November 3rd, 2015 at 04:04am
The tone is a little stiff and unnatural. Using contractions would help a lot. If you want to write in first person, I recommend spending some time figuring out how Max actually talks, both out loud and in his head. I also think the chapters are jarringly short.
Overall, I like it a lot, but it needs a little more flow and personality. =)
I do agree with the comment before me about the narration feeling stiff, though. It feels like Max is almost robotic, which makes it difficult to relate to the character, if that makes sense. You can tell that Max is protective over Tim because of the things he says, but he doesn't feel like he has a lot of emotion to him. Other than when he says he's angry or whatever.
The plot itself is really interesting and I like the characters, but adding a bit more personality to them and getting us to relate would just make it that much better!