Reminiscence

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Story

Title (5/5)

It made sense, it is simple and deep, perfectly fitting of this beautiful story.
 
Foreward/Description (7/10)
 
The "prompt' was perfect for the story. I would have left it as that without the following paragraph.
 
Appearance (5/5)
 
Beautiful poster and barely any problem with fonts and paragraphing.
 
Plot (13/15)
 
I really liked it, it was a deep and meaningful story with a strong impact. It also fitted your prompt perfectly. However, I do have some feedback you might like to consider.
 
-  You did not mention the "present date" at the start which would have been nice because it lessens the confusion although I know it is three years later. Also, it is a significant date; death anniversary and birthday so it's nice to have it appear at the start.
- In your opening paragraph, you made it seem like she was the one who got him back up on his feet after his parent's death but there was also Minseok so I was a tad bit disappointed when I realised she made a "late cameo"
- I understand that you probably wanted this short but it felt a bit too fast paced and abrupt from falling in love to wanting to propose to her.
- I had really expected her to die during the surgery, making her get involved in an accident just feels a bit...pathetic and bad luck. A healthy person could have died that way unexpectedly. It made it seem as if she might have had a chance to survive just to make her lose her life to something else.
- Lastly, it will take a LIFETIME for him to forget her, it's only been a year and he's young. I could be very cynical and look at the possibility that our world-class singer was going to find a hot girl in another month and get it on with her. (to be very blunt)
 
Originality (15/15)
 
I'll give you full marks here. Definitely a unique story particularly in the EXO fanfiction world.
 
Language (17/20)
 
Slight error in tenses and your phrasing can be improved upon for a better flow. But definitely not something which affects the understanding of the story on an overall.
 
Jongdae is not the kind of person who liked quiet things
Jongdae was not the kind of person who liked quiet things.
 
 She her head to meet Jongdae’s worried eyes.  
She turned her head to meet Jongdae's worried eyes.
 
Flow (8/10)
 
Apart from sentence structure and fast pace, it was alright and pretty well-planned in terms of sequencing the events.
 
Characterization (9/10)
 
The only thing I'm going to penalize you on is; why and how did Jongdae even have such a huge crush on her in the first place anyway? Pretty? 
 
Overall Enjoyment (10/10)
 
Been a while since I read a good story which evoked a little feel from me. Full marks.
 
Reviewed by: eunhyuksgal
 
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aya-ELF
#1
Chapter 85: Thank you for the review dear! I was relly shocked with the language part OTL, I'm gonna go fix it right now! By the way, do you think it will be better if I write a simple prologue to explain the life of a demon and what's the benefit to have a mate??
EPIONE
#2
Heyy,

I don't know if you remember me, but I was just wondering where you're currently working this year as a reviewer?
I'd love to request from you again.

Best,
Epione
teenme14
#3
Chapter 72: Okay.. Thanks for the review ^^

Now to clarify XD
Title: As you said, the highlight/ of the story has not yet come. So yeahh..
Plot: This is my first chaptered story after my long hiatus from writing. After the hiatus, I wrote a two shot. So, I kinda forgot how to write a chaptered story XD The present time of the story is at the end of Summer (hence, their summer break). Oh, and I plan on making this fic a 40 chaptered fic.
- I guess I haven't mentioned the type of phone she is using. Samsung phones are quite cheap in Korea but are also expensive for people with financial probs. So, back to her phone. The phone she is using is a Samsung Galaxy Win Pro G3812. And she is using pre-paid which you'll have to top-up each time the credit finishes or it expires, whichever comes first.
- The cafe's delivery system works like this: A person will order through phone, and they jot down the name and address of the person. One of the workers will be asked to deliver the drink/food. If the house is near enough, they deliver by foot. If it is rather far, they ride a bike.
-I am not a dancer and... OTL I really need a dancer to help me whenever dancing scenes come up TT.TT
- About Mr. and Mrs. Kim, it will be known in the next chapter that I'm writing now.
Characterization: I am really bad at this XD Jongin's feelings at first was just merely interested. It's not a crush. He just simply feels interested by the girl. Hana & Sehun... We'll know more once we're more into the story XD

So.. yeah.. Thanks ^^ Sorry for the English mistakes. English is not my first language
teenme14
#4
Chapter 62: Thank you for the review! Glad you liked it! ^^ it's a bit fast paced coz I had a deadline to follow and finished it in 2 days xD I was planning on making a special chapter for the part before jongdae confessed to get to know Hye Sun better and how Jongdae came to like her. I was in a rush, so yeah. I was thinking that a LIFETIME to forget was that, he WOULD eventually fall in love with another girl but he would never forget Hye Sun since she was his first love. About the part where she died: I wanted her to die in an accifent rather than in the surgery was because Jongdae's parents died in an accident too which would somehow, idk, increase the pain (whut)
hanajoe #5
Chapter 32: Thanks for the review^^
I know my i'm not good enough in English T-T but i will try my best to write it!