The Last Science

What a debut. I came here from the author's site because I need everyone to be reading this. And this is only book 1? More, right now! The writing is pitch-perfect and the plot is only getting more ambitious. I haven't ever seen this idea tackled like this. I need more. Keep going, Etzoli, and we will follow!

This story has taken magic and put it in a new context. It is hard to do this and do it well. On that note the magic in this story seems like it has a more personal touch that doesn't happen to often in fantasy. The author does a great job of using the small college town environment to their advantage, making it so everyone knows mostly what's going around. I look forward to new chapters and see wherever this story goes.

I am mostly on RR for the LitRPG and isekai stories, but this one grabbed me by the arm and pulled me in.  I love it.  A lot of the background of the characters is told in flashbacks, or historical sequences, I guess, and it works so smoothly and naturally, it just adds wonderful layers of depth to the entire setting.

This one is really worth your while.  I hope the author enjoys writing this, because I'm hoping to keep reading it for years to come.

This is one of the hidden gems on RR. 

Alden is just another character, don't get overly attached to him, it's more correct to refer to him more as a victim than a main character.

The story revolves around a cast of characters and you learn to like and/or hate them.

There is no magic without the magician and the magician in this story is the reader. 

This depicts something that I love too, which is the interactions, the psychological aspects, and the multiple variables that show you how magic in this story is possible. You might seem that everything is enclosed inside a magic council or a grey-faction that blocks your eyes. However, all you need for magic is yourself and the last science. 

Real magic is not about gaining power over others: it is about gaining power over yourself. There is no magic when one no longer believes. So you have to be the magician and believe it is possible. It is a tool and one of the most difficult sciences that we could ever touch. If science represents knowledge, magic represents the endless possibilities of combining that knowledge to form dreams. 

Welcome to a book that will make you quiver in magic. Because once you open it, it'll surround you. 

Beware: Slow start, needs a certain level of comprehension when reading. If you aren't able to deduce of feel the pieces joining together you will find it boring at some point. But fear not, the author will solve any problems you might have so don't forget to ask if anything. 

This is a true masterpiece for a highly-fledged scholar. A must-have book in your library. Some might even be awaiting to reread it and catch up. But they'll never forget the meanings behind the ink. 

THANKS FOR THE MAGIC. 

 The story so far is beautiful, one of my pet peeves when it comes to reading is the switch in perspectives of characters. It may sound easy but its harder than it seems, trust me. You need to make sure you don't write about too much about one character at a time and must maintain a perfect balance, its a hard juggle. But also, you can't simply switch the perspective to another character just for the sake of changing the perspective, you need to have a reason, make it interesting, relay important information, in short, make it relevant to whats going on. I believe that this novel right now just nailed those two points, and to me the change of perspectives is apealing and satisfying. Now I've typed about changing perspectives a lot, but that's not all that makes this a worthwhile read, not in the least. The character development is greatly done so far, the plot is kept entertaining to read and it hooks good, like really good. The story itself makes sense (to me at least), its not a random assortment of battles like a manhua, or random boring events all the time like slice of life novels, its a perfect balance between most if not all the aspects of a great read. I would definitely recommend this to my fellow readers. I believe that if you read the first chapter, you will be hooked. At the very least you interest may be peaked.

Read it.

PS:

Yes I know that that is literally what slice of life is about ;-;

Yes I know that not all manhuas are constant battles without plot ;-;

Couldn't put it down once I started it. Very interesting and unique take on magic. It felt more like a real novel than a webnovel which is a great thing in my opinion. 

I'm really glad I waited this long to judge this story. If I had reviewed it the first time I read it, I would have thought this was just a mess without any real purpose. Then the first act ended and everything blew up in the best way. I'm crazy excited to see where this goes next.

Also Natalie best character. I'm so glad she's one of the main perspectives now. etzoli you are a genius.

I rather like the Idea but the story is really slow, and the fact that we are spending so much time on the second POV is really tiring.
While the second POV is nice for worldbuilding and all it really is more of a shore for me to read.

And while one can say that the story is paced, as it is there doesn't seem to be much to look forward too, the magic itself seems just so underwhelming.
The MCs potential for great thing seems very far away as well, where I would expect no real magic from him for months or even years for the really impressive things. Which either means the magic itself is not that important and it is more about social drama (which I don't find that interesting) or there needs to be a major ex Machina moment where he suddenly gains a lot of power.

Right now I'm at chapter 10 and I'm really struggling to keep going.

Well, I don’t have enough time to read many, many webserials and novels there are to compare with an absolute scale in hand—but if you like details, if you like savoring characters’ motivations and their unique voices, the complexity of the world, the diverse writing, and careful examination of ideas new and old, this story should leave you pretty excited.

And the editing is extraordinary. Thank you Etzy, for saving readers’ eyes.