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  • Poetry » Literature, Other Re: Once Upon a December Night

    Hello. I'll make this short. I think the idea behind this poem is captivating and charming, but the sticks-and-stones style it is written in does not do it justice. There's ...

    Jul 27, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Science Fiction Re: The Secret of Tayburn Zoo: 2

    I'm late, but hello again! So I read this as soon as I finished the first part, but I'll be re-reading as I review. I won't be scouring out any ...

    Jul 26, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Connection - 2 (The Unholy Info Dump Pt. 2)

    Hi again! If I haven't mentioned already, I absolutely love the atmosphere you've built here. It's calm and lulling--which is odd, considering how much of what we have been introduced ...

    Jul 26, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, Mystery / Suspense Re: Connection - 1 (The Unholy Info Dump)

    Hello, fortiglump! Here as promised. I'm quite intrigued by the premise you've set up for this piece; cyberpunk as a genre is in itself so fascinating and mottled, and it's ...

    Jul 23, 2018
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Science Fiction Re: The Secret of Tayburn Zoo: 1

    Hello, Bisc! I haven't reviewed much prose in a long time, so pardon my ambling as I try to find a rhythm to how I tackle this. That being said, ...

    Jul 23, 2018
  • Poetry » General, Narrative Re: love

    hello. this is an interesting piece. i like how it explores the concept that love as a subjective experience is not constrained in its definition--it is yet multi-faceted and complex, ...

    Jul 17, 2018
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: bw

    hello, it is late and i should be in bed, so this review is going to be as succinct as i can possibly make it. welcome to YWS! conceptually, this ...

    Jul 17, 2018
  • Poetry » Narrative, Lyrical Re: ithaka

    Hello, Stella! I haven't reviewed poetry in quite a while so pardon my tangential tendencies--hopefully this review will be somewhat helpful~ [If anything, this may end up becoming more of ...

    Jul 9, 2018
  • Short Story » Supernatural, General Re: Flower Boy [Part 1]

    Hi, love. I haven't reviewed in quite a while, so please excuse my bumbling incoherence and typos. I always find it difficult to review short stories in fragments, mostly because ...

    May 27, 2018
  • Other » Science Fiction, General Re: Live and Don't Die

    hullo, Lizz~ apologies for how short this review is going to be--life's got me in a twist so my brain is very scattered as of currently--but i'll try my best ...

    Oct 31, 2017
  • Poetry » General, General Re: Anxiety

    Hullo. Popping in for a quick review. It's late and my thoughts are quite scattered, so pardon my tendency to stumble into Incoherent Quagmire. This is obviously a personal poem ...

    Aug 6, 2017
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: we are all so tired

    Hello. Pomp here for a quick review~ I'm going to make this short. The lack of punctuation throughout the poem and the alliteration-heaviness in the first stanza lends a slothlike ...

    Jun 20, 2017
  • Poetry » Narrative, Health Re: she calls me selfish

    hey, marms! i haven't reviewed in a while, so excuse the clunkiness. this might also be more like a commentary than a review? let's just see how it goes~ your ...

    Jun 16, 2017
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: fluent in//broken hearts//breaking hearts

    Hi. This makes me ache; I read it twice, and I am now reading it for the third time as I review. I'm probably not going to be helpful at ...

    Apr 21, 2017
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Mystery / Suspense Re: Search For Peace Book 1 ~ The Great Separation Prologue

    Hullo. Happy Review Day! I'm a bit rusty on reviewing, so please excuse disjointedness/any inconsistencies! That said, I'll try to help to the best of my ability~ I'm not the ...

    Jan 29, 2017


One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.
— Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex