Reviews of GAMBIT by NotUse - Webnovel

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This story needs more views!!! All ready in the first chapter you had me interested. I must say I am very impressed at how well you can express and explain everything with such great detail. Truly a masterwork if a novel.

This is really a pleasant novel to read. I wanted to even gift it, but still gift function not available yet. the story captures your attention from the first very lines,I liked how you chose to start your novel, a story about the item not the persons, which is good, and tells me you are an experienced writer, and good one too. the language is 10 stars out of 5, you know your stuff well my friend. the narration is great, smooth, and interesting. the shift from reality, or MC real world, to the world of the novel came smoothly, with no problems as far as I read, and this is a good point to be praised upon. Multi-character story, with Jumanji theme, good narration, exceptional grammar, steady updates, and experienced author... what else do you want? I added to my library and I will come to it later, I really enjoyed it. RS

Two things stand out to me the most as I read along the lines - those are the compelling descriptive used by the author and the overall concept of the story itself. I can see the efforts poured into every paragraph, and the characters' names and design are cool. I'm not really a fan of chess, but I say that the narration is done pretty well, thus helping me how to understand the game in a deeper sense. Overall, a great world you built here, author!

Absolutely astounding! Reading from the first chapter, I was filled with awe and inspiration. The wording is quite profound and not a single word was wasted as it completely distinguished every situation very intricately. 100% 5/5, hopefully I learn a lot from your work and I shall continue to read. Beautifully made and I could tell that the author is very experienced in writing.

Looking at GAMBIT it would normally not be a novel I would read. It just isn't the normal book I would grab at a store on a web place like this, but I was happily put in my place when I began to read. Writing Quality: The author's setting has been clever but going into a later time than modern era can cause issues. This is where our writing quality is shown. Normally in these type of stories, there is one of two types of issue. Issue one is where the reader knows this time period and the author explains it to them like they are kids. Kids who have never had a history lesson in their life. The reader feels dumb or grows bored as they already know this information. Issue two is where the reader knows nothing about the time period and this time the author doesn't explain anything. They don't understand what is going on and it takes a couple chapters to understand this new world. This is different in GAMBIT. I know quite a bit of this time period for researching in my own novels or college essays but the information given to explain this time period is never too much or overwhelming. This is how you can see just how great the writing quality is. He has managed to avoid these two core issues I find in these books and make it a myth. Add to that to his third-person writing that sounds as if an old man has sat me down and is telling me the story through a professional journal and I found myself enjoying this more than I expected. Stability of Updates: I am new to this site and I am not perfect on this but there is one thing I noticed that I couldn't help but notice. This author takes the advice and updates their books over time. The comments show how some paragraphs people had issues and instead of ignoring them the author corrects or improve upon these. This tells me that even if a chapter didn't come out every week that this author is doing a well-done job. Not many go back and correct their mistakes since that means accepting they made a mistake in the first place. Story Development: I read up to chapter 5 before going back to reread. I stopped again in chapter 2. This story is paced incredibly well. Our main conflict and object of interest are set in front of us from the very start. Sometimes that can cause too much speed to the plot but it seems the author was prepared. Never once did I feel like it was getting boring or off. In fact, despite coming simply to write a review as part of a review swap, I am invested. I am willing to come back when I am free just to read forward on this world. Character Design: Characters are always tricky to get right but the author eases their appearance and personality without a lump that tells us. We simply see the character as they see them. It's refreshing to see and highly enjoyable. World Background: The world is the least developed but that isn't really that much of an issue. The era has been explained that we can see the world ourselves and our Jumanji chess board adds it's own world and feel to the entire story. Overall: 4.8 total score. I enjoyed and will be reading this at some point in my free time to follow our main character.

This story is unique like a precious gem in every way. The writing is unique and impressive and it was treat reading this book. A book about kingdoms and kings. I like the way the author took a game and created something completely new concept out of it. It had some jumanji vibe but this is far more interesting to read and explore the world the author has created. I admire the author's writing techniques. Keep up the good work author. You are writing a masterpiece!

I am still on chapter 8 but the storyline is really interesting, I don't play chess well but I can play boardgames, just not so great at it. I love how you design the characters well & describe the era they are in. The Jumanji-like thing he came into being is good as well. I'll be finishing this in the week and add more review. Great job!

