The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life: The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Usata Nonohara

Oct 2019 · The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Vol 1 · Sold by Yen Press LLC

About this ebook

A girl out of time, a fish out of water
Alchemists used to be a dime a dozen in the Kingdom of Endalsia, so Mariela was never particularly special. But her skills were put to the test one fateful day when a horde of monsters came stampeding from the nearby forest. In a desperate attempt to escape the horror, the young alchemist put herself in a state of suspended animation that lasted just a little longer than she'd planned-an entire two hundred years! Needless to say, there have been some big changes, and biggest of all: Mariela is now the sole alchemist in the entire kingdom. Her one wish in this strange new environment is to get back her quiet, leisurely, low-key lifestyle!

Ratings and reviews

I find the concept interesting. But the style chosen to write this story makes it hard to read. I find that they put in too much detail for things that spark no interest or curiosity, and it goes on. I want to be interested as the characters seem interesting but it's hard to tolerate the writing style without wanting to switch to something else.

Yet another light novel that downplays and tries to justify slavery. It used to not be so hard to find light novels that treated slavery as the abhorrent practice that it is. Now I'm having trouble finding even one.

This novel is full of world building in good and bad ways since the author really takes their time explaining how potions are made among other things. For the most part, I do skim through them, but you can tell the author put a lot of effort into creating a fantasy world and I would say they suceeded. The characters are all really interesting and I always look forward to the interactions between each character. It is a pretty slow story, but I would say it's worth it. Gonna get the next volume!