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The Wandering Inn: Volume 8
“No killing Goblins.”
So reads the sign outside of The Wandering Inn, a small building run by a young woman named Erin Solstice. She serves pasta with sausage, blue fruit juice, and dead acid flies on request. And she comes from another world. Ours.
It’s a bad day when Erin finds herself transported to a fantastical world and nearly gets eaten by a Dragon. She doesn’t belong in a place where monster attacks are a fact of life, and where Humans are one species among many. But she must adapt to her new life. Or die.
In a dangerous world where magic is real and people can level up and gain classes, Erin Solstice must battle somewhat evil Goblins, deadly Rock Crabs, and hungry [Necromancers]. She is no warrior, no mage. Erin Solstice runs an inn.
She’s an [Innkeeper].
So reads the sign outside of The Wandering Inn, a small building run by a young woman named Erin Solstice. She serves pasta with sausage, blue fruit juice, and dead acid flies on request. And she comes from another world. Ours.
It’s a bad day when Erin finds herself transported to a fantastical world and nearly gets eaten by a Dragon. She doesn’t belong in a place where monster attacks are a fact of life, and where Humans are one species among many. But she must adapt to her new life. Or die.
In a dangerous world where magic is real and people can level up and gain classes, Erin Solstice must battle somewhat evil Goblins, deadly Rock Crabs, and hungry [Necromancers]. She is no warrior, no mage. Erin Solstice runs an inn.
She’s an [Innkeeper].
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First published November 22, 2022
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March 16, 2022
01/01/2022 to ??? Notes:
01/01: Chapter Wordcount Updates are in the spoiler at the bottom of this review. =)
Looking forward the the upcoming stuff from Pirateaba. For those that are not the author's Patreon, there are nice surprises in store for the readers. Yay!
Putting Vol8 back on the Currently Reading list, and I'll decide later how I'm going to tackle Vol7+8.
A few friends are reading WI for the first time. I may join them and re-read Vol1. Cheers to having the audiobook and making it easy to re-read Vol1 to Vol4(Pt1).
01/2021 to 12/2021 Notes:
- 12/22: Pirateaba said that Vol8 will run into 2022. Estimated to end February/March.
*Almost done with Vol6 re-read. I may re-read Vol7 & Vol8 next year.
- 12/27: I stopped reading in July & stopped in the middle of Ch8.30. For the 2022 Team Competition, I can re-read all of Vol8 or record a page count from Ch8.30. Eh. Haven't decided which way I'm going yet. Between the news update about Vol8 & finishing Vol6, I'm tempted to re-read Vol7 and Vol8. If I do that, I have to pause my deep dive into Asian webnovels. Hmmmmm. Difficult choices. =P
As it is, I'll put a "Read Date" for 2021 and start up a new reading date for 2022.
- 12/29: Estimated page count for Ch8.00 to Ch8.30 (only half for 8.30 because I read half) is 3,693 pages. LoL Going ahead and wrapping up this read of Vol8 and recording where I stopped. I'll most likely end up re-reading all of Vol7 & Vol8 in time to read the ending for Vol8.
There's a lot to love and hate in Volume 8. More about that when I finish the volume. =P
Currently sitting between 3.5 to 4 stars. Curious to see how I will rate it once Vol8 is finished.
Last update for 2021! Releases will resume on 1/15/2022. =D
~ Chapter Wordcount Updates ~
01/01: Chapter Wordcount Updates are in the spoiler at the bottom of this review. =)
Looking forward the the upcoming stuff from Pirateaba. For those that are not the author's Patreon, there are nice surprises in store for the readers. Yay!
Putting Vol8 back on the Currently Reading list, and I'll decide later how I'm going to tackle Vol7+8.
A few friends are reading WI for the first time. I may join them and re-read Vol1. Cheers to having the audiobook and making it easy to re-read Vol1 to Vol4(Pt1).
01/2021 to 12/2021 Notes:
- 12/22: Pirateaba said that Vol8 will run into 2022. Estimated to end February/March.
*Almost done with Vol6 re-read. I may re-read Vol7 & Vol8 next year.
- 12/27: I stopped reading in July & stopped in the middle of Ch8.30. For the 2022 Team Competition, I can re-read all of Vol8 or record a page count from Ch8.30. Eh. Haven't decided which way I'm going yet. Between the news update about Vol8 & finishing Vol6, I'm tempted to re-read Vol7 and Vol8. If I do that, I have to pause my deep dive into Asian webnovels. Hmmmmm. Difficult choices. =P
As it is, I'll put a "Read Date" for 2021 and start up a new reading date for 2022.
