Reviewer: pkong Signed
Date: March 18 2013
Title: Chapter 1: Prologue
So I love the premise of the story, even if it doesn't make much sense logically (What keeps the big countries from conquering the small ones?). My critique is, don't forget your sstories strengths. While your doing a good job on the love story, giantess love stories are a dime a dozen on this site. What makes yours interesting is the setting. I want to know more about the world and how people of widely different sizes get along. For example, in the begginning of the story, the girl was sitting on a bench. But why was there a giant sized bench in a small city? Was it in the middle of the city or in some kind of giants section? And if it was a giants section of the city, why was that boy walking by? Also, how did she pay for that car she stepped on? Would small cars cost less?
These are the kind of details I want to know. Sometimes I find the little blubs you beging the chapter with, like the explination about crime, to be more interesting than the actual story. The more details you can provide about the setting the better!
Author's Response: Hallo:
Thanks a lot for the message. As I said before, I really appreciate when someone takes the time to write a whole paragraph to comment. I know that a few things don't make sense, and as I said a few comments before, it'd be almost impossible to get rid of every logical issue in the setting. I'm kind of counting on the reader to accept a few breaks from reality to just enjoy the story as it is. The idea is entertaining, after all. As for the love story being too common in here, I agree. However, I hope that this story has enough original elements to avoid being boring or seeming repetitive. After all, no two stories are the same.
About the general setting details, like the bench or the money, I know that I skipped a lot, but I didn't think they'd make the story confusing or boring. For example, you're the first one to comment about the bench or the money details, so I'm guessing most people didn't mind them so much. But I agree with you, just explaining all those details and how things work in general could be pretty interesting on itself. I'm sorry to hear that you care more about the couple of paragraphs at the beginning than the story itself, but I can't expect everyone to like it. I'm guessing that it might take a long while to explain all the details that you mean, and as interesting as it could be, it might deviate the plot from the original story, which wouldn't be so good right now, I think.
However, I think you got a very good point there. The setting could definitely use a more thorough explanation. You actually gave me an idea. I'll definitely do that, but in a separate story. Maybe one exclusively aimed at that purpose. Some sort of "tour" around the world with this particular setting. Should be fun to write, actually.
Again, thanks a lot for your comment. You gave me a good idea, and you also helped me understand a bit more of the reader's point of view. I'll definitely take that into account. I still hope you enjoy the story as it is so far. Take care!
Wholia