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(Book 2 Complete!) The Lone Wanderer [World-Hopping & Astral Projection LitRPG]
by PathOfPen
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Born at the lowest grade, nobody thought Percy would amount to much.
Everything changes when his bloodline manifests in an unexpected way, letting him possess random bodies across the cosmos. Snatching all sorts of advantages - like a second mana core - Percy can finally claim the resources and respect he's been denied.
Yet, reaching the top won't be easy. Not every journey yields a valuable treasure, and neither the warring Houses nor the invading gods will wait for him to grow...
What to expect:
-Weak to strong male MC
-Daily releases
-Fast paced with frequent powerups
-Fantasy setting with magic and a system
-Isekai elements (Percy often possesses random bodies on distant worlds)
-Western cultivation elements (Cleansing mana core to extend lifespan)
-Morally grey MC (Willing to break a few rules but not a scumbag)
-Alchemy
-Runecrafting
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Good story
Reviewed at: Chapter 102 – Micky’s second core
Great world building and an Mc who trying to profit of it. Engaging plot so far, fun watching him exploring his power and mystery behind it.
Characters so far is not soo one dimensional but not deep enough for me, barely second level development for core character while other is barely a surface.
Well the story still new and maybe author will add more in the future.
The first 10 chapters are good
Reviewed at: Chapter 23 – Circulation
The start is good but his first use of his ability was very short and his second use was almost 20 chapters later making those first chapters quite boring but after chapter 10 is when they make the read very difficult to read since it becomes difficult for the read to become immersive especially for those who let the chapters pile up, it really frustrates me this problem is becoming more and more common among authors, plus the chapters are getting shorter making immersion in reading even more difficult. The protagonist is presented to us very victimized but he really is not a victim barely and was a victim of bullying, he had no potential to become strong why waste resources on so many people without much talent to see if one really is talented or not, it is ridiculous that he holds a grudge that is why it is known that resources are limited
Whiny MC + Not enough wondering to other worlds
Reviewed at: Chapter 69 – Starry Soldiers
The story's written well, with solid grammar and a nice style. Characters have distinct personalities, and their thoughts do a good job of showing their emotions.
But there's barely any conflict or tension in the real world. Most problems get solved too easily, first through Percy's family, then later through powers he gains from rare world hops that let him speedrun point farming in the alchemy arc.
Percy's meant to be a red-core teen who doesn't belong, yet he instantly gets the patriarch's support just because of his powers. He acts like a spoiled brat when he complains about his family, as if there aren't commoners with it way worse or families that are actually broken. He still whines now and then about being a red core, but with all the power and support he's got, you'd expect him to have outgrown that by now.
He also casually kills a guy over a dumb mistake involving his bird, even though it was fully his own fault for not planning ahead. He acknowledges it briefly but misses the bigger issue entirely.
The world hops are the only truly interesting parts, but they're way too rare. Most of the story just drags through Percy's boring daily life.
If you're into a kind of slice-of-life with an MC who whines from time to time and is still maturing, then you'll probably enjoy the book. The worldbuilding seems promising enough.
Very cool concept, execution less so.
Reviewed at: Chapter 30 – One year
The fiction is not bad but it feels closer to a rough draft of a story than a finished version, like the outline is there but it really feels like its lacking substance. The descriptions are often skipped or vague: 'he pulls mana in', 'he makes sticks', 'BAM', 'the mana bounces at angles', 'SPLASH', 'he uses the technique he learned'. I'm not sure if onomatopoeia is a legitimate literary device because it always seems to ruin immersion. What reads better:
'Her hands glowed.'
SPLASH
"Grr, I'll get you."(Exaggeration, I cant recall the exact excerpt.)
vs
'My eyes went wide as I could feel vast, torrential amounts of mana pulled towards her hands and scarcely had time to witness the resulting arcane construct before a deluge of water enveloped me. My widened eyes were forced to close at the onslaught before I opened them in narrowed irritation.'
The novel is not bad and my example isn't perfect; I'm not an author, and I get that dialogue is hard but you can probably sense some of my irritation bleeding through and, when compared to other top rated fictions on this site, it seems quite lacking. I hope that the author can tell the story they want to tell and then do a rewrite with everything they learn along the journey, 7/10.
I really like it so far.
