Twilight - The Blood Moon by snow7ys

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TWILIGHT - THE BLOOD MOON BY SNOW7YS
title [3/5]
The title, to be honest, reminds me of Twilight... the vampire series. Considering the fact that it seems to be on the same path with werewolves, judging by the posters and such alone, I don't really think the title is all too original. Even though "The Blood Moon" is there, it does still seem a little cliche in terms of the concept behind the story. It's not the worst title I've seen of course, but I don't think it's highly unique, either.


description/foreword [4/10]
Starting with the description, I personally think that the trailer shouldn't be in the middle of the text. Maybe pop that into the foreword, it just looks out of place in the description. Anyways, moving on to the description itself. The description does leave a bit of question, like: how does she know where her dream is taking place exactly? Besides that, I tihnk the main problem I have is if this is going to be too similar to other typical vampire/werewolf themes. There's not much original with these themes anymore yet they're still pretty popular somehow. Another thing about the description is the way the second part is worded. 

"To Unlock the Mystery behind her dream/Vision Hazel moves to a place which she often see in her dream. Her decision makes her to face unexpected twists and pulls her into a world of immortal where She is the key of everything."

I'm just going to fix it and I'll explain why after. Changes will be in
red.

"To Unlock the
mystery behind her dream/Vision, Hazel moves to a place which she often sees in her dream. Her decision makes her to face unexpected twists and pulls her into a world of immortal where she is the key to everything."

So the main problem was capitalization. There were random words, such as She, that were capitalized that don't need to be. She doesn't need to be capitalized unless at the beginning of the sentence, which it wasn't.  The words mystery, vision (which I crossed out), and she were all capitalized but none of them were at the beginning of a sentence. 

Next, I removed certain words/changed them. I removed 'vision' because it doesn't need to be there. You already said the word dream, that's fine by itself. While dreams technically can be visions, it's easier to just leave it at the word dream hence why the word vision is crossed out. I removed the word 'to' from the sentence because that made the sentence sound off and awkward. Saying "makes her to face unexpected twists" just doesn't sound right for some reason.

I changed the word 'of' to 'to' because she is the key TO everything. While one can be the key 'of' everything, the way it's worded in this sentence doesn't really fit with the word 'of' hence me changing it to to. 

Now onto the foreword, I usually don't agree with having pictures of the characters in the forewords, mainlly because it causes clutter and books wouldn't have those in them, but in this case it might be necessary because of the fact that you changed all the characters names. I feel like this is going to get confusing, especially for someone like me who doesn't know any of these people in the first place. There's also a lot of characters for me to keep up with so I'm not sure how I really feel about the foreword. I'd say I'm conflicted on it.


plot [12/50]
Alright, so one thing I noticed was the usage of pictures/gifs. This would have immediately turned me away from this story because it's a story. You don't add pictures to a story unless it's a children's book. 99% of books you open from the young adult section or whatever else won't have pictures. Pictures are not the way to describe things in stories, words are. I used to say this in older reviews and I'll say it now, I believe that writers, especially here (with the exception of 'text' fics) use pictures because they have a hard time describing things in detail with words, hence the visual usage. I'm not saying that's you, but that's usually what I think about picture usage. They're kind of distracting as well. I'm not 100% sure why they're there but... they really don't fit in stories.

The plot has a lot of loop holes, in my opinion. There's not enough detail to back a lot of stuff up and it's just leaving me confused. In fact, I was lost the whole time reading. I think it has to do a lot with the names. I don't really see a point in changing the names, this is AsianFanfics, afterall. Keeping their actual names would have made a lot more sense and maybe would have been a little less confusing to readers. So main issue for me IS the names.

Another thing is the fact that it's all dialogue mainly. Stories with too much dialogue don't really have much depth to them. You can learn things through character interactions, sure, but descriptions are more important. And is also another reason I believe you used pictures. Pictures can describe the setting when words can't. Though, to be a successful writer (if you ever plan on wanting to write something like a book), you need to ditch the pictures and practice describing things. There's challenges (like, for example, explain fire without using the words red, hot, burning, etc.) that can help with descriptions and can test your mind. I do think there is a lack of that in this story. With a concept like this, description is important. Dialogue makes it a little lacking. 

