MEEMEE343 | REVIEWER: SCARLETKNIGHT | ROMANCE
 
TITLE (5/5)
 
IS THE TITLE RELEVANT TO THE STORY? Yes, the title is relevant to the story because it represents the symbolon of ones soulmate, also representing Yixing's explanation to Yifan.
IS IT INTRIGUING, COMPELLING ONE TO CLICK ON IT? Yes, as it's a wonderful choice of word, and is also an original title, commonly followed by an original idea.
IS THE CAPITALIZATION/GRAMMAR CORRECT? Yes. Though, some areas had issues of which I found was possibly incorrect.
IS IT ORIGINAL? Yes,Symbolon is a very uncommon, thus intruiging, original title.
 
APPEARANCE (4/5)
 
DOES IT HAVE A POSTER/ BACKGROUND? IF SO, DOES IT RELATE TO THE STORY? There is no poster or background, though one would surely fit.
IS THE LAYOUT READABLE? Yes, as it's the default AFF layout.
IS THE FONT READABLE? Yes - The font has not been changed.
ARE THE PARAGRAPHS/DIALOGUES DIVERSE AND PROPERLY SPACED? Yes, though I occasionally wonder if putting indents at the beginning of paragraphs would make it seem more well-written, as indents are usually at the beginning of each paragraph.
 
DESCRIPTION/FOREWORD (10/15)
 
IS THE DESCRIPTION CLEAR/INTERESTING? Yes, it shows a good portion of the story's main idea and is intruiging for the reader to want to read more.
DOES IT GIVE US A MERE TASTE, NOT A MOUTHFUL, OF WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO READ? Yes. We cannot tell that Jongdae is blind, but it still gives out a hint of whether or not he can see or not. Could be a bit more detailed on the plot, though.
 
PLOT/CHARACTERIZATION (30/30)
 
IS THE PLOT BELIEVABLE? Yes, as there are no supernatural occurences or things that would seem unordinary.
IS IT ORIGINAL? Yes. I've never read anything similar.
ARE THE CHARACTERS WELL-DEVELOPED? Yes - They have a good representation of their separate personalities and each have their own way of knowing one another, yet still have flaws, such as Jongdae being blind.
ARE THEY CLICHÉ? Not at all, they have personalities of their own that are distinct from other stories - Though, Kris' cold-guy image may be slightly cliché.
 
 
GRAMMAR/ SPELLING (20/30)
 
IS THE TENSE(S) CONSISTENT? The tenses are just right, as it shows the time-frames as they appear. Yes, they are consistent.
ARE WORDS PROPERLY USED IN REGARDS TO TONE AND MOOD? Yes; the word choice shows elegancy when needed, whilst showing plain-ness and/or common human emotion, though lacking some. Some sentences such as "He sits straight and sees Yixing on the door, on his royal clothes" could have a wording change, as on turns to in.
DO THE CHOICE OF WORDS FIT IN THE TIME SETTING/ ERA? Yes. Old English was not necessarily used in the time setting in the story, and it has some words that are uncommon in the current time setting.
ARE THERE ANY MISPELLED WORDS (TYPOS)? No.
ARE PROPER PUNCTUATIONS USED? Yes, punctuation was used perfectly.
 
FLOW (10/10)
 
IS THE STORY CONSISTENT WITH ITS PLOT? Yes, it follows its given plot as it should.
ARE CHARACTERS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR GIVEN/DEVELOPING PERSONALITIES? The personalities stay the same, they don't necessarily develop, but that could happen in future chapters.
IS IT TOO FAST/ TOO SLOW/ JUST RIGHT GIVEN ITS PARAMETERS? Just right - as the timeframe causes everything to be jumbled up one-by-one in a way that suits the story's pace.
IS IT BELIEVABLE? Yes - Things don't happen rapidly, the occurences of events aren't too close.
 
OVERALL ENJOYMENT(5/5)
 
DEAR AUTHOR, THIS MAY BE BIASED.
 
HOW MUCH DID WE LIKE YOUR STORY? I'd say 9/10.
WILL WE READ IT AGAIN? When it's finished, definitely. I'm quite into stories like these.
WHAT WERE OUR FAVORITE SCENES? When Jongdae confesses that he knows of Yifan's discomfort.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO IMPROVE YOUR STORY? Fix the grammar and spelling up a bit, such as mentioned previously.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. I'll definitely be reading this when it's finished, I love it.
 
TOTAL (84/100)