Reviewed at: Chapter 113 – Search
It’s enjoyable. Not sure about the most recent development but I am invested in the story. The character is interesting and I really like how his unique powers are both OP and also not. For example, (and it’s not a huge spoiler) when he gets a second core, it had the worst affinity, that is no affinity. So even though he ends up with the impossible it’s not entirely broken. He still has to work hard and fight for advantage. Definitely worth reading.
One very well written and engaging story
Reviewed at: Chapter 111 – Slaughter
You ever start reading a story because something caught your interest and went it's worth a try, then once in a few chapters, go "this is pretty good" and next you know, you've read all the published chapters and you're like WTH I gotta wait?
Well, for me, this one hit the spot - engaging characters, plot, storyline, interesting premise, and well written all played a part so that I binged my way to chapter 100+ in about 1.5 -2 days without realizing i was just going to make my life harder by having to wait.
And I hate waiting lol.
As for the story, there's a few slow spots, but only a few - and they're probably intentional to allow the reader to digest or think back on how the prior chapters fit into the overall arc.
Same goes for the changes in POV which serve to add in dimension and depth to the story's mythic or background.
Grammer is excellent with only a few errors that I saw (I *was* reading fairly quickly after all).
Plot is cohesive, doesn't jump around all over the place, no great breaks and those breaks that are there are explained concisely.
So, try it, I'm sure you'll like it as much as I did, and I very much look forward to reading more!!
Blend of genres brings the best of all worlds
Reviewed at: Chapter 185 – Ea’s Decree
I kept putting off writing a review… because I genuinely thought I had already written one. The story is captivating, well written, well paced, and fun.
sections in the review are spoilered for ease of presentation, actual spoilers !marked like this!
Style:
the writing style of the story is very well done - the story blends two genres: Progression Fantasy, and Picaresque, so I’ll talk abt each separately, and then about how the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Progression Fantasy:
The most standard part of the whole story, still an exemplar of the genre. Percy is the typical “loser protagonist”, born in a pretty disadvantaged position compared to his noble family. Lowest grade core, shit affinity, useless bloodline… the works.
Of course, hard work and determination turn those disadvantages into advantages, and Percy starts his rise to greatness.
The key strength of this story is how and what those new advantages are. Having hard work turn an inherent flaw into a cheat is a staple of the genre… but usually it’s just “oh damn I worked hard so now my glass bones which were always a weakness become exploding glass bones with can channel energy and explode in foes’ faces”.
In this story, yes obviously hard work gets Percy an incredible cheat, but _always_ at a cost, and he has to fight for each advantage he can get.
And I do mean fight.
he doesn’tcontrol what his power grants him, and has to adapt to make the most of random and disparate powers, finding ways to make them work together and always adapt his plans.
This is incredibly well done, and there’s a constant feeling of progression and cool cheat like powers, but never the feeling that we’re at the point in the story where the protagonist just coasts along and curbstomps everything and everyone.
Picaresque:
Admittedly this is one of my favorite Genres, which is basically a collection of short stories sharing a main character but alternating location and supporting cast.
The downside of this genre is the difficulty in developing any attachment or long term investment in side characters or plot.
Here the many worlds and locations are unique, different, and the side characters are developed people. Which is what I would want from a good Picaresque.
Each clone that gets its own side story arrives in an inherently interesting situation, since clones can only attach to dying people (not of old age), so he gives a dying person a few more days/weeks of life.
The stories that emerge are usually touching in some way, but more importantly, they always resolve. There’s no lingering sense of “I wonder what’s up with…”, and the single time where there is, there is a loophole that allows following up.
!spoiler!
With the vault and Metatron’s decree
Without this weakness, the stories are all satisfying and stand out uniquely.
The gestalt:
The weakness of the picaresque is a difficulty getting engaged with any characters besides the protagonist. Of course, the fact that there’s a prog fantasy side to the story fixes that. We do have great side characters that take part in the story and grow alongside Percy, and we have long term plot and conflict to get involved with…
More than that, we can see how every side excursion has a lingering effect that stays with the protagonist, and none of those short stories are “meaningless “.
The progression fantasy serves as a bedrock that makes all the side stories stand even better, leaving lingering effects on a great plot.
