Something's Not Right About This Mage
这个魔法师不对劲啊
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 2.6M Words
- Genre
- Eastern Fantasy
- Subgenre
- European Fantasy
- Updated
- 1y ago
- English
- RandomTL: Request
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Other names
- The Lord Starts as a Minor Border Noble领主，从边境小贵族开始Alternate title on Fanqie
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Looking for Epic Western Fantasy: Adventure or Lordship Stories Are Both Fine
Looking for books similar to "Struggling in the World I Wrote".
Western Dragons, Elves, Adventure, Frontier, and Knights
Looking for books similar to "Lord: Two Geniuses Join Me from the Start", about knights embarking on adventures and forging new frontiers.
Western Fantasy! Western Fantasy~ Western Fantasy! The Female Lead Has to Be Super Powerful!
I'm looking for books similar to "After Becoming a Young Vampire, She Was Forced to Fight on the Front Lines". Romance or no romance, either is fine! Thanks, everyone ❤ (ɔˆз(ˆ⌣ˆc)
Good Reads About Quietly Building a Private Power Base or Becoming a Fiefdom Lord
Western Fantasy, Otherworlds, Swords and Sorcery
Something more conventional, with a grander worldbuilding. That’s about it.
Sword and Sorcery Is Every Man’s Dream, Right? Share Your Deep-Cut Western Fantasy Picks
Looking for Another World's Adventurer Novels
Looking for books like Life in Another World, Starting with a Goblin Siege. Ideally, the story should make sense, without dumbed-down characters. Just a normal, well-written novel.
Looking for Books by New Authors
Tell me about any good books you've got.
Please Recommend Novels Featuring Western Magic
Magic, battle aura, knights, mercenaries, beastmen, elves, mages, undead, dragons
Western Fantasy with Empires, Elves, Dragons, Knights, and Magic
Why Are All the Highly Rated Western Fantasy Stories About Farming?
I'm looking for other kinds of Western fantasy.
Looking for Western Fantasy Novels
I’ve been into Western fantasy lately: elves, beast girls, gods, magic, and an interesting fantasy world. Does anyone have any good Western fantasy novels to share?
Magic, Academy, Western Style, Preferably a Minor Noble, Harem or No Harem Is Fine
Looking for Good Western Fantasy: Swords and Sorcery, Nobles, Adventurers, Warriors, and Mages
I want books similar to Another World: From the Start, I Captured a Female Knight.
Looking for Western Fantasy
Western fantasy means Western-style fantasy, not Journey to the West. It refers to a world that brings together angels, demons, dragons, elves, magic, knights, and the like. For reference, see Son of Light.
Post-Apocalypse + Stockpiling + No Faction-Building + 9.5 Masterpiece ⊙▽⊙
Lord-Building Stories With a Slow Growth Arc, No Unique Troop Type from the Start
Not the kind where it's all “from the start, the only hidden unit” and “SSS-rank talent,” then the protagonist is ridiculously powerful from the start with everyone losing their intelligence. I'd like some clever mind games instead.
Fully Armored Heavy Cavalry!!!
Please recommend heavy cavalry. I want to see hundreds of heavily armored horsemen smashing through an army of thousands.
Western Fantasy With Noble Lords, Dragons, Magical Beasts, Beast Tamers, and Racial Wars
Looking for books like "The Fairy Bugs and Gem Dragons of the Merlin Family".
Looking for Well-Written Western Fantasy Novels
I really love Central European-style Western fantasy novels, but I don't want them to be overly realistic. The dirt and filth don't necessarily need to be described, though coal miners and chimney sweeps can still appear. I want a novel with prose good enough to perfectly portray the grand splendor and magnificence of the Western Middle Ages.
Lordship + Nobility + Armies + Conquest + Magic + Knights
Novels about feudal lords and nobles in medieval Europe.
Please Recommend Great Novels About Medieval Lords Waging War!!!
Any Relaxed, Enjoyable Urban Slice-of-Life Stories About Enjoying Life and Traveling, Without a Business Focus?
Isn’t a World of Swords and Magic More Exciting?
Looking for a story where the protagonist starts out with super-tier magic and gets stacked with countless buffs. Hahaha.
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This novel probably won't be popular with many readers on Tomato. It's a slow-burn, Western fantasy novel with a grand world-building, but some parts are too long and difficult to read. Overall, though, it's a good read; those tired of fast-paced, action-packed novels might want to give it a try.
It's alright, after all, you don't need to use your brain to read this kind of story. At least it's more watchable than those isekai (another world) toilet paper anime. I stopped reading at chapter 87; there were still too many problematic and flawed plot points. However, I still hope the author will continue to work hard and improve their writing skills.
It's a well-written, well-structured, and logically explained story. The supporting characters' actions are also consistent with the plot. It's my favorite kind of slow-burn farming novel. The only downside is that there are too many threats to the protagonist in the early stages, which makes it a bit stressful to read.
The initial writing was so-so, but it got better and better as you read on. It wasn't melodramatic or filled with filler, and there were no gaps in the reading flow. The only downside was that there was only one knight, which was a bit too few characters to use. Overall, it shouldn't have only scored 8 points.
The later parts are great, especially the combination of modern electricity and magic, which is very interesting. It also uses magic to liberate productivity, which is rare in other novels. However, the early part is too torturous. Even I, a fanatic fan of Western fantasy, couldn't finish the first thirty chapters. It was too chaotic.
It's a pretty good, slow-burn lord-themed novel; it's hard to believe this is the author's first time writing a book. Speaking of medieval settings, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 just came out recently, and I immediately jumped into that idea 😂
The pacing is too slow, but the content is good. Those who like a slow pace can follow it (I've read the first hundred chapters, it's incredibly slow).
I've read less than 200 chapters so far. The writing is excellent, the plot is tight, but the pacing is slow. However, many scenes are frustratingly drawn out. If you like fast-paced, action-packed stories, this is a good option. You can listen to the audiobook version; the writing is solid and not superficial. I like it.
A bookworm with 3000 hours of reading experience said it's good. It's normal for the plot of a farming novel to progress slowly. However, with a slow update speed, there isn't much content in a farming novel with only one or two chapters a day. It's more suitable for reading after you've raised the character for a while.
It's a slow-paced, refreshing read with a complete story structure. It's a breath of fresh air among time-travel novels, with distinctive characters and a world-building framework that should change as the protagonist grows. Overall, it's quite good and worth reading.