I Smell Rain

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I SMELL RAIN
after seven years being locked up for killing his girlfriend, Taemin is ought to face the life he left behind with it bad and good. From dealing with his family, to his girlfriend's and ending it with the mysterious cafe singer Jinri who seem to understand  him well. 
 
 
 
reviewed by anyavadar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Please note that only the first five chapters are reviewed.

 

Title (5/5)
I love your title, it’s simple but somehow every time I read it I just smile at it’s elegance. I love it’s significance to the story and how important rain is to Taemin, the whole concept of the title is amazing, good job! 
 
Graphics (5/5)
I love the cover! It had me ready to read the story as soon as I clicked on it, it just makes me feel like the story had to be amazing.
 
Description and Foreword: (10/10)
I REALLY like your description; it was so pretty and deep. After I read it I was very excited to start reading the story, it is well written.
 
Story Layout: (5/5)
The story layout is easy to follow and I have yet to get confused by it.
 
Plot: (30/30)
I love the plot, it’s amazing and unique! I love the fact that I’m looking through the mind of a killer during the story, it feels so real and his feelings and emotions are spot on. I think the plot is very different, I didn’t realize it till now but a killer learning to love makes for an amazing story line!
 
Characterization: (10/10)
I think your characterization is the best part of the whole story, you explain Taemin’s thoughts and opinions so well. I haven’t gotten far enough to see you describe much of the other characters feelings yet but I’m 100% sure it’ll be amazing! You honestly make me feel like I’m in the shoes of a killer, his thoughts are just so different and I’m just really amazed by how much personality Taemin has.

Content Description (8/10)
I really like how you describe things and if it weren’t for the poor English this section would have a 5/5. You describe things in a unique way where I have to stop and just think about what you wrote and say, “Wow, I wouldn’t have ever thought of it that way.” The only problem though is that your English sometimes makes things difficult to read and I either get confused and have to figure it out or just don’t understand it at all.
 
Flow: (1/5)
Your poor English makes the story’s flow really choppy, I have to constantly stop and re-word it in my head.
 
Grammar: (3/10)
Like I’ve said previously your grammar is really bad and even in the first paragraphs of the story I noticed a lot of mistakes, I’ll give an example. 
The first couple paragraphs of the preface said: Staggering, he looked around him on the pavements with dim eyes, his heart was cold as steel tonight, he was just emotionless and sick. Taemin inhaled a big amount of the cigarette in his hand, letting out the smoke slowly, and watch it as it got mixed with the cool air around.
The hood covered half of his face, the moonlight cascaded a shadow at the side of his face and he continued to stager towards the house. He could fall down at his knees, or bump into the streetlamp because he wasn’t looking where he's going, he was walking, not thinking, not even breathing, and the smoke just skipped from between his lips like there was a fire inside.
He was high, yet he wasn’t drunk, and he wasn’t even anywhere close to sleepy. He was just…detached. He was done with life, he was feeling so empty, he was so cold, colder than the night tonight.
Taemin walked even more, the sound of his footsteps echoing in the lonely street before he stop before that two story house. His eyes focused at the door, before slowly turning to the window where he caught that shadow walking around.
Pushing himself to walk forward, he climbed the small steps and got on the porch, facing the brown door. From where he stood he could still hear her voice inside, chatting with someone probably, and yet again, she liked to make conversations with herself, so he's not too sure about it.
It should be: Staggering, he looked around him on the pavements with dim eyes, his heart was cold as steel tonight, he was just emotionless and sick. Taemin inhaled a big amount of cigarette smoke from the cigarette in his hand, before letting it out slowly, and watching it as it mixed with the cool air around him.
His hood covered half of his face, the moonlight cascading a shadow at the side of it and he continued to stager towards his house. Right now, he could fall down to his knees, or bump into a streetlamp because honestly, he wasn’t looking where he was going, he was walking but not thinking, not even trying to breath, as the smoke just skipped from between his lips like there was a fire inside.
He was high yet he wasn’t drunk (this part doesn’t make sense, ‘yet’ makes it seem like being high and drunk have something to do with each other however they don’t so yet he wasn’t drunk doesn’t belong here at all) and nowhere close to sleepy, he was just…detached. He was done with life, he was feeling so empty, so cold . . . colder than the night air tonight.
Taemin walked even faster, the sound of his footsteps echoing in the lonely street before he stopped before that two-story house. He focused his eyes on the door, before slowly turning to the window where he caught that shadow walking around.
Pushing himself to walk forward, he climbed the small steps and got on the porch, finally face to face with the door. From where he stood he could still hear her voice inside, chatting with someone probably, yet again, she liked to have conversations with herself, so he wasn’t too sure about it.
I’d also like to point out that you don’t indent your paragraphs, that can make reading a little confusing and when your characters say something you put ‘ instead of “, this is totally wrong and annoys me.
 
