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Title: THE WOMAN BEFORE
Reviewer: rinaXhazurina
Author: arrally

GENERAL QUALITIES: 48/50

*The key points of the review were done before the update of the story in case there were anything that seemed amiss here.

Title: 5/5

The title is amazing. It closes on the story about a woman who wants to take revenge on her former lover after what she had done with understandable reasons that bring with it the complexity of the characters and the feelings they have. Very powerful with a promising delivery of its uniqueness by the unique title alone.

Book Cover: 5/5

Fantastic. The presence of the mirror itself says so much about the character at a micro level–Isla's shift from being the kind person she was to the vengeful woman she is now in the main plot–and the macro level–the duality between Isla's thirst for revenge and negative thoughts in contrast to Rosina's kindness and positivity. The red lipstick and red nail paints highlight the feminine power and associate it with the story's strong theme of revenge, passion (not in a sexual way), love, danger, and danger. The subtitle is perfect as it scopes in on the character as well and shows that there will be significant characters to play the part of the offense, defense, and the person in between.

Blurb: 5/5

Excellent with how it immediately presents the elements of intrigue of the story and truly shows a unique storytelling proposal which is that of a hateful main protagonist who wants to take revenge on her former ex and his fiance, giving readers a reason why they should care about wanting to know what happens in the story. The emotion can already be felt by reading the blurb alone.

Characters: 9/10

The characters are all fleshed-out and believable. It's clear all of them inhibit an adequate presence of mind, even Evans knows what he did was wrong but like Isla, he was also driven by the strong feeling of love, which is a recurring theme in the story to be discussed later on. The characters take time to talk about the situation and think it through, allowing us to hear them out with understandable reasons despite the bad intention and outcome.

There is an impressive character introspection in the first scene in Chapter 1 where the writing makes Isla reinforce her rage to project it to the readers from the line 'After all, what do I have to lose? My life is pretty much shattered at this point. - strong motivation behind her rage.' Another thing to admire is the actions and experience of the characters reflect their background exemplified by Rosina's line 'Some I ended with a text message. Others I met them in person and told them straight to their face.' It shows her way of dealing things is not one way but instead depends on the difficulty of the subject, revealing her depth by her past actions. Isla's grief through her denial of being sick in the mind, as told by her friends, justifies her emotion to secure and push her actions.