The Weaver - A Dark LitRPG Fantasy

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Description

Peter is a broken and bitter man with nothing left to live for. The loss of his best friend, his loyal dog Zeus, threatens to drive him over the edge. However, as events take an unexpected turn and bizarre circumstances surround him, he refuses to die.

Despair, struggle, and mystery. Beware, this journey is not for the faint of heart.

Peter will fight tooth and nail in a strange new world in order to save his own when it arrives.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2024
Author: Dhael Ligerkeys

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 5.0/ 5.0
Followers: 14
Views: 3,993

Chapters(8 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

ZagarothRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Style:
Overall very clean prose, I understand what is happening, etc. There's a tiny bit of roughness that I can't nail down to anything specific, and given that it is the author's first real go at a story, that's not a bad start.
Story:
We're off to a really good start. I am always happy to see an Isekai with a good premise as to why the MC might not be distraught about not heading home, or at least be in a headspace to cope with it (even if this MC's headspace has plenty of *other* issues to work through.)
Nothing is overexplained. A reader familiar with all the tropes will figure out various things before the MC does, but the small amount of explanation given is needed to be inclusive of any potential new readers. I think that assuming the reader knows what an Isekai is, is probably fair given the context of where the story lives.
Grammar:
Clean prose and accurate grammar and punctuation. Easy win, that's all it takes.
Character:
We only have the MC to judge on right now, everyone else is a little too fleeting to get to know so far. But given that limitation, the MC feels very real (and very broken). He's a 'real boy', not a blank slate.
Overall:
I like it, there are mysteries I want to see answered, and I am looking forward to more. I was worried about how dark the story might get based on the blurb, but honestly, right now it reads more of a really rough and dark start with a slow climb out of the bad place (literal and figurative). But it's fair to warn people who might not want to deal with even the trauma at the beginning of the story.