Novel
Barbie Dreamscapes is a Disappointment
A Barbie novel is a wonderful project for someone to uptake, this one however is a huge flop. It is painful to see the doll company I have loved hire someone to write a complete disgrace to Barbie. The book even starts about the author bragging about being the first to write a Barbie book. There are hundreds of Barbie books and writings, plus anyone with the pleasure of being handed the project by the actual company would be humble. The woman who wrote the Dreamscapes book is most definitely not that way.
By Seashell Harpspring 7 days ago in Critique
The Devil's Overpraised Carnival: Why THE MASTER AND MARGARITA Does Not Quite Earn Its Halo
There are books whose fame resembles a fine patina: time deepens the color, clarifies the grain, and makes the object beneath it more beautiful. There are others upon which fame settles like theatrical gilt, thickening year by year until one hesitates to tap the surface for fear of discovering plaster. Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita belongs, I suspect, rather more to the second category.
By ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR2 months ago in Critique
Jack Kerouac raked my brain. Winner in The Most Overrated Challenge. Top Story - August 2026.
When I was about seventeen, I had a phase. It was a kind of hippie-rock'n'roll phase, although calling it a phase now makes it sound much more serious than it actually was. I was living with my grandmother's sister, who had been a hippie herself, or as close as anyone could get to being one in communist Hungary.
By Imola TĂłth2 months ago in Critique
The Seduction of Surrender in Twilight
At first glance, the Twilight series appears to offer many readers a compelling fantasy of desire, protection, and romantic closeness. Yet it is precisely the force of that fantasy that makes the novel's ideological implications so troubling. Edward's habit of watching Bella while she sleeps, following her movements, and making decisions about her safety is repeatedly framed as romantic protection rather than invasive control. In doing so, Twilight does not merely depict surveillance, control, and female submission; it reframes these dynamics as evidence of devotion, obscuring the signs of an unequal and potentially harmful relationship.
By Sarah Xenos2 months ago in Critique
The Vampire Who Had Everything Except a Personality
There are books people love because they are beautifully written. There are books people love because they tell a story they needed at exactly the right moment. Then there are books that become cultural events so enormous that questioning their greatness begins to feel vaguely impolite. Twilight belongs to that last category.
By Nolan Reed2 months ago in Critique
I've written a novella!
I've accidentally written a novella. Let me explain. I wanted to write a serialised story. Vocal lends itself to this very well with the way that you can publish instantaneously and my idea was to write a seven part story, releasing a new part every day over a week so that there was no delay between chapters and the momentum was always there. It seemed like a good length.
By Rachel Deeming2 months ago in Critique
