WhiteFeather
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"The Silent Scabbard"
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"The Silent Scabbard"
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Thank you for the feedback!I'm reading the story, and I like it. But you should tighten Chapter one a bit; it was a tad draggy for me. In the later chapters it's less noticeable.
And this is a personal thing, lmao, but the childhood bit is boring me. Especially the mom. She feels like the generic nice parent. I hope there's something more interesting at play with the parents, and they're not just stereotypes. :)
Edited:
I kept reading. The story is very fun, but you have issues in story flow that I have to squint my eyes to ignore.
The main problem is that you have too much dramatic dialogue. It feels repetitive. Not every moment or conversation needs to be dramatic, especially ones between close family, and I trust you know which parts I'm talking about; reread it yourself, and you'll recognize that some sentences or paragraphs feel unnatural or cringey. The solution would be to either delete them, or change some of it to feel less heavy.
I suggest just deleting them. For example, you could do away with Chapter 5 entirely- it's just an infodump about the setting, and readers will skip past it. Same with an earlier chapter, where the MC first says Mommy and Daddy. It was repetitive, generic, and added very little to the story, so I skimmed past it. It didn't gimme any plot, any character progression, and it didn't even have humor, it was just unnecessarily dramatic. It made me wonder why you even added it.
To talk about the more positive sides, this was one of the better novels I've seen asking for reviews. I like the mix of xianxia and fantasy, and the MC was very likeable. And the prose were very vivid, abeit slow paced. Keep up the good work! :)
My total chapters is currently about 10k words bro.Ya, I'll read your story (max like 10k words unless I really like it). Hopefully, you can do the same for me, although I am not requiring anything.