Just Play Dead - Comments

  • Roseh; believe

    Roseh; believe (330)

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    This is so beautiful.

    You draw the reader in straight away with the absolutely stunning layout and the very intriguing summary, and you keep up the attention with your gorgeous descriptions, which are just perfectly suited to the plot of the story.

    I love your inclusion of the memory in the first chapter, and how you only afterwards explain the significance of it to the reader. It's a very clever techinque, and really grabbed me, wondering what it was about.

    You write the interaction between Clare and Jane and Mr. Hollow very well. It is clear you have a brilliant grasp of who each character is, and how they act together, and this is very well portrayed to the reader.

    The quotation in chapter four is a very clever introduction of the events of the chapter for the reader. It reminded me slightly of the two quotes at the beginning of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and it fitted very well with the whole tone of the story overall.

    And yes, the last chapter also brought a tear to my eye.

    I love it.
    October 21st, 2010 at 06:54pm
  • richard roman.

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    This was all at once beautiful and tragic. You've got good descriptions and it's written in such a lovely way. The only thing I'd suggest is spacing out the dialogue, because it becomes cluttered and confusing otherwise.
    October 20th, 2010 at 08:52pm
  • who cried wolf?

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    intriguing story!
    i have the same name as her... and same spelling, it's weird because it is usually spelt with an i
    anyway, loving it all!
    more soon :D
    October 10th, 2010 at 07:59am
  • Fingerprints_

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    This is so good! It's really attention getting and you're an amazing writer!
    September 16th, 2010 at 09:07pm
  • jennifer lawrence

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    Okay, so I've only read the prologue so far, but I can't wait to read more! I plan on reading all of it, I just wanted to comment now.

    Okay, so first, you're an amazing writer, really. I love your word choices and you really capture the readers attention. I've never read anything with the same kind of character as Clare (does that make sense?) so I can't wait to read on. Also, I like how she doesn't know what she's doing, it's intriguing. So yeah, I'm gonna go read the rest. :)
    September 15th, 2010 at 09:36pm
  • cruciatus.

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    This is really interesting. I'm curious about the voices, and what or who could be making them. Mr. Hollow interests me, as well. I'm not sure how he's important in the story yet, other than what's been said so far, but I want to find out. Clare's parents annoy me, though. For some reason, I think there's something fishy about them.
    September 15th, 2010 at 10:24am
  • Octopi3s

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    I love the layout and the story keep it up! (:
    You can't stop reading this story once you start
    September 14th, 2010 at 01:06pm
  • wicked ways

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    I love the layout.
    This is deifnitley something I would buy.
    It's creepy and chilling.
    Amazing job. <3
    September 12th, 2010 at 12:11am
  • winterfell.

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    I love the layout, and the summary is quite intriguing.
    I love the creepy, otherworldly feel that this story has to it, so much. You also portrayed Clare's fear wonderfully, as well as that trancey, sleepwalker feel. I'm really liking this so far, I'm loved to read more.
    September 11th, 2010 at 07:33pm
  • florence

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    I quite like this so far.

    The voices are mysteriously intruiging - enough to keep me captivated!

    Update soon, yes? I subscribed. <3
    September 11th, 2010 at 06:14pm
  • alexander bernadotte

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    First, I absolutely love the layout. It's so pretty and so is the picture (: Anyways, I loved all the emotions in this. You could really feel her fear; it was really, truly a scary thing to read. The voices creeped me out though o.O But overall, I really enjoyed reading this. Since it's the prologue, I'm guessing that it's a full story? It's really awesome so far! I'm definitely subbing <3
    Lovely job (:
    September 11th, 2010 at 01:17am