Returning to No Applause, Only More of the Same

I don't normally do reviews, but this is hands down one the best books I have read on RRL. Absolutely worth a read. Not much else needs to be said. The rest on this is to meet the word requirements for a review. I am not an author, just trying to give a great book a nice review.

Honestly, this story might not be for everyone.

That beng said, it's a fantastic character driven narrative that explores both the strength and fragility of the human brain. The author has created a tragically broken main character wth depth and personality alongside a familiar yet mysterious earth. What stands out most to me is the realistic intelligence we see from the supporting characters despite the main character's skewed perspective.

If you're looking for wish fulfilment then this probably isn't thre story for you, but if you want uncomfortably human characters with a world and plot that are subtly fed to you bit by bit then I highly recommend giving this story a try.

But man this a rant to the extrem

short version.

Perfect work love it. Keep up the good work.

Characters are indeept and understandable. The focus is connected to something we all have. The story hold up to its promises and the Backround lets me question what else can happen.

long rant about how i feel about storys too good to be true.

How should i describe it? Did you ever the a power genre, where the chracter goes beyond acceptable. Living live in a world build around him and not the other way around. Thats how a stroy from weak to stron always feels like. 

A story where a person enviroment gets molded around him. What im so strong i could crush every human. No problem let me go to a higher plane to find humans i cant crush immideatly.

They are often exciding but mostly lacking a wumps. An impact. A Background. Often seen in animation.

But here we see an excamble of something i would call a masterwork if more time was put in to it from more than one person. You alone cant build a story as grand as this one can be.

As the time invisting into it would be so massiv that it often takes time to create something like this. 

I sometimes saw stories of this callibrar, where every line keeps me reading and every plot keeps me hoping.

You know how those stories ended? They never did. As they were a passion project with ended not with the story but with the authore. Burn outs, Ilnis, death, bordem, lackluster on the project.

I see the potential in the story here. With the SCP vipes, the isekai vibes. The generic focus on the character and how the toll of lifing live for long in a world riding by war and horror. Can change someones psyche and how he goes on it.

Beautifull describtion, can till now chapter 37 imagine every detail of his past life and his now.

The only thing i can give is probebly, To treat carefull. As storys like this need deep knowladge and care to build momentom which will take the viewer deeper in.

I will not go to strait in to the plot of your storie, but i will call out the background around it. The things that are highlighted are the System, the diffrent workings of it in the otherworld and on earth.

The time diffrents and how an anomaly like the portals work. The reasons of the characters. The plothole on how some can see his status and others cant. The deep mental scar the character has. The weird strenght habits. The lacking system information, will give a chance to let him have abilitys he needs for situation but at the same time it makes a weird feeling. Like being near someone, but suddenly feeling away from him for the short duration. But as long as you let it be in a category of his base attribute i think it will be fine.

And largly his memory. At some points their are extremly vividly but at others weirdly. Like we both know what magic can do to someone known by many. And how memory can sometimes be alters into a state that lvl dont make all the diffrents but skills does. 

Its a point i like to give. even a big number doesnt give a high  base point to go to. I know its more difficult to write in deeper about some things. But i would love to see them some hints or things refrecing work of others or simple things. So i can get an connection to an big plot your plotting hopefully.

As their are many plot holes needed to be considered. 

Some of the best characterization I've seen in a while for the main character. It tells its story at a human scale and it finishes. It works well. While other stories could be told in this universe, they aren't.

Don't expect anything grimdark going in. It isn't constant action, but it is very good.

Its quite good, and csn really hold an emotional grip over the reader. That was the short of it.

This is the long version

Hi author. Remember me? From Eldritch God? Yeah, you probably do. I remember you most certainly, so imagine my surprise when i saw a story of yours on top of trending. I decided that it was only fair to read it.

And wow, was it a read. Kreig truly reads like someone who has come from endless war, his innocence so fitting, yet startling, that its almost cute. Gap moe, i believe? He also acts quite submissively, unlike most 'I came back to earth super OP' stories, both prepared, and not prepared to deal death at every moment.

Am now writing more, on Christmas eve even! And, yes Palt. You have gotten better. Also, i dont see Kreigs naivety as a bad thing, since it seemed like you thought i did from your response. Hell, it makes sense for his actions towards otger people to be like that of a child. Thirty years without contact with a single soul does that to people.

