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Review of PURE WATER  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was a beautiful poem, I like the structure of it and the topic.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I'm glad you mentioned what kind of a sonnet this is, most people don't take the time to share information like this, but I think it helps and enlightens the reader.


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Review of Dog  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: I like poems that tell a cohesive story, and you've done an exceptional job of accomplishing that with this storoem. You've managed to weave a story that engages the reader and generates emotions, I felt myself rooting for the dog during the fire scene.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I like the theme of this story, that the dog was sent by heaven.


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Review of Love Like That  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was an interesting love poem, looking at various people who are in love. I stayed interested through each example, this was well-written.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical erors of any kind.

What I liked: I enjoyed the contrast between the young couple who were recently married, and the older couple who had been married a long time.


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | N/A (Review only item.)
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Plot and Content: I liked the theme of this piece, Christmas is a good subject to write about. I think you chose a unique perspective to write about how the animals react to Christmas, I've never seen it done this way before.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the theme and I also liked the illustrations that accompanied the text.


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Review of Bella  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Plot and Content: This was an endearing account of your relationship with your service animal. You must have a lot of love for this dog.

Errors/Suggestions: I saw no technical errors of any kind, but I'm curious about what disability you have that requires you to need the skills of a service dog.

What I liked: I like how personal this account is, it sounds like you really love this dog!


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Review of Success  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was a 55-word story written for a contest, and the thing that struck me was how difficult it is to write shorter stories, and the skill with which this story was written. I've tried writing 55 word stories before for a writing contest in San Luis Obispo, and I found it very hard. Congratulations for writing a story with s setting, a plot, and a conclusion with so few words.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked how you were able to show a plot and a conclusion with so few words!


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Review of Poor Poet  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was an interesting story of people in a rural area and a child's lost animal that had been assumed to be lost forever. These people were interesting and their situation had me interested enough in them to keep reading to find out more.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I really liked the surprise happy ending! I'm glad Poor Poet was okay!


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: I usually have trouble interpreting poetry, but this poem of yours was easy for me to comprehend, and I loved it. You brought up great points about life and the universe.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I enjoyed the examples you used in this poem, I was able to visualize the things you wrote about.


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was a well-written horror story, it has a good Halloween vibe to it. I thought it was interesting that the mother was able to sense the evil being in her child's room, that made this seem more plausible to me for some reason. Women seem to have an intuitive sense for those kinds of things.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the surprise ending, I never would've thought that the boy wasn't as innocent as he seemed.


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E
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Plot and Content: This was an imaginative work of fiction, but I couldn't tell if you were talking about people metaphorically, or anthropomorphic animals.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors, but you might want to give credit to the artist who made those animated dancing chicks, or mention what website you got them from or who supplied them. As an artist, that information is important to me, and I'm sure it would be important to others, too.

What I liked: I really liked the animated images of the dancing chicks.


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Review of Zen Garden  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This poem made me visualize a peaceful place, the garden you described sounded beautiful. I've heard of feng shui, I didn't realize it could apply to a garden.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the overall composition and the scene I was able to visualize in my mind from reading this. I would sure love to visit this garden you described!


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Review of Berserk  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was an interesting tale made more realistic by showing us what a day in the life of a clown really is like, including how stressful it can be. This was a very creative story!

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the surprise ending, where it all turned out to be the clown's imagination.


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Review of Covered Trails  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: I like love poems about destiny, and yours was well-written and the cadence flowed well. Rhyming poems and love poems are my favorite types of poems, and you have those bases covered with this piece. You did a good job of conveying your love for the person you wrote about, and you did a good job of delivering your message to your readers.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I like love poems about destiny, the topic and theme of this poem were well chosen!


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Review of Your Today  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was an interesting poem, I'm sure all of us have thought of changing the past at one time or another, I know I have. You did a good job of dealing with this issue, I think this was a well-written poem with an interesting theme.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the theme or "message" of this poem, that we must not dwell on re-living the past and sieze hold of the present.


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Review of Jesus  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was an interesting approach to a poem, by patterning it after a song. I like the theme of the poem, I liked the cadence and the lyrics made it seem like a real song.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the fact that at the end of the poem you told us what song inspired this poem, it helps the readers to understand the poem a little better.


