Your Reflection, a Pale Imitation - baekforu

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BAEKFORU
REQUEST ON: 12/20/15
REVIEWER: BLACKROSESTEARS
FINISHED ON: 1/15/15
SCORE: 91/100
TITLE: (10/10)
LOGICAL (3/3) - I COULD SEE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TITLE AND THE PLOT SO IT MAKES SENSE WHY YOU CHOSE IT. 
EYE-CATCHING (3/3) - IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING TITLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU READ IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT ASK YOURSELF ABOUT THE MEANING BEHIND IT SO IT WAS DEFINITELY EYE-CATCHING.
ORIGINAL (4/4) - THERE ARE NO OTHER STORIES WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR TITLES SO IT IS ALSO REALLY ORIGINAL.
 
STORY'S FOREWORD/DESCRIPTION (10/10)
STORY'S SUMMARY (5/5) - IT DOESN'T REVEAL MUCH AND IS NOT THAT LONG BUT STILL IT SOUNDS INTERESTING THAT YOU WANT TO READ IT. IT IS JUST LIKE A JOURNEY INTO THE DARK TO SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY.
APPEARANCE (5/5) - THE STRUCTURE IS NICE, EVERYTHING LOOKS NEAT AND IT IS GOOD TO READ.
 
CHARACTERS/CASTS (6/10)
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT (3/5) - THE WAY THE STORY IS RIGHT NOW IT IS HARD TO SAY IF THERE IS SOME CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. SURE YOU WROTE THAT MINSEOK CHANGED FROM A PERSON THAT HAS TO BE IN CONTROL AND A CLEAN ROOM INTO A PERSON WHO DOESN'T CARE ABOUT A CLEAN ROOM ANYMORE AS LONG AS JONGDAE IS WITH HIM BUT IT HERE IT WOULD BE NICE TO ACTUALLY SEE THESE CHANGES BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO FEEL WITH YOUR CHARACTERS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN YOUR STORY.
SO IT IS JUST A TEXT TO READ WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO FEEL A CONNECTION TO IT WHICH MAKES IT FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME HARD TO READ AND LIKE IT.
CHARACTER'S RELATIONS (3/5) - THERE WERE NO REAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERS TO WRITE HERE ABOUT, ONLY DESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE NICE TO READ BUT I STILL MISSED THE REAL INTERACTION BETWEEN YOUR CHARACTERS.
 
THE AUTHOR'S MINDSET (37/40)
LOGICALLY (10/10) - THE STORY DID MAKE SENSE WHILE READING, THERE WERE NO TIMES YOU WERE TOTALLY CONFUSED. 
ORIGINALITY (10/10) - I DIDN'T REALLY READ STORY THAT WITH THIS PLOT LIKE THIS BEFORE.
TONE (5/5) - THE TONE ALWAYS FITTED THE SITUATION OF THE STORY SO THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY HERE.
NARRATION (5/5) - THE FOCUS IS MAINLY ON MINSEOK AND THERE ARE NO MISTAKES IN IT THOUGH IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE PARTS WITH MORE FOCUS ON JONGDAE TOO.
STORYLINE (7/10) - ALL IN ALL IT IS A STORY ABOUT MINSEOK WHO LIKES TO BE IN CONTROL IN HIS LIFE, HIS APARTMENT HAS TO BE CLEAN BUT THIS CHANGES AFTER HE MEETS JONGDAE. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT JONGDAE THAT CATCHES MINSEOKS INTEREST SO HE TRIES TO MEET THE OTHER AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL HE IS WITH HIM ALMOST EVERY DAY. MINSEOK LIKES HOW JONGDAE IS A SIMPLE GUY AND THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS STILL UNKNOWN TO HIM.
BECAUSE OF JONGDAE, MINSEOK FOUND SOMETHING THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT HIS PERFECT LIFE, HE KNOWS THAT JONGDAE IS NOT PERFECT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS DOESN'T BOTHER HIM. 
 