- 12/29: Estimated page count for Ch8.00 to Ch8.30 (only half for 8.30 because I read half) is 3,693 pages. LoL Going ahead and wrapping up this read of Vol8 and recording where I stopped. I'll most likely end up re-reading all of Vol7 & Vol8 in time to read the ending for Vol8.
There's a lot to love and hate in Volume 8. More about that when I finish the volume. =P
Currently sitting between 3.5 to 4 stars. Curious to see how I will rate it once Vol8 is finished.
Last update for 2021! Releases will resume on 1/15/2022. =D
~ Chapter Wordcount Updates ~
May 4, 2022
There are not enough words, or rather, there are not appropriate words to describe what this volume has been. It is impossible for anyone to understand what TWI is without reading it for themselves.
It is simply the best thing I've ever read in my life and probably always will be.
Thank you Pirateaba.
It is simply the best thing I've ever read in my life and probably always will be.
Thank you Pirateaba.
September 9, 2022
Its been so long since I read the early volumes the only thoughts about them I still have is nostalgia. Alot of people say that The Wandering Inn starts out rough but I've been enamored since the beginning with this story. All in All I'm too emotionally invested to ever seriously drop this.
Preamble out of the way I think that volume 8 had the highest highs and the lowest lows so far. Ryoka's arc was made me so frustrated for the first time I had to take a break for a couple months to reset before going back to read the rest of the volume. When Ryoka was first introduced I was a huge fan. I thought she was another very interesting earther to follow. Now every volume she gets more insufferable to me. No idea if shes a well written character or not but I can't really stand her.
The Horns arc and the winstram arc this volume really saved the book for me. The tribe meeting / oteslia set was fairly bland imo. As usual for me Erin is the best part of this story and what little we did get from her throughout the volume was amazing. I'm a bit of a sap and thought the ending of the volume was awesome. I don't think too hard about this story, the rule of cool trumps whatever inconsistencies crop up and Pirateaba continues to put bring in cool new systems and characters. ( except for whatever they did with Geneva that was weird and confusing and pretty unnecessary)
Maybe I've been reading this too long. I started this serial when I was in the middle of high school, I'm gunna be graduating with my bachelors in a couple months and I feel like we're only somewhere slightly past the halfway point with this story. The way Volume 8 ended left me very excited for the ending of The Wandering Inn as a whole.
hard to follow rant over.
Earther rankings:
Hate/dislike: Ryoka & Laken
Wtf is going on: Geneva??
Dont care: Singer
Like: Rhir group, Winstram group, Erin hangers on, UN company
Big fan: Inkar, Trey & Teresa,
Erin
Preamble out of the way I think that volume 8 had the highest highs and the lowest lows so far. Ryoka's arc was made me so frustrated for the first time I had to take a break for a couple months to reset before going back to read the rest of the volume. When Ryoka was first introduced I was a huge fan. I thought she was another very interesting earther to follow. Now every volume she gets more insufferable to me. No idea if shes a well written character or not but I can't really stand her.
The Horns arc and the winstram arc this volume really saved the book for me. The tribe meeting / oteslia set was fairly bland imo. As usual for me Erin is the best part of this story and what little we did get from her throughout the volume was amazing. I'm a bit of a sap and thought the ending of the volume was awesome. I don't think too hard about this story, the rule of cool trumps whatever inconsistencies crop up and Pirateaba continues to put bring in cool new systems and characters. ( except for whatever they did with Geneva that was weird and confusing and pretty unnecessary)
Maybe I've been reading this too long. I started this serial when I was in the middle of high school, I'm gunna be graduating with my bachelors in a couple months and I feel like we're only somewhere slightly past the halfway point with this story. The way Volume 8 ended left me very excited for the ending of The Wandering Inn as a whole.
hard to follow rant over.
Earther rankings:
Hate/dislike: Ryoka & Laken
Wtf is going on: Geneva??
Dont care: Singer
Like: Rhir group, Winstram group, Erin hangers on, UN company
Big fan: Inkar, Trey & Teresa,
Erin
May 5, 2022
There are no words to describe how much I love this webserial.
May 7, 2022
the longest volume of the series so far.
it's so great, so many characters, so many plots, it's impossible to pinpoint anything in particular without going on a long diatribe of why it's relevant or why it's great.
