The Remara Phenomenon

Self-Published

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Description

An heirloom statue comes to life. A molten lady shows up in the fireplace of an abandoned shack. An oddly glowing woman walks up to a market stall and rattles off a three minute string of sentences she believes to be a conversation. No one quite knows what to do about the Remara phenomenon, least of all Remara herself, but one thing is clear: Remara is everywhere.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2023
Author: hecallsmehischild

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 22
Views: 11,726

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Community Reviews(2)

yy8erigRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is a fascinating series with complex characters and the ever-present Remara.
I should note that this series focuses on details.
Style:
The style of this series is unique. In contrast with the traditional approach to web novels, where a chapter is uploaded after another, usually linked by cliffhangers, this series focuses on completely distinct arcs, generally under 10 chapters long. I'm pretty sure that even if each arc is read independently, it would still be a decent read.
The wording is a bit verbose. However, the focus on details helps me better visualize the story. In addition, attention is paid to the characters' speech and behavior, making each seem significantly more lifelike.
Story:
The story follows the people who encounter Remara. They face their challenges, and Remara helps them directly or indirectly. Being amnesiac sapient molten glass proves challenging for Remara, but she still succeeds in finding friends in strange places. The stories are often dark, but the writer uses disturbing elements well, making each arc more interesting. The story is undoubtedly good but doesn't stand out compared to the other three factors.
Grammar:
Some speeches are intentionally miswritten to try to display their way of speaking. I don't recall any grammar errors, and thus, the grammar is excellent.
There are generally two versions, unedited and edited. However, that is a bit misleading. The quality of an unedited chapter is already excellent, and an edited one is more of a light rewrite that smooths the arc out and resolves any remaining issues. The editing is surprisingly seamless as well. I have found no problems with continuing to read after a chapter undergoes editing. Occasionally, some chapters will undergo revision before they enter "edited" status, but those are rare exceptions and don't impact the story.
Character:
For me, this is where the author excelled. Every character is complex and understandable. The fantasy world is distinct from ours, but The Remar
ScruffedUpRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
So basically, its a collection of short stories around one being meeting a bunch of other people. I am only on chapter 7 or so, so I don't know much plot or lore wise. I am going to do my best for the review, but quite honestly its rather early on so my review probably wont amount to much.
Style:
The style of the story is rather unqiue, as it feels more like a collection of short stories, even if those short stories seem to intermingle with eachother. I had to read it twice because I was having trouble following however, because I had failed to read the synopsis that explained that point beforehand. I will call that my bad.
The style and story are rather unique, and as such I actually had a tough time writing this review for it. Grammar and character scores are always easy enough, but accurately hitting the points on Style/Story is always difficult if I have a hard time vibing with or understanding a novel. I would also point out that a lot of the chapters sort of feel like walls of text, being paragraphs after paragrahps with no breaks or sectioning inbetween. Other chapters don't have this, so it might have only been an early on thing.
As a compliment to the writer however, the chapters are decently sized. I usually recommend 3k words at least, and 5k at most, a lot of the chapters are at 4k+ and it feels nice. Longer chapters mean even if theres only 5-10 chapters, it has more content than someone writing twice that at 2k words.
Story:
The story follows Remara, and the people she meets. We don't know much about them, or the world around them, but we do know that some fuckery is going on. I enjoy the unique premise, and it was rather engaging the way Remara interacted with people. 4/5 - early review and not much to say here.
Grammar:
I didn't notice any spelling mistakes or anything like that, unless I missed them. A lot of the conversations are written improperly on purpose so I had to double check everything so far to make sure it was obviously purposeful inste