 Evil Riggs 2007-06-25 . chapter 1ZOMG WTF!
Seriously, though. Chatspeak does not a story make. Though it harkens back to the old days of epistolary novels about hot and bothered women in petticoats, I generally find IM/chat room-based stories to be nigh insufferable. This . . . does not make me change my mind.
Sure, it has a few moments. But on the whole, it's like . . . reading an IM conversation. Funny or interesting or dramatic to an insider; tedious and trite to anyone unfamiliar with the internal dynamic.
What's more: No descriptions of anything outside the chat. No real character development. No imagery. No real plot. C'mon. Give me something that I can chew on. Anything. As is, this is the fictional equivalent of half-thawed chicken nuggets. |