80/100 NatsumiKenjii - Loop in Time

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  Loop In Time
written by NatsumiKenjii
reviewed by SouthWest

Title: 8/10
‘In’ should not be capitalized.  Capitalizing titles is ridiculously complicated.  This website explains it pretty well, I think.  http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/capitalizing-titles  Basically, if ‘in’ was the first word, it would be capitalized, but because it’s not and because it’s less than 4 letters, it’s not.

I really like this title.  It suits the story and it’s quite intriguing.  But you should use it directly in the story.  Instead you use, “A time loop.”  While it means the same time, ‘a loop in time’ flows better and if it’s the title, use it directly in the story.  At the very end, instead of saying “a time loop” say, a loop in time.  In the prologue, change “a time loop” to a loop in time.

 

Plot: 30/35

                5/5: Originality
                Definitely original.  I really like how abstract this story is.  Not everyone enjoys stories like this, it’s a personal preference.  But I liked it and enjoyed how original it was.

                8/10: Believability
                I questioned the believability of this story in the beginning.  I was confused with the quick switches between Mirai and Hoseok.  Then he’s yelling into the phone for the police to hurry up and I’m like, why isn’t he getting out of the car and doing something himself?

Then there’s the great imagery with the butterflies and time stopped and rewinding and it suspended my disbelief.  In that moment I knew this story wasn’t going to all take place in reality so my believability was a bit more flexible.

One thing that really bothers me though is that I don’t know why this is happening to them.  Is their love so strong that they’re allowed to keep rewinding and such until they find a better reality?  Or are they being punished for something?  Destined to live reality/dream after reality/dream where they’re not allowed to be together?  What’s the purpose of all of this?

                9/10: Narration
                The whole calling the police thing wasn’t quite believable.  The whole time warp thing was confusing.  I’m really not sure what happened.  It threw me off at first that you switch back and forth so quickly between them.  But you’re so consistent with it that I got used to it quickly and didn’t notice it again.  But consider staying with one character for longer.  Being in close on Mirai until the gunman approaches her and then end right before he starts shooting (or rig

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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!