Review Rant.

[annilaia]

 This is an entry I've been meaning to make for quite some time.

It's for a little, addictive thing I like to call; reviews.

I will be using examples from my own stories, just to give you an idea, but I want to address what makes me angry about the entire reviewing system.

Firstly, I think it's absolutely ridiculous when I see people begging for

Comments

Heyy!

[anonymous]

I completely agree with what you're saying here. I mean, a review is perfect if it is an honest compliment, suggestion, constructive criticism, or something, but when they're pointless it bugs me. Seriously, one review I had just said "gd fic". Not kidding. Cause cutting out two letters saves so much time. :)

Also, it drives me nuts when people don't take two seconds to write properly. "OMG, dis is lyk soooo gr8" is probably harder to type like that than it is normally and is definitely more irritating to decipher. A quote I read the other day (I'm not sure where it's from) "You very well may 'pwn' but at least I own you in proper English. Who's the noob now?" :)

I just read half of "Across the Ocean" and followed you here. I'll read the rest tomorrow, after my exam, which I should probably be working on, but... it's boring.

Bye!

Proper review as of chapter 8 of Across the Ocean:
I really enjoy this fic so far. I'm not a fan of the all human stories as much, and this is the first I've read where the characters actually work in this form, as opposed to just being really weird humans with vampire personality qualities. Having them older too makes this more plausible, and more realistic somehow - a mature story that seems more deep than a teenage romance.

I also love the idea of not falling in love at first sight, but there actually being a friendship first. It's really sweet, and I am hoping he proposes to her soon, though I'm thinking Emmett might beat him to it...

The only thing I would suggest (though I realise you've probably finished this story already, in which case, never mind!) is minor continuity issues between chapters, like Bella fell asleep wearing shorts and woke wearing long pants. It's not major or obvious, just slightly odd when noticed. Your writing style is amazing though, and trust me, I've seen stuff like this in actual books (which really does bug me, I mean, they have paid editors!) :)

Soo, I'll read the rest soon, and review you again then (if I have anything to say, though I probably will, I'm too talkative). Good luck with your writing!

Jaz