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The Burning Hunger
After the death of your wife, you work as a mercenary, struggling to make ends meet. You awake to a strange and sinister sight. Your village's livestock have been massacred completely cleaned of meat, leaving only eerie skeletons. The townsfolk want revenge. You decide to take on the quest to slay this The Wiindigo. Tensions arise as you face challenging roadblocks and struggle to keep your relationship with your lover, Noelle, afloat as she fears for your ever-disrupted safety. The reader is taken on a psychological journey, through exploration of grief and impact of horror; caused by both man and beast. Investigating the pinnacle of the human condition, all through the lens of a complex man in a historical setting.
Asking the compelling What differentiates man from monster?
Asking the compelling What differentiates man from monster?
206 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2026
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March 6, 2026
days of convincing made me decide to put it on goodreads.
I couldnt make it through chapter 1. This book actually just comes across as a first draft, no editor touched this, it is incredibly obvious.
Character speech is very unnatural, and along with that so is interaction. The only decently realistic thing was the old woman warning him, only for it to be ruined by the protagonist claiming witches and demons are fake (Man would be hanged for even believing that). He just came from trying to motivate a crowd to rise up because its a beast that did it, but then claims that?
I would like to mention that there was no thought process behind his sudden melodramatic burst of energy, it just happened with just the motive said after in one sentence: "Your intention is to add a shunning light towards this creature. Create a mob if sorts". Why would someone well-known and despised think 'let me get a crowd to rise up'? Yes, the village is angry but I don't think theyre going to take a random move like that seriously if he was so hated. Not alot of thought had been put into it, im assuming.
Its as if you had a thesaurus right beside you at all times, using words that to make you look smarter such as 'egregious' and 'innateness' when really you could have just said instinct. "He said wonderingly" when 'he wondered' sounds better. It actually had me scratching my head thinking 'why is the author making life harder for the himself AND the reader?'. This is said to be targeted to 'beginner readers', you said it on this page. It is better to have short and snappy words at times, a strong specific word here and there sure but the one thing you do not want is for readers to be confused.
Your descriptions, yes beautiful, its great to be given visuals. The best way to do it though is as the story progresses. Random dead wife lore drop, that could have been a whole scene in itself. The constant deep description of the character and the repetitiveness. it does not let the story progress. If you want descriptions, go with the senses- What your character can see, hear, touch and smell.
Can I also ask- Who else is playing these games so well that the perfect book for his situation is conveniently written and in a library where the librarian could not find it? Make it make sense.
No 200 page books a chapter 30 page long. 7-10 maximum. You're doing literally everything that ruins the pace.
More thought into characters, giving neighbours atleast names and something for readers to remember, even the protagonist seemed forgettable and I can say it was hard even following the story from his point of view. Evil characters can be likeable, but you cannot even connect the protagonist despite it being in second person.
I'm not saying your idea is bad, I am saying the writing needs intense work.
I couldnt make it through chapter 1. This book actually just comes across as a first draft, no editor touched this, it is incredibly obvious.
Character speech is very unnatural, and along with that so is interaction. The only decently realistic thing was the old woman warning him, only for it to be ruined by the protagonist claiming witches and demons are fake (Man would be hanged for even believing that). He just came from trying to motivate a crowd to rise up because its a beast that did it, but then claims that?
I would like to mention that there was no thought process behind his sudden melodramatic burst of energy, it just happened with just the motive said after in one sentence: "Your intention is to add a shunning light towards this creature. Create a mob if sorts". Why would someone well-known and despised think 'let me get a crowd to rise up'? Yes, the village is angry but I don't think theyre going to take a random move like that seriously if he was so hated. Not alot of thought had been put into it, im assuming.
Its as if you had a thesaurus right beside you at all times, using words that to make you look smarter such as 'egregious' and 'innateness' when really you could have just said instinct. "He said wonderingly" when 'he wondered' sounds better. It actually had me scratching my head thinking 'why is the author making life harder for the himself AND the reader?'. This is said to be targeted to 'beginner readers', you said it on this page. It is better to have short and snappy words at times, a strong specific word here and there sure but the one thing you do not want is for readers to be confused.
Your descriptions, yes beautiful, its great to be given visuals. The best way to do it though is as the story progresses. Random dead wife lore drop, that could have been a whole scene in itself. The constant deep description of the character and the repetitiveness. it does not let the story progress. If you want descriptions, go with the senses- What your character can see, hear, touch and smell.
Can I also ask- Who else is playing these games so well that the perfect book for his situation is conveniently written and in a library where the librarian could not find it? Make it make sense.
No 200 page books a chapter 30 page long. 7-10 maximum. You're doing literally everything that ruins the pace.
More thought into characters, giving neighbours atleast names and something for readers to remember, even the protagonist seemed forgettable and I can say it was hard even following the story from his point of view. Evil characters can be likeable, but you cannot even connect the protagonist despite it being in second person.
I'm not saying your idea is bad, I am saying the writing needs intense work.
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