flamzfox : Tao and His Eleven

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Review for ‘Tao and His Eleven’ by flamzfox

Review by ScreamingMidget

Title (10/10) :

OMF. I love it. I’m not sure if I’ve ever given a perfect score for this category but either way, this is definitely the best title for a story I’ve ever had to review. It reminds me of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’. It has this mysterious vibe that shifts all the control over to Tao. LOVE IT. It’s definitely unique. I did a quick web search and the title’s all yours!

Description & Foreword (9/10) : I absolutely love both! Since the first part of the description is what viewers can see, I’d say that you did a great job with an intro like ‘Exo is in chaos.’ The best part is that you made the title relevant by connecting the last sentence (“The eleven are waging war”) back to it.

Maybe you can center the first sentence and the last - maybe even make them bigger or give them a fancier font - so those words can have a bigger impact,  like an ‘oomph!’ . I took off a point because all the words kind of run into each other. If you could format it a little better, I think it would be more attractive. Like I said, give one or two of the sentences a bigger/different font or color or something to make it look less plain. I know this should probably go in the appearance category but since it’s solely the description that I’m concerned about, I thought I’d mention it now.

Content & Plot (14/20) : Okay, I actually really love the whole everyone-wants-tao bit. Maybe it’s because I haven’t been able to read as much as I would like to *storyofmylife* but I don’t think I have seen this exact plot anywhere else. There may be stories where a lot of the characters find one person irresistible...but this is all of EXO x]! Whole new level.

I took some points off because the plot itself is  a little plain. If you could add some twists here and there, that might shake things up a little. However, I love how you found a medium between plain and descriptive writing. I love your writing style but...I’ll talk more about that in flow.

I’m not sure if you were trying to make it realistic but I don’t think the plot of having all eleven guys like Tao actually is. I mean, okay, if it’s just for some action, it’s okay. I took off two points just for that.

Characters (7/10) : I love how you work with each character one at a time

Grammar & Spelling (10/10) : There were no noticeable mistakes - good job! Your grammar/spelling and control of the English language is up to par!

Chapter 2: How does one actually the feat of being cute and y at one?

You need a verb between ‘one’ and ‘actually’. You’re definitely a better writer than I am so I won’t spoil your imagination with suggestions.

Organization/Flow (10/10) : I love the flow of this story. Your way of bringing about background information is impressive. When you talk about a member who has the hots for Tao, you smoothly also introduce the reasons why.

Appearance (6/10) : If I only had to look at the poster, I would have given you a 10/10. However, I have to take the background, font, etc. into consideration as well. As for not having a background, honestly I would request one from a shop soon. Maybe you can get in touch with the person who made your poster and that person can make one that matches the poster. In the meantime, just get a temporary background by googling for a plain image and using that. It will improve the appearance immediately. It’s a little difficult to read when it is all just black and white, that’s all! Also, maybe you can play around with different fonts - nothing that will make it difficult to read, though - so the writing can look more appealing! At the top, you could write the title and chapter name or something so the start doesn’t look so plain.

Enjoyment (20/20) : I really loved it - it was exciting to read and there was so much buildup action. Like damn, IT IS HAWUT. Anyway, thank you for letting me read it. I truly enjoyed it very much. You have my vote and sub because your story deserves it <3!

Total : 86/100 Fantastic job!

