TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I HAD A TERRIBLE TIME ON YOUR PLANET

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Description

Powerful beings outside the scope of one's comprehension can be real assholes. Hot example, in an effort to slow the total destruction of everything that exists, Karen's universe was was tied together with countless others. Forced to flee the chaos that followed, join her as she spreads her message of insecurity, petty revenge, greed, and conceit to any who will listen, and many who won't.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2020
Author: notalentnoproblem

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 40
Views: 18,240

Chapters(22 total)

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Community Reviews(4)

CelesRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is supposed to be a five star review... i put five stars on it... don’t know how to make it effective five stars... this is a superb story!
This story is something so unexpectedly delightful and imaginative that it not only leaves other printed stories in the dust, it's a world away from memes or repetitive stuff.
Firstly, unbelievably creative world building. The author manages to evoke beautiful, weird scenarios and sceneries that draw you in. The action taking place there is sometimes so vividly described that it's quite close to Sanderson's famous evocative power. I'm in love with the p. o. m. - have yet to read something similar anywhere on the web or in print!
Secondly, the author made me feel for, sympathize and root with the archetypical Karen. Congrats, I guess. The author humanized Karen, and actually managed something much more profound: retaining her Karen-ess, whilst finding lifelike reasons for her to be so, and making her character shine. Here, I hope the author can retain her uniqueness, and not whittle away at the awkward, bristly, unpleasant and difficult edges of Karen. She's practical, but also a little sentimental, sometimes overwhelmed, sometimes rational and effective. Conclusively, she's a great character!!
The story is also quite funny, had me laughing out loud. Style is great, grammar is on point from a non-native's view. Some of the casual conversation is so casual, it might've not been understandable spoken out loud. But it makes for lovely puns and good readability.
The story has really started to lift off with the later chapters into impressively new and brilliantly vivid fantasy; the first chapters are also captivating and a very fun read.
I'm really curious and looking forward to more!
Winged ThingRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story may not be for everyone, but for those of us it is for. Its absolutely incredible. I read up to current in a single sitting, and still hunger for more. It has a bit of an Outer Spheres feel to it, which I quite enjoy (Though the MCs aren't even close to similar)
This story welds worldbuilding, characters and the MC together in such a way that they enhance one another which is probably its greatest strength, which is not to say that any of the three cannot stand on their own -they can.
Give it a go!
hakatri ginRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Making a quirky MC is hard, making it right is even harder, and this author manages to make a MC who is an annoying asshole without being off-putting at all, bravo
I think the main reason is the choice for main secondary character: the system
Usually a quirky character comes paired with a straight man to give us perspective of how quirky they are (Llamas With Hats anyone?), but with a literal Karen there is no need as we dont want to understand her, we want someone to smack some sense into her, and the system delivers
Yes, the system is a second Karen charged with the main task of ̶g̶u̶i̶d̶ing ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶M̶C̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶p̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ slapping Karen for us, and its glorious
Is this how we have a story where the MC can be as much of an asshole as she wants, but sooner or later (and more often sooner, thank you very much) she will get hit with a dosis of reality to the face delivered by circumstances, the locals, or the system
The weirdest part is that this still is a weak-to-strong story, and i dont mind Karen getting stronger as long as i get to see her swallowing her pride all the way to the top
Here is where the second spark of brilliance of this story comes into play: is a Karen not simmilar to an arrogant young master?
Yep, Karen's journey feels a lot like a xianxia, but instead of facing heaven-defying geniuses she has to deal with keeping her mouth shut, dialing down her entitlement and making sure her petty passive-agressiveness doesnt come back to bite her in the ass
And like an arrogant young master she may be cut for combat and power, if nothing else just for the desire to shit on others and belileve herself the bigger bitch
Its a xianxia isekai with a system, but damn its so original
rgreadsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A glorious train wreck of pixie cuts, entitlement, and really, really powerful natives who have no reason *not* to slap some sense into an overly loud refugee from common sense and the war zone that Earth just turned into.
The author amazingly, horrifyingly captures the oblivious yet unceasing inner monologue of this particular Karen as she watches the end of civilization and is unceremoniously yeeted into another reality. But that's okay, because she's always lived in her own unique reality anyway.
If you don't loath the protagonist by the end of the first chapter, you either have the patience of a saint or may be a Karen yourself.