The Third Threnody

Self-Published

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Description

A man rejected his first life, embraced his second but realised that all things must end. What the old man forgot to consider was that new things could happen too.

Watch our protagonist as he comes to learn about his new world and how he uses the knowledge he has acquired from the study of magic to carve a new path for himself in it, one that fate never considered.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2017
Author
Squirrelk

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.3/ 5.0
Followers
462
Views
65,938

Chapters(13 total)

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Community Reviews(5)

  • ASuddenAppleRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Overall this story (as read up to chapter 8) is a very worthwhile read, I really like magic systems and I hope the author makes this novels system more interesting but as it is I think it's great. Not much action but I can see that there should be some in the future and I look forward to reading it.
    Style: The author's style isn't 100% refined and you can see that it still has some work needed but it totally gets across the point and is pleasant to read.
    Story: The genre is generic with a nice twist, quite good.
    Grammar: The grammar and vocabulary are good and there are very few errors.
    Character: Although there arean't many characters so far the author seems to be making them each fairly different and I hope they end up less like the mary sues I see on this site so often.
  • hrothRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    As of Chapter 11 the story is showing enormous potential.  Great magic system, entertaining characters, and potential for lots of later action.
    The magic system seems interesting.
    ++++ spoiler below++++
    I think she should come up with an excuse for knowing some things.  Like soil fertilization from spying on a herbalist guest at the inn.
    Anyway gear story hope to hear more.
  • johnangelRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is not a review this is a psa :
    This novel has a gender-bender protagonist.
    From what I've read he is badly written too as the protagonists acts the age and gender of a nine years old girl as if he hasn't the mind of an 110 years old man.
    I wont rate this fiction but a score is needed to post this so a five star rating is much better than a zero for a psa.
  • ScandalfRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    I am not going to do some long-ass review that explains every good and bad things about this novel simply because I feel like it's still too early. I usually wait until there is about 250 pages before I do a detailed review. Anyway
    It's a classic reincarnation story with some gods being interested in our MC. Just the way it starts is a bit different then most. Style is good enough, easy to read and understand.There are also no complicated words that would make non-english readers go out of their way to look up their meanings. Story: Well, not gonna say anything yet. Cuz who knows what it is gonna turn out to be
    As for what I meant by annoying. Well, first would be the summary. I mean, it is so bad I didn't know what to expect from the story, at all. It doesn't say ANYTHING about what is going to happen. There is this one cliché line that was probably used more than "The beginning of the End" chapter title...;
    Watch our protagonist as he comes to learn about his new world and how he uses the knowledge he has acquired from the study of magic to carve a new path for himself in it, one that fate never considered.
    And why did you even call her, him? He is a she now so you should've used she/her in the summary.
    Well, enough about summary, but please change it. Summary is the most important thing to get more readers after all.
    Another annoying thing was how the gods kept calling him little one-little waif-little something. It's like every god agreed to call the mortals 'little'-something. What they(author) don't realize is how cringy it is to read. Especially when the one being called is a 93 years old old men. I know they are like tens of thousands of times older than him but that doesn't change the fact that it is really cringy . I mean they could've called him mortal or something which would be much more appropriate and much less cringy.
    The reason his/her mother died was pretty stupid too in my opinion. Just because this guy has a damaged soul his mother dies during bi
  • Wickedly_DesignedRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    Standard baseline, reincarnation into a fantasy world, with extreme levels of knowledge from the past being useful. Gets the MC some underutilized OP abilities.
    I mean, a self replenishing enchanting kit, and in the name of hiding, all the MC gets to show for it is a storage ring and some self fitting clothes... Smells like nerfing. But meh, this much would have been acceptable.
    No, the real problems started with the 11th chapter. The bandits killing dear old daddy. Trained guard, in charge of a pair of children, one his own, the other of a friend (who also has rank, by the way). Proceeds to get sloshed the first chance he gets. Responsible and professional, right? Then the MC gets drawn away on some flimsy pretext. Best friend, all of eight years old or so, goes wandering beyond shouting distance into the forest at night. Again, no one warns her against this, no one tries to stop her, and of course this supposedly intelligent and talented warrior trainee also doesn't realize how much of a good idea this was. MC to the rescue. Surprise - the camp is dead, daddy included. Bandits, at just the right time for a small dose of tragedy.
    Cue epic return to the village, pulling a cart with daddy's cold, lifeless body on it. No magic, no pushing the cart along with the MC's flight spell.
    No, they arrive exhausted to death. Cue a collapse, all off screen - next chapter starts the MC in a cell, because, supposedly, her greatest secret came out when she lay collapsed next to the body of daddy dearest. Cue everyone turning against her, with her last allies dead in an instant coup, cut to the revenge scene.
    No mention when her clothes - remember, self fitting and magically durable enchanted leather, with the enchantment being of rather good quality/high level as well - turned into such rags that people could see her demonic traits.
    Then the local bogeyman makes an appearance, an elder griffin, severely wounded. Naturally, the fight is unavoidable. And so are the MC's injuries.
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