Mother of Learning

"Morning brother! Morning, morning, morning!!"

I actually read this a while ago, but came back today wishfully thinking that maybe the author might have started a new story. Noticed I hadn't left a review, and berated myself for having forgotten. 

Mother of Learning is undoubtedly my favourite story here on RR. 
I don't mean "one of my favourites", I mean THE favourite. 

It is beautifully well written. All I'll say is, give it untill after the dance. It is slow to get started, taking a number chapters. But once you get to the end of that ball, you'll be off, and you'll never put it down. 

That said, I know it May be tempting to skip the beginning, but DON'T. That beginning it's actually very important, and it lays a lot of ground work that will immediately be very important, and even has a few things in it that become important much later on. 

So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy. 

I've been following this story for years on fictionpress. Sometimes, I'd impatiently wait the whole month for a chapter, and sometimes, I'd patiently stop reading for a year or two, just so I could forget the story and reread it all from the start. It's been a wild ride.

I would spend time between the chapters to look for more stories like it, but none had that same exciting fantasy magic feel while still maintaining a systematic view of it all, nor did they have a character like Zorian, who I've come to love and support with all my heart. It's an amazing story and I love it. I feel excited about the fact that it's now on RR and that many more people can enjoy it's charm. I hope the author publishes the story and also that he continues to write such amazing fiction in the future. I look forward to his future stories.

But for now, its time. Sayonara. It's been an amazing journey.

Guess it would be fitting for my first review to be of the novel that got me into Royal Road in the first place!

Mother of learning is an outstanding work of fiction. The base premise and the execution are excelent and mostly stable throughout the whole story.

That being said, it's not perfect and a few points drag a bit much, but it doesent come even close to expoiling the good things it has.

So far this is still my favourite story in this site, and I absolutely recommend it to anyone who is into fantasy, D&D or timely whimely stuff in general!

This story may have few chapters but there is so much character development and world building that you will feel like you know everything about this magic world after this. I think I read this story over the weekend binge reading because I couldn't stop. It is a well thought out story, and although it is a time loop little changes are enough to create a butterfly effect. It is interesting to see how our choices can have such big impacts on the future. 

I recommend this story for anyone that loves magic, mysteries and riddles. 

I love this book so much, granted I have always enjoyed the time loop concept executed well, and well here is probably the best I have ever seen it done. Very in depth characters, great story, I don't think I have ever seen a grammar problem, and man this author has style. Would recommend to anyone looking for what I call a time travel which is ironic considering the nature of this book, but what I mean is you pick up the book on Friday, and you put it down, look up and its saterday evening already. That's what this is, you really get fully drawn in to the story, to each characters struggles, you pick sides, you root for certain people, and you definitly get emotionally invested. Most of all, you will be dissapointed in this book, because it ends, and that will be the greatest disappointment of all, because unfortunately all good things must come to an end. If I could I would wipe my memory of this book so I could re-read it fresh, I can not wait to see what other works this author produces in the future, but they have a lot to live up to.

I read this book on fiction press. Awesome. He made time travel interesting unlike most stories. The plot advanced covering the same territory in new and interesting ways over his hundred odd chapters. 

I especially like that he doesn't fall into the usual good and evil fantasy tropes. The grammar is correct, but it could use some editing. But the story is so good i don't care.

I highly recommend.

One of the first webnovel/webfiction I read, and have since read it twice.

The time travel element is a nice way of ensuring that the character growth does not feel unrealistic.

The naming of the story is very apt, seeing as the MC is a very studious learner.

Very little romance may be a + or - depending on what you like.

The spiders are fantastic x)

With the young age of some characters, their immaturity was at times somewhat grating but nothing that bothered me too much.

I don't really have a problem with this, but I can understand how some might feel that the story feel a bit "on rails" without being too dynamic due to the fact that you know that none of the actions in the story have lasting consequences (with the monthly reset). The majority of the story is focused on the MC learning more about the situation and furthering his magical abilities, less about big dynamic changes that significantly alter the course of the story or the characters. I think that is a given with a monthy reset, however.

Mother of Learning comes with an intricate plot that just kept surprising me, even though I was avidly following it for years as each chapter was published. Zorian (and Zach) really has to earn his happy ending, through a lot of work. I loved how the mystery was unravelled one tiny piece at a time, like chipping away at a rock face, not just one big reveal. (In fact, usually the big reveals are revealing something unpleasant.)

The author is a fluent, but not native, English speaker, and that shows up in the wording from time to time, but it doesn't create a big problem. Originally there were a fair number of spelling and grammar errors, but he's responsive to reader feedback, so a lot of them have been cleaned up.

The characters weren't always the highlight of the story, but they were a solid support to it. Kirielle is adorably annoying, and Enthusiastic Seeker of Novelty managed to steal the show even though she actually had very little screen time. Kudos on having villains with more depth than just being cacklingly evil, too.

What really sells it for me, though, is the world building. The magic system is well thought out, the world history is reasonable while preserving many unanswered questions, the politics are tangled. It's a really rich setting, and the story showcases a good amount of it without exhausting it.

Publishing levels of writing, grammar, and characters. A slow burner for the ages. The first ten chapters lead up to, what is likely one of the largest mysteries on the website. Personally loved it. The ending was worth waiting for. While it may have gotten a little slow in some places, It most definitely picked up pace in the important moments.

After reading the afterword of the author and what he wants to improve i just wanted to say that i think you succed on what you wanted to do that is what i love inthis novel how the character interact in same but differrent scenerio

PS. dont be pressure that the next story shoiul be as good as this or even better than this the bar is reallly high now