Written for 15 year Olds by a 13 year old.

The premise starts with a pretty standard troupe and immediately starts with the immature commentary. The struggle of starting out is explained blandly and doesn't add anything to his character. You could start the book at his trip away from home because the author certainly does after hand waving 3 years and just giving him the standard MC is a genius plot point. Next thing you know you are getting that Second infusion of free power when a dragon just decides to fuse and give him a egg because of course the protagonist wasn't strong enough. Wasn't even a little surprised that he ended up jump cutting again just to send him home and spell out that he is the damn avatar hokage pokemon master as soon as it's convenient. If he does that shit where he cuts off part of a word as if he's interupting his own inner monologue any more I'm going to cut a bi... 32 s2 comments Charles592 63 Shelved as 'started-this-didn-t--it'

Sooo I kept reading waiting for it to get better, and 57 chapters in it cuts out and won't keep going unless you're a member of the site. So I try to join with facebook but it messes up and I'm "Why am I even trying to keep on reading this."

Usually I'd avoid spoilers but I really don't think it's worth reading.

The writing style is overly simplistic. The character is so stupidly OP it's not even funny. Problems just solve themselves as they go along. The incredibly young characters are sexualised. MC is apparently a mass-murderer in his past life. actually, millions of people. Despite the fact that his very job was designed to stop war and prevent losing precious humans. MC comes from Earth? In the future presumably. If you're going to have a magic system on earth, and the society is different, and it's basically unrecognisable in the scant details given, what is the point of it being earth? The plot is idk stupid? Non-existent? It's just wish fulfillment. I don't find the character interesting or able. The dragon encounter is stupid. The time jumps are disorienting. The elves are nothing elves. What exactly was the point of making them elves if you're not going to respect the lore. They could have been a secluded human tribe and it would have made no difference at all to the story. Also I find it rather creepy that the 28(?)yo guy stuck in a 4-8yo body is commenting on the future hotness of his elf friend who is 5-9yo. That is equivalent to a human 5-9yo they don't grow up faster or slower. I mean yes it's not he's lusting after her he's saying she'll grow up to be hot. Still creeps me out. Also his mother? I get that it's meant to be about the mother-child bond but it comes across as sexual.

The infodumps. Oh the infodumps. It's the author decided on that instead of story. Sometimes I don't mind, Worth the Candle has just slightly too much of this but I read them all because it's a good book and the info is usually interesting. I just don't care about them here tho . Work it into the story. Cut it if I don't need to know it. FFS. Do better.

The elves seem to have no culture except a mild racism towards humans. MC lives there for what four years and we see just about nothing of them because of the time skip. The princess has a crush on him, the grandfather talks familiarly with him about him marrying the elven princess with a vocabulary idek, an old man from the southern US? and he doesn't associate with the King and Queen. Whom he lives with. He has an enemy amongst the nobility who just sort of stops being a problem because.

Just to be clear he's the first human allowed into elfland in two-hundred years. Which was an issue but the the grandfather was "Oh now it's not an issue because I say so." These elves hate humans you think they're going to cheer at one marrying their princess? The grandfather was hating humans when we first met him, that went away real quick. Along with everything else our boy is the cure for centuries old racism.

I can't even follow the whole Beast Tamer deal partly because I don't care but mostly I think because it's stupid. Also he has a pet dragon now. (No that's not what I meant about being a beast tamer the name doesn't make sense at all for what it seems to do)

The whole magic system seems to be based on some sort of videogame- blueprint and I really didn't need to read so much about the mechanics of it in such a short time.

Basically he's your average ridiculously powerful (in just about every single magic discipline), cute, mass-murdering possibly paedophilic individual with a ridiculous amount of luck, who never has to work for anything and all his problems basically solve themselves. Those who don't fall in love with him instantly, admire him, and those who don't admire him, fear him.

I said the plot isn't really anything so I can't comment on it.

I can see an attraction , I want to know what happens next, what he's building up to, whether this gets good at some point and lives up to what it could be. It's not worth the headache of every single other part of the thing tho, the full extent of which I have not bitched about here.

