Reviews of GAMBIT
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How the writer narrates the story is very impressive! I found no flaws while reading the chapters. Please update daily so that the readers will not be left in suspense!
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First, I'll adress the story. It's a very unique plot in a world where the same premises (for isekai stories) are used over and over again, and I'm tired!!!!! Thankfully this one has a different tone to it, a different appeal and has interesting characters. I like the characters, in fact I love them, because I can 'see them' with my minds eye. I'm hoping to see strategic battles soon. The style: although I'm not too keen with present tense for narration (that's why I avoid those), I'm surprised it actually works. What to improve: However, the author has a lot to improve on his grammar, and this is not something that can happen overnight. He has to basically undergo the painful and bitter years of trial and error of failure and success over and over again. The good thing? He's already doing it. He's using idiomatic expressions in ways he thinks suits best, they may not always be at the right place yet it's a start. He's already experimenting his hands on playing with words so as to better capture the scenes. Again, here, he also has to improve. Also, he has to work on his tenses since there are instance where they are inacurate. That's all, peace out yo!
Honestly, I don't know what this book is doing here in webnovel. This is supposed to be printed and published through traditional publication houses. The writing is solid. The author captures each scenes with vivid descriptions, the details painting a realistic picture, making you imagine the same scene that plays in the author's mind. The dialogues are interesting, only written when necessary. Each characters are realistically portrayed. The world background is dived straight in, giving us a sense of the world, mesmerising us from the very beginning. I have yet to grasp the storyline since it only has 7 chapters, but what I read till now has satisfied my craving. I couldn't find any areas to reduce the rating. Seems the author is not a newbie, probably has a lot of writing experience. This is a well thought out, planned and executed work. Like I said before, let me emphasis it again, "This is good enough to be published traditionally"
This is really a pleasant novel to read. I wanted to even gift it, but still gift function not available yet. the story captures your attention from the first very lines,I liked how you chose to start your novel, a story about the item not the persons, which is good, and tells me you are an experienced writer, and good one too. the language is 10 stars out of 5, you know your stuff well my friend. the narration is great, smooth, and interesting. the shift from reality, or MC real world, to the world of the novel came smoothly, with no problems as far as I read, and this is a good point to be praised upon. Multi-character story, with Jumanji theme, good narration, exceptional grammar, steady updates, and experienced author... what else do you want? I added to my library and I will come to it later, I really enjoyed it. RS
Two things stand out to me the most as I read along the lines - those are the compelling descriptive used by the author and the overall concept of the story itself. I can see the efforts poured into every paragraph, and the characters' names and design are cool. I'm not really a fan of chess, but I say that the narration is done pretty well, thus helping me how to understand the game in a deeper sense. Overall, a great world you built here, author!
Absolutely astounding! Reading from the first chapter, I was filled with awe and inspiration. The wording is quite profound and not a single word was wasted as it completely distinguished every situation very intricately. 100% 5/5, hopefully I learn a lot from your work and I shall continue to read. Beautifully made and I could tell that the author is very experienced in writing.
Looking at GAMBIT it would normally not be a novel I would read. It just isn't the normal book I would grab at a store on a web place like this, but I was happily put in my place when I began to read. Writing Quality: The author's setting has been clever but going into a later time than modern era can cause issues. This is where our writing quality is shown. Normally in these type of stories, there is one of two types of issue. Issue one is where the reader knows this time period and the author explains it to them like they are kids. Kids who have never had a history lesson in their life. The reader feels dumb or grows bored as they already know this information. Issue two is where the reader knows nothing about the time period and this time the author doesn't explain anything. They don't understand what is going on and it takes a couple chapters to understand this new world. This is different in GAMBIT. I know quite a bit of this time period for researching in my own novels or college essays but the information given to explain this time period is never too much or overwhelming. This is how you can see just how great the writing quality is. He has managed to avoid these two core issues I find in these books and make it a myth. Add to that to his third-person writing that sounds as if an old man has sat me down and is telling me the story through a professional journal and I found myself enjoying this more than I expected. Stability of Updates: I am new to this site and I am not perfect on this but there is one thing I noticed that I couldn't help but notice. This author takes the advice and updates their books over time. The comments show how some paragraphs people had issues and instead of ignoring them the author corrects or improve upon these. This tells me that even if a chapter didn't come out every week that this author is doing a well-done job. Not many go back and correct their mistakes since that means accepting they made a mistake in the first place. Story Development: I read up to chapter 5 before going back to reread. I stopped again in chapter 2. This story is paced incredibly well. Our main conflict and object of interest are set in front of us from the very start. Sometimes that can cause too much speed to the plot but it seems the author was prepared. Never once did I feel like it was getting boring or off. In fact, despite coming simply to write a review as part of a review swap, I am invested. I am willing to come back when I am free just to read forward on this world. Character Design: Characters are always tricky to get right but the author eases their appearance and personality without a lump that tells us. We simply see the character as they see them. It's refreshing to see and highly enjoyable. World Background: The world is the least developed but that isn't really that much of an issue. The era has been explained that we can see the world ourselves and our Jumanji chess board adds it's own world and feel to the entire story. Overall: 4.8 total score. I enjoyed and will be reading this at some point in my free time to follow our main character.
This story is unique like a precious gem in every way. The writing is unique and impressive and it was treat reading this book. A book about kingdoms and kings. I like the way the author took a game and created something completely new concept out of it. It had some jumanji vibe but this is far more interesting to read and explore the world the author has created. I admire the author's writing techniques. Keep up the good work author. You are writing a masterpiece!
I am still on chapter 8 but the storyline is really interesting, I don't play chess well but I can play boardgames, just not so great at it. I love how you design the characters well & describe the era they are in. The Jumanji-like thing he came into being is good as well. I'll be finishing this in the week and add more review. Great job!
16 chapters in, and I'm already hooked with your book! I was curious at first about a chess novel, but to combine it with a fantasy setting was really cool! It's your typical fantasy setting, but I'm excited what you can do more with your world as I read more. Your words are beautifully descriptive, yet not too much so to bore or confuse the reader. I really like your writing style, and it definitely fits very, very well with the theme of your novel. It reminds me of novels from various authors such as H.G Wells during the Victorian Era with a sort of a modern twist. However, It can also be a hit and miss with others who might find it boring. Some writing mistakes here and there, but who doesn't have them as ******* writers? I know I have plenty in mine that I might have overlooked. Character interaction sounds realistic for its time period, and I hope I can learn more about their ambitions, struggles and backstory through their interactions. Then again, I'm at chapter 16 so it might happen. I hope you can continue to build your wonderful world and reach the recognition it deserves with readers! I'll continue to follow your story as a new fan!
I love that Quartz is making an effort to visualize his game of chess, akin to a warfare. Even though he was so adamant and doubtful of a mere game at the outset, look at him now. I love that he's very open to learning! I can see that the first 5-6 chapters were merely introductory and the plot actualized after that. I have no qualms regarding dumping a lot of information. However, I do like them better when they are properly placed, and you did just that! I want to advise you to watch chess masters and relay their moves. I think it will be a lot more endearing if the readers can follow with the game play! I am very thankful that you are expounding on descriptions thoroughly, not just by throwing out adjectives. Mistakes in grammar are present, but they're something technical. You can proofread it right away. They're nothing major. I do think that, similar to me, you use a lot of 'fancy' wordings. Withal, if that is your style of writing, then don't change it. As a reader, being able to learn new words is an ecstatic feeling, so please relay that your readers too! I will be supporting you! Please continue writing this masterpiece!
