Tales of an Unlikely Wizard (Isekai LitRPG)🌟

Information

Status

Cancelled

Year

2021

Author

CookieCrumble

• 1.42
  Aug 22, 2021
• 1.41
  Aug 17, 2021
• 1.40
  Aug 17, 2021
• 1.39
  Aug 10, 2021
• 1.38
  Aug 10, 2021
• 1.37
  Aug 6, 2021
• 1.36
  Aug 1, 2021
• 1.35
  Jul 28, 2021
• 1.34 — WL/AR
  Jul 24, 2021
• 1.33 — WL/AR
  Jul 19, 2021
• 1.32 — CL
  Jul 15, 2021
• 1.31 — WL/AR
  Jul 11, 2021
• 1.30 — WL/AR
  Jul 9, 2021
• 1.29
  Jul 3, 2021
• 1.28
  Jun 28, 2021
• 1.27 — WL/C
  Jun 24, 2021
• 1.26 — WL/C
  Jun 19, 2021
• 1.25 — WL/R
  Jun 18, 2021
• 1.24 — WL/R
  Jun 14, 2021
• 1.23
  Jun 12, 2021

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• KevinADavisRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Read the first 6 chapters. Intriguing start with a solid introduction Euca. The writer’s voice is clear right from the onslaught.
  Story: The narrative moves quickly to action letting the stakes grow quickly in the second chapter. There could be more visual components to help the setting, but the action and internal dialogue leads us quickly along.
  Style: Writing comes through somewhat omniscient, works well for this story. It deepens the character by mixing internal narration with a wider world view, or at least a wider view of Euca. The lack of dialogue tags made it difficult, but the general gist of the situations is clear. The pace is quick and lively, to quote “slow walk is dangerous.”
  Grammar: I'm not skilled enough to identify the actual issues. There did seem to be places that would work better grammatically.
  Characters: Euca is a passionate, quirky, and opinionated character which bodes well for developing empathy and interest in his situation. Even just a simple bath made me empathize with his plight. I appreciate that we know he wants to go home, it gives promise in this genre.
  Overall, a good read. The movement into system pages comes quick in the story even as he explores his items. “Boop.” Little seems to stop or slow the protagonist.
• WeavervaleRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Story 5/5
  I'll sum up 1.01. A hypothermic man wanders the wilderness.
  Not taking off points here. I love science. I like the premise.
  Character 5/5
  He's a survivalist? Or he's motivated to survive? I don't know why he wants to live, but it's a thing. Not taking off points prematurely.
  Grammar 5/5
  Surprisingly not an issue.
  Style 4.5/5
  A lot of blocky paragraphs that could use room to breathe. Also I'm not sure if we're in first, third, second or omni a lot in the beginning.
  Here is how I plan out plotting:
  ----Scene/sequel thingie to plan out plots:
  POINT OF VIEW:
  GOAL:
  CONFLICT:
  SETBACK:
  Sequel 1) EMOTIONAL REACTION:
  2) REVIEW, LOGIC, & REASON:
  3) ANTICIPATION:
  4) CHOICE:
  I could tell you that it was third person, but also I could tell you that this author probably writes that same way that they talk.
  Sylistically it reminds me of an early atmosphere album in that there's no chorus or refrain and it seems to keep going places, almost in a way that makes me think that the author is a pantser.
  Also good on the author to allow the suggest edits, I've got too much on my plate to do line edits but
  .... if I didn't I would go ham on this.
  My main gripe here is that there is a lot of telling, and I have no idea of what is going on outside of the MCs mind. In the first passage, it's a lot of this is how he thinks, but since it's somewhat omniscient I'm like huh.
  I think that this would benefit from a third person tight POV pass.
  Also in another book the author wrote "the blone" instead of she or Lexy a lot. That irritated me, like putting someone into hey they are only blonde. Here, I'm like what is this guys name come on.
  I think that the writing is a bit dense because of this critique, and I highly suggest.. letting the page breathe.
• Liam L NoahRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I like this novel. Even though it's an isekai litrpg, it doesn't boggle the reader with excessive status / skill screen. It gave just enough to give the game-feel going while maintaining the story through a strong narrative of the MC.
  The MC also not generic, he's a scientist/researcher something, transported into another world and react accordingly. Don't except super confident/super strong MC from the start, it's slow (very slow) but the MC slowly grows over time.
• WilberforceRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Isekai?
  I'll preface this review by saying that my overall score is based on both the book and the author. Yes, the author. They were brave enough to try a very difficult writing style. I mean, it's not so often that you see something like this.
  Story: MC finds himself in the wilderness and is saved by strangers. It's the standard isekai but I feel like the style has made it less... conspicuous? Even the top stories on the site use the same beginning - transported to another world and survival in the wilderness. So there's no problem with it. But for some reason it reads a bit difficult.
  Style: that's actually my biggest concern. This novel is a good example of how style can make a novel. Sometimes even the story and the grammar all depend on the style. The inner monologue is heavy and I believe the usual reader on this site isn't used to it. You can still make it exceptional by doing a few revisions.