IN THE END IT SOUNDED LIKE A MESSAGE OF THE STORY WAS THAT AS LONG AS THERE IS STILL SOMETHING UNKNOWN TO YOU ABOUT THE PERSON YOU LIKE, THE RELATIONSHIP WILL STAY INTERESTING, AN ADVENTURE.
IT WAS A MESSAGE I REALLY LIKED BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME OF AN AUTHOR THAT HAD THIS OPINION . YOUR WRITING STYLE IS PRETTY NICE TOO SO THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY HERE IS THAT IT IS A PITY THAT IT IS SO SHORT BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO FIND A WAY INTO THE STORY. THOUGH IT MADE SENSE WHILE READING THERE WERE STILL TIMES IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY RIGHT AWAY SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO READ MORE DETAILS IN THE STORY FOR EXAMPLE SHOWING HOW MINSEOK CHANGES HIS VIEW OF THE THINGS. HOW JONGDAE GETS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM BIT BY BIT.
 
PROPER USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (25/25)
PROPER GRAMMAR/PUNCTUATION (10/10) - I DIDN'T FIND ANY MAJOR MISTAKES IN THE STORY.
TERMONOLOGY (5/5) - YOUR VOCABULARY WAS GOOD IN THE STORY, THERE WAS NO OVERUSE OF SOME WORDS OR PHRASES WHICH MADE IT MORE INTERESTING TO READ.
LANGUAGE BARRIER (10/10) - THERE IS ALSO NO OVERUSE OF THE KOREAN LANGUAGE.
 
REVIEWER'S ENJOYMENT (3/5)
I DID LIKE READING THE STORY BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THOUGH I AM NOT SURE WHETHER THAT WAS WHAT YOU WHERE TRYING TO SAY OR NOT. STILL IT WAS HOW I UNDERSTOOD THE STORY.
STILL I WAS NOT ABLE TO LIKE THE STORY WITH MY WHOLE HEART BECAUSE I AM A PERSON THAT LIKES TO FEEL A CONNECTION TO THE CHARACTERS WHICH WAS HARD TO FIND HERE.
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WooGyu_KyuSung_YooSu
#1
One more thing. I know the Description and the forward are super long. But I planned this story to be like a Novella/Soap Opera.
It may seem like I'm giving away to much in the Description and The Forward, but as you realize you might notice that I haven't.
There are three main parts to this story:
The Past-Childhood
The Past- Orphans/Teens
The Present- The main setting, in which the forward revealed nothing.

I'm an interactive author, meaning I ask questions at the end and leave hints here and there for the readers to try there best at guessing. (They become more invested in my story this way, lol)
WooGyu_KyuSung_YooSu
#2
-Username : WooGyu_KyuSung_YooSu
-Profile link : http://www.asianfanfics.com/profile/view/49463

- Story title : Love Me Right
- Story link : http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/976222/love-me-right-mpreg-hunhan-taoris-kaisoo-sulay-chanbaek-chenmin

-Genre : OT12, Angst, Mpreg, Fluff, Comedy, Growth, Friendship, Life, and "LEARNING TO LOVE"

- On-going | To be a long fic.

- Reviewer : KaihleeLo

- So The title of the fic is "Love Me Right", but it has nothing to do with the EXO song; even though some would just assume. The reason why I titled it 'Love Me Right' is because 6 of the main characters suffered in their childhood and eventually were orphaned. They don't know how to let themselves love. In particular, Luhan. As for the other 6 'Love' and 'Lust' are two different things.

- So before you read, I would like to point out, that the pacing of the story and the built up is exactly how I planned. I don't want to rush Romance because you don't 'fall in love' over night, and the characters need to mature. Also, there is a pattern to my chapters "The Past" chapters are essentially flashbacks. "The Present" is taking place now. For every 5 "The Present" chapters, it will be followed by 2 "The Past" chapters; Childhood/Teen years.

- I have a reader who offered to proofread my chapters since I had some typos, and I don't have the time to go back and fix them. "I always update between 12 am - 5 am, so that is the main reason". She is still editing the earlier chapters so please realize I am fixing the errors.


Oh gosh this was a lot. I'm sorry. I'm just really nervous, and I wanted to explain the above before you review.
-Tigress-
#3
Chapter 127: Hey can I have someone send me my review here so I can save it?
This archive is non-selectable so I can't save it myself.