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Alchemised
by SenLinYu
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
one star for the delusion required to believe that this is worthy of formal publication.
no matter how you feel about the plot or the topics, not enough has been done to make this a book that can stand separately to the context that is assumed by the reader in fanfiction. swapping out names and putting in a complicated sanderson-esque metallurgic magic system is not enough if you haven’t also put work into making your characters and their plights compelling. you cannot just throw trauma at a wall and call it character development.
no matter how you feel about the plot or the topics, not enough has been done to make this a book that can stand separately to the context that is assumed by the reader in fanfiction. swapping out names and putting in a complicated sanderson-esque metallurgic magic system is not enough if you haven’t also put work into making your characters and their plights compelling. you cannot just throw trauma at a wall and call it character development.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
Content note from the back of the book:
Alchemised is a work of dark fantasy containing wartime violence, religious abuse, depictions of complex trauma, suicidal ideation, self-harm, human experimentation, medical torture, eugenics, cannibalism, sexual assault, rape, and allusions to necrophilia. Please remember that depiction is not authorial endorsement. Because Alchemised is told in third-person limited point of view, it necessarily involves some distortions or vision as well as missed or misconstrued events. Reader discretion is advised.