Reviewer: ReclaimerChief17 Signed 
Date: January 28 2024
Title: Chapter 1: Callie vs. the Minimalist Mini
Hi! Just wanted to thank you so much for your lengthy review to our story Divinity Lost. The fact that you took the time to write all that means SO much to us, especially me haha. I always get motivated by these kinds of comments. So thanks again! Hope you like today’s chapter on Melissa.
In return when I realized you had a story cookin, I just had to check it out.
Gotta say these 10k words flew by because the story so far for a chapter 1 was just so intriguing. The dynamics between our two main characters already got me hooked despite just being introduced to them, that’s when you know you did a great job with the writing.
Callie is just so relatable and instantly likable, you feel for her and want her life to improve. And with Duncan you have so many questions like why he shrunk, why his clothes shrunk and of course, he’s clearly been through some shit both with nature and the squirrel and with people overall. It’s interesting that Duncan, despite having bad history with female giants in particular, sees Callie as someone different like he feels this experience won’t be like the others. I look forward to seeing how this pans out.
In terms of the worldbuilding, what can I say? It’s just well crafted and the story feels “alive” with the level of detailing you provided. I look forward to future chapters! Hopefully we don’t have to wait too long for chapter 2 ;)
Author's Response: Hey Chief!
Yeah, Divinity Lost has been incredible so far, and with the incredible level of thought and detail you guys put into it, I pretty much had to babble on about it for a while. I also checked out that new Melissa chapter (and some of the reviews; man, people do not like Melissa) and it was phenomenal. I've got a lot of thoughts on it myself, but I think I might be able to knock out the next chapter of this one in the next couple of days, so I'm going to focus on that before I get a chance to clutter your reviews again. I will say that I feel like I learned a lot about Melissa, and I also had some interesting comparative thoughts between real-life religion and how the god of gods does things.
As for your thoughts on this story, I'm thrilled that multiple people have said the 10k words went by quick. I thought a wordy chapter like that might drag people down. Also, the next chapter is looking to be about the same length (I'm at about 7,500 words right now), so hopefully it reads as smoothly as this first chapter.
It's good to hear that you're into our two main characters so far, and I particularly like how you're feeling about Callie right now. That should hopefully make this next chapter have a real impact on you. As for Duncan's trust in her, I'm hoping I conveyed well enough the combination of cautious observation and Callie going out of her way to earn that trust for that to make sense. I'm a big believer in being able to bond with people not just over time but based on actions as well, so ideally I've shown that Callie has handled things a lot differently than Kristie and Natasha (even if things did start not so bad with her).
I will say that it's going to be a while before we get too deep into the mystery of why Duncan shrank, but we'll get there. And one thing that I do find kind of funny is the amount of people drawing attention to his clothes shrinking with him. That's not to say it isn't a good observation (it is), but it makes me think about how the majority of shrinking stories on this site focus on shrinking out of clothes. I just picture a bunch of people reading that part and going, "Wait, what? His clothes weren't supposed to shrink, too!"
And you saying that my story "feels alive" may be my favorite compliment on this story. I sometimes wonder if I focus too much on smaller details, so reading this was extremely rewarding. So thanks for that!
