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A Koalification in Love
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Author :: JeonJudisu

Reviewer :: Taebaetae74

First Impression :: 7/20

» Cover :: 2/10

Honestly, if I were to stumble upon this book somewhere in Wattpad, I wouldn’t give it a second glance and just skip it. The cover, according to me, is not attractive. It was just a resized picture from the internet with a title in the middle. It was not entrancing at all. To begin with, the title is not so visible and is a tad bit too small. And you need to change the author’s name too. 

» Title :: 3/5

Not going to lie, it’s kind of cute. But, it doesn’t entirely go hand in hand with the book. You could’ve chosen something more... meaningful, in my opinion. Something more entrancing that could attract more readers.

Another thing I’d like to add is that the ‘I’ in ‘in’ doesn’t have to be capitalized since it is not a noun or a pronoun. The display should be ‘A Koalification in Love’.

» Blurb :: 2/5

About the blurb; now, just to not beat around the bush, most people who clicked the book might have done so because of the smutty vibes the blurb gives off.

The synopsis did not give me any preface on what the book revolves around, its characters or any occurrence. Depending on a quote from a song for more viewers will not really help the book reach its peak. Plus, using such quotes without mention of credits is a small form of plagiarism too. So, you can just add something more- which gives readers an insight to the book.

Beginning of a new start :: 4/10

All the caps in the beginning made my eyes go mad. Adding in too many extra letters to a word to exaggerate its importance on top of writing it in caps is unnecessary. Another thing I’d like to point out is the use of images here and there while the story goes on. That just kind of ruins the flow. If you wish to add images on certain topics to alter your readers’ imagination, you can just add them in a final authors’ note at the end of the respective chapters. And the random pictures, for instance, the picture of Namjoon in the second chapter was completely unnecessary.

I also felt that the chapter endings were a tad bit too abrupt. When you end a chapter, end it with a certain point you want to convey, it may be positive or negative- the point is, you have to convey your thoughts the right way. Almost all chapters ended with an ellipsis- which I don’t see why you had to use them- and they were too sudden.

Concept and plot :: 15/25

I can’t seem to understand the concept of the book so well. There’re a few confusions within the chapters. The regular and italics were not specifically called out in authors’ notes to define the intention.

Regarding the plot, it was good. The only thing is, you could’ve executed it more professionally and with more grace. Like I mentioned above, the chapter ending were abrupt and scenario-wise time settings weren’t clear enough. There should be clarity.

But I did like the concept of the ‘sessions’ instead of just chapters. It was creative. The fact that you tried to narrate the whole story in the form of therapy sessions isn’t something that I’ve come across before. It’s just that you haven’t given important scenes their share of relevance.

When you write, provide details. Acute details. Describe relevant scenes. 

Characters and emotions :: 9/15

Ah well, the characters were bomb. I really loved how you gave each character their own spotlight. The development wasn't so bad as well. But, the emotions were a bit off. You could’ve described some parts more. When writing dialogues, especially.

Tone and style :: 7/10

Writing Style- the most crucial part of a book’s execution, hm? I think you did it fairly well. There were no major errors in punctuations except for some missing commas here & there. Your tenses were all good and your vocabulary isn't so bad either.

It's just that your descriptive writing that needs more attention. It’s not that you don’t know how to do it, it’s that you don’t know when to add it. The dialogues were taken a bit too fast since there were no descriptions in emotions of relevant lines when the speaker says them. Other than that, there’s nothing else wrong with the style.

Grammar :: 18/20

Like I already mentioned above, your tenses, punctuations and vocabulary are all good. Except for a couple of missing commas and wrong usage of plural forms of nouns, of course. I can see that you’ve good knowledge in this field, so keep it up. Just pay more heed to all the other categories in this review.

Total :: 60/100