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    Re: The Insomniacs Dream

    Firstly, here's a few spelling/grammatical corrections: I've kinda had this sitting around waiting to be finished for a while and just finished it, so, tell me what you think... In ...

    Aug 20, 2010

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General
    Re: Ticking Heart, Beating Clock

    Hi, I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but the punctuation at the end of each line was irregularly distitributed. In fact, it was barely existent. Personally I ...

    Aug 17, 2010

  • Poetry » Narrative, General
    Re: A Soul To The Heavens

    Hi, This was a really nice read. I do agree to an extent with storyweaver that you probably shouldn't rely too much on a rhyme scheme. However, I think it ...

    Aug 17, 2010

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General
    Re: My 'friends'

    I think most people can probably identify with this. When a person knows a friend for a long period of time, they begin to expect things of them, they attach ...

    Aug 16, 2010

  • Poetry » Dramatic, General
    Re: The Poisonous Apple

    Hello, This was good, but I couldn't help notice the number of syllables in each line; it is usually ten, but occasionally I found some lines with nine or eleven ...

    Aug 16, 2010

  • Short Story » General, General
    Re: Help me mummy

    Hello, I'm assuming this is about World War 2, and more specifically about D-Day? It's good, I don't have a lot to criticise, but you mentioned 'protect the Queen' somewhere; ...

    Aug 16, 2010

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General
    Re: Sorry

    The short lines of this poem are quite peculiar. At first, I thought it was a bit silly, but actually I think it works quite well with the subject matter; ...

    Aug 15, 2010

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General
    Re: "But an old friend"

    Hello, Luckily for you I prefer complimenting people to destroying their self-esteem, so here goes: I found this poem quite powerful as an expression of the pain and loss of ...

    Aug 15, 2010

  • Poetry » Other, General
    Re: Pretending

    I thought this read well as a series of rhyming couplets, although this bit seemed a bit odd to me: Whoever’s around, To their story I’m bound. For I know ...

    Sep 6, 2009

  • Short Story » General, General
    Re: Coming of age

    This sounds like it could be the beginning of an interesting story (is it a stand-alone short story or part of a longer story? It's worth making that clear when ...

    May 25, 2009

  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General
    Re: Space Adventure: The Star Guantlet

    Hi, I was going to review this as request, but I didn't have much time to do so yesterday and it seems everyone else beat me to it. I'll try ...

    May 17, 2009

  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General
    Re: Darkest Trilogy: Asleep & Awaken Chapter 1.

    I thought this was good, though I don't really understand what is going on - I'm assuming that the main purpose of this part of the story is to introduce ...

    May 3, 2009

  • Short Story » General, General
    Re: Section of a story

    I'm assuming this isn't intended to be the beginning of the story? If it is, then I have to say it is a bit confusing - who are Andrea and ...

    Apr 5, 2009

  • Poetry » Dramatic, General
    Re: The last night

    This was a good attempt, but personally I found it a bit mediocre and "samey". There's a nice rhythm in this poem, enhanced by your use of rhyme, but I'd ...

    Apr 5, 2009

  • Poetry » Narrative, General
    Re: My Fair Maiden

    I can't honestly say I understood this, but that doesn't stop me from liking this. I liked your use of archaic language (making the modern wording of the final stanza ...

    Mar 26, 2009


As a former (and rather excellent) liar herself, Aru knew that, sometimes, speaking the truth felt like wrenching a thorn out of your side. But doing the opposite meant pretending it wasn't there. And that made every single step ache. It was no way to live.
— Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality