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Acute Delirium
2008-07-20
ch 1,
abuseThis was a great drabble. Usually I avoid really short stories but your summary pulled me in. You did a great job of taking someone who from the outside seems like someone very forgettable and somewhat shallow. Then the little things like her practicing walking but no one noticing the way she walks and how year nails are really bitten made a great contrast.

At the end, I was thinking I really like the repeated she must be perfect then BAM she just killed a man. I literally gasped, severally annoying the person next to me. I just loved that last line. It make this character so sketched and dark.

Great job.
Devin Jamie Pickrell
2006-06-19
ch 1, anon.
abuseI don't like how it ends "she killed a man"

maybe more like "but tonight, she just might kill herself"

or something along those lines?

but, other than that? i am totally and completely in love with it.
Rhianika
2006-04-20
ch 1,
abuseGreat twist at the end. I totally didnt expect it. I thought it was just a story about a chick with a disorder or something. Great job. Short, but good.

Keep writing

~Rhia
Smoky Bear
2006-04-19
ch 1,
abuseloved the twist at the end... i was completely engrossed by the immaculate attention to detail and want' expecting it. it makes the line " but under the false nails, her own are bitten down to the quick with frustration and nerves." seem even more human, great little story.
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