Review
Author: Lark
Noah
Description:
“My name is Michael Clayton. And I was kidnapped.” What will you do? Each
choice matters. Save his life. Or kill him.
Ok, so Himawari’s been saving the
day in this great thriller full of life or death decisions (ok, I admit that I
may have made some more…foolish decisions from time to time). You’re free to
design your own character and then you start playing as a 911-dispatcher. You
get a call from someone called Michael Clayton and this call turns your whole
life upside down! Not only is Michael kidnapped and the call untraceable, the
kidnapper even seems to know pretty much everything about you, including your
mobile phone number. Being stalked and given assignments by the kidnapper, will
you be able to save Michael and catch the culprit?
First of all, I’d like to give a
round of applause to this author. The story is great, the choices are
meaningful and the directing is nearly perfect. It’s a great thriller and as a
reader the choices given really make you feel the suspense even more and it
gets you even more engrossed into the story. I can barely find anything that
needs improvement, I only noticed that from time to time the speechbubbles
aren’t really neatly placed, but it is not disturbing and the tails do point
the right directions.
Originality
1.
911: Call me if you can: Being the only thriller amongst a
lot of dramatic and/or romantic stories, already speaks for itself a bit, but
aside from that this story has quite some original perks. Take the system of
choices with serious consequences for example. These are some hard
life-or-death-decisions you make! Plus, I love how this story makes one reflect
on their opinion about cops/911 dispatchers. I know I won’t be as quick to
judge next time I see a cop do something “foolish”, I mean: in this story I got
knocked out by a kidnapper because I stubbornly went to a meeting place all
alone instead of getting my cop friend to come with me.
Directing
2. 911: Call Me
If You Can: First of all, compliments on the many choices directing
throughout the story! I know it can be tough trying to implement them and
-depending on the system used- sometimes making them work correctly at all. But
the choices aren’t the only good directing in this story. There’s also a decent
use of background characters, overlays, zooming and sound to keep the story
dynamic. Overall this author’s done a great job on this department, though I do
believe it does still somewhat lack in creativity when compared to the way
Changed was directed and therefore this story earned its second place.
Creativity
2.
911: Call Me If You Can: Barely using the narrator and
telling pretty much everything from a first-person’s perspective requires quite
some skill, I believe. Also, I love the creative way of including pictures in
the picture frames and the blood-stain overlays to make the investigation feel
even more real. The cover art is very neat as well: it fits the genre and is a
very good representation of what the story is about.
Up for some great suspense and
case-solving? Read this story if you can and don’t forget to recommend it if
you liked it 😊!
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