figured out what she meant, which would better convey the sense of learning a language.
For the same reason, her offering him to stay should also be broken up. "Stop. No window, can use door. Or stay." instead of the full sentence that he shouldn't be able to understand yet.
You also would be better served breaking up the chunks of words into spaced sentences. E.g "Talk" description. Action. "Talk" action."Talk" OR
"You talk"
"I talk" instead of
"wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddsssssssssssssssssssssssssss"
[SPOILER]
For first fight scene you would do well to work on the descriptions and letting the action flow more
ChengsueyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Classic Human vs Monster Nature.
Unique power up mechanism.
A world with many wonders as there is darkness and there is a lot of darkness. Hopefully we will get a light shone on the good side of things but not likely from the current trend. Excited to see where thing will go.
ShadowOfWarRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I devoured the entire story in just three days, and now I’m sad to see it’s on a 15-month hiatus. At first, the MC is a complete fool and crybaby, he simps for every girl he sees, he is scared to kill a few people and cant accept his new life. A lot of the reviews here only focus on the beginning of the story and don’t give enough credit to its later development (usually because they didnt read far enough into the story).
The villain tag is well-deserved because, as the story progresses, especially after he joins the
orc warband
and realizes he was
betrayed
, the MC undergoes a good transformation (imo). He slowly sheds his naïve and emotional nature, evolving into the monstrous force, he is filled with hatred and i love it, this is what I had hoped to see from the beginning. The narrative doesn’t hold back on showing the harsh realities of his world and the lengths he goes to in order to survive and thrive. It’s truly great.
VeldorRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
This really does it for me. Like really does it for me. In a lot of aspects it's really good, potentially great but that's somewhat the problem. Not everything lives up to potential. The biggest glaring issue here for me is the unpredictable upload schedule. You don't know if you should drop it or not.
The story is good and some people may complain that the MC doesn't learn his lesson, which is true, but he makes the effort to. He isn't trained in politics or espionage, Heck not even fighting, in the beginning. Everything is a learning curve, he also has to break certain habits whilst trying to come to terms with what he is. His desires also get in his way without him noticing. He will hopefully get wiser.
The only real bad thing for me, again is the upload schedule and no communication from the author. I personally highly recommend this, it's not perfect but it's good. If you lack the patience to wait for new chapters then this probably isn't for you.
SusshiRollRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
Style: I don't know what they mean by style, so I am going to assume how is this different from other stories with similar plot or in similar genre. To say the least it is quite unique compare to other stories where the MC is reborn as a "monster"
Story: The story or should I say the plot is pretty meh. When the author say in his notes that it is a slow burn, oh boy it is at slow pace of slow, not just the plot is a slow burn so is the MC of the story. There is a lot of key points so far that I have read (Chapter: Horizon) where it feels wrong like the author forgot about it and only brought it back for the convenience of that part of the plot.
The MC learns from a girl he "threatened" to kill and learns that a human part of his war band is a lot smarter than he let on and is manipulating behind the scene, he plans to confront him soon. Than completely forgot about him until that character was magically brought back a couple chapters after. Than a another few chapter later, this suspicious person just magically escapes during the chaos.
Grammar: The grammar of this "novel" is pretty great. Honestly English is not my first language so I can't exactly say how solid the grammar is but for me it has little mistakes.
Character: The MC of the "novel" is honestly pretty unique, he actually feels like a human that is trapped in a goblin's body. It shows the struggle of someone trying to adapt to an entire new envirnoment in a world where he is not only one of the weakest race but also one of the most hated. It shows his struggle and morality. But that is also where the redeeming qualities end. That is the only reason why the charater score is as high as 2 stars is because of the above reasons. Now all the bad things about the MC. First, the MC does not learn from his mistakes. Second, the MC does not learn from his mistakes. Third, the MC does not learn from his mistakes. Since majority of the book is in the MC's perspective the I can't say about the other characters so the
NubiumNebuliRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
The novel is written fine, and the named characters are amazing. You can feel the personality in each and one of them.
I think I couldn't enjoy this novel properly because of Rokan [the MC]'s tormented mindset. It's fine that he feels bad about what he has to do and what he is, but he is so obsessed that it just drives the narrative down, to me. I think less whining (more subtle, or at least limited to a very few, strong bouts) would make the story flow more naturally.
I'm not confident the story will be more to my taste if I continue, so I decided to simply stop.
gordmeRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
I don't know why the writer tried to make the MC so whiny and introspection it got old fast!! He is a Goblin!! Instead of being the best he is always whining and every female he sees have to he his friend and he needs to save them!! I wasted about 2 hours on this book that I will never get back!!
Ystol's_DecreeRoyal Road
★★ 1.5
Seriously, it nothing wrong with grammar, or style. The main problem is why is he even a monster in the first place if he's going to be human in the inside... We don't like bitch made MCs . Plus i see a very bad pattern going on with the females in this story. He's basically simping on ever female he sees & not remotely acting like a intelligent goblin more like a knight in shining armor. Captain save a hoe. Whenever he throws away his morality I'll probably come back ... Probably