 
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Glamgirls
#1
AFF username :Glamgirls
AFF profile link :http://www.asianfanfics.com/profile/view/489625
Story title :That One Person, Her
Story link : http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/544263/that-one-person-her-jaejoong-jaesica-jessica-yunho-yunsica
Genres :romantic, sad
Does your story include : (yes or no)
- :no
-Yuri :no
-Rated :PG
- :no
Preferred Reviewer : This is triangle love, the difference is Yunho who was her brother love her damn much.. I want a darker pic anw~
hellhathfury
#2
AFF Username : hellhathfury
Story Title : A Chance
Story Link : http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/354354/a-chance-angst-infinite-oneshot-sunggyu-you-love-moody
Rated R//Yuri//Other warnings : N/A
Genre : Angst?
Preferred Reviewer : Anyone is fine
Any comments : I had another story reviewed from here so I know some of the aspects are lacking/bad/not recommended, but this is an old story. I don't particularly want to change it (like the description/forward/poster) because when I look back I can see how I grew as a writer and learned from my mistakes. I will appreciate any criticism, but just wanted to let the reviewer know this... I'm not ignoring previous advice or advice I will receive from this review.
serendipity--
#3
AFF username : serendipity--
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Story title : Forevermore
Story link : http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/461705/forevermore-sad-exo-baekhyun-chanyeol-baekyeol-chanbaek-exocbcontest
Genres : angst, sad
Does your story include : (yes or no)
- : yes
-Yuri : no
-Rated : no
- : no
Preferred Reviewer : Jangmii
Any comments / requests to your reviewer : thank you in advance! :) take all the time you need ^^
Mandm33
#4
Chapter 34: Thanks! Loved the review!
immortalevanescence
#5
AFF Username : immortalevanescence
From a scale from 1 - 10; 1 being not very, 10 being fully, how fluent are you in English? : 9 (i was born here but I'm not the best writer out there)
On average, how many days a week are you active on AFF? : I'm usually on every day, but usually only for an hour or so on the weekdays. Monday is my busiest day, and I'll try my best to be on that day. My weekends are quite empty; my least busy day is Sunday. is this too much info otl
On average, how long (on average) does it take you to read a story and write a review? : well it obviously depends on the length of a story. ofc i'll try to to it right after i finish the story. On average I'd say 2-5 days (the weekend being included in those days, please)
What genres of stories do you prefer to review and which do you not? : Anything, really, except I'd say I don't think I'd be very good at reviewing psychological fanfiction/fanfiction where you're supposed to figure things out by yourself because my common sense skills are definitely not top notch. ALSO NO HORROR PLEASE
Do you accept / yuri/ rated/ ? : Sure
Portfolio (optional) : dont have one orz ouo
Aidoll
#6
Chapter 28: Organization/ Flow: Yeah? I wanted to specify, you know, the exact time and I guess it was the easiest way. I'm sorry about the rainbow! I found myself lost in time in the story without the time thingy, that's why I added it so it won't confused the readers. I won't happen in other fics I promised XD
Appearance : Thanks! Yes i made it myself^^ No, I don't work in a poster shop because I have too much school work and I don't really have time, I barely have time to write a fic >.> Ahh...some readers doesn't like a background color so I didn't put one.

Enjoyment: I'm glad you liked the story and thanks for subscribing! I will try to update...hum..soon.

Yeah, i did wait for a looong time. I mean, I come everyday to see if someone took an interested to review it and it still stays in the "Queue" section after a while. I was sad no one picked my story D; Then you saw all the other stories posted after mine been in the "In progress" section...after a few days, they are completed and mine is still...*sigh* I was like, "My story isn't that good huh?" So no one wanna read it! Haha that's what I felt Dx Anyway, I liked it! It was worth waiting, I was smiling while reading the review! And nope, I do know you had your life and stuffs so it's okay^^
Aidoll
#7
Chapter 28: Thanks awkwardtofu211 for the review!

To Jangmii : it's okay, it was worth it!

Back to awkwardtofu211 :

Description/Foreword : oh I'm sorry, I thought writing "sequel" was enough for people to understand that it's after Trapped, since I also specified in the sequel that this sorry was the prequel :/

Content/Plot : Sunggyu got the job after the interview at the end of the story. I will try to add more hype and intensity in my next chapters or fic! I know right? That's what I don't want to! isn't something to be pleasurable indeed. Haha I read some fics like that too and it's really unrealistic, that's also one of the reason I don't let them fall in love together, I just can't. POV? I've never written a POV but I guess I'll try it someday? ^^;;

Grammar/Spelling : Aish, I knew I had a lot of mistakes. For the mistake #7: you know that people does the thousand steps because they are thinking like really deeply? And then I said "he stopped", so it means that he found the solution? XD Sorry if you didn't understand because it made sense to me so I thought it made sense to everybody lol

For real? I really didn't know there are such shop here! But if you really can beta for me, I don't have to search for one, right? right? :D
Elimona #8
I've applied! ^.^
tessadahl #9
AFF Username: tessadahl
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Story title: An Idol's Guilt And A Fangirl's Defense
Story link: https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/501114/an-idol-s-guilt-and-a-fangirl-s-defense-hoya-infinite-murder-owncharacter
Genres: murder, mystery
Does your story include: (all the above you mentioned) NO
Preferred reviewer: ScreamingMidget
Any comments: English is not my first language. And please be harsh. Thank you ^^