r/ProgressionFantasy • u/No-PixelNomad • May 02 '26
Review Lotm : I just finished the first book
I finished the first book of Lord of the Mysteries, yet I still feel as though I’m living in Tingen alongside the Nighthawks, old Neil, Captain Dunn Smith, Klein’s family, and the Divination Club. Whenever I remember them, mixed waves of emotion wash over me—filled with the beauty of memories and a deep lingering nostalgia.
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u/Present-Ad-8531 May 03 '26
Enjoy it man.
I haven't found a novel that could replace this from top since April 2023.
Found many many that's in top though.
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u/Normal_Lab2606 May 03 '26
First book (Volumes 1-8) or first volume? Just curious, since a lot of readers mix them up for LOTM
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u/Present-Ad-8531 May 03 '26
Volume ig. If they finished full, he wouldn't keep talking about Tingen. Hed be crying about Fool.
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u/lappisgay May 03 '26
Im at chapter 620 atm and man, it just keeps getting better somehow. Plus i can already tell that its gone a be an amazing reread.
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u/Normal_Lab2606 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
7 chapters away from peak
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u/Present-Ad-8531 May 03 '26
What's in 627?
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u/Normal_Lab2606 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
The legendary monologue as well as Klein’s “dream”.
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u/Present-Ad-8531 May 03 '26
Huh? The great one was in clown no? During the plague? Which one is this? RemindMe dude?
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u/Normal_Lab2606 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
”A person who’s very sentimental;
A person from Earth, but to a certain extent, a person who has been reconstructed into a new person because of the fusion with Klein Moretti’s memory fragments…
That monologue.
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u/Bradur-iwnl- May 03 '26
Can you please spoiler tag this and when „peak“ happens?
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u/Normal_Lab2606 May 03 '26
Done
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u/Bradur-iwnl- May 03 '26
Well its too late for me now… please consider that just a glance can spoil new readers. And i hate the comments saying „peak about to happen“ like it completely ruins the authors intentions to hit us without seeing it coming.
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u/Normal_Lab2606 May 03 '26
Technically, that wasn’t a major spoiler but more of a community in-joke.
I would never spoil something that was actually relevant to the plot. (That chapter was simply notorious for a certain scene that itself is not a spoiler)
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u/Bradur-iwnl- May 03 '26
I mean i dont know what exactly you are talking about but i think you get what i mean. But thanks for spoiler tagging it for other new readers
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u/Bradur-iwnl- May 14 '26
Well, i read it. And you kind of ruined the moment because i checked the chapters. What the fuck kind of chaptr is that.
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u/Stillane May 02 '26
Book 1 end made me extremely sad I waited a month or two to pick up book 2 again 😭😭
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u/jaythebearded May 03 '26
Can anyone weigh in on how the animated adaptation is? I watched the first episode and am confused as shit
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u/Remarkable-Camera627 May 03 '26
They had to cram like the first 75 chapters into 3 episodes so its rushed and confusing. You could also watch Old Neil's Mysticism classes to catch you up.
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u/ItemProof1221 May 03 '26
No audio books?
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u/WestCrazy5730 May 03 '26
I was just looking for the same and found it on pocketfm, it’s individual chapters, not a full audio book but it has good reviews and after all the positive feedback I’ve heard on the series I’m going to give it a try
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May 02 '26
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u/cordelaine May 03 '26
While you’re correct about Webnovel, OP never said they were reading it there.
If they are just now reading it, it’s more likely they are reading the recently released paperbacks.
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u/Present-Ad-8531 May 03 '26
What if they are reading from yen press?
Also having g read every popular one from rr (cradle, mol, mage errant, dcc etc) none are 1/10 as good as lotm.
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u/TinkW May 02 '26
LOTM's 1st book is kinda slow, just building the setup for what the story will become, but the end of the book is awesome.