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Review of True Friends  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Plot and Content: I found this item by using the dice on the left side of the screen, the Simply Positive group normally has five items to review each week, but two of them are set to private, so I chose to review your poem instead. Poems aren't my strong point, so bear with me; I'm not a poet so I have difficulty interpreting poetry. From what I can gather, this was a nice poem about hospitality among guests and friends who are at someone's house. You used symbolism in this poem that I was unsure of; you spoke of others sitting on a throne, I was unsure what you meant by that. The overall theme seemed to be that you would show others kindness even when they don't show kindness to you.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind. As a suggestion, you mentioned a mouse at one point, and it seemed that this word was inserted because it rhymed, but I couldn't see how it related to the rest of the poem. My advice would be to re-write that section of the poem and use a different word that is more relevant to the rest of the poem. I hope you don't think I'm being too hard on you, I liked your poem overall, I'm just picking out minor things I had a problem with.

What I liked: This poem had a nice cadence, it had the right feel for a poem. I liked the theme of showing kindness when you can't expect it in return.


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Plot and Content: You wrote an honest introduction that was to the point, and I think you got your point across. Honesty is a good thing to have with your readers if you want to cultivate a following behind your writing.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind, but a suggestion would be to go into more detail about your other account. Have you lost track of your other account, and you need someone to help you find it? Or do you know of your other account, and you are having a contest to see who can find it first? You need to make that more clear, because the way you've written it, either scenario could be a possibility. Let me remind you that you can only have one account here at Writing.com unless you pay to have an authorized secondary account.

What I liked: I liked your honesty and sincerity, though you are young you took an assertive approach to introducing yourself to your readers.


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Review of Mystery Meat  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was an intereting post-apocolyptic story of survival after a nuclear war. It was vivid and realistic, and frightening. I think you did a good job of describing your world, and the repitition technique you used added to the composition in a complementary way.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the chilling surprise ending.


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: You made a valid point here, if people review and point out the negative qualities without pointing out any of the positive attributes, then that is just mean and inappropriate.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I like how you took your anger and channeled it constructively to write this poem.


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was interesting and dealt with a serious issue, child labor was a real problem at the turn of the 20th century.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind, but a suggestion would be to provide a link at the bottom of the page telling readers more about the time and setting of this piece.

What I liked: I liked the fact that you described briefly what this story was about.


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Review of Heartbeat  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: Love poems are my favorite, and you did an outstanding job using metaphors to describe true love. I hope you were writing about a real person, because you showed a lot of passion.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the variety of metaphors you used to describe love, you kept it interesting! I also like the image that accompanied the text, I feel it added to the composition.


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (5.0)
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Plot and Content: This was an interesting account of the weather from your own personal experience. With the numbers laid out like that in sequence of triple digit heat, it really brings it home that our world may be getting hotter.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I like your dig at Rush Limbaugh, as a democrat I rarely agree with him, and I like the fact that you're spreading awareness of global climate change.


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Review of Empty Tracks  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Plot and Content: This was certainly an interesting poem, you did a good job of expressing your emotions about the subject of the poem.

Errors/Suggestions: Although this poem rhymed, it seemed to me that the cadence was a little forced in certain places, like you were trying to fit too many or not enough syllables into certain lines.

What I liked: I liked the theme of this poem, it was sad reading about you lamenting the loss of something you loved.



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Review of Dear Gretel  
Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Plot and Content: This was an interesting concept, pulling a fairy tale character into the modern world. The emotions of Hansel seem genuine, given his extraordinary circumstances.

Errors/Suggestions: In the fourth paragraph, I found this error: I can’t let this little thing holds me back. The word "holds" should not have an "s" at the end.

Also in paragraph four, I found this: every night, they baths with yellow streetlight. I think this would sound better: "Every night, they bathe with yellow streetlight."

Also, this isn't an error, but a suggestion: I was left wondering how Hansel got to another world, and I was wondering if there was a backstory behind this. I think you should have a link at the bottom of the page taking readers to a place where more information is given about how Hansel ended up in the modern world.

What I liked: I liked the fantasy element of this piece, and I thought the concept was interesting, to bring a fairy tale character into the modern world.


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Review by Riverd0g
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Rated: E
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Plot and Content: This was an interesting poem about dealing with a family member who has bi-polar disorder. I myself have been diagnosed with a mental illness, so this hits close to home for me. You described your daughter's mood swings with clarity and detail, and your emotional reaction to them.

Errors/Suggestions: I didn't spot any technical errors of any kind.

What I liked: I liked the fact that you chose to deal with mental illness, and I enjoyed your personal perspective on the issue. It is good for more people to be made aware of mentall illness, because it is more common than people realize.
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