Title

The title is 'A LIFE LITTLE DIFFERENT', from this I've figured out that the book is about someone who may not lead a normal life. I'm not really sure how their life could be different to other people's but I'm assuming it's going to be chaotic and fun at the same time. I'm going to stop rambling now and get into the actual book.

Cover

The cover is not attractive, appealing, or anything really. I mean, you've pretty much found a random picture and slapped it on to the book and it just isn't working. As much as the picture is nice with the sunset and silhouette, I'm one hundred percent certain that it has absolutely nothing got to do with the actual book. It doesn't even have a title so that says a lot as well. It may seem like I'm being harsh but it's an honest review I'm giving so I'm not going to hold back on anything. The current book cover does not interest nor make me want to read the book in any way at all so I'm going to give you feedback to help you of course.

My first piece of feedback would be to use an image of high quality which is related to your book or plot in some way. Ensure this image is colourful, but not too much. You could try to find some good quality images on 'Pexels' which has free commercial images. Try to ensure that you include elements of the genre your book is in and a few themes as well. You could do this through images or the colours used on the book cover.

My second piece of advice would be to actually include the title on the book cover because a blank image is no good to anyone. A reader wants to see the title of the book on the cover just as much as the next person does. Think about the text size of the title and whether it's an appropriate fit. Think about the colours and font as well and whether it suits the background image. You may have to experiment with this numerous times before finding the one you want.

My third piece of feedback would be that if you're still struggling to make a cover or find one at this point, head off to a graphic shop on wattpad as there are many talented users who are willing to create book covers for writers so they're worth a try.

Blurb

The blurb is very creative considering the fact that you have written it in the form of something like a poem. It tells a story in a way about the main character and how they've left everything to begin a new life and everything is going well for them until old memories begin to come back and maybe faces from the past as well to haunt them.

You haven't revealed too much or too little in the blurb but it's enough to actually give me some hope for the book because I feel like now I might want to have a proper read of it. I mean, I'm going to have to read it anyways in order to review it so yeah. I don't really have any feedback for the blurb but a small suggestion may be to try and make it a little shorter and make the layout neater as it does look untidy at first.

First chapter

The first chapter seemed very generic. I could tell straight away by reading the first paragraph that you're a newbie writer. The reason I could tell is because I myself had the same writing style as yours when I was a newbie writer so I can relate to it. It's like you've planned your book properly but the way you're writing it is in a basic style in which it seems like the book is going down the cliche route.

My feedback for you would be to go over your first chapter and add any detail you need to as it seems like you've restricted your writing in a way. You need to add a good amount of description in your chapters and try not to rush them. When writing a book, you need to remember that your first chapter needs to be solid and really bring the book out so it attracts the reader. The next 5 chapters should continue to support the first chapter and should also be solid and make the reader want to continue reading the book.

Plot/themes

It seems to me like you know where you want to go with this book and you've planned the plot out which is a great start to writing a book, however, the issue is that because you're a new writer, I can see straight away you're kind of rushing into it. My suggestion for you would be to go over your plot properly and try to make it as original as possible, make it different and make it your own so it stands out and people enjoy it. I'm not entirely sure what the themes are in the book at the moment, that it something you could work on and try to include within the plot as well as your writing.

Writing style

Your writing style is very basic, this is because you're a new writer and I am aware of that so I'm going to try and help you out as much as I can. First thing you need to do is not be afraid to make changes and improvement to your work, allow yourself to experiment with your writing style. You can try to gain inspiration from your favourite authors or just by reading other books on wattpad.

My second piece of advice would be to upgrade with your writing and sentences, use different sentence starters so your writing doesn't bore the reader, use a range of vocabulary which will allow the reader to allow the book and allow yourself to learn new words. Don't hold back on descriptions in your book, that doesn't mean go over the top with them but don't stick to basic words. There's a whole dictionary and thesaurus of words out there which you could use in your writing. I'm not just talking about any random words, I'm talking about adjectives, adverbs, similies, imagery, metaphors and all the rest.

My last piece of advice would be to always check your spelling, grammar and punctuation because you might have edited or made corrections but I can guarantee you that a reader will always find something incorrect or missing. This doesn't mean you're doing something wrong, it just means you need to ensure you're always checking your working, grammar and punctuation because no sentence will make sense without them three so they're basically the foundation of any sentence.

Characters

Your characters all seem to be lacking in personality and I feel like I haven't had the chance to get to know them properly because it's like every chapter is so rushed and moving on too quickly. You need to have each of your characters a voice and a personality so they're all their own individuals and not just copies of one another. As a reader, I'd want to see the good, the bad and every other side of them so I can feel what they feel or think about their situation but I'm currently not picking up on any of that at the moment.

Overview

I can't say I enjoyed the book because I'd be lying blatantly then so I'll be honest instead. The reason why I didn't enjoy it is because of the writing style mainly m, the plot was slightly cliche, however, I still could have tried to work with that but the writing itself didn't make me want to carry on reading.

It did feel like I was forcing myself to read a book which I didn't want to read. I don't want to come across as harsh or discourage you from writing, however, I'm not going to lie to you either and hide my opinions and feelings on the book. I can only hope that I've provided a sufficient amount of feedback, hopefully enough to help you make improvements to your work.

Reviewed by: Pixie