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My Night at the Ballet

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My Night at the Ballet
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Author :: LilaTate21

Reviewer :: athenaxglamour_

First impression :: 9/20

I'll be honest to you, the cover didn't intrigue me at all. As far as the title is concerned, it was original and intriguing which is appreciated. The blurb was extremely rushed.

» Cover :: 2/10

I had a hard time reading the font on the cover. It was covering the picture as well. Also, the quality of the cover was extremely low. Now, I will tell you the positive aspect of your cover in the first part below.

1) explicit or direct view (the basics):
I am glad that you mentioned the title and the author's name on the cover. This is the only positive aspect of the cover so far.

2) implicit or indirect view (how this cover relates to the book?):
As far as the relevance of the cover to the plot is concerned, I could barely see what you have used as a picture because of the font. I guess they are shoes on the picture of the cover, so I would say that it has some relevance to the storyline.

↱︎Reviewer's tip :: I am not self promoting here, but you should visit the cover shop of the kpop house. They will provide you with the best and high quality covers. Also, you could order banners to increase the aesthetic appeal of your book.

» Title: 4/5

I am satisfied with the title because it summarizes your storyline in a few words. The whole storyline revolves around three friends who spent their night at the ballet and ended up experiencing something else. So, no change is required here. Good job!

» Blurb: 3/5

Although you introduced the characters and the main conflict in the blurb, I felt like it was extremely rushed because the moment I started to read, it had already ended. It doesn't mean I had no idea about the storyline after reading it. You just need to add a little bit more supporting points for your story.

↱︎Reviewer's tip: I would suggest you to add an intriguing quote from the book in the starting of the blurb. Then add conflict (the main issue) with more expansion.

Don't just tell what happened in the story. Leave the reader in a question of why it had happened too. I suggest following the following format.

Quote from the book.

The main conflict of the book with the introduction of the characters in five lines.

Ask reader questions like what could happen wrong. Involve them in the story.

Beginning of a new start :: 7/10

The first three chapters of the book set the baseline for the plotline. As far as your book is concerned, I am glad that you introduced the main characters in the first chapter of this book. You provided us with their back stories as well, indirectly. Many authors usually fail to do this, so kudos to you. But, perfection in writing is something that we could never attain, that's why I found some issues with the first three chapters.

➡ The writing style works on "telling" instead of "showing". I will explain it later in detail.
➡ Some words and sentences aren't making any sense at all.
➡ Characters lack emotions. I wasn't able to relate at all.

↱︎Reviewer's tip: Since this is over all interpretation. So if you work on characters' emotions, writing style, and grammar then it would be improved a lot.