Cheep!?

First, let me say I really like this story and it is well written. In general, I can recommend it for having good likeable non human characters, and a good magic system progression as MC grows and develops. That being said, the novel has a serious problem.

Think what Avatar would have been like if the evil humans were given detailed back stories that explained their point of view. Say the greedy capitalist wants to save humanity because of some crisis only unobitanium can solve and the angry general had his pacifist son murdered in a first contact gone wrong, for example. Would you still be cheering for the guy who used to be human but is now fighting on behalf of the aliens? It would have been a tangled mess with no clear side to route for and generally just sort of confusing.

That is the flaw this novel suffers from: good guys doing bad things for good reasons while hurting native smart animals they don't see as people. This makes things morally murky. You will want to be on the side of the animals, but author does deep dive into the motivation of the "good" humans doing bad things and sets them in contrast to a villain who is cartoonishly evil as a backdrop.

The rest of this review contains spoilers.

An excellent story, well-written, about a human who transmigrates (unintentionally) into a bird. Well thought out descriptions of the difficulties of being born into another species with all the memories and experiences of a human intact, and the difficulties in adjusting to their new body.

I am really enjoying this series, and am excited to see where it goes.

The story gives a good back history before beginning the adventure. It proceeds to build the foundation for what is to come, building characters and story lines. There was a few grammatical errors, but very minor. Overall, a very captivating read! I am thoroughly enjoying myself.

Thank you!

R. J. A. Slinkycat

A solid story. The beginning was very nice, and while a couple of the solo chapters can be a slog, the characters and their interactions make this a great story. And the MC's premise is great, it was great to see a character that's had a horrible life still be a good person.

Grammar: Very few to no obvious mistakes, the sentences flow well, dialog is vibrant and believable. Not perfect, and there's a few formatting things I'm not sure are intentional (when certain characters speak it's usually in italics, sometimes it isn't). Still, gold standard for an easy to read story.

Story: Overall pretty engaging. There's some tropes that are annoying to see, especially the whole in-built mind-control thing. If Charles has to act stupid to accomplish something for the story, then there's a ready-made excuse of 'Instincts'. Some events you can also see coming with bright sparking neon lights, too.

Character: None of the characters are cardboard cutouts. You do get the impression that everyone has their own story for the most part, but point's knocked off because of the whole built-in-mind-control thing.

Style: The pacing is sometimes tedious, most time skips are not used well or at all, even minor ones like scene transitions feel like I'm getting more redundant information than I need. I do approve of skipping a bit of the time with some unnecessary fights and hunts but I still end up skipping entire paragraphs of navel-gazing that could be summed up with the resolution perfectly well. And finally, we don't need to be spoon-fed alternate perspectives to make certain that we the reader don't really have any surprises. I don't need to know about the Life of Dane, I don't even really need to see the gears turning that'll have the main character wandering around with a bunch of idiots, until it actually impacts him. If it's important to Charles' story, he'll see it on his own time and we'll learn along with him, increasing the reader's bond with the character. If he doesn't, then we really don't need to know about it to appreciate the actual story being told.

Overall: Some good ideas, and I'd recommend it, but some parts of this annoy me enough that I probably won't re-read it until a whole lot more is written so I can skip past the pieces I don't care about.

This is a very good fiction.

Against my usual inclinations, I cannot justify giving this below a 5 in any catagory.

The style is fantastic, doing a great job of portraying human emotions through an avian lens. The flavor of the interactions with the siblings was fantastic, and there is a certain... je ne sais quoi, a powerful vibe that makes the work come together. 5 stars.

The grammar is correct. Grammar has always been somewhat pass/fail to me, and Cheep passes.

Story? So far there isn't much, except the vague JRPG quest to kill rats in the first act and God in the last. However, what we do have is good, and while I usually dock a couple points until there is something solid to bite into, eeehhh... it's fine enough. It gets a pass, because

Characters are where the work truly shines. The MC is fantastic, but in addition there are a variety of other animals that run the gauntlet between the edges of sapience and full self-awareness, and I just think it's *neat*. Non-human sapients are something I quite enjoy, but rarely have I seen them written as masterfully as here, and the ones I have are too-often limited to a single race or individual, a far cry from the abundance Cheep's managed to shove in its first few dozen chapters. 5 stars, and I'd rate it higher if I could.

This one Does have It all:
-Pleasant to Read Characters
-Action
-A Original Concept
-a Thrilling Plot
-Quick and Regular Uploads
-a non-Intrusive Reincarnation Trauma
-a Great and In-depth World
-a Caring Author
-and most Importantly: BIRD JOKES

...well it does not have a System, but that's a plus in my book.

i think its a good read(very good). Plot has meaning wether big or small. Characters feel real, I will confess that I initially hated the main character due to how much of what makes him weak are qualities that i have. Lack of system in an monster evo story felt nice too. Sometimes i wonder if the author intentionally created multiple individuals for the mc to care for just to kill them for plot but it hasnt happened(yet) because that would be lazy writing. anyway u should read this

Cheep!? is a really, really well-written novel.  A lot of reincarnated into an animal/monster stories are amateurish in a way that's a little annoying.  Cheep!? avoids a lot of those issues and is very well written. It's small things (e.g., scale, frames of reference, word choice), but I appreciate them and it's what takes the story from good to great. 

A few odd thoughts: 

First, the prologue is not that great.  There's just a little too much woe is me that reads like far too many bad isekai that's truly an escape for the author. And maybe just a touch political? I'd cut that in half. For readers, I'd suggest just skipping it. 

Second, despite the title, cover, and synopsis, the protagonist only stays a cute little munchkin for a handful of chapters, then he grows up into something more powerful. 

Third, contrary to the author's protests, there's at least 10% (and maybe more like 20%) of the words that are dedicated to alternate POVs.  And while an alternate POV can be very helpful, it is a bit overused here. Like, do we need almost a thousand words across multiple chapters about the alchemist's hot sauce (for food)?

Fourth, the story ought to be tagged for Psychological. We spend a lot of time with the protagonist being introspective, sometimes about some really heavy topics. Heck, he even jokes about needing a therapist specializing in birds. Also, related to the above, even the other POVs spend a fair bit of time either being introspective or discussing (non-romantic) relationships. 

 ̶T̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶a̶r̶b̶i̶t̶r̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶t̶e̶m̶,̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶t̶r̶i̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶p̶l̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶o̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶"̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶l̶d̶ ̶i̶s̶,̶"̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶t̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶g̶e̶n̶u̶i̶n̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶e̶n̶g̶a̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶ ̶g̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶r̶o̶s̶p̶e̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶o̶t̶e̶n̶t̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶l̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶x̶ ̶n̶a̶r̶r̶a̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶t̶a̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶e̶l̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶h̶e̶a̶r̶t̶e̶d̶n̶e̶s̶s̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶I̶ ̶l̶o̶o̶k̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶I̶ ̶l̶o̶o̶k̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶o̶n̶-̶h̶u̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶d̶.̶ ̶5̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶s̶.̶

EDIT FOR LATER CHAPTERS: Knocking it down 1.5 stars for the current heavy focus on the adventurer party and weird oath-person shenanigans - not really my cup of tea. Here's to hoping that it gets back on the good old murder-bird bandwagon, at which point my review might bump back up again.