I'll say what I do like though. The concept of her having dreams like that can make a good story, it's just a matter of execution. That part is lacking which, in turn, can make the story seem a little lacking as well. So you have a good concept from what I've seen, it's just a matter of execution. 

So overall, looking at the plot, it's lacking a clear direction. I feel like the concept you have, like I mentioned above, is decent. The execution and the plot are what lack a little, or, a lot even. When talking about plot, it's a little harder because the story is 3 chapters in. But I couldn't really figure out what was going on a lot of the times in general. I would try to keep focus on one character and develop them, with other characters making appearances as well here and there. So many characters were mentioned and with the confusing names, I just felt lost majority of the time. 

I think the story has potential, as does every story, but I think there needs to be less dialogue, more focus on one or two characters (or just main ones), and more focus on making a good plot that can be followed from start to finish. If you need help with plot, there's a lot of good websites there to help get you started. 


writing style/flow [4/20]
One thing I noticed, and I don't think it's just me, but the font changes quite often. It's weird because the text that is a different font from the others is scattered. At first I thought it was because of the addition of pictures, but that's not the case- I would be careful and not change fonts/make sure to edit those. It looks kinda silly with different fonts in the story.

EXAMPLE here:

“I don’t know what to name it, is it a nightmare? Or am I hallucinating? But everything seems real”

“There was an another animal attack in the dark valley”

 “what are you sayi.....Before Shielyn completes Hazel jumped from the couch and ran before the tv.

“It’s reported that the incident might happened around 10 this evening, The victim Lydia Brown is a student of the university of mystic fell, it’s the 38th animal attack in the dark valley in the past 2 years, The mystery cont”

Hazel switchedoff the tv and sat on the floor holding her head, its neither nightmare nor my hallucination, But it is  real” 


Three different fonts were used here and it looks kind of silly, especially the Comic Sans... you should never use comic sans. It's probably the worst font to ever use, unless you're trying to troll, honestly, which I know you're not. I would stick to the basic ones like Georgia, for example.

Moving on from that, there were a few grammar mistakes within the story. I won't point out all of them, but a few I noticed.

In this paragraph, for instance:

"I'm sorry Shie, I hided something from you and Jermy,There's a reason why i decided to come to this place and continue my studies, this wasn't the first time i'm having dream like this,I had the dreams like this many times before, but those were not scary like this, all my dream were based on this place so i thought to come here, i was more than curious why all of sudden i'm dreaming of an unknow place's and unknow persons, and the mysterious things is sometimes i dream about the past...i saw the olden days of this mystic fell, centuries ago, I was confused and scared, no one would belive me, they may think i'm insane"

01. The word 'hided' isn't really... correct. The words for hide are usually hid, hiding, hidden, or hides. In this instance, it would be hid. "I hid something from you" because the sentence structure calls for it that way. You could also say "I kept something hidden from you" or "I've been hiding something from you", those are just a few examples. Wording can change a lot.

02. The letter 'i' should always be in capital letters. Regardless of where it is, the letter 'i' will always be 'I'. This also applies to 'i'm' because that means 'I am'. So 'i'm' will alwyas be 'I'm'. 

03. The spelling of 'unknow' is missing a letter. It would be 'unknown'. 

04. 'Belive' would be 'Believe'.

05. Final thing would be adding a period at the end of this. What I mean is "they may think i'm insane" = "they may think I'm insane." 
The I would be capitalized and the period would be at the end of the quote of the person speaking.

I would recommend maybe finding someone who can beta, mainly because there are a few spelling mistakes in the first chapter alone. I understand English might not be your first language though which is why I'm not looking at the grammar TOO much. For example though, 'chocking' is not correct, it would be 'choking.' 

As for the flow, it's a little unorganized, I feel. I feel like the way it starts is a bit odd. Especially because many people, especially in a new town, wouldn't hitch with a stranger. It's a bit dangerous. But, the way the story in the first chapter gives little background on the main character, it's kind of confusing. Then when they go to bed, new characters are mentioned and I'm just left thinking 'who are these people?' I think it has to do with the lack of 'detail', to put it briefly. There's not much detail and what I mean by that, is that things are very described. At times, there is detail, but other times there's not much to go on. As I said before though, the pictures are very distracting.

