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DIARIES OF A CACOPHOBE - hituuuu

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DIARIES OF A CACOPHOBE
hituuuu

❝Somebody say, this book is about a depressed bitch. Somebody say, this book is about a girl who seeks attention. Well, somebody is wrong.

This is the story of Natasha, a girl with  cacophobia - the fear of staying ugly. Well, you might think who doesn't suffer from this in today's world, isn't it? What's different about this book? Well find it out yourself.❞

[OVERALL RATING]
1 STAR BOOK

STRONG POINTS
"The strong point in your diary was the titling of the chapters. Instead of doing "Entry #1, Entry #2, etc..", you made the chapter titles the dates and that was cute!"

"I love how she used dates instead of entry or dear dairy. "

"The dialogue was structured fairly.."

WEAK POINTS
"The story is undeveloped, the character is hard to identify with or enjoy. The layout is not great. The dialogue was poor. "

"1. Layout: The layout was honestly not that great. There are different ways to format a diary, but this wasn't it.

2. Wording: Try finding better word choices next time.."

"Thoughts were all over the place. I couldn't get into it at all"

"The organization in the book is too confusing to progress with reading the story; it's all over the place. Details in the story are not the strongest, from character description to the environment/setting. Sentence structure also needs to be tweaked."

"Not abstract and switched in between the present and past tense and asked too many questions. "

"The structure of the story and really describing a scene."

"I definitely wasn't feeling this book at all. It was all over the place, it wasn't organized at all and I couldn't differentiate who was speaking when it came on to the dialogue."

STORY PROGRESSION RATING
1
The plot of the story is hard to understand and needs a bit more construction before it is truly ready to get a full read in. Try focusing more-so on the plot, background, and point of the story to grasp your reader's attention, as well as get a better rating.

DIALOGUE RATING
1
It was nearly impossible to tell who was talking. Try separating conversations by making each statement/question/whatever another person is saying its own line. Also, use "he/she said, asked, or exclaimed" so we know which character is responding.

DETAIL RATING
1
It's hard to picture what is going on. Although it is a diary, it is also still a story that needs to be told. Readers want to feel captivated in the story. Try describing the world around the character; sounds, smells, the feelings she is experiencing as she is writing.

CHARACTER RATING
1.5
It's hard to rate the character when no one feels a certain way about her. Try focusing on her background, a visualization of what she looks like, and bringing people deeper into her mind to grasp an emotional connection between the reader and the character. Currently, it is hard to tell whether they should like her or not.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

"It had potential to be a smash...but sadly, it was trash."

"I'd plan out the story again and consider a strong rewrite."

"Keep trying, you're bound to get it right."

"The structure of the book didn't resemble a diary. It needed to be more abstract than concrete. The author also asked way too many questions and inconsistently switched between past and present tense."

"Needs more work on everything."

"It wasn't a book, it was a diary. It didn't fit at all. It needs a lot of improvement, to be honest, She needs to go back to the drawing board and come again.