The Lil Robot That Could [LitRPG Isekai Adventure]

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Description

Follow Dasher, the food delivery robot, as he fights to deliver food to hungry people, even though the journey is at times scary and perilous. Plagued with fading memories from his life before, he struggles to hold on to his humanity whilst also making sure he keeps the items entrusted to him safe until he reaches his destination.

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2022
Author: AlexaLee

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Rating: 4.7/ 5.0
Followers: 174
Views: 67,809

Chapters(32 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

AozoraxRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Short, Sweet & Heartbreaking.
Style: No criticism comes to mind, it is perfectly decent.
Grammar: I think I spotted one, single misspelling in the whole thing.
Story: Distressingly good for how short it is. So much is hinted at, the world seems alive and real.
Then it just ends.
Character: The recurring characters are likeable (safe perhaps one, though they are still enjoyable to read). Even the ones that appear only once show surprising variety and depth, and like for the story, all of them seem to have entire lives going on to which we only get to see passing glimpses of.
Overall, this is great ! Reader discretion is advised inasmuch as there are some (perfectly PG) sad elements. It is difficult to warn without spoiling, but then again this is a short one. It's not a big investment to make and it is well worth it, so just go ahead and read it !
[Filler text to reach the quota (i.e. the minimum amount of words) which are required for Advanced Reviews on Royal Road. The number being 200. Damn, still not enough. Uhhh.. Here are some pangrams: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" "Sphinx of Black Quartz, Judge My Vow". Ok is this enough yet ?]
Chaos JesterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Leave it to AlexaLee to find a way to make you feel so deeply for a robot. Take one part real world item and one part fantasy story, and The Lil Robot That Could puts you in the mind of a food delivery robot, and the difficulties that come from that job. With a tone that truly leaves you on edge about which way this story might go, Alexa finds a way to keep a reader coming back each day to find out what happens to Dasher.
The style of this story is exactly what I personally like from litrpgs. I know this isn't eveyone's opinions, but easy stats and little interruption to the narrative is a sweet spot from me. You still get a sense of what the stats are doing for the character without being bombarded with table after table. Outside of that, they story paces itself spectacularly, with each chapter a scene in and of itself. As I said before, the tone is a weird mix of hopeful and melancholic, leaving me personally on the edge of my seat as to what happens next.
The grammar, punctuation, syntax, spelling, etc is all great. The only thing that ever takes me out is discovering more words that are spelled different between UK and US English, which messes with me a lot no matter how many UK-based stories I read.
The story itself is what makes this so worth reading. Thrown directly into the narrative of a robot's pov, we go about the day with Dasher, experiencing any problems and victories alongside him. We don't need the stat increase/decrease to let us know what to feel thanks to the writing, but it does allow us to see which way the story may be trending. It's a fun little slice of life with a gray filter on it, just waiting to either fill us with joy or rip our hearts out.
Dasher is by far an amazing character, but I want to point out the beauty of the characters around him. First, there is the voice inside his head, whose job is to make sure he follows the strict rules of a delivery robot. As Dasher wants to experience the world more than within his programming, this vo
DuskinDawkRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Similar to [All the Dust that Falls: A Roomba Isekai Adventure] but very much it's own story! Preforms Low-Fantasy quite well, along with being entertaining and having a unfailable narrator! The story remains consistent with clear plot points as well, and the author is very nice! :D
Anyways, give it a read up to chap 5 at least, and enjoy!
DASHER NOOOOOOOOO THE LIL ROBOT THAT COUDLNT NOOOO MY FRIEND NOOOOOO
IM CRYING AGRESSIVELY WHY WOULD YOU HURT ME LIKE THIS AUTHOR RRAAAAAAAAH (great story tho)
Harmless SpiderRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Cruel! Cruel and unusual! Tragic tag! Didn’t read! Sadness! Why!!!
I would have taken a half a star off for the ending… but it was my fault for not reading the tags. Can I really be blamed though! The cover art looked so happy! Darn you author! Darn you for making me care! Only in jest, I don’t actually want you to be darned.
Also, to anyone reading this review, I apologize I don’t actually have much to say. I think the synopsis does a good job summarizing the story. Read it if you like sad robots.
Nadreix12Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I LOVE HIM DASHER HE IS MY PRECIOUS ROBOT BOYYYYYYY
