World' s End Campfire

Self-Published

Community Rating

Description

World's End Campfireupdates weekly on my site, most of the time on Wednesdays.

Three beings gather, the last of their kind. The Divine, the Infernal, and the Mortal. Let them regale you with the tales of their greatest triumphs, here by the dying embers of the final star.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2019

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.7/ 5.0
Followers
10
Views
8,573

Chapters(17 total)

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Community Reviews(3)

  • Doctor ZeroRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Alright, it's amazing already.  Take my 5 stars.
  • Elliot MoorsRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This review applies up to chapter 11.
    INTRODUCTION:
    While held back by some grammatical hiccups and heavy-handed dialogue, World's End Campfire is already shaping up to be one of my favorite stories on RR. Give it a chance, and I don't think you'd come out disappointed.
    STYLE:
    The style is easy and readable, with paragraphs that don't ramble on. The prose itself is functional at its worst and downright beautiful at its best. Fight scenes are comprehensible and pull you into the action, something I find many stories lacking in. The style is marred mostly by pacing issues. It can read a tad slow at times, at least for my taste, leading me to skim certain paragraphs rather than soaking up every word. Apart from that, really quality stuff.
    GRAMMAR:
    Most of the prose itself is error-free. I have exactly one major gripe with the grammar, which is that there are a lot of breaks from past to present tense. This did make the story read a little bumpy, at times, and take me out of some otherwise nice bits of storytelling.
    STORY:
    The worldbuilding at work here is stellar, centering (so far) around the struggle between gods of different pantheons. It's largely reminiscent of something like American Gods, but manages to establish a fresh identity of its own. I particularly enjoy that it delves deeply into how the gods operate, where they draw their power from, and how that power can manifest. The plot itself is a simple "find the macguffin" deal, but how it's set up and the characters' emotional stakes really help pull it along.
    CHARACTER:
    All characters of the main cast have their own appeal and feel appropriately fleshed out. There has already been some nice character development until this point, and I have no doubt there is more to come. My personal favorite is the criminally (yeah, I'm calling you out!) Hydrargyrus. As mentioned in the introduction, some of the dialogue can be a little much, leaning into melodrama, and the MC comes off as a little more dumbed down than what
  • ReindallRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    First of all, its a very nice story, i read it till the currently last chapter in one go even tho i only wanted to read 5 chapters.
    #Style 5/5
    The story is fast paced without fillers, and the ratio between dialogue and descriptions makes reading it quite fun. There is nothing i would deduct points for.
    #Grammar (from a non native speakers point of view)
    Even tho i can't say if its perfect, but i never encountered any sentences that broke my immersion, nothing that i had to read twice. There might be some finer errors, but if so, then its just a minor thing.
    #Characters 3/5
    The the only part where i see some issues, the gods in this story have lived for centuries, but seem to have the wisdom of an average 20 year old, which puts me down a bit. Overall the characters are believable if you ignore their age. Thabita is currently to big of a marry sue for me, if all her knowledge and power is explained reasonably later in the story i would probably increase the character score a bit.
    #Story 4.5/5
    I love the overarching story and the conflict. The idea with a streaming goddess is also quite entertaining. But as i said in the character score, Thabita's power feels quite a lot like a plot armor to get some epic moments early on without having an overpowered MC.