I mean feel free to disregard this whole rant and read the 'book' anyway, I may have sunstroke.22 s2 comments Sara Bow241 1,104

Wunderschöner Zeichenstil und mega Story16 s Arundeepak J117 61

4.25/5

An excellent Isekai Fantasy filled with humor, heart, and more

First of all, I'm not even into Isekai novels in general. So I started this one with much reluctance and in the end, I'm so glad I did.

This 200-page novel is filled with heartwarming moments, genuine humor, and some well-written characters.

But it isn't without its flaws. Lack of stakes or tension is one of the factors that affected this novel a bit and the short length also made me feel that's it ?! towards the end of book one.

That being said I'm diving right into book 2 immediately because it's that good.12 s Jacob Proffitt3,160 1,878

This is an interesting premise, very well written. King Grey dies and is reborn fully cognizant of his past life. His new world includes a family full of love and support and that's something he has never had before. And the magic is close enough to what he is familiar with that he becomes a magical prodigy at age three. Which might have tipped us into a power fantasy (and that's still part of the story, actually), but what really grabbed me is how poignant it is for Art to cherish his family so much because it is more valuable than anything he had as king.

The story wanders a bit as Art has some adventures thrust on him even so young and I'm not quite sure what I think of those. They worked as plot but I'm not so sure they worked as supporting the core family dynamic.

And I found as more of the power fantasy presented itself, the less attached I became to the story. Also, it became clear that this is gearing up for a high fantasy type of story as we get hints of higher powers and greater conflict. Okay, I'll be honest and admit that the blurbs for the rest of the series clued me on that more than what's actually in this story. It's too bad because I think I'd it more if it remained more idyll/pastoral than higher-concept conflict.

Anyway, not borrowing trouble, I think I'll round the 4½ up to five stars just for the depth of the emotional resonance in this prodigy/genius/old guy. And particularly with the depth of relationship with Sylvie (the elder) and the elven not-the-king. Very well done for all I'm not going to pursue further.

A note about isekai/LitRPG: This is definitionally isekai, but there's no hint of LitRPG. There's a smattering of GameLit, but only barely.

A note about Chaste: The story ends with Art just over eight years old. There's no sex/shenanigans/kissing. Thank heavens.fantasy11 s Jeanne79 13

I'll most ly read the second book, because how on earth could it be worse than this book? The main character doesn't grow in any way and is just freaking perfect. And the sexualization of breast feeding is insulting. But, I already own the first two books, so I'm sure I'll just get through it to see if the author really is this horrible.10 s M60601120 9

The first thing to be noted is that this series follows the literary style of Japanese web novels. That means the fourth wall is broken a lot and the characters will make side comments directed at the reader. Overall, it reads a lot a blog or a diary. That's why you'll see things Arthur's POV when different characters narrate. The story telling itself is a mix of wuxia/xianxia and Japanese, meaning there are things ki cores and absorbing energy from the atmosphere, but instead of ki, it's mana.

If you are not used to these styles, this book will be very difficult to read and come off as amateurish and low quality. If you are used to it, the reading will go smoothly and you'll find yourself laughing at the humor quite easily.

Personally, the story started off sounding very similar to various web novels I have read. The beginning sounds the most similar to Mushoku Tensei where the MC dies and is reborn in a world with magic. As soon as he can crawl, he goes to the family's study and learns about magic, becoming adept at a very young age. His father is wild and uncouth, a former adventurer, and his mother is a healer. But that's how web novels are, they use similar ideas from other stories and basically make a parody of them. As the story continues, it shapes up into it's own original tale and I continued it excitedly.

I don't want to necessarily encourage it, but you can find this for free on gravitytales.com 8 s Jen (Finally changed her GR pic)2,951 27

A friend had recommended this to me AGES ago and after reading the manga, I proceeded to Hoover this down because I NEEDED to know what happened next. I love that while the MC IS powerful, he isn’t OTT powerful. Those older than him with more experience can and do overpower him, but he LEARNS from these interactions and he strives to better himself so he can protect those he loves AND he trains those he loves to be able to defend themselves. I love it!