I WISHS PEOPLE WERE NICER TO HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
D:
SPOILERS AHEAD
OH GOD THAT ENDING BROKE MY HEARRRRT, POOR DASHER D:
POOR ROBOT BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
*muffled sobbing* so sad
much depresso
espresssoooo
I HOPE THERES A SEQUEL THIS IS JUST TOO DAMN GOOD FOR ONLY 30 CHAPTERRRRRSS
no but good job author this was a good book like holy fuckaroly
cookieBRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I missed the Tragedy tag.
I was not expecting to cry over a delivery robot but here I am I guess.
Really good story that didn’t overstay its welcome. I find it funny that it’s listed as LitRPG but that’s just used to bait people. The stats could have been taken out completely and the story would have been just as good.
Wished for a better ending but such is life I guess.
wesome00Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
There's a reason the tragedy tag is the fourth tag and thus hidden, and that's cause this story will just destroy you from out of nowhere, which is reflected in the reviews from everyone who hasn't finished this saying its about a cute and adorable little robot delivering food to people.
The style of the story is amazing, kind of on the minimalistic side, but barely, and it really works, as its all from the protag's point of view.
Speaking of the protag, its a little robot that delivers groceries to people, but is actually a guy who was isekaid. Everything from his previous life has faded, and he only gets occasional fragments, only to forget those as well in short order. Because of this, the main character's world view and knowledge base are pretty small, so everything he experiences is for the first time.
The grammar and spelling are nearly perfect, I only spotted maybe one error a chapter, and even that might be wrong because I only noticed now how the author uses UK spelling from another review, and I can't remember where the errors were to check.
The story itself is short and bittersweet, I'm a big fan of systems with big mechanical details, but the more emotional based system in this was interesting. I'm still sad though
TealiciousTeaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The tags are a lie! This is a story of pure horror. What if you died tomorrow and were condenmed to be a delivery driver!? But with no holidays or breaks. Stripped of your human rights (you're also a robot btw). The horror of having no worker's protections.
So many readers misunderstand the story. They laugh at the comedy or think how cute. They don't see the truth! This is a tragedy and Alexa is an evil genius who delights in showing the torture of this poor fictional soul.
Don't be fooled by the cool blue boxes or fun storylines or the intetesting characters. It's horror, I tell! Be afraid!
If you have made it this far, I also warn you that that the writing is good. Makes use of UK grammar rules.
Update- I've finished the story. I'm not crying. You are!
WeavervaleRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Style: this is written in first person and let me tell you.. it was the right choice. 100% of the details we get from the pov reflect on the characters mental state. It's like the author really wants to go fast. And then wrote a book about wanting to help people as a rover. Nah that can't be it, can it? 5/5
CHARACTER: it's too wholesale wholesome. Like legit. I need more sadness generally but this one is very much not that so far. Dasher is our pov and he is full of needs and wants and oh the boy he is delicious. Get to your deliveries on time you cutie pie!
It's like reading and getting diabetes because the book is so sweet. 5/5
Grammar: good. The author writes in a thick irish brogue allegedly so when the page gets her work, I expected it to be far more indecipherable. It isn't, which is a good thing because it's super cute. Yes. Even the grammar is cyuuuuuute. Yes, I have problems and I am effectively an anime character. No, this really isn't about me. But you too will go "so cuuuuute" when you read. Again, diabetes in paper form. 5/5
Story: what a tale as old as time. You're probably seeing a ton of isekais where the hero is a grocery delivery robot now, due to the huge demand but let it be said that this was one of them. For certain.
RznRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Mind the tags on this one! Dasher is somehow reincarnated or at least has their consciousness put into a robot. The exact circumstances are hazy and the memories are hazy too, but Dasher tries to remember. Yet that is the problem, the sense of missing humanity. The story details several deliveries and moves at a fairly slow pace, focusing on reflecting on Dasher's self. The ending is a bit heavy.
The prose is good, and the little scenarios play out fine, my main issue is the weakness and some of the unexplained behavior that prevents the reader from really getting to the heart of the matter - the narration tends to gloss over the physical aspects besides those of the litrpg. We have a sort of chekhov's gun in the communication AI and unresolved tension in the piece too. The lingering questions exist long after the ending. This is a good story, but don't go in thinking it is just fluff.