Why I Wear This Jacket · 8:06am Mar 7th, 2017
So I finally read something other than Utaan, and if you don't know what story that is, then I recommend you start with Austraeoh. Trust me, you'll love it. Anyway, I'm not sure how exactly to go about a proper review because it's been way too long. I'm also a pinch lazy and a dash tired since it's late, so I'll just summarize it and give some thoughts.
I read Why I Wear This Jacket, a recently featured story by GaraTheAuthor. I saw it and thought it was going to be deeper than it was, but I think that's why I liked it so much.
Summary: It's very short, sweet, and to the point. Girls have a sleep over, and Rarity assumes Sunset's taste in movies. When Sunset says she's wrong about not only that but Sunset's ability to fight, she asks why Rarity thinks all these things, and Rarity admits that it is because of her leather jacket. Everyone else also nods to this, and Sunset then proceeds to admit she chose the leather jacket because it looks cool, noting towards the end of her conversation that Kill Bill was her inspiration.
Thoughts: All in all, it wasn't that bad of a story, and I recommend the short read to anyone. However, I felt that the delivery was a little awkward and contrived when Rarity asked about how Sunset liked boxing. That killed the revelation for me, but I loved Sunset's reaction to it. The story is far too short for me to really say much else. It did what it was set out to do.
Check it out and tell me what you guys think!
Interesting... I'll be back. I am going to go read it.
Now that I've read it. It is hard to say too much about this, if it were longer and better executed than there would be much more to say about it; but for how it is now I think it did alright. And I will agree with you; "it did what it set out for." I'm glad you suggested it; I was curious as to whether I should read it, seeing it around slowly enkindled
(Dark Souls comes to mind)my curiosity, and here you are talking about it.4518087
Yeah, I thought that it was a fluffy one shot and nothing much else. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but that also limits what I can say about it. I hope it can pick up some more stories and write a few more reviews. I've fallen waaaaay behind.
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I know all about falling behind, it was the reason I had to take a one month break from reviewing; but I should be top of the order and can meet my scheduled releases. I plan on looking at your stories... sometime to see if I should follow you, the alternative is talking with you frequently... but that feels a little like cheating.
And yes, small 1k stories are only limiting their potential, if they were longer they would end up being better, in most cases not all. Anyway, good readings to you, have a good day. ^^