75/100 GreenGardenPop - Behind Closed Eyes

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Behind Closed Eyes
written by GreenGardenPop
reviewed by JulieCavi

 

Title: 10/10
 It does make sense for the title to be what it is. Even though you only have a few chapters so far, you have the right name for your story

 

Plot: 25/35

                5/5: Originality
                It’s really cool that you’re writing about a shy, shut in, introverted girl. And what makes this kind of interesting is that the girl is like super religious, you don’t see that much religion in fan fiction (or at least none of the stories I have read lol).

                7/10: Believability
                The situation is weird. I mean, it feels like you are writing in a Korean mentality, you know? Although from what I know about Korean standards, especially when it comes to family, the parents don’t really care how long their children live with them. And it kinda freaked me out when Jiyeon’s dad got so angry and aggressive. Anyway, yeah other than that, you’re good.

                7/10: Narration
                Hm, the narration can use some work. So far so good, it’s just that in the very beginning you over described small details, such as the clothes that Jiyeon and Jongdae wore in Jiyeon’s dream. Don’t get so caught up in small details, otherwise you’ll be fine.

                6/10: Setting
                I’m not quite sure where the setting is half the time. Just a tip, try to separate scenes that are flash backs or that are dream sequences. Use italics or just put a very large gap between paragraphs before you start describing something else. You have a lot of memory and flash backs, try to sort through them, please.

 

Characterization: 26/35

                7/10: Development
                Um, since you have a lot of flash backs and mem

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Chapter 22: After finally finishing writing It Begins With Blood (still posting the last couple chapters), I decided to revisit the previous review. It still has just as much impact now as it did then, if not more so. There are certainly many things I could go back and change to make it more accessible to readers and more pertinent to the tags specifically listed. As I got to the end, it definitely felt even harder to juggle the people I'd introduced and to make sure they all had some sort of resolution. To the point that I'm not sure I succeeded even half as well as I intended. But I do know that with the sound critique given, the access to the polls taken, and the suggestions made in regards to how I can make it better, this is certainly a project I would like to put under the microscope again at a later point in time. Perhaps when it's not so fresh (now) and it's had a chance to settle. Writing 'The End' is always hard with any extensive piece of work and this one was no different. But I do feel I can make it better and give it a stronger direction and purpose in the future. To that end, I wanted to thank Amber_Sica again and especially you Librarian for keeping the reviews in an easily accessible archive for later perusal. It's incredibly helpful and I will be coming back to it in the future. Cheers!