Escape Hell Review

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Title (4/5)

Calling the place "hell" is very suitable; but I'm not sure if you want to revolve the story around "escaping hell" because if the hunhan love story is the main topic, "surviving hell" might be a nicer title. Just a suggestion. Because honestly I haven't sensed any strong will to escape from any one of them who's been trapped for decades.

Foreward/Description (9/10)

Good overall description but not sure if you want to include the content from the introduction chapter here. You describe the characters very briefly without delving into Seuhun's or Luhan's; you introduced their species here but you did not introduce the world to which they were born into.

Appearance (4/5)

The boys are gorgeous. Enough said. Good background choices as well.

Plot (13/15)

Very good so far with just a couple of pointers:
For the introduction I feel that there is a lack of explanation to how the evolution of such species came about. You have set this story in a "future" timeline so you might want to talk about how they came about; maybe some form of genetic mutation of evolution of humans and whether this is inherited genetics etc which makes the tracking easier because it goes down the family line.
Since you have modernized the setting; I feel that the "hell"set-up and torture methods could be more high-tech as well for example maybe the insertion of nano or chemical substances into their body and also more description into their cells; imagine something like that of "Thor" if you've watched the movie with high tech transparent walls or something which garners their powers useless etc
I'm sorry but I could not catch who the "IT" was when the guards were gossiping about them
Because the story is incomplete I am finding it hard to judge the pace of story development; so far I find Sehun and Luhan's relationship a bit lacking in terms of faster development; unless you have planned something huge to happen and bam for them to realise what they mean to each other. "The One" also hasnt been properly explained.


Originality (15/15)

You're creating a whole new world and species for your story so I'm going to give you a lot of credit here. I am not an EXO fan so you made me google and I found out that they have something called "the power badge" and you used their powers assigned. *thumbs up*

Grammer & Spelling (20/20)

Really nothing to penalize here.

Flow (8/10)

Generally well done except I feel that relationship development for the main characters as compared to the side characters is a bit lacking. Also if title is "escape hell" I havent seen any attempts at it. Other than that flow is good but you can improve on POV because you do switch between focusing on characters in the middle of a chapter; distinction could be made clearer.

Characterization (9/10)

So far so good on explanation of their past.

Overall Enjoyment (10/10)

Definitely not unsubscribing after this review so full marks here; looking forward to the rest of the story ;-)

Reviewed by: eunhyuksgal

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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 :)