This is one of the greatest fantasy series in the world, and everyone should read it.
it's so great, so many characters, so many plots, it's impossible to pinpoint anything in particular without going on a long diatribe of why it's relevant or why it's great.
This is one of the greatest fantasy series in the world, and everyone should read it.
March 10, 2023
"Nothing will be the same, but nothing ever is. And that is okay. I hope you’ll be there when I start Volume 9. For now—thanks for reading. See you in a bit. This strange story has certainly changed my life."
La mía también Pirata, la mía también
La mía también Pirata, la mía también
March 21, 2025
I never expected to take this ride, but I'm incredibly happy that I did. 9+ million words so far, and I still want more. Lots more.
July 5, 2022
The first thing I'll say is that the author recently commented that this might be the 1/3 point in the story, or the halfway point, or the 2/3 point, but definitely no further than that. Given how it is written, I expect that first estimate is the closest, so anybody waiting for the story to be over to read it should expect to have it available around 2034 and for it to be about 30 million words.
This volume was the longest yet, at 2.8 million words (for a current total of 9.8 million), and I can't imagine my love for it would convince anybody who hasn't already invested hundreds of hours into reading this series that it is worth their time.
For me, part of the appeal of this story is that it is so incredibly long and expansive. It isn't the best writing, but it is pretty good, and it is in so many ways the most. At this point there have been at least 1,000 named characters and so many subplots and diversions that it gives the world a sense of depth and texture that just isn't possible in a normal novel or series.
In some stories, the author can surprise you because they provide a twist that you didn't see coming. In this one, there are entire novels worth of sideplots and diversions that come out of nowhere. While there have been some long-running plot threads that are predictable, they unpredictable pace of the story still makes it a surprise when they finally land.
This volume was the longest yet, at 2.8 million words (for a current total of 9.8 million), and I can't imagine my love for it would convince anybody who hasn't already invested hundreds of hours into reading this series that it is worth their time.
For me, part of the appeal of this story is that it is so incredibly long and expansive. It isn't the best writing, but it is pretty good, and it is in so many ways the most. At this point there have been at least 1,000 named characters and so many subplots and diversions that it gives the world a sense of depth and texture that just isn't possible in a normal novel or series.
In some stories, the author can surprise you because they provide a twist that you didn't see coming. In this one, there are entire novels worth of sideplots and diversions that come out of nowhere. While there have been some long-running plot threads that are predictable, they unpredictable pace of the story still makes it a surprise when they finally land.
February 25, 2024
Zaudējums kaujā starp Lēdijas Magnolijas savākto un ģenerāļa Zela Šiverteila, turklāt vēl šī leģendārā karotāja nāvi, pāršalc visus šīs fantāzijas pasaules kontinentus, bet sensacionāli traģiskā ziņa neskar nevienu citu tik smagi kā Zela tautiešu sugas dreikus. Šāda tik liela līdera un vēsturisku kauju varoņa nāve nevar būt kas tāds, ko var viegli sagremot un atgūties, lai uzreiz saņemtos un sagatavoties bez šīs personas gaidāmajai cīņai, jo visi var būt droši, ka tāda būs, ka Goblinu Lords bez tādas tā vienkārši kaut kur miermīlīgi nenolīdis. Turklāt vien retais zina, ka Goblinu Lorda rīcību diktē kāds cits kungs un saimnieks – Nekromancers Az’kerash.
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May 10, 2022
Honestly my opinion after the end of this volume, the longest of them all, is that the controversial ending of Volume 7 improved the story and gave us a more interesting Volume 8. SO MUCH happened in this Volume and there were so so many great moments and interesting plotlines. I think many of the characters in this hugeee cast really came into their own in this volume and that was just awesome to see. The end of this volume was unlike anything I've read in fantasy, and was like what it was like to watch Endgame, but in novel form and with even more epic scope. It's left me questioning where we even go from here but I have trust my expectations will only continue to be topped in the future.
November 29, 2024
The Waning World ends, and The Wandering Inn changes, leaving memories that become legend and flame. Flame fades, and even memory is old and dust when the next age rekindles the spark.
Death before dishonor, you bastards.
Death before dishonor, you bastards.
May 4, 2022
Amazing as usual.
May 7, 2022
Over 2.8M words of awesomeness
December 21, 2024
"Why should I help those who judge me in ignorance and fear?"
"Because you’re a better person than they are."
I finished volume 8 of The Wandering Inn and I can only say that it was the best experience and the best thing I have ever read in my life. The climax of the 1726282 plot took me to the stars. The development of all the characters made me love them even more and that I already loved them with all my life. My poor Pisces...
