♪ Her Silent Song by AwezomeOne

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R E V I E W
HER SILENT SONG
 
 
         by AwezomeOne
         EXO || OCs
         angst | romance
         Chaptered | Ongoing
         Reviewed up to Chapter 12
         Reviewed by hopexdreams
 
Gone
       by Jin

This review is posted LATE on my (momodays09) part. The reviewer, hopexdreams, actually had this done a long while back in late May but it has taken a while for me to post it due to my hectic schedule. I deeply apologize to both my reviewer and the requestor. All in all, I hope this review helps you and please don't take it out on hopexdreams. If anything, take it out on me haha...Thank you!

Title (4/5):
There are several stories out there with pretty similar titles, but yours was one of a kind. Based on the story, the title fits the story and relates to it well.

Appearance (2/5):
Although you don't have a poster nor a background, all that matters is the quality of a story. The chapters seem a bit messy to me as there were many conversations, leading to the frequent usage of " " and after each " ", there will be several sentences that come after it. With that being said, it makes your chapters seem slightly messy.

Foreword/Description (5/10):
Your description was intriguing, but there should be a full stop after each sentence. The "MiYeon loves singing. Nothing was better than singing to her but her dream on being a musician was destroyed by a disease and she hides this from her close friends. When all hope is lost, she has to face surgery. But before separating with the boys, a lot of drama is stirred and she has to fix all of this. Will she be able to do all of that? Or will she rely on her best friend through all of this? 

On a side note, her best friend has been through much suffering that she must protect her from being hurt again and again. As a best friend, can she do that too? " part wasn't necessary, in my opinion. It seems as though you gave out too much in the description itself.

What the description could've been ::

He loves the way her voice resounds through the whole room.

She loves the way he was always worried about her.

He loves the way she smiles as she reaches every note.

She loves the way he always makes her laugh.

He loves the way she enjoys singing even more than he does.

She loves the way he harmonizes to her every melody.

But what if she stops doing the only thing she loves?

But what if she needs to avoid being around him? 

"I have a song I'll never sing but it'll stay in my heart. While he doesn't know I like him, my feelings should be silent like that song. It's better this way right?"

I'm not sure if it sounded better that way, but it's just a simple suggestion. Having an author's note as a foreword is completely fine, but you should've typed 'A/N :' before you begin writing your author's note. Other than that, your description was well written.


Plot/Storyline (14/20):
Your plot is not common, but for some reasons, I can never get bored of these type of plots. /lol/ However, despite the angsty description, Mi Yeon seemed too cheery although she was leaving very soon. There should be more sad thoughts of her between the conversations, instead of the thoughts being the last sentence of the chapter. Other than that, your plot was interesting and your story was good!

Character Development (24/30):
Mi Yeon and Hyo Ri seem to be two typical best friends who play and joke around all the time but they know when to be there for each other. Their characters are developed pretty well. However, you said that EXO were the school's popular boys. Nobody seemed to be like.. looking at them or cooing in their direction or something. They just seemed to be a normal group of /good looking/ boys in a school with some female friends. The character development was fine though.

Use of Language / Mechanics (18/20):
I don't know if it's me, or you seem to be a native speaker. I can barely find any mistakes in your story. There might be some misplaced words here and there, but otherwise, your use of words and language was excellent. It was easy to understand and no words felt wrong in any places. Great job!

Flow (9/10):
The chapters were slightly long, making the story seem a little draggy. However, after rereading it, your flow was really good! Nothing was rushed, and nothing was too repetitive and boring. Most stories seem to be a little rushed or draggy, but yours was amazing. Keep it up!

