Today's review will be The Turbulent March by Berserker. The Turbulent March was a very compelling story based around the adventures of a female orc named Rhunal, a slave trying to escape the clutches of a mage named Carinus. As Rhinal escapes, she is set back once she finds her friends and Carnius’ servants dead. She soon finds herself on a quest for revenge against the person who killed her friends. The Turbulent March is an astonishing story filled with well-written action and an engaging plot. 

One issue that I did see in the first few episodes was with the pacing. I found that at the beginning everything moved too fast. When Rhunal escaped the building, I didn’t understand how long it had been since the point where Berserker left it off in the last episode. I would have liked it if there was some understanding of the time it took for Rhunal to escape, which I believe would have definitely improved the story. Pacing has always been a problem for authors. Some authors want to quickly get to the climax, while others want to elongate their stories to the point where it bores the reader. I have found more often than not that authors write as quickly as they can to get to the climax, describing objects or a feeling with piercing depth is one way I have found helps remedy this problem and also elevates the enjoyment of the readers. The Turbulent March did need the beginning to be better paced, but otherwise, the pacing is almost flawless. 

What I absolutely loved about this story was the passion Berserker had for writing it. From reading the first few pages of this novel, I noticed the rapture which (I assume) Berserker felt when writing The Turbulent March. No matter how astounding an author is, their writing will never sound enjoyable if they have lost their passion. When authors lose their enthusiasm for a story, their motivation for writing succumbs. No matter how well written a novel is, if an author loses their motivation, the story just doesn't sound enjoyable. The Turbulent March contains such joy and enthusiasm that the components which negatively contribute to the novel are weakened. The Turbulent March is a marvelous story that I find remarkably enjoyable. 

Another issue I found in The Turbulent March was improper formatting. Improper formatting mistakes I saw were grammar mistakes and a few punctuation mistakes in the writing. While grammar mistakes are common, they impact the understanding of a reader. Someone can be sitting in their chair having to read a sentence ten times before they can continue reading a novel. Grammar mistakes can mean the difference between a publisher rejecting a story or approving it. There were only a few grammar mistakes, mostly being at the beginning of the novel, but they did affect my enjoyment of the story. The punctuation mistakes I saw in this story were pretty immense. The incorrect punctuation mistakes were related to the speech and communication of the story. Some of the time, when a character spoke or thought, the italics or quotes were messy. During the first few pages of The Turbulent March, Berserker forgot to place the endquote after a character spoke, so the speaking part seemed to stretch through the passage. (ex. “johnny went to school said jerry, What will I do today?” He asked himself) Otherwise, this story is absolutely excellent.

Another thing I loved about The Turbulent March was the way that Berserker wrote conflict into his story. What I loved about the combat in The Turbulent March was that it was flawlessly paced. Berserker did not fill every second of The Turbulent March with a battle or some sort of argument, he left spots for his readers to get to know the characters before another conflict began. It can be overwhelming and confusing when an author fills their story with a non-stop struggle. When writing any form of action based novel, an author can find it challenging to write conflict. The combat in this story was astonishing and was completely comprehensible, Berserker did a fantastic job with The Turbulent March.

Even though there were formatting and pacing mistakes, this novel and its plot were wonderful. I really loved reading about the fascinating land which The Turbulent March was apart of. I truly loved how well Berserker wrote the plot and how passionate he was while writing it. I would whole-heartedly recommend this to anyone who loves action and adventure novels.  

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