My poor Ryoka, who had to make the hardest decisions of her life...
Erin Solstice is larger than life, those who read know it. The wordbuilding of the son of a bitch Roshal is the best of this volume, along with Allen Domas and other things that are pure spoilers. You can't appreciate this volume without highlighting the lore...years of wanting to know the answers to the world and I got them in the final stretch. Characters I will never forget. I will never love anything as much as The Wandering Inn. The climax sends me to the stars. Thank you Pirateaba for creating this masterpiece.
"Because you’re a better person than they are."
I finished volume 8 of The Wandering Inn and I can only say that it was the best experience and the best thing I have ever read in my life. The climax of the 1726282 plot took me to the stars. The development of all the characters made me love them even more and that I already loved them with all my life. My poor Pisces...
My poor Ryoka, who had to make the hardest decisions of her life...
Erin Solstice is larger than life, those who read know it. The wordbuilding of the son of a bitch Roshal is the best of this volume, along with Allen Domas and other things that are pure spoilers. You can't appreciate this volume without highlighting the lore...years of wanting to know the answers to the world and I got them in the final stretch. Characters I will never forget. I will never love anything as much as The Wandering Inn. The climax sends me to the stars. Thank you Pirateaba for creating this masterpiece.
May 12, 2022
Excellent so far. The latest chapters have been awesome and very well written, as usual. Highly recommend! (Start at book 1 haha, you are a thousand hours of reading too early to start this volume.)
June 18, 2025
had many amazing chapters + The most terrifying story poor pisces but it was hard to read without Erin
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 17, 2025
Holy hell! That was a crazy ride. the goblins will be interesting to watch. I really hope Rags is ok.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 21, 2022
Final thoughts: I think I've come to the conclusion that pirateaba writes very good individual scenes but I have a lot of difficulty enjoying them as a decent amount of these scenes play heavily into common fantasy tropes and often at the expense of adding inconsistency to the story or breaking established character behaviors. If the story is taken as a collection of just cool stuff happening, and you don't think too hard about overarching narrative then it is a very enjoyable series to read. But as someone who prefers a consistent narrative I can't rightly give it a high rating.
There are too many points in the book where I just pause and think 'why the hell didn't x do y?' or 'why did x happen to y?" because it's been previously established they should be capable of certain feats that now for some reason they are incapable of thinking or doing. This is probably a flaw of the series being written as a webserial, and the sheer amount of characters and actions on the field the author has to keep track of. It is a massive undertaking and if you don't properly track what each character should be able to do or have done, it's incredibly easy to introduce these kinds of inconsistencies (especially since the author seems to prefer 'rule of cool' style scene writing which doesn't help with consistency). I preferred the series when it was a smaller slice-of-life style story, the author is very good at those sorts of scenes and storytelling, but I feel the world has grown much too large for them and I just don't find it enjoyable to be reading this story with so many moments where I have to pause and say 'why' or 'this makes no sense'.
Thoughts as of 8.70 E: pirateaba can write and the story is enjoyable if you don't think too hard, but the further you go inconsistencies keep piling up and characters don't always make sense. It sometimes feels like the characters are just there to serve the plot and will act inconsistently in order for the story aba wants to tell to work.
*** SPOILERS ONWARDS ***
As an example, when the Niers Astoragon (The Titan) chooses to stay with the Mrsha rescue group for the 'adventure'. It is clearly stated in the story he knows Fraerling villages are under attack and he made a promise to protect them. But he throws it all away to tromp about with this group to rescue one named character. It honestly makes me sort of hate the Titan, he knowingly abandons thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of his people to die but it's ok cause they're not named characters and therefore don't matter to the audience. I'm sorry but when you're at the level he's at, he has a certain responsibility to his people, not even mentioning that he's blatantly breaking his promise to the Fraerlings to protect them. It feels like Niers is only with this rescue group so aba can give a bunch of the newer characters fun powerups and so Niers can basically carry his group through the Drake/Gnoll conflict.
As an added note, I'm currently at 8.70 E and the beginning of this chapter starts with a brief history of chess and then the history of chess on Innworld... but I feel like I was led to believe chess was a new game that was only recently invented (1-2 years before Erin originally arrived). Volume 1 partly revolved around how amazing Erin was at chess considering the game had only been out for a short amount of time and how amazing it was that she was one of the best players in the world, let alone knew the game at all. But now apparently there were ancient chess boards with 'archmage' and 'dragon' pieces?
