Behind The Tears

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Story

 

Title (3/5)

It's an alright title but I would have preferred something with agreements make and more hyorin-centered
 
Foreward/Description (6/10)
 
The foreword just makes it sound like Sehun wants something physical from Hyorin in return for protecting her which is a false truth because the story actually contains some form of love and deeper meaning. Pity it did not come through in the foreword.
 
Appearance (4/5)
 
I do like the colour and emotions portrayed in the poster. 
 
Plot (10/15)
 

I am going to be stricter since this is your second review request. The general stoyline and idea is good but you really need to do something about your language in bringing these points across. 

Chapter 1: It seems more like an attempted more than anything else with Sehun forcing himself on Hyorin. You might have wanted to drop a hint of feelings here leading to chapter 2

Chapter 2: You did not manage to link up the flow nicely in revealing Sehun's real feelings for Hyorin and even explain why. From the to suddenly being a possessive emotional guy. Luhan's appearance is also out of nowhere with no indication that he has been Hyorin's friend. Which makes it confusing because she is looked down upon in the school hierarchy and she is suddenly having multiple crushes

Chapter 3: I get the threat

Chapter 4: Does Hyorin even like Sehun in return? More emotional and relationship development needs to be shown

Chapter 5: Sehun seems like he's being a jerk again asking for after the girl he apparently cares about just went through a traumatic experience

Chapter 6: I dont get the hair cutting at all, Nana-Luhan confession was short-lived and the ending was abrupt.

You had a good idea but was not capable of letting it come through nicely.

 
Originality (13/15)
 
I think you deserve some credit here since I do like your plot idea.
 
Grammer & Spelling (8/20)
 
Everything is wrong, I really suggest you reading more to get an idea of how to phrase things.
 
For starters, the start of each sentence needs to be capitalized. There is no need for italics for the entire story. Stop using "..." and insert other correct punctuations like "." "," ";" "!" "?" Form proper sentences instead of snippets. Let me re-write a random paragraph and I hope you can see the difference
 
"Just close your eyes .." i just follow what sehun said . I close my eyes . It dark .. it's remains me .. how dark my life before .. but  . Sehun is the light  .... who bring a light of happiness to my life . Count 3 2  1 .. i open my eyes back . The rooms are already full with a red candle .., sehun hug me .., he kiss on cheeks  ,, and after that hee kiss on my nose .. and lastly lean  a sweets kiss .., soft lips gently kiss mine until i can't breath properly . We stopped . He wisper to me with his sweet voice 
 
"Just close your eyes..." Sehun whispered and I followed his command. I saw darkness, darkness liken to how my life was before Sehun. Sehun was my light, he brought a ray of hope and an abundance of happiness into my life. I couldn't hear Sehun anymore so I counted to 3 and opened my eyes again. I was greeted with a room full of lighted red candles. Sehun enveloped me into a hug, kissing my cheeks, kissing my nose, and finally placing a kiss on my lips. His soft lips did not part mine until we were both out of breath. 
 
Flow (2/10)
 
I have to penalize you here because the content was not brought across at an appropriate pace and length.
 
Characterization (4/10)
 
So much lacking for what could have been a deep and interesting story. Particularly on Hyorin as a victim of bully, all the emotional trauma, lack of self worth and finding love is a whirlwind of character development that could have been looked into.
 
Overall Enjoyment (7/10)
 
The idea was good. That's all I can say.
 
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 :)