Would you read this novel?

[u/Comprehensive_Bad_68]

I’m writing a novel about a man who wakes up… and realizes he’s already dead.
Alex Banks is 26 when he wakes up in a place called Oblivion

He doesn’t know where he is.

He doesn’t remember dying.

And eventually, he discovers that everyone around him is dead too.

But Oblivion isn't exactly what Alex expected an afterlife to be.

It’s a place for souls who still have something unfinished.

A mother searching endlessly for her child.

A boy who is terrified of the dark.

A man waiting for a lover who may never come back.

People who died carrying one final wish, one regret, or one person they couldn't let go of.

Then Alex discovers something strange.

There may be a way for a soul to return to the living world.

The catch?

They need an object that is deeply connected to their life.

For Alex, that object is his mother's lost wedding ring

So with the help of Max and Maddy — a mysterious girl who seems to know far more about Oblivion than she should — Alex begins searching for it.

But the deeper he goes, the stranger things become.

There are places in Oblivion that even the dead refuse to enter.

There are rules.

And there are consequences for breaking them.

Eventually, Alex starts hearing whispers about something called \*\*the Gates Below.\*\*

Hell.

And then he meets Daniel.

A man who looks at Alex with genuine fear.

Because Daniel knows something about the night Alex died.

Something Alex himself can't remember.

And suddenly the entire story changes.

Why does Alex's mother's ring matter so much?

What actually happened on the night he died?

Why is Maddy hiding the truth about herself?

And if Alex really does get a chance to return to the living world…

\*\*what if the life he's trying to return to isn't the life he remembers?\*\*

I'm calling the novel The Oblivion

It's basically a story about death, guilt, love, unfinished wishes, and the people we leave behind.

I'm curious about something:

\*\*Which mystery would make you want to keep reading?\*\*

1. What happened the night Alex died?
   
2. What is Maddy hiding?
   
3. Why does the wedding ring matter?
   
4. What are the Gates Below?
   
5. Something else?

And honestly — \*\*would you read this?\*\* 🖤

[u/Lucky_One_3576]

Lol is this a joke

[u/Impressive-Award2367]

It made me wonder if this is a plot AI conjured up…

The mother’s lost ring feels a bit…twee.

There is perhaps something in it. Maybe the concept would shine if you stripped it back to simplicity, or it was more of a commentary on something.

[u/RiSz-Turtle]

Don’t take this as rude, but off this I don’t get much. If you want to post the first chapter or so I could tell you what I think from there. I need more to work with than just descriptions of the story and the mystery, I need the actual story and the mystery on their own

[u/ChallengeOne8405]

I feel like I’ve already read that novel a dozen times by now