Top The Tower [ORIGINAL]

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Status

Hiatus

Author

Adrum

Reviews

Community Reviews(3)

• Camadt (Alex Hancock)Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Overall 5/5
  Top the Tower is a fantastic tale of young women coming into their own as they forge a path together to reach the top of the tower.
  Character 5/5
  Since Ablee is mentioned first, I’m going to consider her to be the “first” main character. Ablee has been forced to become someone with powers by her father in the hope that she will become strong enough to further his own power. Her ability to manipulate paint to the point that she can heal wounds, bring drawings to life, or even liquify solid objects is fascinating. Her own spunk makes it easy to root for her as she refuses to back down from a challenge, setting herself up as a leader for the growing group.
  Rhody is the next main character, and her meek nature doesn’t mean that she’s a pushover, though she does let Zeph and Ablee do most of the driving (what’s the saying about “if the car is going to your destination, why fight over who’s driving?”). That is also a shout-out to a fantastic soapbox “race” that is in one of the later chapters. Rhody uses Tarot cards to guide her as well as to help her fight, which is also an interesting concept. (I’m curious if we’ll see Ablee make custom cards for Rhody in the future.)
  Zeph, the queen of assassins, rounds out the current trio. Of all three, we get the least background information on Zeph so far, but she’s an assassin who likes to make a statement, causing a scene so that everyone knows that she was the one who killed the mark. Her favorite weapon is her pistol, Assurance. And she wields it with deadly precision.
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  Grammar 5/5
  No complaints here. Adrum uses colorful and descriptive language to set up the scenes of this colorful world (painter’s pun too much? Lol).
  Story 5/5
  For a coming-of-age type story where each of the main characters is setting out to prove something to themselves (even if they are hiding it by saying that they want to prove it to someone else at times), this is a riveting tale of self-discovery and learning just how far each of the women
• Lawful AverageRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Plucky protagonist, enjoyable writing, descriptive style. This is a fun read.
  The tower is already looming and foreboding over these chapters. The emotional content of the descriptions does a good job of communicating tone and mood.
  I’m curious about the protagonist’s powers. Will she paint herself into a sick ass rock monster?
• fondour (T. J. Campbell)Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The first few chapters aren't interested in taking you on a scenic route. They strap you in and hit the gas, propelling you forward.
  The main character is instantly likeable. She's not just spunky. She's borderline feral in all the best ways. And within the first chapter, we understand a lot about her character—what she's gone through, how she acts, what she's fighting for, who she's fighting against.
  And then we instantly detour to a second character, but it's clear by the end of this character's first chapter that the two stories will soon intertwine, and it is very entertaining when it happens.
  We get brief, LOST-like flashbacks to their pasts, but just long enough so that we can understand them. Then the story pulls you back into the action-packed present.
  There's the occasional typo, but nothing major enough to slow down the momentum of the story. Overall, it's a very promising start to a story with a clearly defined direction.