5, I can’t wait to read the next one, stars!This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.Show full reviewkindle8 s Terence1,131 359

King Grey, an unrivaled fighter has been reborn. He's reborn into a world similar to his own yet different. This new world is full of magic and monsters. This new world also does not lack cruelty. King Grey has the opportunity to live again and he plans to live well.

Reincarnation is certainly not a new concept, but Early Years takes that to new heights. King Grey is reborn a baby not even remembering that he died. That in and of itself is not unexpected for reincarnation, but this newly reborn baby, Arthur Leywin, retained the mental faculties of an adult and all the memories of his previous life. All that makes him an unprecedentedly overpowered child. He is honestly too overpowered. Being able to read as a barely crawling baby and fully understand concepts is ridiculous. I can't help but imagine being reborn and remembering your old life being a maddening experience. I've imagined reliving my college days, but certainly not going back to early childhood.

Arthur isn't perfect, he is limited to a childs physical prowess. Basically he still only weighs so much and his limbs are only so long. He has to contend with parents who just think he's a genius, rather than a reborn warrior king who has all his memories. At the age of 4 he's capable of defending himself against adults and he has already awakened powers that no child his age ever has before.

Much of the story reads it is for children as nearly every character seems childish, especially in comparison to the young Arthur with an adult intellect. The story primarily is just about Arthur being unprecedentedly awesome while Arthur expects more of himself.

Early Years is an ok book. I'm not sure I would continue the series if I didn't already have book 2.

2.5 out of 5 stars6 s Mai808 81

an easy-to-read webnovel6 s Soo2,780 333

Notes for #1 & 2:

I've heard about the series for a while, but I was reluctant to dive into it at the regular cost on Audible. In the current Audible sale, all of the other books are at a good discount. I decided to buy #1-2 for a credit, give it a listen and decide if I'll use the sale to get the rest of the series.

The story isn't quite what I had expected due to all the chatter about it, and it's nice to be pleasantly surprised. Fun characters & interesting magic system. I look forward to exploring the series. audiobook5 s Lukas Lovas1,301 65

This is not the first time I'm reading this particular theme (reborn in a fantasy world with all memories and skills from previous life, as a baby), but man, this is well executed! I had a lot of fun reading this book, and I am very much looking forward to the rest of the series (currently waiting to get my hands on the audio format of book three).

Bonus points for the cover!will-re-read5 s Mid-Continent Public Library591 230 Read

In the first installment in the series, “The Beginning: After the End,” a king dies and is reincarnated as little baby Arthur. Arthur is born into a world full of magic and warriors. He retains his former memories, allowing him to control his mana (magic power) at an early age. Art trains with his parents (a mage and a warrior, respectively), but soon needs more education than they can give him. Art and his parents join his father’s friends and former colleagues on a journey to the city, Xyrus, where Arthur will gain a teacher. Along the way, though, they are attacked by bandits. Will Art and his parents make it to Xyrus? Will Art become the warrior-mage he is destined to be?

The adorable illustrations paired with the intriguing, magical story will interest anyone who loves an epic, manga fantasy tale such as “Fairy Tail.” I can’t wait to see how Arthur grows and changes in the next installment!

- Lisa, Platte City Branchfantasy graphic-novels young-adult4 s Jonathan Wilson 300 48