Another problem was the PoV switch from Chapter 1 to 2. You should never switch PoV's in stories. By that, I mean going from 3rd to 1st. Changing character PoV's is okay at times, some authors of books do it by labelling the chapter of who is narrating it, but switch from 3rd to 1st is a definite no-go. 

3rd PoV is better than first PoV, in my opinion, but 1st is okay IF you start with it. No switching mid-way. You should never switch in the middle, it just is a literature no-no. Having more than one character PoV is okay, if you plan on doing that, but try not to switch between first and third PoV. Third PoV is used for more professional things, writing is considered to be more profesional because it sounds it. While books are written in first, I do think it depends on the author/preference of the author. First PoV can sound professional in stories if written correctly. Just as a reference, here's the differences between these two:

3rd PoV
He, she, it, him, her, his, hers, himself, herself, itself, they, them theirs, themselves.
> Formal academic writing, including:
Argumentative, Summary/Response, Compare/Contrast, Expository Essays, Descriptive Narrative, Research.

1st PoV
I, me, mine, myself, we, us, ours, ourselves.
> A Personal narrative
> It can be appropriate in a formal academic essay only when giving a specific personal experience as a form of argumentative evidence

Another thing I think I forgot to mention is the commas. They're in weird places or not there at all.

For example: "I'm, sorry", she replied pouting.

The commas are weird. You would not put a comma after 'I'm', that makes no sense. The comma shouldn't be on the outside of the quotation mark, either. Also, there should be a comma after replied.

So it'd be: "I'm sorry," she replied, pouting.

What is a comma? A comma indicates a smaller break. Some writers think of a comma as a soft pause—a punctuation mark that separates words, clauses, or ideas within a sentence.

You also seem to have an apostrophe thing going on.

So, what is an apostrophe? A punctuation mark ( ’ ) used to indicate either possession (e.g., Harry's book ; boys' coats ) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g., can't ; he's ; class of ’99 ).

The reason I bring up apostrophe is because of this: "until we are in their shoe's."

That is wrong, it would just be "shoes."
Shoe = 1, shoes = 2.
Shoe's =/=

If you take a name and put it in for the word 'their', it'd be: "until we are in Sally's shoes." 

You wouldn't attach that to shoe. I believe you did that with the word eyes in CH. 1 as well and said it as "eye's" which is also incorrect. It'd be "eyes."

Another thing, names/nicknames when addressing or talking about characters/people should always start with capital letters.

Example: I met shie.
It should be: I met Shie. 


characterization [3/10]
At this point in time, I feel like there's not much I can say about the characters. The names, as I said before, are a little confusing and I don't really feel like I'm reading about the intended characters. It feels like more of a fanfic that would be on AO3 or something like fanfic.net. 

Truthfully, I feel like the one thing I know is that Shinhye/Hazel has weird dreams at weird times that effect her. Other than that, there really isn't much to say here. 

I feel like I got introduced to too many characters, leaving me confused on who is who. There wasn't proper introduction to a lot of these characters and many were just pushed into the story. I think there should have been more focus on the main character, as she IS telling the story, and give the readers more background story on her. Like, maybe a flashback to her first dream or when she first started having them. 

Also, the part with Somin/Jean(?) was kind of... I don't know. The way the main character said that "she might be sick" is kind of... disturbing? The two characters literally judged her by her clothing/outer appearance and said that "no one must like her". What someone wears does not determine ones mental health/state or if they are liked or not. I'm not sure what kind of sick you were talking about either. You might want to clarify that. Do you mean sick as in havinga  fever or sick as in mentally? Because that can make a big difference here.

