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જ A Story Told In Verse જ ☾ Amethyst ☽

Book: A Story Told In Verse

Author: MeowMeow422

Reviewer: _lapisqueen_

Plot: 8/10

Since it's a poetry book, there isn't a main plot, but each poem seems to have its own plot. For example, in Shooting Star the narrator builds up the readers hope with lines like "I've always admired your leadership, it helps us guide our way" which makes the reader think their love is true, but then in the last section, we are informed that they cannot be together, which is a bit like the plot of a romance novel.

Description: 9/10

Your use of descriptive words is used very well. For example, in The Girl you described the girl very well, and I could almost picture her and the creepy children surrounding her. I can tell which poems you put a lot of thought into based on the use of descriptive words. 

Book Cover: 5/5

I really like the cover. It has a lot of unique elements to it, like the books floating around and little objects behind them. It also connects to the poetry genre, which is good for the readers. Kudos to whoever made the cover!

Title: 5/5

The title is unique and is relevant to the story. When I first heard the title, I thought "it must be poetry." It is lovely, and sounds like the title to a loving novel. 

Blurb: 5/5

The blurb is beautiful and you use figures of speech in a wonderful way. The blurb really captures the essence of your poems, how each one is unique and different. I love your writing in the blurb, it seems very professional and heart-warming.

Grammar & Vocabulary: 9.5/10

Mostly, your grammar is very good, except for in Things to Remember, where in the second verse you wrote "remember our first day of school, you grin excitedly at the new things that you tried." In the next line, it's the past tense, so you want to keep the past tense going, so you may want to change the "grin to "grinned". You use great vocabulary, and not just boring words. That peaks the reader's attention and makes them fall in the essence of the story even more. 

My Enjoyment: 10/10

Your poems are very creative and I enjoyed reading them. Here are a few tips:

I noticed that most of your poems were rhyming so maybe in your next poem you can do something a little different, like a haiku or limerick. At the end of some of your verses, you put periods even though the sentence continues on in the next verse. It makes them sound kind of choppy in my head, so maybe read your sentences out loud before writing them down and decide if it needs a comma or period. But I'm not a poet, so maybe there's something I don't know about the rules of poetry. I really like your song-like poem! I think it adds a bit of spice amongst the other regular poems. If you play any kind of instrument, you should definitely sing it! I would be very excited to hear it sung out loud!

I love your poetry and will probably check out some of your other books. Thank you so much for choosing me as your reviewer and I hope to see you again in the future in the Heather Community!