Before They Came (Magical Apocalypse)

It's too early to say if the plot will grow from where it is, or if the story as a whole will develop beyond being a webnovel.

The premise is familiar, but the powers are interesting. Exploring a new magic and world are definitely the highlights of Before They Came thus far.

The main two shortcomings as of chapter 71 are the lack of supporting character and the MC's reaction to power.

 Overall this is still a short and fun story. Hopefully it continues to grow into a great one.

Reviewing this at chapter 60, here's my opinion:

It's interesting, unique, funny, and has some really awesome moments! As in multiple instances of "crowning moment of awesome"!

Story:

Develops onion-style, peels off layer by layer, with each reveal making the world increasingly fascinating. Includes quite a few tantalising glimpses which I'm so looking forward to the Author developing further!

The plot moves along at a good pace, with some variety to mix things up a bit. Makes for addictive reading, you'll gulp down chapters by the dozen before you know it.

Just a tiny gripe that sometimes, I feel like "whoa, everything's just going your way eh, MC?". But that might just be me, and I agree that it can be tough to avert the perception of convenient coincidences or, ahem, plot armour. And if one tries to explain everything, it would cripple the pacing.

Character:

MC is quite relatable, tons more believable than most others. He's very human, makes mistakes, but also learns from mistakes FAST. Also, has his moments of awesome!

Style:

The conversational style makes for very smooth and easy reading, goes down like... a cold beverage that's both light and tasty. Something you could drink all night.

Grammar:

No grammatical mistakes or typos that I could notice, nothing to jar the reading experience. Done very well, thumbs up!

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... I really like that the MC plays to his strengths. It's not so much that he's OP, because OP-ness is always relative. Kill an Orc with one blow, get crushed by Godzilla the next minute, for example. It's more that the MC gives the impression of OP-ness through a combination of D&D Wizard-level preparation (or striving for it, which I like), playing to his strengths, and manipulating the battle or battlefield like someone who's studied Sun Tzu. So amazing, so much enjoyment from reading it.

Oh, one last thing, read this story cos it was recommended by @aminex! :D

I enjoy the story and would recommend to others (Currently at chapter 9). My only issue is that he gets really strong really fast and that his knowledge seems to be from nothing but intuition but even that shouldn't allow him to do what he has done. But other than that I saw no grammar or spelling errors and while the chapters are short its fine and not a huge deal.

The main character is a magic user, so far a primary earth mage. The chapters may be short but they are pretty fulfilling reads anyway. A book that seems easy to keep up even with sporadic updates and short chapters. I had no real issues with the spelling/grammar. His fiancee had 0 chance to develope into a character i would give a damn about but i guess it helped in some ways. The MC is well rounded with no real strong points, except his magic/where he learned it, In the 7 chapters you begin to get a feel for his personality which is nice.

Fun story, bit early to tell how it all goes, will follow.

Ok book just reads like Fimbulwinter by William E Brown to truly give a good shot because while ok story just isn't the best when you have something to compare it to with such similarity.

I love this story always reading new chapters whenever they come out.

The author has stated that he's taking inspiration from the Fimbulwinter series. I've read this series, and can say with 100% assurance that the author ain't kiddin.

Is it original? Not even close. Do I care? Not one bit. It's been a fun read so far. My only gripe is the chapters are about half the size that I'd like, but given that I'm not paying to read it that's not something I can complain about. Author is still updating, so I'll keep reading.

So far so good, I have truly been enjoying the world building and magical learning in this book. Another peice of this book I have enjoyed is watching the main character go through trial and error to find out what is best  and how to thrive. I am really looking forward to the waking of a certain someone in this book as well as a certain animal coming out of stasis. I recommend this book to anybody who likes fantasy/magic/space/pets and even if you dont enjoy those I highly recommend just trying it out.

 I rarely do reviews but you, my friend, know how to write. Your characters have common sense and actually have a personality. The MC is not some crazed overpowered dude who always succeed no matter what the challenge is. He works hard to achieve his goals even if the outcomes aren't what he expects. Overall I like the story because there is a sense of logic to the characters.