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What I loved: Once again, the great Poma strikes. xD Seriously, I don't think I'll be able to give their works enough justice with my reviews because they're just perfect. The thing that leaped out most to me is the intent and message of this story. I love love love the unique perspective about life, death, grief, dreams, passion, and purpose. Just like TWFH, I am just blown away by how profound the writing skill involved with this story. (Am I really older than you? kljsjfhosuhga)
The character voice, as one of your strengths, is just as unique and detailed which is a really, really useful skill to have in the writing world. Your characters just...don't sound the same and I don't know how exactly you do that. xD
The plot is really good and touches on themes like suicide, bullying, not fitting in, and loneliness. It's just amazing and I have no other words for it. It takes a whole deal of observational wisdom to write things like this ;-; Everything's just so....profound.
Overall, I looooooove everything you did for this story. I love the philosophical bite to it, the presentation, and even the surprise cameo from TWFH that kind of provided me with enough closure from the characters from that book. (I so badly want that to be canon ;-;) I also love the little teasers you do for your characters and works to show a small, interconnected literary world.
What didn't work: Not much of a fault for the author but more for the reader (read: me) but I found it quite hard to dive into the plot as easily as I did for TWFH. I think it's because of the pacing at the first two chapters and they are kind of...slow and too dialogue-heavy that it sounds like it's preaching to the readers. Nothing wrong with that on a developmental level just that I have terrible attention problems. xD
What needs to improve: Nothing much, really. A few misused words, typos, and missing words but none too heavy that a good line-editing wouldn't fix. As far as the technical side and prose are concerned, this story is quite flawless. xD
Final verdict: 10/10. Do I need to say more? I love how you see the world, Poma. Keep writing and keep improving. You'll conquer the world in no time. :))
