Joan_Ninja_Hen
Yes there are mechanical/grammar errors. There are always errors in every story. Don't let them distract you from the genuinely entertaining tale. I hope you like details! Because DETAILS ABOUND. How many chapters are dedicated to the character creation menu? MORE THAN YOU'D THINK. But I still found it interesting, in a munchkin way. It's human nature to maximize. I want more, and am eagerly awaiting the next updates.
As of this review, only 14 chapters have been posted. Writing quality—not the best, but definitely not the worst. If I had to compare it to other original works on this site, it probably ranks somewhere around the middle of the spectrum. There are mistakes, but it’s nothing the author can’t fix with a good amount of editing. Quite readable. A story which focuses on an elderly or veteran person is not an original concept, but it is definitely a rare one; this story centres around a German grandma—Flora Fluss—who was an engineer in her heyday. Here we get to see what happens when a workaholic retires from her highly demanding job and finds another platform to invest her time in. She’s got an obsession with perfection—as do many others in her profession—and this causes many shenanigans to occur, and because of her rather logical and somehow persuasive personality, everybody seems to be swept by her pace. As I am not an engineer or an elderly person bored out of her mind, I found it hard to relate to the character. Nonetheless, Flora is quite charming with her old-lady behaviour and deep passion over her projects. The toaster part adds to the charm, and I, as a reader, could not help but wonder what other mayhem she would cause. After all, a senior citizen can cause plenty of havoc—and nobody can stop them! Because that would be rude! One should respect the elders! I can somehow imagine Flora manipulating the ‘elderly’ card to get her way... Moving on, the author writes in a relatively convincing style, to the point where even if the author was bull****ting, I wouldn’t have noticed it. Case in point is the very long character creation arc, whereby the character, Flora, spends several in-game days to modify and rebuild her avatar from scratch. It was very draggy, but it seems to be a necessary part of the story as it laid the foundations of Flora’s character as a whole, and also show what she is capable of given time and tools. Personally, I found that some parts of it seemed too convenient, but this can be argued that the ‘convenience’ is attributed to Flora’s decades of experience—she is supposed to be a retired engineer, and we all know that retired professionals are a treasure trove of experience and expertise. Though the format of LitRPG is better suited to other sites (eg RoyalRoad, ScribbleHub, etc) since they actually have the proper writing tools suited to the genre, I find that (as a layman) the information related to the stats did not seem as important as it did not disrupt my reading even if I skim past them (or omit them entirely). I would suggest the author to tone down the technical stuffs to make more space for Flora’s other mischiefs and wholesome content, but that would take away a whole chunk of characterisation as the story seems to be focusing on her ability to create or repurpose items in-game. All in all, it was an okay story. Rough around the edges, but a good read nonetheless. Keep up the good work, author, and don’t stop writing if you can help it. Good luck!
If you like LitRPG stories this one is very good. Very Humorous. The details and language require some gaming background to understand though. Even with extensive military and gaming background I feel like the an acronyms get confusing. I'm going to need to reread the chapters that define them before continuing now that I've caught up. (4/20/2020)
I have to say that this is one amazingly well written story with a rich degree of detail and a most entertaining and unusual main character of an elderly female engineer getting immersed into a virtual game world. The author has crafted something quite breathtaking here and now that I've read up to the most recent chapter after binging from the start I will be anxiously awaiting each new chapter release.
Definitely didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did when I first went in! The thing that really draws you in is the fantastic world building, and the kookiness of our MC, Auntie Flow. Other than a few minor spelling mistakes, I don't spot anything wrong. The grammar is consistent and the spelling mistakes don't detract from the reading experience. At chapter 27, still a bit too early to see where else this is going but I am enjoying the character interactions and development a lot! I really like Auntie Flow's character design. She comes across as unique and fresh in the scope of normal MCs, and she goes at her own pace, which is really nice. Looking forward to reading more in the future! Keep up the good work, author! :)
Very original and different. For once not the same stale stories rehashed for the n'th time. Its a good mix between comedy slice of life like story with some more serious touches. It has a good bit of an OP main character while not making it boring. On top of that, its one if the few novels that not only get the feeling of a game environment right (and not make me feel like the author cant count to 10 or never played an MMO) but also doesnt treat its readers like 5 year olds and gives me 5 paragraphs explaining why 10+10 is supposed to be 20. It doesnt take an IT genius to read this, but it is also not dumbed down to a level that removes all depths of the games mechanics and possibilities. In my opinion this is one of the very few novel gems on the platform. Can only highly recommend it.
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