4.25 Stars4 s Steve Naylor1,985 114

Rating 4.0 stars

I really enjoyed this book. This is somewhat of a progression/cultivation story but doesn't get bogged down with as much detail as most other these types of books. The main character is also very overpowered. I do both of those types of books. I love those "holy shit" moments that happen when an OP main character does something no one has seen before and they stand around in amazement. There were plenty of those in this story. The story follows the main character Art from his birth through 8 years old, but mainly deals with the time between his 3-4th birthday. The big secret about Artie though is that he was born with all the knowledge he had from his previous life. He was a King on earth who spent his entire life fighting for his country (kings on his previous world were mainly champions and didn't really govern). Now he finds himself in a new world as a baby and doesn't know what is going on. He used Chi on his old world and on this new world they use mana. He is able to use his knowledge from his previous world to advance. He still has the limitations of his new body. Once as a baby he was trying to meditate to build his mana core, and his mother walked in thinking he crapped his diaper, which it turned out he did. Most people on this world get a mana core when they are 10-12 years old. Artie gets his when he is 3. Instead of telling his parents (New parents?) his impossible story, he just pretends to be a normal baby, if advanced. When he starts to speak he makes sure to use words only a 3 year old would know. There was nothing groundbreaking in this story, nothing new. If I had a checklist of what a YA cultivation/progression story should have, this book was check off a lot of boxes. OP main character, familiar, dragons, star crossed love interest (sort of) I don't care about any of that. This book was fun to read. There was quite a few "holy shit" moments which I think are hilarious, but there also was a lot of heart as well. On to the next book.4 s Reader1,083

1.5 stars

Somewhat interesting concept but very juvenile. The way it’s written in contrived fitful plot tangents, rather than steady and structured plot development, was annoying. Worse, was the 30+ year old protagonist, who was the ruler of a modern kingdom, acting a mature child. I really dis the lack of mental competence he has, it just doesn’t make sense. I would have preferred a mature child protagonist, due to detached memories of a past life.

The humor is pervasive but didn’t resonate with me, that might be another reason I struggled to enjoy this. This might get better when the protagonist's body grows up, maybe I’ll give it another chance in the future.

-Dropped Chapter: 'Road Ahead'dnf4 s Alexandre Reigan85 1 follower

A? vrea s? acord mai multe stele, pur ?i simplu este perfect tot. M-am îndr?gostit de protagonist înc? de la prima pagin?, mai mult de Grey decât de Arthur, îns? acesta va avea inima mea pentru totdeauna.3 s Russell Gray545 92

Very solid book that seems to mix mana core and essence gathering elements with other standard YA fantasy tropes that you would find in something Eragon. There were a few minor spelling and grammar goofs, but they didn't detract from the reading experience.

Those who are familiar with the genre tropes might be a little off-put by the almost formulaic checking off of boxes very early in the story to ensure the character is overpowered, has a unique ability (or two or three), has a childhood friend arc started (or two), and etc. Despite seeming to follow a paint-by-numbers method of starting the story, it's done well enough and is enjoyable enough that you probably won't mind it.

As a whole, this is a solid fantasy series so far that I would imagine most fans of the genre will enjoy.fantasy reviewed3 s Ricosrage5

Slightly disappointing

After reading through Will Wight's Cradle series twice I began looking for other progressive fantasy series and this one was highly recommended so I immediately bought the whole series on Amazon. After finishing book 1 I am experiencing buyers remorse. This work is derivative of Wight's work, mana = madra, magic is stored in users core, sacred beasts are mana beasts. But my biggest gripe is that the writing is so lazy. Instead of the main wanting to join the prestigious Starlotus Company or something similar, the author instead has the main want to join the bland and uninteresting "Adenturers Guild". Make an effort to engage your readers. 3 s Elena59

Well, at first I found the comics @ Tapas (and yes - the best comment was "They say I was born a commoner's son"). But then... something happened and whoosh!
I just went to Amazon and bought all the 5 kindlebooks available.
This book I have read in first 4 hours (bye-bye, my sleep, the dream world of this series is much more attractive).
I just love it.fantasy light-novels3 s Roy Petty17

Absolute garbage

A masterbatory grimdqrk fantasy where the entire plot is basically the daydreams of a suicidal 12 year old. Dont bother reading.3 s1 comment Youssef100 6

This is a manhwa turned light novels, something I wasn't aware of before finishing the book and it explains a lot in retrospect. I enjoyed this book well enough, and the manhwa aspect explains so many dodgy decisions, that I can't be overly critical.

HOWEVER, I write this a couple chapters in the third book of the series and I'm cringing, so hard. High school Anime tropes should never, ever, be put in prose. It's so awful.