Taste of the Story: (10/10)
I REALLY love your story, I had previously done a review on ‘Back from the Gutter’ and disliked it, I didn’t know I was missing out on such an amazing author. Bad grammar usually really gets to me however, with you I don’t care. I'll definitely be reading more of this story, keep up the good work, fighting! ^^
 


TOTAL: (87/100)

 

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NeverNinaa
#1
Chapter 110: Hello there! I saw that your shop is accepting requests and I was wondering how can I drop a request? I'm sorry, i'm using my phone right now and i can't seem to catch the request form anywhere XD could you please guide me?
sweetcandy65
#2
I love reading your reviews in this archive because not only your reviews were interesting, it also helped me with my own mistakes! Thank goodness you made this archive ♡
JESLEN #3
Chapter 75: 5/5
Thank you for your content description. I never realized that car scene before lol. But thank you for that. You’re right about the thoughts and feelings by other characters should not be actually realized by the person’s POV. Guess I’m too immersed in the writing that I got carried away lol.
Im glad the flow is alright. Considering that it’s my first story (my practice 101), I wasn’t sure if my pacing was alright. I wasn’t exactly confident with the flashbacks being inserted like that but I’m happy you liked it (;
Grammar is not really my best asset, especially prepositions/conjunctions. I absolutely need to learn more. Thank you for your kind words despite.
Thank you very much for reviewing my story despite the rated scenes. I can never thank you enough for this very insightful review. Im glad you enjoyed the story despite everything. And once again, Im so sorry for the late pick up! I’ll credit now. Thank you once again and sorry for the loooonnnnnng comments :D
JESLEN #4
Chapter 75: 4/5
- gray eyes come from a thin layer of melanin on the front layer of the iris. The blue reflection of light is clouded over by the dark layer in front causing a dark gray color. (haha copied it from a med book lol)
-you’re right about her car injuries, I’ve only described her immense aches and pain after and the switching of faces, I’ve realized I focused too much on the switching that her injuries weren’t emphasized, thank you for emphasizing that
JESLEN #5
Chapter 75: 3/5
Your questions are gold! Thank you! I’ll keep them in mind while writing. Well to answer some of them:
-Changing face is actually possible, but would require lots of sessions. It’s from a theory and no, it isn’t practiced. *hint* from the latest story update, they changed faces, but would the outcome be the same? Would it be successful this time?*hint*hint
-what caused the amnesia---will be revealed later on haha
-whether joongki can take med degrees when he’s still young...ill try to check if I missed out a detail here  haha, I thought i made that info clear before, but apparently it’s doubtful
-whether joongki is thinking about her in the café, then she appeared…well, she’s been on his mind consistently ever since she disappeared and that day wasn’t an exemption.
-about shi hoo looking at her the same way? Let’s see what will happen 
JESLEN #6
Chapter 75: 2/5
For the layout, being consistent is so hard T__T but thank you for pointing the specific flaws. I’ll get to that and correct them. Thank you!

To be honest, I’ve never watched Good Doctor although I loved both Moon Chae Won and Joo Won. All I know is that the drama is all about doctors. Anyway, I’ve thought of a plot involving switching faces and how from that, a story will be created. I’ve added arrange marriage because to be honest, I have a feels for them (that is, before AFF was supersaturated with arrange-marriage fics). From there, Ive thought of making a second male lead as a friend helping the heroine with her struggle, but I’ve thought it too dull. I never really planned on making the doctor her love interest, but after some thoughts, why not? It would be a challenge to write. This is actually my first story and I never really thought about the number of chapters. I never really planned ahead during that time. I was full of daydreams and what ifs, that I became too excited to make it a reality, a story. Looking back, I realized how “short” my chapters are since 3-5 chapters actually happened in just a day. From there, I tried to learn how to balance scenes with my other stories. I knew how tiring it must be to read a long story T__T but since I started Imposter this way, I have to continue with what I have and improve the balancing of scenes till the end. I’ve thought of revamping after completing, and hopefully can publish it in the future 
JESLEN #7
Chapter 75: 1/5
oh my goodness. I didnt realize my review is up, but i saw it when I played a little with google search. Im so sorry for the late pick up!
Anyway for the title, I agree that some may not find it attractive enough, but for now, you're right that I should stick with it since the end is near. I will definitely think of a more mysterious title once I’ve completed and revamped the story. For the graphics, I’m glad someone pointed out the different symbolism it held. The graphic artist definitely understood what the story is all about. I couldn’t ask for more, and we’re the same! Aside from the beauty, I appreciate an artwork more if the artist can imbed hints and important symbolisms. I understand what you’re trying to point out with the trailers. Actually, I requested trailers when the story is only starting. I only gave brief description to the video artists, without giving them the little big reveals. The trailers are actually their interpretation with what little summary I gave them.
yeolsbubbletea
#8
Chapter 77: Oh, and I'm interested about the details of my grammar mistakes. I wish to talk a bit more about it :)
yeolsbubbletea
#9
Chapter 77: Thank you for the review and sorry for the late thank you :) It's a relieve that I can make characters and the plot well, but of course it's a disappointment that reviewer-nim didn't enjoy reading my story 'that much'. Based on your building critiques, I guess I have to learn more and develop a more well established story that can leave a very good taste of the story. It makes me reflect a lot on my own story and reminds me that I still have a lot to improve.
I hope everything will go well for this review shop. Have a nice day! :)