Lady of Summer
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LADY OF SUMMER
Story Title (5/5):
"Wow, fantastic baby!" I say. You heard that right! You're title for this story is fantastic! I have no other words than fantastic! It gives me a Disney land feeling or like a magical feeling and that's a good thing!
Layout/Graphics (4/5):
You have no idea how in love I am with the poster. Some of your readers are right. It's so disney-ish! From the flowers, the ice and the expressions on the character's faces! Perfect! It looked Tinkerbell-ish (I made my own word) to me and the font style is so cute, I thought this wasn't going to be an angst but a fantasy comedy story instead! The poster totally tricked me.
Sadly, I can't read your story when I'm on phone (maybe it's just my phone). I had to go on a computer which is why it took me so long to review your story. I guess. It's not your fault! I'm just saying.
Anyway, the pink flowers are really really attractive. I'm sure your readers got more thrilled like me with the designs you put up there.
I just wish I could read it better on my phone, but your layout is too good that it doesn't seem to fit my dear phone.
Description and Foreword (9/10):
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO! At first it didn't really interest me. Like seriously, summer and winter? What is this? It's so hot in here right now and I'm going to read a story about summer itself? (I'm crazy I know). It's still nice though. The way you asked if summer will ever return or if winter will prevail just made me eager to know why or how these people on the poster became seasons. After reading everything (and the last and only chapter), you have no idea what it did to me. Now I want to go back to being a child and watch more Disney Movies.
Story Plot (9/10):
Oh My God. I am amazed. I don't even know what to say. This is not my kind of story to be honest, but this is definitely my kind of movie! How I wish someone would actually make this into a movie- okay that's so random, but why not? You just created a wonderful story that I don't usually read- wait, I never actually read a fantasy story like this! Although I did watch a lot of movies that reminded me of the feeling your story made me feel like Maleficent, Tinkerbelle, Frozen or Santa Claus (another randomness). I might have thought that Winter reminded me of Frozen's Elsa, but meh, at least you had your own way to portray his character way better than Maleficent or Elsa (for me).
BY THE WAY, THIS STORY IS JUST SO REFRESHING AND HAPPY! I COULD IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE IN MEMORIA REJOICING AND JUMPING WITH JOY WHEN SUMMER CAME BACK AND BROUGHT BACK THE LIGHT AND HAPPINESS THAT THEY LOST. LIKE, WOW. It did remind me of some Disney movies though. HAHA. BUT STILL THIS IS BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER WHAT. CAPSLOCK MEANS INTENSELY BEAUTIFUL.
*starts crying* I'm gonna cry. Okay at first, this story made me feel so wonderful and lucky that we have these different seasons. I admit that sometimes I hate the rain or the cold, and I love the summer because it makes me feel alive. But then there are also times that I get tired of summer because damn it's too warm and I can't take it anymore so I need winter as soon as possible. Your story made me question: "What would summer feel if I tell her that I want it to be winter right now? Or what would winter feel if I tell him that I want a longer summer?" Weird question, I know. But what do you think? What if they have feelings too? What if they were once human and they can still feel?
So I almost cried while reading your story, at the near-end of it (one reason is because of winter’s heart being ripped). I never expected myself to love this story so much that I felt so affected with every words you wrote and I imagined it just perfectly in my mind. The scene when summer read the letter of winter. It was wonderful yet sad. No I am not depressed, but I feel like crying. If I had only seen that song way before I started reading, I could have listened to it while reading. The song is perfect for the story. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I AM GRINNING SO BIG RIGHT NOW. YOU MADE ME HAPPY. I've been reading too much angst lately, so I was expecting that yours would be as depressing as the others (it was but for the first time in my life, I'm happy with how it turned out in the end). I want to thank you for making such a wonderful one-shot. Now, I might even sleep still listening to the song you shared.
Character Development (15/15):
Oh My God. I want to say a lot, but I'm so speechless. I wish your story was a little bit longer so I could have known the characters much better than now. I just want to know more about them. I want to be best friends with their characters! I was hoping this wasn't a one-shot, only because I wanted more to it. More love. More developement between the characters or simply just more to read for me. I wanted the sun to embrace me more. I wanted the winter to hold me close.
Anyway, Miya is a wonderful person. I love how you portrayed her character. She's beautiful. She's real. She's innocent. No wonder winter fell in love with her. I fell in love with her too. I could imagine her hair and eyes sparkling perfectly just like the way you described them. I smile every time I see her so alive, not with the deathlike gloom on her face.
Myungsoo is not so different from her. Although I did feel bad for his character as if he was really born just for the sake of the world's negative emotions. I felt bad because I thought maybe he is right about that. But just like summer, he's a wonderful person at the near-end of the story. I don't blame him for what he became or for what he did to Miya, the Memorians or to himself. He had a reason for doing everything and I understood his reasons. I'm glad that in the end, he learned that his heart and soul were connected. The moment I read his letter, I immediately forgave him. I know I should have forgiven him the moment he set Miya free so she could help the Memorians, but no. I had to question Miya's character: Why are you so forgiving? Because of him people died. Because of his hatred. It wasn't only for a day but for months. How could you still forgive him? Well, people learn to forgive just as Miya says, right? I agree with her.
Myungsoo's character? What else can I say? He deserves to be loved. He deserves to love.
Of all the characters in your story, Myungsoo is the character that really affected me to the bones. I am so proud with his character. I am so proud of his realizations. I am so proud that he fell in love and it's all because of summer. (Now, I miss winter. I really do.)
This is indeed worth reading. Much better with the song as the background while reading. That would be beyond perfect for a fairytale story like this.
Flow (14/15):
It was fine. *nods head*
REALLY IT WAS FINE.
IT WENT WELL.
But the reader hoped there was more to it.
One shots are usually fast paced- but well, that's one shots! Who am I to slow it down?
Maybe you could have made it a little longer, but who am I to insist? I'm just a reader. Lol.
Grammar/Spelling/Etc (29/30);
To be honest, everything about the way you wrote is already good. Very well-written. I see that you have the potential to PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK (maybe longer chapters or a little story book). It's embarrassing to admit, but I felt like I was narrating a Disney Movie as I was picturing everything in my mind. I felt like this could actually be a movie.
I did find a little confusing part though but it's not a very big deal!
He feet left crystals of ice on the cobbled streets
His feet left crystals of ice on the cobbled streets
Other than that, you are an awesome writer!
You made it easy to read, and you have vocabularies that I admit I had no idea what it meant until I checked on Google. I'm not a native speaker of English myself, and I already warned you that before you requested from me right? Anyways, I went on without stopping, except when I read the letter at the last part; I had to take a deep breath.
You described everything pretty good. If you didn't, I wouldn't have imagined everything thoroughly. Because you did so good, this story made a great impact to me.
Enjoyment (10/10):
DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY?
I know I subscribed because this was a subscribers-only story, and I could unsubscribe whenever I want. WELL I WON’T BECAUSE I READ IT ALREADY AND I LOVED IT. Beautiful. The song that inspired you is perfect. Please, please I want that song too. I'm taking it to my sleep. So yeah. Even though I wanted the story to be a little bit longer...This one-shot is enough to please me. I loved the ending, and if there was more after it- I don't know if my love for your story will change or not. Because I love it already, just the way it is!
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