"The rules, the customs around the piece, and the naturally oversized impact a Dragon-piece could have on those ancient chess boards were all a nod to the power of Dragons, those eternal meddlers."
Am I just missing something? The bigger this world gets the more inconsistencies seem to build up and it really kills the enjoyment of the series. Especially since this should be an obvious mistake to catch considering how important chess being new was to Volume 1.
There are too many points in the book where I just pause and think 'why the hell didn't x do y?' or 'why did x happen to y?" because it's been previously established they should be capable of certain feats that now for some reason they are incapable of thinking or doing. This is probably a flaw of the series being written as a webserial, and the sheer amount of characters and actions on the field the author has to keep track of. It is a massive undertaking and if you don't properly track what each character should be able to do or have done, it's incredibly easy to introduce these kinds of inconsistencies (especially since the author seems to prefer 'rule of cool' style scene writing which doesn't help with consistency). I preferred the series when it was a smaller slice-of-life style story, the author is very good at those sorts of scenes and storytelling, but I feel the world has grown much too large for them and I just don't find it enjoyable to be reading this story with so many moments where I have to pause and say 'why' or 'this makes no sense'.
Thoughts as of 8.70 E: pirateaba can write and the story is enjoyable if you don't think too hard, but the further you go inconsistencies keep piling up and characters don't always make sense. It sometimes feels like the characters are just there to serve the plot and will act inconsistently in order for the story aba wants to tell to work.
*** SPOILERS ONWARDS ***
As an example, when the Niers Astoragon (The Titan) chooses to stay with the Mrsha rescue group for the 'adventure'. It is clearly stated in the story he knows Fraerling villages are under attack and he made a promise to protect them. But he throws it all away to tromp about with this group to rescue one named character. It honestly makes me sort of hate the Titan, he knowingly abandons thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of his people to die but it's ok cause they're not named characters and therefore don't matter to the audience. I'm sorry but when you're at the level he's at, he has a certain responsibility to his people, not even mentioning that he's blatantly breaking his promise to the Fraerlings to protect them. It feels like Niers is only with this rescue group so aba can give a bunch of the newer characters fun powerups and so Niers can basically carry his group through the Drake/Gnoll conflict.
As an added note, I'm currently at 8.70 E and the beginning of this chapter starts with a brief history of chess and then the history of chess on Innworld... but I feel like I was led to believe chess was a new game that was only recently invented (1-2 years before Erin originally arrived). Volume 1 partly revolved around how amazing Erin was at chess considering the game had only been out for a short amount of time and how amazing it was that she was one of the best players in the world, let alone knew the game at all. But now apparently there were ancient chess boards with 'archmage' and 'dragon' pieces?
"The rules, the customs around the piece, and the naturally oversized impact a Dragon-piece could have on those ancient chess boards were all a nod to the power of Dragons, those eternal meddlers."
Am I just missing something? The bigger this world gets the more inconsistencies seem to build up and it really kills the enjoyment of the series. Especially since this should be an obvious mistake to catch considering how important chess being new was to Volume 1.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 23, 2022
8.63K
IT'S NOT FUCKING FINISHED SOMEONE FUCKING MURDER AND REVENATE PIRATEABA SO I DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT AND THERE'S NO RISK OF ME HAVING TO READ IT ALL FROM THE START AGAIN FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
23.12.22
For an example of a story with an amazing first but a horribly botched third act that's flat, densely political, features characters that lose all likeability, and sucks all the magic and enjoyment out of a reading experience... read those Raven's Shadow books by Anthony Ryan, this was handled quite well given all the pitfalls.
I rag on these books a lot. My reviews are pretty much wall to wall criticism. I do like them - though it's more that I think of them as one continuous story so some of the tags might not always be entirely appropriate. My point... Idk, that it's good; that imperfections, as always, stab me in the brain; that Amazon is a horrible company that makes the world a worse place and should really just die, or at least let people make halfstar ratings; that I miss new Pratchett books; that I always have to know what happens next; that I respect pirateaba as a writer, agree with the majority of the ideas contained herein and think more people should read the story.
That I really want someone to say "Hail Satan and have a nice day" and for serious long-term consequences to arise.
That someone needs to step up and edit.
That Torishi should probably have got more screen time.
That reading a person's writing makes me think in their voice, sympathise, empathise.
That this will never be a book to which I can honestly give a five-star rating, because of the imperfections I can see.
That I found it odd that people might read chapters only once.
