
my opinion, read orv and then go for lotm, orv is amazing with great characters great worldbuilding and plot right, (phenomenal writing aswell), lotm is quite similar too- its more focused on the plot and mystery aspect. both are amazing but just start with orv lol. lotm is a chinese novel, and usually chinese novels are a tad bit slow paced. its because of the way the mandarin language is written. once you savour the beautiful story that orv is, you will enjoy lotm i feel

Both are amazing but I think you should go for ORV first, LOTM is much longer then other novels and its a lot wordier too, I took like three months reading LOTM but I think that was also because it was during school too lol. The world building in LOTM is quite, well, "huge" and there are a lot of arcs too. Anyways, both are really really really good stories but it would be be better I think to read ORV first since its shorter than LOTM.
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I hope you enjoy the world of LOTM once you read it.
I'm looking to get into reading novels beyond romance, and I'm torn between Lord of the Mysteries (LotM) and Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (ORV).
I've heard great things about LotM, and for ORV, I love action manhwa and want to read the novel first. I'm not asking which is objectively better, but I'm having trouble deciding which to start with.
Any recommendations on which one I should read first?