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Title (3/5)

The term "kiss and tell" is actually used when people gather and talk about their personal lives which has no relation to your story. Therefore the slighly lower rating as when using a common term people will tend to try and link the two despite having no connections and it may alter the initial perception before reading your story.

Foreward/Description (8/10)

Relatively good introduction into "you". However she is a shy person not someone who does not have interest in the opposite like in the foreword. The background on Tao is however untrue as he does not actually flirt with multiple people within the story with the main focus on Hana. But I will not penalize you badly on the second because it might be just "your" view.


Appearance (4.5/5)

I think it's appropriate with Tao's intense look at the back with a sweet looking girl in front. However just one small suggestion to the caption: "something about you intrigues me"

Plot (13/15)

I think in overall rather cute and fluffy plot. I particularly liked the twists within the story especially at the end of Chapter 3 on the girl Tao was going to kiss, the dream chapter and also definitely towards the end where you made the readers think Hana and Tao were indeed together with the kiss.

Originality (13/15)

Rather cliche in a high school setting hollywood chick flick but definitely not too bad.

Grammer & Spelling (18/20)

Overall no major spelling and grammatical mistakes with a rather commendable usage of words.

Couple of small mistakes you make here and there eg "It's do dusy here" - Dusty

However I would try to improve on phrasing and the flow of sentences. Do use ";" instead of "..."


Flow (6/10)

Unfortunately, I think this is the area you most lack in.

-You make sudden switches to Tao's feelings in the middle of the story which looks a bit out of place eg at the end of Chapter 2. If you really want to you might want to put it in a different colour
-Also if you want your readers to receive some hints that Tao might actually like "you", you might want to do up whole paragraphs or even chapters showing Tao's feelings in the same situation such as the scene of choosing the prettiest girl to kiss; ie have Tao's point of view where he really wanted to kiss "you" but chickened out in the end
-I do not know if it's your utter intention to make us think Tao is not interested but it seems like it to me except the few insertion of his true feelings.
-Other small parts of the story also shows contradiction such as Eunjung's feelings because it is clear that she has a crush on Tao and confessions should not have come as a surprise especially to "you" as part of the clique
-About Hana, there should be no shock at Tao's choice of girl to kiss from the group as people had assumed them to be a couple with multiple public display of affections
-Most importantly your style of writing, do note your short sentences and lack of paragraphing at some parts and too much paragraphing at some. Also the italics thoughts need to be in appropriate places


Characterization (8/10)

Good build-up of the character "you", other characters have been commented on within the above section.


Overall Enjoyment (9/10)

Cute, short and fluffy would definitely recommend it as a leisure 10mins read =]

Reviewed by: eunhyuksgal

82.5/100!

 
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ThanhXuan
#1
Chapter 135: Thanks for the review ♡
Amalya
#2
Chapter 134: Thank you for taking the time to review my story oohkatsoo. I didn't mind the wait and getting the additional perspective was a good thing in the end. ;)
I have been warned about the too many characters too quickly thing in a previous review and have yet to try and fix that, but duly noted again. haha As for the capitalization issue, I think I was going for that fairly bizarre context (in English anyway) where you capitalize some of the terms when they refer to very specific named creatures (Namjoon's father as a Titan (Perses in his back story) versus titans as a race). Likewise for chimaera though that one was never meant to be capitalized. The only one I really had an issue with in writing was actually Cyclops and that was because my spell checker kept saying the lowercase spelling was wrong. >.> lol
I will certainly consider adding more descriptions or definitions for some of the harder to grasp terms, such as what a titan actually is, in the future. I was much better about doing that in my Norse mythology story to be honest. lol I'm pretty sure the time crunch to finish it before the deadline made me sloppy here.
The game they played was meant to sort of parallel a crude cross between more modern day football (in the US) as evidenced by the in-story name, which is a fairly barbaric sport to begin with, and the gladiator events of ancient Greece and Rome, which were very barbaric events in which the competitors often died. As for the sudden appearance of the monster, I'm not sure I can actually fix that one, or if I want to at the moment. I'll think it over and see what comes of it, but either way, I do appreciate the review all the same.
It's especially nice to confirm what I am able to do well in the story just as much as it's good to be aware of what can be smoothed out more. So again, thank you for the review. I hope my comment might be able to help explain things a bit more in turn but I shall credit you and the shop immediately. ^_^
aya-ELF
#3
Chapter 4: Hi!! I have a question, do you guys only do reviews for completed stories??
libianno
#4
Chapter 128: Thank you for the review on Chasing Pavements. I appreciate you straight forward and honest opinions. I will use the pointers you have provided me well :)
funkybastard
#5
Chapter 12: Hii, I just start writing and i really want to improve my skill and i like how blunt and forward this review shop is ^^. How do i request from the shop?
thelittleluhan
#6
Chapter 113: Thank you for the review! I didn't expect what you gave me, I was honestly thinking it would be a lot worse. I'll definitely keep in mind what you said about Title and Appearance. I did feel the same about the title being less focused on the main character when you mentioned it, so that's definitely something I'll work on. I might see if I can change the title to a more fitting one (but I'm soooo bad at titles >_<). Thank you again for taking the time to review my story. You don't know how much it means to me that you at least enjoyed it ^_^
sorindae_
#7
Chapter 110: This review really hurt my feelings. But it's okay. I know of I have to improve my grammar. Thank you for helping review this story.
ZiahZiah
#8
Thank you so much for the review! (honestly, I thought I'd get worse) hahaha I'll change that grammar error soon. I'm so glad you pointed that out. :) by the way, may I ask who my reviewer was? I wanted to credit them in my Foreword! Thank you! :D
-dulcet
#9
Chapter 84: Oh thank you for the review. I'll credit you indeed I'll keep your tips in mind. Thank you :)