Edit : a sub-par put enjoyable start can easily be forgiven if it leads somewhere. Considering where this leads to can only be described as steaming garbage, I don't recommend investing any time on it. Try the graphic novel perhaps.2 s Ela Lavarez11 1 follower

I forgot that I already read this until I almost finish reading the manhwa again.

Read this first in manhwa version, and the usual I finished reading all updated chapters and waited for another update then I forgot happened. Encountering this again on my recommendation list, and read until latest update, realizing in the later parts that I already read this. Losing my patient to wait for another update, I decided to read the book.

For me, this is a typical fantasy male protagonist reincarnation story. The protagonist always have a lucky encounter leading to a power-up, side characters either looking up to him, ostrasizing him or always picking a pick with him and of course the never-ending choices for potential harem members up until he chooses the one.

I am in disbelief in how the conflict arises and how it sometimes easily resolves when the Main Character arrives. The story and character settings adjust for the main characters, several situations calls for more severe problems for the MC, but somehow the MC overcomes it. Additionally, I do get that the authors desires to show how strong and heroic the Main Protagonist is. With the protagonist arriving late and everyone else is in despair and WHOOSSHHH there's the protagonist saving the day. I mean, don't get me wrong I do read books just to see how the main protagonist reality-slap the antagonist. Nevertheless, reading the same scenario, just with different side characters but with the same reactions lessen the kick I get out of it.

In comparison, I prefer the manhwa instead of the book. The manhwa for me will get atleast 3 stars. Though the book really described details, the author do info dump and it is hard to make sense of sometime. I am at volume six, and I already skim through some explanations, since I just want to read the important parts now.

I get frustrated with lack of character development, either it is the supporting or the sub-villains characters and even the main character, I don't know it is because there are still on their teenage years and puberty is still in their system. Though some are really promising Lukas Wykes
and Tess. I do hope sometimes the author developed Lukas Wykes into a becoming more intelligent sub villain, so that it was much satisfying to see his suffering. In comparison, Tess has a great premise in the start with her having an elf ancestry and royal lineage. Despite that, her character become seemly more immature further in the book how every intelligent woman goes dumb when they fall in love. She have gone under several situations and I expected her to learn from it nonetheless it just fueled her to prove that she is strong seemingly just want dive through without considering the current situations. Though I think its because family sheltered her and she never realizes the gravity of the situation. For the main character, just how I said earlier, the author repeat the same scenario and it just shows how the main character developed in terms of strength but his attitude almost stays the same.

I still wanna continue reading the book, since I have the compulsion to finish every book I've started. However, I think wanna discontinue reading this one and maybe someday I'll pick this up again if I forgot it.01-chinese-webnovel2 s Tyler Walker2 1 follower

It starts off as a sort-of promising litRPG series. It has the typical flaws of a first-time litRPG author who is finding their way in writing - overuse of catchphrases, timeskips that don't really flow that well, a background mystery that the author doesn't seem to be certain about what they want to do, that sort of thing.

But while the first 2-3 books are fun progression lit, the author doesn't seem to get better at writing. The author uses familiar tropes of training montages, finding party members, discovering lost magical equipment, encounters with mysterious entities, being separated from family in tragedy, and stumbling into a vile rival, but they don't use them very smoothly. It feels very episodic, but not explicitly so, just skipping around it's being retold competently by a pre-teen who read all of the book the day before. By book 4, it's starting to slog a little, but with a semi-exciting conclusion... but book 5 is just a glorified training montage. And the book has a weird MC with a weird romance that seems permanently awkward and uncomfortable, with basically 0 enjoyable moments. Maybe 1.

The author has a habit of introducing new powers or techniques in the middle of a fight saying "ah yea I developed this." but doesn't use the training times to actually show that development, so the training montages feel a bigger waste of time! The MC's new technique feels a deux ex machina despite the fact that the technique could have been shown to result from the "on-page" training that the author does show us! The author also creates bonds between characters (this was worst at the end of book 3 and into book 4) where, with very little shown interaction, people are suddenly devoutly loyal, or best friends, or trust one another. It makes the supposed closeness feel plastic. If the author had either explained the process of these bonds a little more emotionally, or had taken a little more time to develop them on the page, it would have been much less irritating.

After book 4 (despite a good moment towards the end) and book 5, I'm done with reading this series. I hope the author gets better - they seem they have cool ideas and are willing to put them together, but they need either an editor or a different overall writing process to smooth out the story that they're writing, so it flows more naturally and things transition in a way that doesn't feel an AI writing a story that hits all the notes without quite understanding how they should be played together. 2 s Fabrice Gaudreau7 1 follower

Many author are trying the Isekai genre, I understand how the easy concept can make almost any story kind off interesting, however, I will have to say that The Beginning after the end does something with it that work extremely well.
Normally the big problem with Isekai story this one, is having a protagonist too overpowered, this in many case, create a kind of wall between any real threats that the story is trying to present to you, because you know everything will work out and that "nothing bad" can really happen, this also create an emotional detachment, giving the reader trouble imagining or even feeling the emotions that the books are trying to convey.
But oh boy was I wrong to think it would be the case for this book.
How the author twist the genre makes threats believable and instead of already knowing how situations will resolves, you really wonder what will happen and how the protagonist will get out of said situation.

Two additional things that I really am impressed with:

-The emotions that the author is trying to make the reader feels were on point, it's something hard to explain but having strong feeling of anger toward characters or feeling relieved enough for me to sigh deeply, i felt connected to the protagonist enough and supporting characters to put myself in their positions without even trying to.

- Another thing the author did really well, in my humble opinion, is how he sometimes split the point of view of certain characters instead of just having the point of view from the protagonist, this help understand how supporting characters feel and make you care about them way more. Also, the way he does it is so natural that you don't feel lost not knowing who is narrating the story.

This is the first book of an ongoing series and I feel I won't have a problem diving deeper in it.2 s Nobel Chan3

The story flowed nicely, from one aspect to another. I can definitely feel a sort of Japanese esque in the way the story is told. A sort of Japanese main character and powers with a very Western world and concepts. The time jumps in between are at such points that the reader doesn't miss much that one would want. They are done at just the right moments so that the character can develop behind the scenes without the reader feeling frustrated. So far, the story has just enough action to keep it exciting, just enough character development to keep the reader connecting to them, and just enough of story development to pull the audience in. As it stands right now, the world has a lot more room to grow and is fully imagined in the later books. Definitely a book that has to be read.2 s Gab170 26

Me gustó, pero creo que me hubiera gustado más de no haber leído primero su versión en cómic. Como ya lo había leído ya nada me sorprendía.2 s Cierra28 1 follower

A fun and quick read.

The characters are engaging and the story interesting. It is a pretty quick read, which is perfect for a fun fantasy read.fantasy light-novel2 s Daniel5

This book is about the beginning of a new life, from old King Grey to now, Arthur Leywin. I have recently found this series of books and it has become my #1 read. Arthur has been born anew and is starting off by observing everything around him but for some reason he still has the memories of his past life. He soon comes to a realization that the world he is living in wasn't the one he was originally a part of. A few months after he was born he starts to sneak out of his crib to go into the study to learn more about this new world he is living in. He finds out that magic exist in this world, the four basic elements, Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind. But of course their are other types of magics and the people that control those other types are called deviants. For instance Arthur's mother is a deviant, she uses healing magic. Arthur starts trying to practice this magic so he can become stronger as he grows older. To be able to use magic your mana core needs to be built, regularly that will happen over time but Arthur found a way to do it manually so by the ripe age of 3 he becomes a magician. By continuing what he has been doing instead of putting together the mana particles in his body he now needs too purify them to become stronger. There are 5 stages and 3 mini stages to a magician's mana core, black, red, orange, silver, and white, and the mini stages are dark, medium, and light. After becoming a magician he starts training steadily with his father to hone his magic and physical skills. Eventually they decide they need to go to Xyrus to help Arthur train more because he's a little too much for his parents to handle. This book and it's series are absolutely wonderful and I hope that if you read this you enjoyed reading this book too.1 Alastair Patton100 238

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