I feel like this is playing onto cliches too much. There is ALWAYS that one character getting bullied/harassed and it's not really necessary half of the time. It doesn't add any depth to the character and it's not cute. They're always getting bullied for stupid reasons as well. Like clothing/appearance. While there may be more of a reason to this mentioned later on, I'm not sure what you're doing with this story so I'm just basing it off what I have in front of me.


personal enjoyment [1/5]
I think the review itself really explains why this wasn't my personal cup of tea. I'm not a huge fan of these concepts anymore and there were a lot of parts I didn't get. It doesn't mean your story is bad, it's just not for me personally. I like more fluff/romance/ stories compared to reading these kind of stories (though I enjoy these stories too once and awhile) but the names made me feel like I was reading just another story. Plus, I don't know these characters at all since I don't watch K-Dramas. I do think there is room for improvement with this story and it just takes practice. Practice makes perfect. 


total of [27/100]
others: Don't forget to credit the review shop, if you have any questions, please don't be afraid to ask. I apologize for such a low score, but it happens. I tried my best to explain everything to give you an idea of where I think thing went wrong. Also, sorry for such a late review. That's 100% on me. I've been lazy and demotivated these days. Anyways, good luck and let me know if I can do anything for you.
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vecember
With school starting back up again soon, I probably won't be doing many reviews, if at all. We'll see about it though. Thank you for everyone who has requested so far and over the years, I've really learned a lot from reviewing stories and shiz. ♥

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bae-jinki
#2
Hi! I would like a personalized graded review!
https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/758094

I went on a hiatus with this story and I wanna come back to it and I have lots of plans for it. I just want an honest and constructive criticism to see if the story is alright and everything adds up. If the pace is good, if it's enjoyable, what I can fix and most importantly are the characters consistent. Are there any characters (Yongguk especially) that is flaky/inconsistent. Thanks so much!
P.S.... I feel like I’m writing/punctuating my dialogue wrong so please please please feel free to educate me and correct me because I want to know.
Moony_Kat
#3
Chapter 18: Hi there^^ Thank you very much for the review and don't worry, I get it - historical Au stories aren't everyone's cup of tea, so it's alright^^ Thank you for your honest review though :) I'll try to speed up the story a bit, but it was thought so that it's slow cooked ;.;
I already credited you in the foreword! Sorry for the long wait but it took me a bit of time to get to my laptop ;.;
kamski
#4
Chapter 17: Hello! Thank you so much for the review I'll be leaving my proper pick up comment tomorrow!
Moony_Kat
#5
Hi^^ I'm back :) Hope you don't mind^^' I'd like to request a graded review for 'Les Fleurs du Mal' (slow cooked story, I apologize in advance)

https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1254272/les-fleurs-du-mal-angst-romance-tragedy-originalcharacter-historical-jin-jimin-bts-historicalau-kingdomau-rapmonster-jhope-jungkook-suga-namjoon-redvelvetjoy-winnertaehyun

Thank you <3 (in case I don't pick up soon after you post it, it'll most probably because I've got no internet - I'm moving countries this month; just thought I should tell you just so that you don't feel bad in case I'm late picking up ;.;)
kamski
#6
Hi, I would like to request a standard/graded review for my story, thank you!
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Lilymay99 #7
Chapter 16: Hi, thank you so much for the detailed and informative review! Everything you said was pretty spot on and I really appreciated the honest feedback. I can only imagine how many stories you have to read with stuff you’re not really into, so I’m glad you somewhat enjoyed yourself while reading my mine. Thanks again and I hope you can continue with your reviewing since it is super helpful for us authors :)
Xophias
#8
Chapter 15: I've check out your reviews, and from the stories I'v red, your points are really accurate!Really well done!
Moony_Kat
#9
Chapter 15: Hi there! Thank you very much for the in depth, honest and detailed review! <3 I can't tell you how much I appreciate such feedback since my readers barely leave comments ;.; Reading your review, I can get a glimpse into what stirred curiosity for the readers and what maybe made them reluctant to keep reading, so I will definitely try to include more of the backstory to understand why things are like that between Hanbin and Jennie/Junhoe but also what happened to Jennie :) I'll try to cut on the violence or make the description less gory I guess^^'
Haha, I do agree with you on Jennie, lil snake :))
Again, super mega thnaks for the review and I am so happy to know you enjoyed the story!<3 Hope you'll stay till the end^^