#lampshade
--
Flos still annoys me. It seems like a symptom of the world that people can't articulate why things are wrong, which I think is why I have more respect for Geneva than just about any other character.
I felt an absence, over the 9000+ pages, more than the obvious. Something like... diplomacy? communication? discussion? When conflict arose, there was on occasion an absence of looking for other means than direct, vehement, usually violent, opposition. Now this could be a result of the obvious absence but it kinda feels like more than that, that we're talking about the system encouraging conflict. It felt more obvious than in any other book.
I don't like to repeat myself but pirateaba seems to, so: it bothers me that this world is supposedly so much older than ours and yet that isn't really reflected in how... things have developed, people act, classes interact, people live. Warfare springs to mind, but even just everyday things.
It bothers me how much time Erin wastes.
Yes I did read the entire series again from the beginning before I finished the new book, because justifications only matter to the just that's why.
This might be the first time I've kept reading a series from which I don't have a favourite character, and still enjoyed the experience.
24.12.22
Why do they only revenate warriors where are the level 80 farmers and craftspeople and whatever
IT'S NOT FUCKING FINISHED SOMEONE FUCKING MURDER AND REVENATE PIRATEABA SO I DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT AND THERE'S NO RISK OF ME HAVING TO READ IT ALL FROM THE START AGAIN FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
23.12.22
For an example of a story with an amazing first but a horribly botched third act that's flat, densely political, features characters that lose all likeability, and sucks all the magic and enjoyment out of a reading experience... read those Raven's Shadow books by Anthony Ryan, this was handled quite well given all the pitfalls.
I rag on these books a lot. My reviews are pretty much wall to wall criticism. I do like them - though it's more that I think of them as one continuous story so some of the tags might not always be entirely appropriate. My point... Idk, that it's good; that imperfections, as always, stab me in the brain; that Amazon is a horrible company that makes the world a worse place and should really just die, or at least let people make halfstar ratings; that I miss new Pratchett books; that I always have to know what happens next; that I respect pirateaba as a writer, agree with the majority of the ideas contained herein and think more people should read the story.
That I really want someone to say "Hail Satan and have a nice day" and for serious long-term consequences to arise.
That someone needs to step up and edit.
That Torishi should probably have got more screen time.
That reading a person's writing makes me think in their voice, sympathise, empathise.
That this will never be a book to which I can honestly give a five-star rating, because of the imperfections I can see.
That I found it odd that people might read chapters only once.
#lampshade
--
Flos still annoys me. It seems like a symptom of the world that people can't articulate why things are wrong, which I think is why I have more respect for Geneva than just about any other character.
I felt an absence, over the 9000+ pages, more than the obvious. Something like... diplomacy? communication? discussion? When conflict arose, there was on occasion an absence of looking for other means than direct, vehement, usually violent, opposition. Now this could be a result of the obvious absence but it kinda feels like more than that, that we're talking about the system encouraging conflict. It felt more obvious than in any other book.
I don't like to repeat myself but pirateaba seems to, so: it bothers me that this world is supposedly so much older than ours and yet that isn't really reflected in how... things have developed, people act, classes interact, people live. Warfare springs to mind, but even just everyday things.
It bothers me how much time Erin wastes.
Yes I did read the entire series again from the beginning before I finished the new book, because justifications only matter to the just that's why.
This might be the first time I've kept reading a series from which I don't have a favourite character, and still enjoyed the experience.
24.12.22
Why do they only revenate warriors where are the level 80 farmers and craftspeople and whatever
June 17, 2024
I finished this gargantuan volume today. Pirateaba is a brilliant writer. She is superb at making characters come to life, and lulling you into loving them (expect the horrors, of which there are too many). Her world building is beyond compare. She is my second favorite author, only because I have been deeply invested in Tolkien all my life and my own mind has brought many of the best stories of his to life.
The brilliance of so much in this book makes up for the lengthy parts I did not enjoy at all. The brilliance outweighs the not-s0-brilliant-to-me sections. What was happening on Izril was engrossing enough. Fetohep and Teriarch are the only immortals that I care about. This is my failing, but the author managed to engender enormous love and concern in me for a cast of hundreds.
All in all, the marvelous outweighed the tedium of endless evil and battles elsewhere.
The brilliance of so much in this book makes up for the lengthy parts I did not enjoy at all. The brilliance outweighs the not-s0-brilliant-to-me sections. What was happening on Izril was engrossing enough. Fetohep and Teriarch are the only immortals that I care about. This is my failing, but the author managed to engender enormous love and concern in me for a cast of hundreds.
