Wanna read a GOOD book?

Crappy romance .pdfs aside, if you ever want to read a story that’s really good, check out Worm by John McCrae.

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I can’t praise it highly enough. The power system is incredibly well-thought out, there’s a ton of lovable and well-developed characters, and although the pacing may be a bit off from time to time (it was written a few chapters a week every week for over two years), the end result is just an amazing story.

Here’s a quick synopsis:

An introverted teenage girl with an unconventional superpower, Taylor goes out in costume to find escape from a deeply unhappy and frustrated civilian life. Her first attempt at taking down a supervillain sees her mistaken for one, thrusting her into the midst of the local ‘cape’ scene’s politics, unwritten rules, and ambiguous morals. As she risks life and limb, Taylor faces the dilemma of having to do the wrong things for the right reasons.

Just do yourself a favor and read it.

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Jus finished binge reading it start till end.

Worldbuilding is amazing as hell loving it to the core. Power system makes sense and detailed without being too complicated. Progression is top notch. The flow of the story is a bit clunky (can use a bit more time jump) but overall flow is still smooth enough to be one coherent story.

Pet peeve? Character development is unbalanced. Some got pulled off screen before concrete conclusion (Regent and Grue mostly gah), some character get really good development only to be put away and rarely mentioned again (Looking at you Trickster and Travelers) AND some characters are thrown into the story without any development (Nothing for Uber who somehow SURVIVE ENDBRINGER ATTACK)

Well that’s the bad part. The good part is the good development is good. Loving Canary especially. Dragon and Armmaster were a bit dragged, but Bonesaw, Panacea, Marquis? :heart: . Really hate Pariah, Flechette, and Kozen. They aren’t relevant but mentioned way too often. Gimme more Grue dammit agreeing that John is crappy at romance.

Definitely read if you want a good first person perspective story (the past tense threw me off) with a well thought world and captivating plot. If you’re here for romance you will be disappointed. Here for character development? You will love the MC and hate a lot of side charas and wow that’s a lot of side character.

Fair warning the power creep is real. Well woven but still real.

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Wait you read the whole thing in 11 days?

dude wtf that’s kinda legit

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Hey

I’m a fast reader

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Also stayed at home for a week cause I’m sick so I’m cheating a bit :stuck_out_tongue:

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I mean same but it still took me a month because school and stuff

Oh yeah that explains it lol

Yea

Story is good though. Wishing they never focus on the Travelers cause seriously. Focusing on them then returning them home. Then enter Satyr and bam! Trickster’s a goon

Definitely going to be excited when the edited and improved version is done

More looking forward to the sequel myself :stuck_out_tongue:
I dig deep enough to find an e-book to read offline. Might read Twig and Pact if I have time.

i see this everywhere
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I thought you guys were being ironic

who read? really interesting? :thinking:

yes.

How long did it take you to read, @orangeandblack5?

Like a month in between school and life

I tend to average somewhere around 150 pages of most novels per hour iirc, if you’re wondering for speed reasons

Have never really measured, that’s just a figure I think is in the ballpark

You don’t need a life

Binge everything in a week

how long is it

Take the entire Harry Potter series

It’s 175% the length, roughly

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Is there physical versions translated into various languages? :thinking: