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Before Tomorrow Comes by Moony_Kat

Reviewed by Kakurine039

 

Title: (5/5) 

It’s really interesting. It caught my attention immediately. I just felt the angst rolling off the title–figuratively speaking.

 

Foreword/Description: (7/10) 

The description was good, it caught my attention. I only found one mistake.

 

Original: Would you be able to prepare your departure without hurting your loved onces?

I believe you mean ‘your loved ones.’

 

I found out the harsh way to never eat while doing a review, especially if it’s an angst story. I was happily reading away, looking for any mistakes in your foreword. I had to spit the piece of pop-tart in my mouth out when I read that Sunggyu was diagnosed with Leukemia. I was like ‘what the hell?!’ It totally caught me off guard. I had pop-tart crumbs all over me and the laptop. I felt instantly sad for Sunggyu. He’s one of my favorites from Infinite.

Lesson learned: Never eat while reading an angst story. 

So, your foreword is really good. It caught my attention, and it made me feel really sad and… stuff. You had a few mistakes–grammar and spelling.

In one line, you stated that the doctors told Sunggyu he needed to ‘bit’ farewell to his friends and family. I do believe you mean ‘bid’ farewell.

Since you’re writing this story in English, ‘Irak’ should be ‘Iraq.’

 

Original: “Oh, Sung Gyu! Enter!”he smiled as always.

Correction: “Oh, Sung Gyu! Enter!” He smiled as always.

 

You need to place spaces after the quotations. You also need to capitalize the ‘he.’ The only time it can lower case is if you place a comma beforehand. For example, 

 

“Oh, Kakurine039! Please marry me,” Kevin Woo proposed, getting down on one knee.

“Oh, stop it, Kevin! Please, just call me Soo Ae. And of course I’ll marry–”

 

Yeah, something like that.

 

Appearance: (5/5) 

The poster is gorgeous. It gives off that ‘angsty, I’m gonna make you cry!’ vibe. I also really like the girl’s silhouette behind Sunggyu. The textures, overlays, and fonts that were used are amazing as well. I didn’t even notice you had an actual background till I saw the faded title on the far right side of the page. The overall appearance of the story looks good and neat.

 

Plot: (15/15) 

Such an amazing plotline. I really like how you incorporated Sung Mi’s labor and how Sunggyu got to hold–

 

Originality: (13/15) 

This isn’t the first time I’ve read a story about the main character contracting some fatal disease and attempt to live the rest of their days to the fullest, but you twisted the story up and made it your own.

 

Grammar and Spelling: (17/20) 

Your grammar is good. Really good. You just have a few spelling errors. The other mistakes I found I already mentioned in the description/foreword section.

‘Marry Christmas’ is spelled ‘Merry Christmas.’ 

Spell numbers out unless it’s over one hundred (this is a very debatable topic, but that is how I was taught).

 

Characterization: (10/10) 

Even though it’s a one-shot, I was able to see the development and personality of Sunggyu. I could really tell he loved his daughter with all his heart. I was so happy he was able to hold her…

 

Flow: (10/10) 

You had the perfect pace for this. The text in blue from Sunggyu’s letter to his daughter flowed perfectly.

 

Overall Enjoyment: (10/10)

I’m literally crying my eyes out. I’m like dead serious. Tears are rolling down my face as I was typing this. This was such an amazing one-shot. So sad! I’m not big on angst because I don’t want to feel sad while reading a story, but yours was worth it. This was truly a great story.

 

Total: 92/100

Kakurine039's Note: That was just too sad. It was a really great story

 

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BennieDerHamster
#1
yay for your story Kat!!!