16 chapters in, and I'm already hooked with your book! I was curious at first about a chess novel, but to combine it with a fantasy setting was really cool! It's your typical fantasy setting, but I'm excited what you can do more with your world as I read more. Your words are beautifully descriptive, yet not too much so to bore or confuse the reader. I really like your writing style, and it definitely fits very, very well with the theme of your novel. It reminds me of novels from various authors such as H.G Wells during the Victorian Era with a sort of a modern twist. However, It can also be a hit and miss with others who might find it boring. Some writing mistakes here and there, but who doesn't have them as ******* writers? I know I have plenty in mine that I might have overlooked. Character interaction sounds realistic for its time period, and I hope I can learn more about their ambitions, struggles and backstory through their interactions. Then again, I'm at chapter 16 so it might happen. I hope you can continue to build your wonderful world and reach the recognition it deserves with readers! I'll continue to follow your story as a new fan!

This story perplexes my intrest to the very limits of my mind and keeps me in suspense over and over wanting to drive me deeper into the story

I love that Quartz is making an effort to visualize his game of chess, akin to a warfare. Even though he was so adamant and doubtful of a mere game at the outset, look at him now. I love that he's very open to learning! I can see that the first 5-6 chapters were merely introductory and the plot actualized after that. I have no qualms regarding dumping a lot of information. However, I do like them better when they are properly placed, and you did just that! I want to advise you to watch chess masters and relay their moves. I think it will be a lot more endearing if the readers can follow with the game play! I am very thankful that you are expounding on descriptions thoroughly, not just by throwing out adjectives. Mistakes in grammar are present, but they're something technical. You can proofread it right away. They're nothing major. I do think that, similar to me, you use a lot of 'fancy' wordings. Withal, if that is your style of writing, then don't change it. As a reader, being able to learn new words is an ecstatic feeling, so please relay that your readers too! I will be supporting you! Please continue writing this masterpiece!

Wow! I thought I can't find this kind of genre (European base). I have no doubt that your novel will be popular and be loved by all readers. Good job author! I have nothing to say about your notel but it is one of an amazing novel I've read. Five stars for the good work, author! ❤❤

This novel is for chess players. They can relate to it. Sadly I'm not one of them. So the story progress well and Mc is likable. The words are not disturbing even I read three chapters. I will read more chapters.

Top notch character development! This gon be another Jumanji isn't it? You seem to have done quite the research into the time period. Either that or you're such a good writer that you made me think you've done a bunch of research. Worth a read!

This is for the review swap, Sorry If it took for quite a while, at first I was only doing this for the sake of review swap. But the more I read, the more piqued my interest, perhaps because I myself Is playing chess that's why I can relate from the plot. My Review: The author did a great job, It is a unique story for me, I rarely read something like this, It is refreshing for a change. There's no need to mention the writing quality, the description is enough for you to portray the actual battle that's happening inside the chess game. Character Design - It is well thought, I could clearly felt the time and devotion of the author while reading. Word Vocabulary - Well it is so good to the point I am ashamed of my self that I thought my word vocabulary is already good enough, reading this novel teaches me a lot. Overall It is a good read! I even find it odd why such a gem has less views. Where is the justice!

I played chess, and this novel widens the excitement of the said sport, the character design and the world background is appropriate, as well as the plot, kudos to the author of this novel!!!

Frankly speaking.... Rome is my favorite place and it very much piqued my interest when I read first chapter since it was regarding Rome. I'm someone who relates chess(a game of strategies and all about planning) to real life basis and I really enjoyed your story. The novel straight away went into my library and I want to read it more and more. Not to say dear author... Your description was very good and I loved the plot and the story(which was pretty much unique from all other stories) Probably this is the longest review I ever gave anyone 😉😉In love with your Gambit author.

To be very honest, I loved this read, especially the beginning and the plot of the book, I hope you can continue to deliver like this. P.S this is going to my library

Damn! Can't lie, this isn't my kind of genre but I was hooked. Nice story development and I love the way you captured the background was perfect. Keep it up!

