88/100 Angel110 - Automatic

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Automatic
written by Angel110
reviewed by -Tigress-

 

Title: 9/10
I really love this title and NOT because it's from the song haha. It fits the story really great and I love how you both pull nuances in to show the automatic feel of the relationships. The only reason I took a point off of it is because of the fact that it's not what one would call 'eye-catching', and so not likely to be one to pull the reader in by the title alone.

 

Plot: 29/35

                4/5: Originality
                I have to say, this is not totally original because I have read several stories where the lead character wants their relationship back. What makes your's unique is that there are TWO lead characters going through the same thing who will presumably team up to help one another out. I am quite enjoying that, I like how you've done it.

                10/10: Believability
                Yes yes and yes. So many relationships go stale and it is a work in progress to keep love alive and changing and growing with each individual's own growth. You've done a great job of portraying that, the way that things just go on auto-pilot so as to not make a fuss. The characters feel very real and the storyline itself is quite believable, down to the being turned away by a friend to the whole bar scene and afterward. It is really nicely done. Remember to keep making your story in a real context, don't put in crazy and unbelievable things because they could be amusing or to try to take a quick way out, because this is really going well so far!

                9/10: Narration
                As you know, I am not a fan of first person POV. LOL. But once again, you've done a good job with it and both of you are consistent in keeping to your own characters. A reminder, though: begin a new paragraph each time a new speaker talks. It may end up a bunch of smaller paragraphs in the depths of a conversation, but you never ever want to have two people speaking within one paragraph, except when it is in the same sentence (i.e. "No," he said, shaking his head, but she was already forming the word "Yes.").

                7/10: Setting
                I would like more description of the world this is set in. We aren't given much as to what the layout of the home is, what city this takes place in; do Key and Jiyong live in the same neighborhood? Please do try to keep an eye out for that and add in more descrip

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Amalya
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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!