ꗃ﹕❜ Minerva ❯❯ A review shop [2.0]

×. ❜Fake Boyfriend! Review 2! [Rev. Irene]





Book : Fake Boyfriend|| Taekook ||

Author: onelastkook_

Reviewer: @celesteblaze

Cover (05) : I like the cover. It's simple, with a solid background and great contrast. However,
please do make the text on the sides slightly larger. It's quite unreadable currently. 4\5

Title (05) - A pretty obvious choice of a title. I like the simplicity personally, but most readers would not gravitate towards such a title. It also doesn’t exude the mystery or intrigue such a romance novel should. I’d suggest something a bit more personalised to the story and
changing the current title to a tag. 3\5

Synopsis (10) - I noticed that the summary is rather short. I appreciate that, but perhaps a line or two should be added to explain the situation and the characters. I would
recommend a mention of the competition to be added. Don’t get me wrong, the shorter summary format fits, but this is barely 3 lines. One more thing, the first line should be joined to make grammatical and literal sense, and the last “read to know” line may be omitted. Other than that, I like this summary. It really fits the feel of the story and the quote adds a lovely flourish.
7\10.

Execution (20) - Wonderful. That's the only word for it. Yes, there are some grammatical
inaccuracies here and there, and the dialogue is slightly off in places, but the execution as a whole is seamless. I rarely read such novels, and was blown away by the level of creativity, originality and character you managed to add right off the bat. Honestly, the concept itself is very captivating and incredibly meta. Only one complaint - the introduction of the other
characters as well as their development seems to be lacking. I do understand that this,being a romance novel, would focus on Taehyung and Jungkook alone, but such other characters do exist in this novel and despite being mentioned multiple times, they are merely treated as
best friend archetypes. Moreover, I do believe that Taehyung is rather neglected in his developmental stage, as he barely initiates anything and just reacts. Except for these two issues, this is a beautifully executed book. 18\20.

Plot (20) - A comparatively original plot, I daresay. The addition of the story element as the principal driving factor really stood out as a bold plot choice. Other than that, It's a pretty typical awkward, confusing love story that's oh so adorable to read. The protagonist, Kim Taehyung is a web novelist, who takes up the challenge of writing a boy love romance story after failing to attract readers. He decides to take up Jungkook as his fake boyfriend as
inspiration for his book. However, things quickly get out of hand when both catch feelings. . As aforementioned, I rarely read such stories and enjoy them, yet this one was amazing to both read and review. The characters leaped out of the pages, the random meetings were always frustratingly hilarious and the sincere romantic scenes are a treat. Nothing to improve
on, seriously. 19.5\20.

Writing style (20) - I have a few things to say about this. Firstly, your description skills are beautiful. The very first lines of the book drew me in. You also delicately balanced this style throughout the chapters,making the book engaging and simple. Wonderfully done. Secondly,the dialogue. Everything about this book is great, but the dialogue irks me. Sometimes, it flows beautifully and leans into the next paragraph. However, most times, the dialogue
seems choppy. The pacing is off, it doesn’t make sense character wise and it's just not nice to read. The lucidity of the whole chapter evaporates with just one wrong dialogue. An easy trick - visualize conversations between the character archetypes. Imagine how they would answer, how they would interact, how they would behave in a social setting. Add small quirks
to the speech, some special references between characters, things that seem normal in a day-to-day conversation. Another thing, Taehyung’s internal dialogue can simply be referenced in third person itself. There’s no need to make it an entire speech. It takes away
from the experience and the clarity. Overall, however, wonderfully done. 16\20.

Grammar and vocabulary (20) - The grammar is mostly fine, but often there are tense malfunctions and spelling errors, such as the word “brunette”. As we are on that topic, I would like to say
that addressing someone by one physical trait, such as “raven-haired” or ‘younger/older’ gets very boring very quickly. I would suggest using their names, or other characteristics, names mostly preferred. Other than that, vocabulary is top-notch, very extensive. Was a treat to read the melodious words. 16\20.

Character development (10) - Interesting characters, lovely to read about. However, as mentioned above, the side characters get very little attention or development. Our protagonist, on the other hand, is showered with affection from all ends and seems to reciprocate only one. Honestly, the only issue in this book, other than technical aspects, is the lack of aspects explored. Taehyung’s personality had so many opportunities - perhaps he’s reluctant due to certain inhibitions, maybe he wants clear explanations from Jungkook etc. Other than that, pretty good development. 6/10.

Overall - 79.5\100