B#5 | Beauty et Beast | KangminBread
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Title
Author
Characters
Category
Genre
Status
Beaty et Beast
KangminBread
Kangin, Sungmin, Kyuhyun
Angst, Fantasy, Slice Of Life, AU
Completed (Sort of one-shot divided in three parts)
Description
Needing to fend for himself since a young age Lee Sungmin became an experineced thief. After his biggest theaf he hides at a small town at the countryside where he hears about a mansion said to be haunted, he takes that as the best place to hide and thus he breaks in only to find the mansion is inhabited by Kim Youngwoon.
Title
The title sounds nice with the "Beauty and beast" reference, I suppose the "et" should mean "and" in French? Because aside from that I really have no idea what it should mean xD But Beauty and the Beast, I wouldn't really consider Youngwoon a beast and Sungmin isn't really the classical beauty (I don't mean his looks here, of course Sungmin is beautiful in terms of his looks), but he's not really like the innocent girl who falls in love with the bad, bad beast... So I'm not sure if they can be considered beauty and beast, I'm also not sure if it is supposed to be the French word for and (only explanation I know, though of course, other readers might have other ideas), but it sounds nice if you see it for the first time and it catches attention.
Descr.&Forew.
The description pretty much describes what the story is about so the reader knows what to expect in general, what is exactly what the description/the foreword should do. Ypu also have a few quotes in the foreword, which is awesome, just maybe it sounds a bit neutral, this is perfectly fine, but maybe a bit more emotions? Just thinking... doesn't have to be much, maybe one sentence, where Sungmin's (or Youngwoon's or whoever's) emotions are portrayed a bit. But you don't have to, it's just an idea of mine, and it's alright as it is ^^
Graphics
I really like the poster, and the background is unique too so it doesn't look standard at all which is really good ^^ Just the yellow font on the red/purple background maybe... but I got used to it and it was only a bit unusual at the beginning.
Char. Dev.
I really like your characters in general, but Youngwoon sometimes seemed a bit too perfect, how he always stayed calm, did everything for Sungmin, always reacted fine - maybe slightly heading towards Mary Sue. Sungmin (the present one) definitely had his faults, which is good, though he maybe fell in love from one moment to the next, maybe you could describe something like Sungmin liking (as in really "just" liking) Youngwoon almost from the beginning, so it wouldn't come that suddenly, and his sudden decision to become a hunter kinda irritated me too, that maybe was a bit fast - but aside from that, Sungmin was really fine.
Appearance
Easy to read (though the colour irritated me at first, I soon got used to it), well structured, and I really like what you did with the stars and symbols ^^
Orgin.&Plot
This is anything but cliche, I've never seen a plot like this, and lots of things kept happening... also your idea with the spirits was really unique so it was really interesting because I haven't come across something like this story so far, and I love reading completely new stories ^^
Flow
The flow is pretty good in general, just some parts seemed a bit fast, like Sungmin deciding to become a hunter, or when he falls in love with Youngwoon - but in general, it's fine ^^
Writing
Your writing is really good, and easy to follow, you had lots of really cool ideas and it was really enjoyable to read ^^
Gramm.&Spel.
There are a few mistakes in the foreword, for example the typo in "experienced" (it's nothing bad, I just wanted to tell you), and I think you meant to write his "biggest theft" [also in the foreword]? Aside from that, there are a few more small grammar and sometimes vocabulary mistakes in the story, but it's really not much, and considering you're not a native English speaker it's really good English, [I couldn't find many typos either] so well done!
Gen.Enjoym.
I really enjoyed reading this story because of its unique plot, and its deep storyline (some things were really well thought out, it took me some time to get behind the details xD) Really awesome and unique, and definitely worth reading!
Title : 6,5/10
Description & Foreword: 8/10
Graphics: 9/10
Character Development: 7/10
Appearance : 9/10
Originality & Plot: 10/10
Flow: 7,5/10
Writing: 8/10
Grammar & Spelling: 8/10
General Enjoyment: 9/10
82 / 100
Reviewer: MikuJae
date : 23 / 03 / 2015
CREDITS :
Credits to MikuJae [MJ] @ Steph's Bookclub Review Shop ©
COMMENTS / Thoughts & REMINDER
Comments & thoughts
Just one thing I wanted to remark: Youngwoon is often described as "beast" - though he always seemed like a really nice, even almost perfect character, that seemed a bit strange to me... just saying.
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