Peer Review 3

Victoria Martin: https://victoriamartin.art.blog/2020/04/22/letter-to-louisa/

Hi Victoria, Wow! I have read through many letters to Louisa and yours sticks out to me by far. Immediately I am drawn into your blog with your use of the question “have you noticed the moon tonight”? Straight away I am catapulted into the peaceful tone that your letter proceeds to maintain throughout its entirety and this is exactly the kind of comfort that Louisa would have needed. I love how you have taken the approach of wanting to distract Louisa instead of reminding her of her troubles. You cleverly achieved this through cosmic questions; forcing Louisa to step way beyond the things that are in front of her. I love the imagery that you have utilised to do this, especially the concept of the goddesses dancing around the spinning planets. To me this brings an almost dream-like presence to your blog, further accentuating its peaceful tone. Your use of verbs throughout to draw in the reader are also extremely alluring. I found myself fixated on the words “detangle”, “squint”, “spinning” and “dare”, allowing me to be thrown into the rhythm of your blog. I like how at the end you have subtly captured some of the context of the Victorian Era through your reference of “facts” and “systems”, however, I would have loved to have seen you subtly contextualise a little more throughout to further link your letter to the novel and perhaps make your blog ever longer. Other than that, this is an amazing and very creative blog. Keep up the good work!