Review: Summer Camp 2013

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Story Title: Summer Camp 2013

Author: jdh0928

Summary [As given by the author]: Kim Heeyoung thought that Summer Camp 2013 would be the worst week in her life. But it turned out to be the best one instead.

Plot: 6/10

The main character, OC Kim Heeyoung, has been chosen to attend a special summer camp to train people to become better at sports, and she's been chosen to become a cheerleading 'trainee.' But she's one of the worst cheerleaders ever.

This makes very little sense to me. You'd think that if it's such an elite camp, the people in charge of selecting who gets to go would be much more careful with this kind of stuff. She's even so bad that she says in the story, "I was the least from the least. I was the worst from the worst" (Ch 1). If she's really this awful, and it's supposed to be super hard to get into this camp, I highly believe that whoever's selecting the people would have counted her out the moment they saw her.

The rest of the story is littered with cliches straight out of a bad chick flick, like all the girls ganging up on the main character, and a miraculous recovery at the end that propels the main character into stardom.

Character Development: 6/10

The character development in this fic is rather weak. The OC is mostly two-dimensional, and Daehyun doesn't really seem to do much else but look hot and fawn over Heeyoung.

Spelling+Grammar: 5/10

The spelling for this is mostly fine, however the grammar is, to be blunt, pretty bad. The first sentence is already indicative of this:

"Summer Camp on 2013 was the day that I like the most."

Firstly, 2013 is not a day, but a year, so that doesn't make sense. Because you used the word 'was,' that makes the sentence past tense, however you later use 'like,' which is present tense.

The story is littered with even more errors, however they seem to lessen slightly nearer to the end of the story.

Layout: 9.5/10

Personally, I prefer fics without backgrounds, and this one was a little distracting due to the title popping up every few inches. However, this is easily remedied by the 'enable reader mode' button. The font was a good easy-to-read size in my opinion, however it is larger than average size.

Overall Opinion: 6/10

Although I do enjoy reading OC fics on occasion, this was not one of my particular favorites. The plot was very difficult to believe, the characters simply weren't very engaging, and the many grammatical mistakes made this a difficult read. It's a cute story, but that alone can't save it from the many other errors in this fic. If you like cute and fluffy stories, you may enjoy this, however, I would not personally recommend it.

Final Grade: 65%—D

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gonexx #1
can i hire a permanent beta?
illumina_dain #2
request type : review
Story title : The Grandmaster
Story Link : http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/706970/the-grandmaster-fantasy-exo-kai-luhan-sehun-kyungsoo
Short Summary : Fantasy, Action?, Supernatural.

Everyday, they walk the same path we walk
Everyday, they use the same language that we do
Everyday, they breath the same air with us
But
They have something we don't have
They use something we can't even imagine to have
They can do anything
And ...
They have lived among us for centuries
They are The Grandmaster

Sehun, Kyungsoo, Luhan, Jongin

Word count : around 5000 (per chapter, it's only 5 chapter so far, so around 25000 in total)
Joah
softmist
#4
request type [beta or review]: review~
story title: Flower Child
story link [if requesting a review]: http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/344495/flower-child-c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e-contest-romance-tragedy-flower-luhan
short summary [please include genre and characters]:

Romance, Fantasy, Tragedy; Yoonhae turns an easter lily into a boy (Luhan) and while they grew up inseparable, they grew apart when Luhan and Yoonhae hit high school. As Luhan slowly forgets to care and love Yoonhae, Yoonhae is forced to believe that Luhan hasn't forgotten his transformer.

Main: Luhan, OC Character; Side: Oh Sehun, Kim Jongin

word count [it's okay just to leave an approximate]: 23,000 - 25,000 ish words? it's like 1,500 and under per chapter
password:joaaaah
vrendezvous #5
request type [beta or review]: review
story title: Teru Teru Bozu
story link [if requesting a review]: http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/448272/teru-teru-bozu-myungsoo-romance-suzy-myungzy
short summary [please include genre and characters]:
A story about a girl who loves the rain yet craves for sunlight.

characters: Myungsoo (L) and Su Ji (Suzy)
word count [it's okay just to leave an approximate]: 4,209
password: Joah
MissyQ
#6
request type [beta or review]: Review
story title: Final Call
story link [if requesting a review]: http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/428461
short summary [please include genre and characters]: She didn't want to die knowing she couldn't tell him she loved him.

That was all she wanted.

Nothing less, nothing more.
Featuring Kai and OC.
word count [it's okay just to leave an approximate]: Exactly 3328 (Excluding A/N at the bottom)
password: Joah
douxsoleil #7
Chapter 14: Thank you for the review, I will make sure to take notes from your review. :))
douxsoleil #8
request type :review
story title:Krasivaya
story link :http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/357691/krasivaya-angst-snsd-yoona-kai-yoonkai-exoshidae
short summary :angst, romance, slice of life. Kim Jongin, Im Yoona. How a person could change drastically when she is on the brink of death.
word count :around 1000 or less
password:Joah
exothermc
#9
Chapter 13: thank you for the review! i am so honored to get an A. i'll credit once i'm on my computer.

thank you again!