5 chapters done, looking for feedback

CheekiBreeki

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Here's the link: Operation Plague Heart

Need some in-depth feedbacks, mainly about my writing style. I'm not used to creative writing in general so I'm afraid it might be too stiff. It would be nice if you also comment on the synopsis, story pacing or other aspects. Thank you for your time.
 

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so I've read three chapters and I don't think I need to read more. the quality is okay. there are little mistakes but the real issue is the uncertainty. I have no clue what tone you're going for. first half of the first chapter sold me on a dark gritty atmosphere.

however, starting from the second half, the narration, dialogue, and overall quality start to fluctuate. the narration goes from formal to casual/informal at random. dialouge goes from decent to mediocre at times. you introduce human modification and it's glossed over. then the number of cliches 1. perfect time to save damsel in distress 2. childhood friend 3. nameless thugs
S (the childhood friend) is ditsy at one point then she's not later on. she's been living there for 6 years, works in a gunstore, yet can't defend herself against cartoonish thugs. then you have zombies, which came out of nowhere. and finally you have both the MC's and S's complete indifference to their 6 year reunion.

this seems more like a rant, but i really enjoyed that first part, so I might be feeling a bit betrayed. I think you have your fundamentals down - you just need to decide on a tone abd stick to it. maybe plan a couple of things ahead and take your time building them as everything later felt very rushed.
 

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S (the childhood friend) is ditsy at one point then she's not later on. she's been living there for 6 years, works in a gunstore, yet can't defend herself against cartoonish thugs. then you have zombies, which came out of nowhere. and finally you have both the MC's and S's complete indifference to their 6 year reunion.
Thanks for feedback on everything else, especially the narration part. As for the plot related issues, S hesitating to defend herself and the two's indifference to their 6 year reunion will be explained later on. As for the zombies, I'm pretty sure I put a huge spoiler in that chapter too. And perhaps I should make it clearer that she didn't work at the gun store?
 
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Thanks for feedback on everything else, especially the narration part. As for the plot related issues, S hesitating to defend herself and the two's indifference to their 6 year reunion will be explained later on. As for the zombies, I'm pretty sure I put a huge spoiler in that chapter too. And perhaps I should make it clearer that she didn't work at the gun store?
I'm not sure what you mean by spoiler. There was some foreshadowing by big smoke but that's all I remember(I could very well have missed something). correct me if I'm wrong but I think you wanted markus to seem detached? maybe the same for S? I'm not sure. I wish you took a bit more time to establish both characters before they met. but the main problem is that both MC's and S's dialogue/interactions made zero sense to me. it just felt unrealistic.
 
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