Reading the sypnosis instantly got me hooked, such a unique idea! Unlike most of what I read here in Webnovel where the writings are *******ish, the quality of the author's writing sounds professional. And you can see from every paragraph how well-thought out it is. I'm still in the middle of reading it, but I have to write this review now lol. I'm actually adding this to my library and wait for future updates. :)

First, I'll adress the story. It's a very unique plot in a world where the same premises (for isekai stories) are used over and over again, and I'm tired!!!!! Thankfully this one has a different tone to it, a different appeal and has interesting characters. I like the characters, in fact I love them, because I can 'see them' with my minds eye. I'm hoping to see strategic battles soon. The style: although I'm not too keen with present tense for narration (that's why I avoid those), I'm surprised it actually works. What to improve: However, the author has a lot to improve on his grammar, and this is not something that can happen overnight. He has to basically undergo the painful and bitter years of trial and error of failure and success over and over again. The good thing? He's already doing it. He's using idiomatic expressions in ways he thinks suits best, they may not always be at the right place yet it's a start. He's already experimenting his hands on playing with words so as to better capture the scenes. Again, here, he also has to improve. Also, he has to work on his tenses since there are instance where they are inacurate. That's all, peace out yo!

To be honest, just by reading your synopsis I knew your novel is a quality read. The pace is good, writing is impressive, I may shamelessly steal some of your techniques! Sometimes I thought that you are going a bit too deep into the description, but that is not something negative as the overall is still above 'good'... And I am omw to play chess, on the name of Gambit. QWARTZ - Keyboard layout? lol

Goodness I fell for this story from the prologue. It's beautifully narrated and guides the reader along the way. The world building is amazing and detailed, and despite the familiar trope of being sent to another world this is still unique in its kind. Love the aspect of chess (idk but it reminds me of no game no life for some reason). It adds another layer of originality to the story, although I do have to say that the development is a bit slow which is not a bad thing because the author adds a lot of details to bring the world to life. Although the protagonist fits the story I still have the feeling that we don't really know much about him and wish we could see more actions, by that I do not mean fighting scenes or that kind, but how he actively makes more decisions and does sth that will result in sth else later. I feel like he goes along with a lot of things? The writing style is, have I already mentioned?, beautiful and it reminds me more of a traditional novel than a webnovel. Although, I do think sometimes author could tone down a bit and use more simpler words, if that makes sense? Still, wonderful book!

Your writing quality is amazing and all the descriptive parts have been well described. I feel the storyline is quite unique and this is what makes a story one of a kind. Keep your hardwork going on!

Amazing, everything from the narration to the dialogue blew me away. I actually find chess a little boring but after reading this, my opinions changed. Awesome novel, seriously this is 🔥.

What can I say? This style of narrating the story is very impressive. I am a chess player and I love how this story isn't like other fantasy novel. Here Mc doesn't use swords or shields to achieve victory, he uses his mind! Fantastic. All readers if you need an interesting novel and are bored of the typical ones then read this. A five star review brought to you by Archwriter.

This is a story with a very interesting and original premise, and I can say I was fascinated from the prologue. A fantasy novel about a chess inspired settings is something I've never seen before, and one of this novel's major strengths, along with the beautiful language and the engaging dialogues. Quartz is a protagonist worth following, and I love the way he handled being thrown in a completely unusual and unexpected scenario.

Read up to chapter 10 (but will be hopefully continuing after finals week): Writing Quality: I absolutely love the descriptions, especially the personification of natural forces. I think it gives a poetic appeal that really frames this novel in parallel to how chess is a gentleman's game. The diction and rhythm of the prose are all beautiful, and I couldn't help but paragraph comment on a few lines that were really breathtaking. Stability of Updates: I'm just going to assume you update frequently ahahahah Story Development: I would say that I wasn't surprised entirely at how the plot worked out. But instead of saying the story was predictable, I think it was because of the careful padding that made the transition all the more natural. Character Design: Superb description of knights. They really seem to be coming alive from a chess board ^-^ World Background: I must admit that the careful attention to detail got me. The idea that there are 64 cities that correspond to each square of a chess board is super smart!!! Anyways, good luck (but I don't think you need luck with your skill ^-^)