The Law of Averages

Self-Published

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Description

What young boy doesn't crave adventure? What young man doesn't wish to be a superhero?

But time marches on, and life grows dull with responsibility. Is it any wonder that old dreams are forgotten?

Welcome to The Law of Averages: In which a man is dragged solidly out of his comfort zone. Be careful what you wish for, you never knowwhenit will come true.

This story follows Daniel Newman as he adjusts to a strange new world. One where superpowers are for sale, where heroics are frowned upon, and where life is constantly defying Daniel's expectations. Dan always thought that he was destined to be normal, but one world's normal is another world's special.

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: mcswazey

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 5,230
Views: 6,744,164

Chapters(317 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

ZexlarRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Really, really, Really excellent fiction. Love the power the logics the world dynamic and relationships. Very relatable and while humorous is not Only comedic. Has great drama and subplots that keep me reading. Really enjoy both the visualization of the powers and the character dynamics.
The Power's I especially love. I've read tons of super powered series and enjoy the unique struggles, dynamics, and logics applied. This is one where you Really embrace the out of box thinking making some minor power be Limitless! So much room for growth, adaptation, and options.
The relationships are entertaining and I love each character individually. Some side or minor characters I wasn't partial to gaining so much depth and earning a spot in my heart Each time. Even the villains are relatable and have meaning and depth behind each move. Some villains Genuinely terrifying and haunting, I wont mention them here but they're Chilling.
There's multiple chapters I laugh out loud reading till I'm crying and others have me gripping my seat in anticipation. It has it All. The main character shows so much growth, leading to so much growth and is extremely relatable.
Would love it to be a Full series. Can't wait for it to be published!!!
JeffreyXIIIRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So few stories grab me as quickly as this one. Easy recommendation to any who love super hero stories with a great sense of humor and an entertaining world. The interactions between all that characters are funny and always leaves me smiling. Jeep it up
KikanoloRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is an enjoyable story with a likable main character. It has a very interesting and well-executed take on a superhero world/powers.
The writing style is easy to follow, there are no major grammar issues, and the side/supporting characters are fun to read as well.
My only concern is that recently releases dropped from twice a week to once a week, and since chapters aren't that long, this might slow down the story.
I would strongly recommend this story, since it is well-written and has a lot of potential
(as of Chapter 68)
MezhanosRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Lets be honest here. We have all gotten bored of the typical fantasy world stories now. This story is breath of fresh air in a site chock full with either OP reincarnators or harem chasers or both.
The story follows a totally average man gets handed powers that by all definition is extroadinary and how he uses it to become extroadinary himself. It starts off slow but each arc is filled with delightful writing that makes the reader fall in love with character everytime(Looking at you Gregoir) The pacing is slow at first and it is a little hard to get into but if you make it past the first 10 chapters and are still not turned off, then it only gets better.
This has quickly become one of my new favorite novels on RRL and I wish nothing but the best for the author and this story due to how unique and engaging this new story is.
ReadingWordRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I've enjoyed this story a lot. Some of the characters have traits that are overemphasized and relationships are a bit oversimplified and romanticized. But I've enjoyed seeing the character shift in the MC. One that note, the MC is more realistic hero than most of the hero stories I've read and I've enjoyed the down-to-earth parts.
Gur_QentbaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
(As of ch 16) You should definately read this.
Enzo300Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I love this, mostly because of the switching POVs. The universe is vast and it doesn't always revolve around our mc, there are past history and old stories that the times people explain stuff isn't forced because, fittingly, he is not actually from that world. Love how the powers work, and how the characters themselves give it rules and laws to move around in. A bit sad that Champion's dead though I understand why, him being there would be a Deus ex moment and I would not like that.
I guess my only complaint is that there is a bit too much worldbuilding without much "give"... something... something like that.
PsiioniicRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Review as of CH.16:
The author leads in with a well written hook, pulling the reader into a fleshed out world. They are versed in the use of proper spelling, grammar, and literary devices. The story lacks the feel of a professionally edited serial, but does maintain a high standard grammatically. The author obviously proofreads their work for any obvious mistakes, and it shows.
The style of the story is intentionally bland and boring to start off. The author does a great job of conveying apathy via tone rather than exposition. As of chapter 16 the story is starting to pick up slightly. Daniel starts to slowly morph away from his initial average, developing nice things like opinions and a spine. That said, Daniel does come off the starting line as a truly two-dimensional character. Forget redeeming attributes or interesting quirks. Expect a total lack of substance from the main character for around the first hundred pages. Despite the negative connotations this has, in context it comes across as intentional and leaves the door wide open for plot-shaking levels of character development moving forward.
The story is enjoyable to read, despite the long windup towards primary character development. Secondary characters have depth, motive, and interesting quirks; frequently moreso than Daniel. Despite the advent of superpowers being a slight Deus Ex Author with the appropriation of "Cosmic Radiation" as a cause, the worldbuilding forms a solid backbone to an already enjoyable story.
Overall, I enjoy what has been written so far. Points off in story and character due to the issues mentioned above; however, that may change in the future depending on the direction the author develops.
I look forward to seeing more of mcswazey's great writing.
BlindmanxRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
It takes a lot for me to get excited about an alternative world story but this one is a cut above the rest.
It takes a few chapters to get going but the humor and characters are fun and make it flow.
Epicness
JaksterzooRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I will cut this review on parts and after finishing to the current completion, will rate it as a whole. Currently rating the book per chapter and how it flows with previous chapters. May contain spoilers.
Chapter1-19: Review
The book starts with our MC stumbling onto a spaceship, needing to go to the bathroom. I’m not going to lie, the specifics confused me and honesty made focusing on the story, for the most part, difficult. Not if our MC did or did not go to the bathroom but more of the abruptness. Sure, we were told that the MC is boring and that he works for a company, in a cost job with someone else. That’s it. Then, he is in a spaceship, flying through space. I was confused until the second chapter (maybe third?) because I assumed that maybe this was a novel that had space travel as something common/trivial. I’ll agree that later on it becomes apparent that no, but that confusion can easily be differentiated by one sentence of *fill in date*, our story focuses on Dan. A boring and - *fill in blank*. Or maybe describing the world a bit more. It’s just something that bugged me.
Off from the ranting, for the most part, the grammar in the novel is good enough for me. Yeah, some spelling errors, but firstly this is a free novel on royal road, secondly the errors don’t take away/impact the reading heavily if at all. Super easy to ignore and no sentences were even slightly confused. If this review was an advanced review, I’d be giving five stars or 4.5 for grammar. Now, character development
Character development is, in my opinion, extreamly focused on and tied closely with the story, more so compared to some novels I read. I’ll talk about that for the story though, later. The actual character development was well thought out. Our plain boring MC has a LOT to work on. The author basically portrayed him as one of the sins, sloth. He’s lazy, procrastinates, has/had little ambition, easily distracted, yet has a strong determination and he is on the moral ‘good’ side of