My biggest gripe with the style, and it’s a gripe that knocked down a point all on its own, is the tendency for drawn out cliffhangers and teases. Having a good cliffhanger is fine and dandy, but there are often times when there are 2-4 chapters of the same tease:
Prrcy gets a new power - chapter ends, surely next chapter we’ll see what it is…
Nope! Now Percy merges the new power before using it. Surely next chapter…
Nope! Now he figures out what changed, and the chapter ends learning what that power’s name is…
now, finally, we see what it can do… except… it does something, but wait! That thing has potential to do more! What a cliffhanger… again.
Then finally we get an experimentation chapter or two, and continue with the plot.
Story:
It’s good! The story is pretty expansive and not too fast paced: You know where the story is going, broadly. It’s taking its sweet time getting there, but it never feels slow.
there’s always something relevant or interesting happening, or some shorter term goal to work towards.
The combination of noble house politics, journey to personal power, and discovery of the world all yield a well paced story that doesn’t go stale.
Character:
The protagonist is likable, realistically flawed without being annoying, though at times a little too Gary Stu-ish (but never egregiously). He obviously has a modicum of plot armor, but he doesn’t survive the impossible on a weekly basis, mostly because he doesn’t jump into the impossible in the first place if it can be avoided.
His motivations are relatable and consistent, and so is his personality. The timespan of the story is in years if not decades, and Percy grows and matures during that time.
The supporting cast is pretty small, but likable as well! There’s not a lot to say, except I’m kinda hoping some romance takes off soon
!spoiler!
Between Percy and Nesha. They’re growing to care for each other more and more!!
Fuck me this is longer than I expected I hope someone reads this lmfao 😭
It's fine just lacking stakes
Reviewed at: Chapter 252 – Bow your head
So this is perfectly well written, easy to read no grammatical issues etc. The system is ... Fine I guess. Not really very novel or interesting but fine. There's some interesting have and have not dynamics of birth.
However, I just don't feel attached or connected or interested in the characters. There's no impetus, no plot driving the MC. He's pretty bland, hard working (to a stupid level tbh) and pretty smart. He just feels hollow. Who is he? Why is he killing himself with the effort? What's the goal, to get strong? Oh... Ok. He's cutthroat at times, foolishly naive and soft hearted at others.
So yeah, it's .. fine. Some people may get more from it but I just don't feel pulled along by a plot, a story or an attraction to the personality of the main characters.
The author has also chosen several awful tropes at times. He even had to write a special explanation for one as it was so unpopular, and he knew it was unpopular to pull a trick on readers. Only the trick doesn't really make sense, it's written deliberately to try to get a reaction from readers and then used up only a few chapters later. It just felt cheap. Now as I write the review another incredibly disliked trope is coming out and I just don't get it. Personally I don't feel the attraction to the story or characters to put up with troll tropes. It speaks volumes the most human seeming characters are a side character cousin and a bird.
I try to give these books a good chance but 200+ chapters and no MC personality probably means it's not going to be kept up with unless I hear something changes (which at this point seems unlikely).
Maybe it's for you, there's nothing BAD about it. But just know it's not going to develop depth suddenly so if it's a bit hollow for you it doesn't improve in that sense.
It’s so good
Reviewed at: Chapter 35 – Scorpions
Really phenomenal writing. Big fan of this. Great characters with realistic flaws, unexpected plot points and a unique take on the standard litrpg powers. I would recommend anyone read this, and tbh I look forward to when it’s published so that I can buy a copy. Kudos to the author :)
Some of the best in RR
Reviewed at: Addressing a few things
This is one of the stories that I like best right now in RR.
On the positive column: this is one of the best world building that's I've read in a while, and that's saying something since the MC main gimmick is that he can take a piece of his soul and let it wander and posses other bodies through the cosmos, so is not only Remior we are getting, but snippets of many different worlds. Also in that way, we stand to understand the... "Ecosystem" for lack of a better word where these worlds exist.
Power systems and balances are well developed, and can understand and even predict parts of the action. MC is winning against theoretically stronger opponents, but it's clear how he does it. Very on point on Sanderson's rules of creating power systems.
MC is an underdog that you really want to root for, has some impossible odds thrown his way, and in a combination of intelligence, bravado, planning and a bit of luck he manages to get ahead in a very demanding world.
Other characters are also good, and some have stick around enough for me to like them.
In the not so positive column, pacing could be better, quite sure that editors would love to trim a little bit of writing here and there, but nothing to deter you from reading it as is.