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Title: Hearfelt Closure
Story Linkhttp://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/749213/heartfelt-closure-jonghyun-jongkey-supernatural-vampire-exo-tao-kyungsoo
Genre: Supernatural/Fantasy
Characters: Jonghyun, Tao, Kyungsoo
Pairings: Slight Jongkey

Specific Parts to look out for:

Everything

Questions:

Do you have any opinion on this can be improved?

LIVE review: No

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Review by TheParakeet

Specific Parts to look out for: Everything

 

Introduction

We all think vampire stories are cliche but you managed to make yours unique by focusing on one aspect which many people hardly think about, the implications of being dead and thus not having a heartbeat, and how lacking this aspect makes our vampire characters long for this characteristic of being human the most.

Overall

This fic really managed to catch my attention, 

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Allure - 8/10
The title of Heartfelt Closure is one of those titles that do not give anything about the story away at first, but which the meaning of becomes clear to the reader once they finish reading I had an "aha!" moment when I realised the double meaning of the term "Heartfelt" in reference to the story as a literal metaphor for love, by literally feeling the beating of a heart that had long ceased to beat.
The only negative about titles like this is that the ambiguity might not attract people's attention enough for them to click on the story. The brilliance only shines through once the story is read.
 
 
Foreword - 3/5
The foreword is quite misleading.  From the wording, I was led to believe that the main pairing of the story would be Jonghyun / Kyungsoo, as the foreword explicitly stated that Kyungsoo was the only young boy whom Jonghyun had taken a liking to and the only one he considers as a friend, and that they are both of the same kind.
 
 
Originality - 8/10
I was very pleased with the way the story unfolded and the usage of the literal metaphor of a beating heart as a symbol for love and how important it is to our vampire characters to feel their heart beating again.
 
 
 
Characters - 10/15
First, the good.
Jonghyun as the main was well-portrayed in his desire to live a simple life and stay out of as much trouble as he could. We could also see how he longed to go back to civilization when he 
Now, the bad.
Tao is actually completely unnecessary. If you replaced all of Tao's parts with Kyungsoo it would not change the plot any one bit, and would lend extra character development to Kyungsoo.
I'm not a fan of crossover one-shots as you could have accomplised the same effect by having all the characters come from the same band, instead of having two SHINEE members and two EXO members.
I would have loved if Kyungsoo got more development.
 
 
Plot - 12/15
The plot was original and the build up was there but the story could have done with a higher level of conflict, such as between Kyungsoo and Jonghyun considering that Kyungsoo disapproves of Jonghyun's admiration of Kibum.
 
 

WOW factor - 8/10

I dare say I was very engrossed in the story, and I even held my breath when Jonghyun had placed his hand over Kibum's heart. I was relieved when he did not rip it out.

 

 

Writing Style - 8/10

I really like your writing style. It gives off a kind of subtlety which perceptive readers would enjoy.

I especially loved "hominus nocturna was not some form of pathetic disease that could be caught through arousal down the back alley of a club"

and

"the crack of the skull between his teeth always did put him off his food"

 

General Structure - 8/10

The story is very well paced and flows smoothly, and did not bore me at any one point..

 

Descriptive Influence - 5/5

I could get into Jonghyun's train of thoughts and see things from his point of view so method of conveying the story is spot on.

 

Overall score: 70/90

Report card rating = 77.7 %  Fabulous! Just need to express more in some parts

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Question and Answer Time

Do you have any opinion on how can this be improved?

All stories can be improved with a little bit of characterization. In your story, only Jonghyun is properly fleshed out. Kyungsoo to me is lacking something, Tao is not needed, and Kibum is just shown to be a beauty. If you could add layers of the depth to the remaining three characters as opposed to describing the setting it would improve the story immensely.

Like when you wrote that Kyungsoo's eyes were too dark and too sinister, I thought that was you foreshadowing that Kyungsoo would take an action that would show himself to be a darker character then Jonghyun, but that did not turn out to be.

I would greatly prefer a more developed Kyungsoo.

 

 

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RedGuitarist
#2
Chapter 25: Thank you for the review :) I hope you don't mind if I were to put up the review in the thread I made for the reviews I've received for Being Afflicted :) I'll be crediting you real soon and sorry for the late pick-up, I thought I left a comment but apparently I didn't O.o
kaepie
#3
Author: kaepie
Title: haven't decided on one
Story Link: it's in draft status
Genre: angst
Characters: Youngjae, Jin Ae(OC)
Pairings:-
Specific Parts to look out for: my story is in draft status so I'll send it via mediafire, I guess

Questions:

Reviewer wanted: Parakeet
LIVE review: Yes
If yes, what time [please include timezone] and day are you available? GMT+8, anytime from 1pm to 9pm on 20/21 of June in my time zone :)
RedGuitarist
#4
Author: RedGuitarist

Title: Being Afflicted

Story Link: http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/742847/being-afflicted-angst-hoya-infinite-romance-originalcharacter-jin-bts

Genre: Romance, Angst

Characters: Jung Hyun Ji (OC), Kim Seok Jin (BTS), Lee Howon (Infinite), BTS

Pairings: Jin x OC, Howon x OC

Specific Parts to look out for: Character developments, flow of story, awkward sentence structures

Questions: What kind of readers would this story of mind attract?

Reviewer wanted: Doesn't Matter

LIVE review: No, thank you

Thanks in advance!
Insp2uty
#5
Hello there! I've recently subscribed and thought you guys review really good so I wanted to get my story reviewed! ^^
Title: When I'm With You
Story Link:http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/715770/when-i-m-with-you-angst-boyxboy-romance-daehyun-youngjae-daejae
Genre: Angst, Romance
Characters: Youngjae and Daehyun
Pairings: Daejae
Specific Parts to look out for: I just wanted to inform whoever is going to review my story that in chapter 5, it really doesn't make sense. As in it seems as though the two main characters are getting closer when they are not OTL I just wanted to say that because I feel as though that will be a problem to whoever reviews it. But other than that, EVERYTHING please ^^
Questions: It's very messy, isn't it?
Reviewer: Anyone is fine
LIVE Review: No, it's okay ^^
exotic_sarang
#6
Chapter 19: Thank you for the review! I have to admit I was slightly confused because the characters part kind of cuts off? But other wise I'm really grateful for your opinion; I'll be sure to credit ^^
Darthearts
#7
Submitted the form for reviewers! :)
darkclov3r #8
Chapter 14: Thanks for the reviews.
exotic_sarang
#9
Title: Heartfelt Closure.

Story Link: http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/749213/heartfelt-closure-jonghyun-jongkey-supernatural-vampire-exo-tao-kyungsoo

Genre: Supernatural/fantasy.

Characters: Jonghyun, Tao, Kyungsoo.

Pairings: Slight Jongkey.

Specific Parts to look out for: Just, everything..


Questions: Do you have any opinion on how this could be improved?

LIVE review: No thank you ^^
PaperHearts14
#10
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