All in all, the marvelous outweighed the tedium of endless evil and battles elsewhere.
February 14, 2025
I can try, but probably fail, to describe what I feel about this book: I could keep reading it forever. As simple as that, it is simultaneously perfectly accurate and woefully meaningless.
It's like this: if I were stuck in Dickens' time period, with very little access to entertainment we take for granted, and I'd rely on sitting around family, with lamplight, to read the latest installment of a serial publication, I'd probably treat it like the true social event that it really is. We can all get excited, together, with the next grand twist in the lives of these people, and talk about how they made us feel, whether they made us rage or pissed at how THIS GOOD GUY could turn SO EVIL, and marvel at the evolution of everyone, even the places, in such a HUGE tale.
Well, that's this, but modern. I'm sitting here in my own skull, amazed at the full journey, wondering about lost allies, huge exploits, dangers to come, and huge arcs still unfinished. It's a whole world in every great sense of the world, and I'm here for it. Total immersion.
The laughter, the pain, the growth, the setbacks, and the slow realization that this whole series is one enormous, glacial game of chess. Proper and fitting, if you consider the inkeeper's obsession.
Well, it's still awesome. All of it. It's hard to believe that the first huge book is just a mere intro to a vast story, but here we are.
To my synesthesia, I swear I'm just curling up to a warm cup of tea on a cold night.
Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to requests. Just direct message me in goodreads or email me on my site. I'd love to get some eyes on my novels.
Arctunn.com
It's like this: if I were stuck in Dickens' time period, with very little access to entertainment we take for granted, and I'd rely on sitting around family, with lamplight, to read the latest installment of a serial publication, I'd probably treat it like the true social event that it really is. We can all get excited, together, with the next grand twist in the lives of these people, and talk about how they made us feel, whether they made us rage or pissed at how THIS GOOD GUY could turn SO EVIL, and marvel at the evolution of everyone, even the places, in such a HUGE tale.
Well, that's this, but modern. I'm sitting here in my own skull, amazed at the full journey, wondering about lost allies, huge exploits, dangers to come, and huge arcs still unfinished. It's a whole world in every great sense of the world, and I'm here for it. Total immersion.
The laughter, the pain, the growth, the setbacks, and the slow realization that this whole series is one enormous, glacial game of chess. Proper and fitting, if you consider the inkeeper's obsession.
Well, it's still awesome. All of it. It's hard to believe that the first huge book is just a mere intro to a vast story, but here we are.
To my synesthesia, I swear I'm just curling up to a warm cup of tea on a cold night.
Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to requests. Just direct message me in goodreads or email me on my site. I'd love to get some eyes on my novels.
Arctunn.com
September 11, 2023
While Bk 7 had some huge revelations. This book was more of a action-driven story no big reveals, well except for one reveal which was huge... But the story has plenty of dungeon diving! And since it's got plenty of dungeon diving, your sure to see the Horns of Hammerod, and the silver ranked adventure team as well, and of course Erin Solstice and her Wandering Inn. The Wandering Inn becomes the staging grounds and link between the Dungeon and Liscor. And don't forget Rags the goblin leader who's still struggling with her own rage against the humans.
Once again pirateaba ratchets up this wonderful book as they give us another segment of the story!
We cannot forget Andrea Parsneau wonderful vision of what everyone sounds like.
As always I need the Next book. Luckily pirateaba has a lot more words ready to go so it won't be too long before it's released.
Here's some quotes that I found amusing:
"Why does an ax champion use a hammer?"
"Peace is best when both sides have big sword."
"Epista was cuter than a cockroach."
"Erin grows on you like a mushroom."7
Once again pirateaba ratchets up this wonderful book as they give us another segment of the story!
We cannot forget Andrea Parsneau wonderful vision of what everyone sounds like.
As always I need the Next book. Luckily pirateaba has a lot more words ready to go so it won't be too long before it's released.
Here's some quotes that I found amusing:
"Why does an ax champion use a hammer?"
"Peace is best when both sides have big sword."
"Epista was cuter than a cockroach."
"Erin grows on you like a mushroom."7
December 18, 2023
Alternating between giving this volume 2 our 3 stars. I felt there was a noticeable drop in writing quality in this volume towards the end specifically. The story has fractured into many different parts and because of the web serial format the story threads were disjointed and it meant there was an overabundance of recapping and repetition. There were some storylines that weren't followed to completion and seem to have been forgotten. The main character previously felt like a normal person but she now is a chosen one. There was a lot of exaggeration and plot armor e.g. a character "never opened their eyes again" as they died, only to be resurrected in the next couple of chapters. I enjoyed the concept of several of the smaller, personal story arcs but the main story arc wasn't particularly good. I think pirate aba is good at character driven stories but isn't good with the pacing and telling of a large epic plot.
