Breathing Life - storyteller1101
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(9/10) Title: The title came off blunt to me. It didn't trigger me wanting to click on it if I was to stumble across it. But the connection between the title and story itself fits well together~
(10/10) Character: Again, short story, so not much character development. However, we did learn that Daehyun was cold and had been at war. We learn that Eunji was brave and strong enough to do and get things her way.
(9/10) Originality: I've read two stories similar to this one, where the lead goes into war and lose his love one. I wouldn't say it's not unique but it's common. However, I like the description and little touches that went along with it.
(39/40) Storyline/Plot: We started with Daehyun heading back to his and Eunji's place, then he begin recalling his memories of her and that specific area and how it came to be. While I was reading the foreword and came across the comment, I saw that Eunji died and went 'here we go.... Another cliche story', but then as I was thinking maybe Eunji died of a sickness, you twisted it and made it that he was in war. So I got tricked and thought that was clever.
(23/25) Grammar/Errors: I noticed all (so far) of your stories are written in an italics format. Since this is an angst story, I recommend only putting the past in italics. Reading stories with different format can help bring certain emotions/feelings across to the readers. For example: "I love no one but you." vs. "I love no one but you." vs. "I love no one but you." There were minor errors which could have easily been avoided by proofreading.
Original: The sun was hiding behind the thick clouds that day when Daehyun finally decided to visit the special place once again after how many years.
Suggestion: The sun was hiding behind the thick clouds, the day when Daehyun finally decided to visit the special place once again after many years. (run-on sentence here)
Original: ...chirping melodies of... Sympathy?
Suggestion: ...chirping melodies of.... Sympathy? [or] ...chirping melodies of... sympathy? (Ellipses, when you're going to capitalize the following term especially when its one that isn't necessary, it's like saying it's the start of another sentence, idea, etc so make sure there's a fourth period. Ellipses are three so one more concludes the idea/sentence.)
Original: "I never told them!" she laughed....
Suggestion: "I never told them!" She laughed....
Original: Eunji by her shoulders and every so gently, untangled her from him.
Suggestion: Eunji by her shoulders and ever so gently, untangled her from him.
(5/5) Overall Enjoyment: Love it, loved it, will always love it. Upvoted and will stay subscribe so I can read it from time to time (lol).
(95/100) Points Total
Bonus: Your questions and focuses for us:
if the motions of the characters are captured well enough: Like I've mentioned, the way the characters, especially Daehyun's, was portrayed was very emotional and well captured. However, I believe the italics on only certain word or the past would have made it so much better for me, personally.
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Review for: storyteller1101
Requested on: 11/21/2014
Finished On: 11/21/2014
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