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Mid-book Checkpoint – 1/5
Repetition. Repetition. More repetition. Sprinkle in some vague moping. Nothing happens. Then Henry’s confession momentarily jolts the story back to life. Then comes the explanation. And oh boy. Turns out Henry’s tragic flaw is… he felt too much. His heart? Too big. His soul? Too tender for this cruel world. So naturally, he made a deal with the devil.
— Jun 25, 2025 02:37PM
Repetition. Repetition. More repetition. Sprinkle in some vague moping. Nothing happens. Then Henry’s confession momentarily jolts the story back to life. Then comes the explanation. And oh boy. Turns out Henry’s tragic flaw is… he felt too much. His heart? Too big. His soul? Too tender for this cruel world. So naturally, he made a deal with the devil.
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End-Book Checkpoint – 1/5
I started skimming after the first third, but stuck around just to see how ridiculous the ending might get and I was not disappointed. It’s impressive how a book with such a promising premise managed to say absolutely nothing.
The ending was laughably bad, the message shallow, and Addie? One of the most bland, entitled, and emotionally immature protagonists I’ve come across in a while.
— Jun 25, 2025 02:51PM
I started skimming after the first third, but stuck around just to see how ridiculous the ending might get and I was not disappointed. It’s impressive how a book with such a promising premise managed to say absolutely nothing.
The ending was laughably bad, the message shallow, and Addie? One of the most bland, entitled, and emotionally immature protagonists I’ve come across in a while.
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Finally, an Inciting incident (2/5)
If your inciting incident happens at page 180, your story has a pacing problem.
Addie meeting Henry finally shifts the story forward. But why did it take nearly a third of the book for something genuinely interesting to happen?
— Jun 25, 2025 02:20PM
If your inciting incident happens at page 180, your story has a pacing problem.
Addie meeting Henry finally shifts the story forward. But why did it take nearly a third of the book for something genuinely interesting to happen?
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100-Pages Checkpoint – Regress, Not Progress (1/5)
Repetition, repetition, repetition.
Yes, I understand the curse: people forget Addie the moment she’s out of sight. That was clear in chapter one. I didn’t need fifteen more examples driving the same point home with no added depth or variation.
The story isn’t developing - it’s looping. The book is regressing, not progressing.
— Jun 25, 2025 02:10PM
Repetition, repetition, repetition.
Yes, I understand the curse: people forget Addie the moment she’s out of sight. That was clear in chapter one. I didn’t need fifteen more examples driving the same point home with no added depth or variation.
The story isn’t developing - it’s looping. The book is regressing, not progressing.
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6-Chapter Checkpoint – Tripping Over Structure (2/5)
I think there’s an interesting story buried under a poorly chosen structure.
By this point, the momentum has completely stalled. We get two more retrospective chapters, and just when things almost start to get interesting again, we jump back to the present for another brief, uneventful slice of the MC’s life.
— Jun 25, 2025 09:38AM
I think there’s an interesting story buried under a poorly chosen structure.
By this point, the momentum has completely stalled. We get two more retrospective chapters, and just when things almost start to get interesting again, we jump back to the present for another brief, uneventful slice of the MC’s life.
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3-Chapter Checkpoint – Lost Momentum (2/5)
The first chapter introduces the protagonist’s curse and sets up a promising mystery. But instead of building on that momentum, the next chapters veer off into uninteresting tangents. It’s aiming to weave a story from present and past threads, but the transition comes too soon—before there’s any emotional connection/narrative hook. Without that anchor this feels chaotic.
— Jun 25, 2025 09:14AM
The first chapter introduces the protagonist’s curse and sets up a promising mystery. But instead of building on that momentum, the next chapters veer off into uninteresting tangents. It’s aiming to weave a story from present and past threads, but the transition comes too soon—before there’s any emotional connection/narrative hook. Without that anchor this feels chaotic.