January 3, 2024
Wow, that was a long one. 4 stars because I wanted more, and yet it was still way way too long at the same time. I wish there had been more with the adventurers in Chandrar. Less of the gathering....i just couldnt get into the groove of those chapters at all, unless it was about the central conflict of the gnolls. But, also, this took me such a long time to get through. 3 months, maybe? That's a long time for one book. I set a goal for 40 books a year (this year included Wheel of Time), and I hit my goal in September. Then, I started on this monster. Finished just after New years. I love it, but it's just so much. I've lost count of how many side characters there are. At least two dozen at this point, and im sure V9 will expand even more.
I love this story. I need a break before I get back to it. But it's wonderful. There are so many teases and hints at the end there. I can't wait.
I love this story. I need a break before I get back to it. But it's wonderful. There are so many teases and hints at the end there. I can't wait.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 5, 2022
What a ride. It's hard to review this because it's like being asked to review "Star wars" or something equally as big. There's so much that happens in this volume and it's *so* long.
All in all the plot has moved forwards a lot, we've met some new characters and finally some plot points have been tied off. Not many, and there's still too many about, but it's a start.
Where does it go next? According to the author we're either a third, half, or two thirds through. There's a lot to do.
As with all wandering inn chapters a lot of it could have been cut without impacting the story at all, but then would it still be the wandering inn?
Also even death says trans rights.
All in all the plot has moved forwards a lot, we've met some new characters and finally some plot points have been tied off. Not many, and there's still too many about, but it's a start.
Where does it go next? According to the author we're either a third, half, or two thirds through. There's a lot to do.
As with all wandering inn chapters a lot of it could have been cut without impacting the story at all, but then would it still be the wandering inn?
Also even death says trans rights.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 17, 2024
A bit of a weak volume compared to all the other ones in my opinion. I wasn't a big fan of how this volume ended. Felt the quality just wasn't there with this volume. It was still decent but just not as good as I've expected from pirateaba. I think she bit off a bit too much of an ambitions story and because she wanted to finish it before the end of the year she rushed a lot of storylines that just needed more time and attention.
I will ofcourse keep reading since this is probably the best story I've ever read, but I do hope next volume she gets back to what she did before. Building an amazing story with incredible characters.
I will ofcourse keep reading since this is probably the best story I've ever read, but I do hope next volume she gets back to what she did before. Building an amazing story with incredible characters.
September 3, 2024
The story is still good.
Emperor Laken sadly isn't who he was before. In prior volumes he got mad when people talked bad about a half troll, but in this book he wants to kill the goblins just because they are all bad. Even when rags offered truce. He made it sound like the idea was foreign, but if he came from our world he would know that wars end up in truce or till one of them gives up. The last past can't happen as he kept hunting them even when they gave up for a while.
Emperor Laken sadly isn't who he was before. In prior volumes he got mad when people talked bad about a half troll, but in this book he wants to kill the goblins just because they are all bad. Even when rags offered truce. He made it sound like the idea was foreign, but if he came from our world he would know that wars end up in truce or till one of them gives up. The last past can't happen as he kept hunting them even when they gave up for a while.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 9, 2023
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
In the past 4 1/2 months I've read 9 million words of the Wandering Inn saga, and I've enjoyed each and every word. If any part could have been shorter I'd pick the
In the past 4 1/2 months I've read 9 million words of the Wandering Inn saga, and I've enjoyed each and every word. If any part could have been shorter I'd pick the
June 20, 2022
My review scheme always makes exceptions for self-published works FYI.
TWI has warts, sure, but it's a hell of a ride that I hope never ends. I believe it's now more words and pages than The Wheel of Time!
TWI has warts, sure, but it's a hell of a ride that I hope never ends. I believe it's now more words and pages than The Wheel of Time!
January 2, 2023
It's become patently clear over the last several volumes that Pirateaba is no longer the sole author.
Unfortunately, the story is still fucking addictive as hell! … but, beginning to wane unless the author decides to refocus away from her side projects.
Unfortunately, the story is still fucking addictive as hell! … but, beginning to wane unless the author decides to refocus away from her side projects.
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