Reader's View/Enjoyment:
The placement and the spaces between each fragment of a chapter was a bit odd, causing the story to seem a little messy with all the dialogues. However, the story was quite enjoyable. Having a poster and a nice background for the story will be great help to get more readers to read your story. I'll also suggest not writing the OC's names like HyoRi and MiYeon as it could annoy the readers. It'S LiKe ReAdInG LiKe ThIs, literally. In my opinion, it should be either Hyori/Miyeon or Hyo Ri/ Mi Yeon, but not MiYeon/HyoRi. It irritates the eyes. Besides, if you were to use romanized words, making sure that you use it the proper way is important as some readers might get offended. As a prime example, “Baboya…” in Chapter 1. It should be "Babo-ya...". Lastly, /I know I'm not supposed to review what you typed in characters, but/ I don't think there's a need for "EXO EXO-K EXO-M Lay Luhan Kai Chanyeol Baekhyun Suho Sehun DO Xiumin Kris Tao Chen" in the Characters. It could've been summarized to EXO, Choi Mi Yeon, Lee Hyo Ri. Other than that, your story is very enjoyable.


Final Score: (76/100)

Additional Comments:
I'm really sorry if you didn't like the review or it didn't help you! Your story is really good, but you just need to make it look neater. Other than that, your story is really good. Looking forward to read more of your stories!


Review Credit to hopexdreams from ♪♫ Midnight Sonata Café ♫♪

 

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im sorry for the delay. school is just ughh. I can't make any promises, but I will aim to finish the two reviews in progress by the end of the month x.x

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-caas-
#1
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Diviana #2
Chapter 39: Chapter 38: I am surprised you got to my review as quickly as you did. Thank you for the review, I will fix those grammar mistakes. I'll keep in mind to be more detailed as I write (that as has always been a problem of mine). I don't understand how my foreword was messy though. I'll credit later today.
JESLEN #3
Chapter 36: Hi thank you for this wonderful review. I agree with everything that was mentioned and I'll try my best to incorporate the suggestion. Yes, Haha, I think this was posted late because there were some things in the review that were not included in the story anymore :D Anyway, thank you very much for the review. 81 is still a decent score since I barely started the story. Credited ^_^
azxema
#4
Chapter 37: read the review.
wow, even though I'm lacking 72 is pretty much a decent marks right? right? lol
I guess I should not abandon and pay more attention to the little things such as the comma, I didn't know it'd make so much differences.
Thanks for the effort - really appreciate it. really.
overdosagexo #5
Chapter 28: Hello >< I am so sorry about this late reply... Yes, I would still like to read my review :) I apologize if this adds on to your burden...
Story: 包子 (Baozi)
aeterniti
#6
Chapter 34: Thank you for the review (and the feature - wow, I'm honored)! I read it well ^^
I actually like your way of thinking that Jongdae was inhaling the flames over and over again as atonement for his sins. The thought hadn't crossed my mind, haha XD
Ah, yes...Yixing XD To be quite honest, I just needed a ghost of his past, and since Yixing's my other bias.....X) Yeah, there was really no deep reason behind it being Yixing. Just personal preference, ahaha XD
But I'm glad that you enjoyed reading it while reviewing it ^^ I'm glad that I was able to convey the process of insanity in Jongdae to you, the reader. :)
AleatoryThinker #7
Chapter 33: Thank you for the review! I really appreciate the feedback. I'm seriously a dunce when it comes to titles as in I have no idea if the title is good or bad no matter how many times I think it over. In this case, I couldn't come up with anything that wouldn't give the assignment away, because, yeah, I'm not creative. Plus I'm not concise with words. A bad combination.

I'll definitely be on the lookout for those boring/lagging scene when I'm editing. The make-out scene was never planned so the suddeness makes sense. I'll either move it on the timeline or possibly cut it out. Making the character emotions is something I'll have to work a lot harder on, but I'm really glad the characters came off as realistic.

Once again, thank you for completing this review as it helps me a lot!
vexatious #8
Chapter 32: Thank you so much for the review! I haven't read it yet, but soon I will <3 I've already credited you in my foreword, so thank you so much again!
azxema
#9
Chapter 28: Not that person anymore's author here.
I wouldn't mind a late review, i'm not in a rush so yeah. I still want my review
vexatious #10
Chapter 28: Hi! Im sorry for the late response i havent been able to go online. Yes i would still want to read my request :)