  Grammar: good and readable but not perfect. There are some issues which can also be related to the style.
  Characters: Euca is behaving as expected. He's getting to know his environment slowly. I don't think the few characters he meets with already are meant to be long term, but who knows.
  Overall I would recommend this story. The style is not for everyone, but if you can get past that then you'll have a fun time here.
• DrundlsRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  The author needs an editor.
  This story is awesome because it has excellent thought process storytelling. I'm an analytical person, and I love it when the main characters thought process can be told and also be relatable and interesting. So 5 stars for that. 5 stars for style.
  But, I assume this author needs to work on their English, or needs an editor that can rephrase things into more comprehensible English, because the way some of these ideas are put together, are confusing and I miss things, because of the bad grammar.
  But, they have excellent metaphors, which draw me back in. So 2 out of 5 for grammar.
  The story is fine, I like the metaphors and thought process part of the storytelling, more than the larger plot lines. The larger plot lines seem standard isekai tropes. It's really the thought process, and way that the author shows us how much effort the characters go through to accomplish their goals, that makes this story good.
  So 4/5 on story.
  The main character, is to me relatable, probably because I'm analytical and think too much. But I got thrown off when the author started on side characters. That and the bad grammar. Personally I would prefer more of the main characters point of view, but after I skimmed through a lot of the side characters story, I enjoyed the conclusion, where they talked to the guardian girl to buy the potion. And I get why the lead up to that makes that more tense, funnier, and better, but it was hard to get through because of the grammar and because I was annoyed that I wasn't reading about the main character.
  So 5/5 on the main characters thought process.
  4/5 because I want more main character, and less of these other characters, but maybe I'm just impatient...
  I give this a 4.5 out of 5 for myself, but more of a 2/5 for the average internet troll, because I think they'll get turned off by the grammar, and I like the different phrasing and metaphor and I enjoy working out what it means, but most people won't I don't think.
  Anyways,
• LikoPilioRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  I actually found this story by accident on the latest update page. The cover is kinda cute. A boy in a cup with tag slice of life. Sound like a wholesome kind of story to me. So I say, why not?
  And did it turn dark fast.
  By the chapter ten the MC has already experience near death experience, getting scammed, scammed the scammer back, and in the middle of the whole thing found out that he got this amazing cheat of using so much magic by just pressing a skill button. Great right? No. Because he's not interested at all about magic AT ALL.
  I mean, how?
  You got a freaking magic dude.
  Instead, his cautious, reserved, second-guessing personality demand that everything and everyone is perfectly safe for him. He refused to adventure (which still make sense, not everyone cut for hacking-slashing in the good ol' dungeon), he ask his the merchant guild to have three month trial job period for his servant (I'm not reading novel for reexperienceing my contract signing, dude), but the most unbelievable thing that the man got freaking biohazard when summoning water. WATER!
  FREAKING. WATER.
  He got this jumpsuit, the gloves, the mask, everything you saw the doctors got in COVID containment room. He's the most pessimistic downer that waste magic! Come on dude, it's magic! It's COOL.
  /rant
  Next, the grammar and the style. Well, this is kinda mixed bag. Typo almost nonexistent and the tense is pretty consistent. So it's readable. However half of the stories kinda written in poetic way? I don't really get it, but some of the sentences have this kind of rhyme or purposefully missing punctuation. I like it, but maybe not for everyone.
  For the story, on the earlier synopsis (it changed now) the author said it's slow-paced, and yeah I agreed there's not much of an action scene, I meant the author had like one chapter only describing how the character walk from town gate to the inn. That's kinda over the top for me. However the plot like the synopsis said also only slowly unfurled. No infodum
• Username4816Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  I really enjoy this story. I get excited whenever a new chapter comes out. While the first few chapters were difficult to read I was pulled in shortly after with a unique plot and a very scientific minded protagonist who does his best to make the most of his situation and in the process rediscovers secrets that were lost to time.
  My only issues are the difficulty I sometimes have figuring out what happened and some minor spelling and grammar issues.
• JonsoonRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  Style: This is the thing that stands out the most about this story. The style is very unique and is something I'm personally not used to. It gradually became more and more normal/balanced, but the beginning felt like I was reading a diary. There wasn't any external character description or environmental descrition, it was all abstract introspection. Which isn't nessecarily a bad thing, I imagine plenty people would like it. But I have to admit, I'd personally prefer more of a balance. I've read a few novels that fill entire chapters with introspection, but they're still able to remain grounded by occasionally showing that character doing something amid the introspection, which is something I'd prefer. I'm not sure if that'd be the case for most readers.
  However, one of the issues with tons of introspection is that the introspection is dry and info-dumpy, which I wouldn't say is the case for this story at all. You've done a good job of filling the introspection with personality and occasionally humour.
  I wasn't fond of the lack of dialogue tags in this one. Usually I'm fine with it because due to context and the way the characters are speaking I'm able to figure out who's saying what, for example in the Wandering Inn I never have any difficulty when it comes to figuring out whose saying what. But in this I had to re-read sentences a few times to figure who was saying what. I'm not sure if that's to do with the grammar, which I'll go into later, or because of the similar way in which the characters speak and lack of context building, but I'd reccomend writing in the occasional X said to make things clearer.
  There was also an issue when it came to seperating dialogue into paragraphs. According to my understanding it works like the following:
  "AAAAAAAA."
  "BBBBBBB."
  That implies that who said "AAAAA" is different from who said "BBBBBB".
  "AAAAAAAA.
  "BBBBBBBB."
  This implies that who said "AAAAA" is the same as the person who said "BBBBB".
  You generally did the former durin
• TurtleKingRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  Overall Score - I love the concept of this story. I love how positive and interesting the characters are, although I think this story struggles a little bit with awkward sentence structure and some grammar mistakes.
  Style Score - I love the author's style. You feel like she is creating a unique story and world that people definitely could grow attached to. The author really will have something \worthwhile, if a few adjustments could be made in order to create some clarity on what is going on and what the motives of the characters are.
  Grammar Score - This is something that could be improved quite easily, and have a drastic effect on the quality of the story. By removing the misspellings and rearranging awkward prose, the author would really have something with this story. This is the biggest thing holding this story back.
  Story Score - The story is good, although parts do confuse me. I think this goes back to having clearer grammar. With clearer grammar, I would definitely bump up this score.
  Character Score - The characters in this story are very likable. They're funny; they're fun. Maybe more explanation behind what the characters are thinking would be helpful. But I feel as though, the characters in this story are the authors's strength.
• AngaramwritesRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  This review is part of a review swap with the author and my knowledge of the story is only up to chapter eight so everything I said is in relation to those first 10k and a bit words.
  Style:
  Even though I got lost due to reasons I shall visit later, I quite enjoyed the presentation. Written in the classical limited third person I felt right at home and the use of various metaphors and imagery brought up some pretty interesting and lively pictures to my head.
  Story:
  The story is a portal fantasy that throws the protagonist into a low-fantasy world, which he comes to realize is kinda close to a game after he discovers his stat screen in an inn. So far the plot is still building up to a slow start and most enjoyment lies in the character and his view of the world.
  Grammar:
  Grammar and all it entails is certainly not my forte, but it has to be said that this novel needs work in that regard. Sentences are sometimes unfinished, words wrong, hard to follow and odd. Which sadly takes away from some of the pictures and emotions that would be that much more vibrant and striking with  more conscise prose.
  Character:
  Now this is where most of my enjoyment came from for now. The Protagonist feels unique in his worldview and a lot of words are put into his inner workings. And he has a lot of inner workings going on all the time. Since a story lives by its characters, especially in my personal opinion, this is the biggest plus in my book. As for the side-characters, there weren't many important ones so far, guards, helpful caravaneers, inn-keepers, or so I think because they already vanished to the back of my head.
  Closing thoughts:
  I really think the story has potential and the author a really unique voice, but that voice needs some polishing to really shine through.