Semi-Powerful Underling

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Uploads on hold until I return to the book later this yearSupervillain lackey Quincy Whistlewood has got two powers. One of them is his attempt at humor and charisma, and the other is to break reality itself. And yet he's still considered the weakest and wimpiest villain at Stocklord's illegal company of evil. He doesn't mind, but when his old 'friend' Sal decides to take a job at the company, he knows his life about to spiral.Join Quincy and his hopeless group of semi-powerful friends as they try not to die at the hands of the greatest (and 100% corrupt) heroes on the planet, The Ultrahuman Force, in this comedy + action + drama masterpiece of literature that you musn't miss because I say so!

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: penove

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Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 44
Views: 35,048

Chapters(37 total)

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Community Reviews(8)

BullerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
And damn it, do I like it. Not every day do you get this kind of perspective with super-humans. Like, it just feels like they have everyday problems but exaggerated to the point where it just cant be real(that sentence didn't make sense but the story doesn't either so we're even now).
Great stuff. Read it. Now. 5/5
ObreezyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Okay I got to say I'm in. This is a great story for the chapters so far. There were two or so parts that I had to read over to understand who was talking ir what the author was trying to say but other than that this is great. I do wonder what powers does the male lead have we don't know yet but can't wait to see what it is. Please keep up the great work author this is great
Arthur-67Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Review from chapter7-8, so I can't speak for the quality past this point but from here I am confident in making this review and once I have some more free time I will likely pick up from where I left off as the story is of high quality, well written and generally quite good
Thoughts and notes I made during reading
A few rare sentences need a little reword for clarity- an example-‘ got ripped from my father’s arms the moment they discovered I had powers, along with my sister. We were a year apart, and only fourteen when it happened.’- little unclear, were they taken a year apart, aged a year apart.
‘High heels very cloppy across the tiles' this line is also a little janky
However, apart from these the grammar, spelling and punctuation was all quite good and I very rarely spotted any mistakes so great work in that aspect.
I've never really been a fan of all caps for emphasis/shouting, probably the biggest thing that brings me out of a story but this could just be a personal preference however.
Style- the story is first person and past tense. It is very consistent, well written, enjoyable and generally nice to read. It is a little more flamboyant than the usual as it wants that humour aspect to the story. The pov switches were also very fluent and natural, which is another thing the author has done well.
The name Ultrahuman force is quite a cool name and i like the authors creativity. Its a shame the acronym TUHF is not quite a good, it doesn't quite have the flow, id like to see which is a shame as the name is good. – im a member of the TUHF sounds a bit weird compared to the smoothness of other acronyms WHO, WWF etc. But there's not really much the author can do about that. Just UHF seems better to me' the UHF is here has a nicer ring to it than TUHF is here, might just be a personal preference though.
Might also be worth referring to it as its full name a little at the start just to get it ingrained in the readers head a little first.
The story mostly follows Quinc
AzurathRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Alright, I think this story is great, maybe not what I usually read but it's good nonetheless. I was quite confused with whose POV it was, and some sentences were a little wonky, but it was quite interesting to read. Maybe I am just bad at reading but anyway, I enjoyed this.
auramasdaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
the story of a super accountant who work for an evil organization, well not so evil the boss is still trying to get the right gist for his evil joke, and what happen in his life .
The story so far is good, with a little cliché here and there like the story of Bluejay, but the characters are real enaugh and there isn't exageration or plot hole. I wait for the developement
Sake VisionRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Early review time wooo woo(I still read more than any other reviewer so headpatt me for that)
...ok, so here's the deal.
The grammar is pretty good. In fact, from my pov it's perfect, but my first language is not english. It's not even my second language. So don't take my word on it! But didn't notice any glaring mistakes in tenses, spelling or punctuation.
Also, the clarity is A+, there wasn't a single sentence I had to re-read to understand what is going on, which is not something I can say about most webnovels, and reading the entire thing was very smooth and pleasant. In fact, since it's so smoothly written, I can just...probably...eventually...read all of it even though...
....the story and the characters aren't to my liking.
Yep, said that. There, I said that!
Also, this review is written in- dare I say- a snarky style that aims to emulate the style this novel is written in. I know, I'm such an unoriginal edgelord. But basically, this novel reads like that.
*blah blah blah* narrator breaks the 4th wall and inserts some pop culture meta reference *blah blah back to action*.
Do you like that? I kinda like that tbh. Hence style gets 4 stars from me.
BUT. I gotta say, that some scenes were meant to be emotional, and the constant snarky delivery and jokes kinda ruined the impact.
But maybe my perception is wrong and they weren't meant to be emotional after all. Whatever.
Ok, back to the elephant in the room.
The story and the characters. I know this work isn't meant to be 100% serious, I am aware. Except when it is. And it doesn't work out very well.
As long as it's just the mc and his totally not gay love interest Sal and cute and beautiful sister Selene hanging around and doing stupid shit, breaking some cliches and some jaws, it's fun. Combined with easy to read grammar and snarky style it's like eating popcorn with coca-cola.
But that doesn't make them particularly likeable, and the plot is super simplistic. There are some hints at deeper conspiracy going on, b
scostRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
First of all, someone needs to come up with a catchy shorthand version of I'm a semi-powerful underling to a sociopathic supervillain. I'm thinking Semi-P or maybe just Underling - needs some workshopping.
Underling delivers a very deliberate and unique comedic voice through its narration. The comedy is mainly delivered through the snarky commentary from the various point of view characters. This will probably be a sticking point for a lot of readers as there's a deliberate lightness of tone and a level of 'cheesiness' that may not work for some people. There were a few times that it came together and made me laugh, but a lot fell flat or had a stilted delivery. A lot of the time, this adds to Qunicy's character, which works pretty well.
The main concern is that the prose has a consistent problem with awkward delivery. This story would probably benefit from a line-by-line edit to smooth out the prose and tighten up the delivery.
The characters that have been introduced have a decent chemistry when they get going. They're additionally held up by strong 'character design' and interesting powers. I especially like the golden skeleton villain boss Stocklord, it's a unique design and adds to the humour of the story.
There is a consistent problem however with character voice. While each character has their own personality, their character voice is always fairly similar - has the same snarky voice with the same phrasing. It's to the point that I got mixed up half way through the chapter as to who was the POV character. This problem gets remedied a little as the story progresses, as the characters grow into themselves.
Overall, I quite like the humour of the story when it all works. However, it could really benefit from a second draft to correct grammar and sharpen the prose.
As a final side note, 'TUHF' should really be 'The UHF'. Unless the intention is for the acronym to be read as 'tough', in which case I'll allow it.
MideanonRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
Vast majority of jokes are about how terrible life is. Majority of them do not land. This was the least amusing "comedy" i think i ever read.
The MC is powerless despite being called a super (at least they haven't used any powers yet). It feels like they have barely any agency in this story.
Grammar and style is fine, but honestly the contents of the story leave a lot to be desired.