Also, i truly like how the characters are portrayed in this story, having actual decency and pity instead of every single person with authority being an asshole towards the main character. Its refreshing.

I also appreciate having an actual person of faith as main character. Normally people try to avoid them either for fear of offending people, or because they're REALLY hard to write. Youve done pretty good though.

And, i also appreciate the MC having actual remnants of his humanity, instead of rushing into killing every person he finds, holding onto hope even after hes been disappointed so many times. He's like Samwise Gamgee in that way(Best character in LOTR 1v1 me in minecraft if you disagree). Always hopeful and optimistic, yet still keeping himself grounded in realism. 

His siblings are also nicely portrayed, his brother seeming completely suspicious(As he should with how changed Kreig is!), while his sister clings to the chance that it is actually him. Its nice, and most of all, human.

(Also, Kreig should get a harem. The man has freaking earned one. Cause if all these wimpy shit ass MCs can get one, he can too!)

(I also just read the story again, and man, chapter twenty eight just twists something in the heart, and loosens something in the tear canal.)

(Wait hold on. Crowns? Like danish crowns? Shit, I think I got a fellow Dane here.)

Ill probs write more at some point.

I almost dismissed this story due to all the people saying it is boring when really, it is super interesting and actually quite fast paced. There is no filler in these chapters, and he isnt in prison for the entire story(maybe 100 pages) and in that time maybe half of it he is actually in his cell actually doing things.

Overall it's a very intersting story with a few angles I'm looking forward to learning more about. The mc is deeply flawed/damaged and the world building is quite complete. I don't really have any complaints tbh.

A god of an MC just lets everyone walk right over him constantly. The logic behind characters is absolutely mind-numbing. They are cruel to a being that could easily massacre the entire country. I couldn't make it past chapter 5, so take my review as you will.

The author needs to rebuild the motivations and/or powers of the MC. They just make no logical sense and no amount of suspension of disbelief will make this tale palataple 

I'll admit, the review title is a little excessive, but thats the feeling i have at this point. I read up to ch 26? and i kept getting choked up, while laughing at various shenanigans happening. Before i do a quick breakdown of my thoughts, i'll just say you should give this a try. It might not be everyones thing, but it is good.

So, Pro's:

Character, capital C. The characters in this are living and breathing and could walk right off the screen as i read the interactions.

Humor. Its dry and sad in a wierd way, but somehow there is humor in this that tickled me several times, and not Craig. I would love to see Kraig at least flick Craig with a pinky or something non-lethal. Just once. Please?

World(s). Love the world building and how there really hasn't been any exposition in this. its a  great example of show don't tell.

Cons:

Some grammar issues with incorrect words, or obvious spots that were supposed to be edited and weren't. few and far between, but jarring when they hit.

It has been said in another review i think, but i feel like the author is painting the government reaction and the way Kraig is being treated in way too rosy of a light. Its nice. And it allows the story to develope in the way it has. I just have to apply a healthy suspension of disbelief to buy it.

No other cons at this point. Keep up the good work! And i wish you and your family well with the Covid.

I'm just going to give a very short review since I don't do this often, but this story hit me right in the feelies. Exactly like those videos you see of people who take in strays that look like moving skeleton dogs and give a timelapse of them becoming the absolute happiest dogs. I haven't gotten that far into the story yet, and the dude is more like a wolf than a dog, but it still hits the same for me.

And from what I can see the grammar is pretty impeccable.

Honestly I love this. the flow and world building itself is fantastic and even the concept is uneard of! i dont think i could ever think of something like that. i love watching Krieg get settled back into the flow of modern life without having to kill people or him having to run away constantly. give the guy a break. the charecter depts are pretty amazing and better than what i could probably ever do. im sure that you could even publish this and maybe make a living off this too, if you wanted. now enough about that i have a question. are you thinking about having a love interest? because I imagine at least a couple a of readers have been thinking about that. Or its just me. anyways just imagine rekindling the love that Krieg couldnt experience as a 17 year old.Krieg just seems like an all around great guy if you exclude the fact that he's 130 years old and has killed many people. also please exclude my improper grammer.