Story 1: Ramayana Battles: The Trials of the Four Warriors
I am not familiar with this topic at all, however, the title does a good job of alerting me to the topic. The introduction was somewhat engaging. I liked the author's note at the bottom explaining some of their creative choices and how their story differed from the original. The layout didn't really bring add anything to the introduction. I did like that they split one character into multiple. I feel like that extra step makes it seem more like a new story than simply a retelling. I really like having the navigation to the side of the page. It narrows the text space, making it more like a page in the book. It also eliminates a large amount of blank space to the sides of the text. I also felt like the title/background images helped to set the mood of the piece. They also help you visualize the characters as they are pictures of them.
Story 2: Indian Horror
I am not familiar with the topics. The title did a good job of letting me know the genre of the stories but not the actual content of the stories. The introduction does a much better job of explaining the actual content of the stories. I like that it acts as a preface to a historical book. It helps make the stories feel more real. I really like the journal entry design of the stories. I dislike having the navigation at the top, it leaves a lot of extra space on the sides. I think they should've tried to use different images at the top instead of using the same one pictured below.
Story 3: The Northern Mists
I am not at all familiar with the story, and the title doesn't do that great of a job at showing what the story was about. However, the introduction does a great job of setting up the stories. I really liked the almost Viking-legend style it was written in. (I have no idea if Viking legends were actually written like this, but that's what it reminded me of). I think it does a good job of setting up the mood of the stories. Again, I like the author's note at the bottom to give some perspective on the author's choices. I like the navigation to the side, but I do feel they could have made better use of blank side space. It just makes the page feel empty.
I am not familiar with this topic at all, however, the title does a good job of alerting me to the topic. The introduction was somewhat engaging. I liked the author's note at the bottom explaining some of their creative choices and how their story differed from the original. The layout didn't really bring add anything to the introduction. I did like that they split one character into multiple. I feel like that extra step makes it seem more like a new story than simply a retelling. I really like having the navigation to the side of the page. It narrows the text space, making it more like a page in the book. It also eliminates a large amount of blank space to the sides of the text. I also felt like the title/background images helped to set the mood of the piece. They also help you visualize the characters as they are pictures of them.
Story 2: Indian Horror
I am not familiar with the topics. The title did a good job of letting me know the genre of the stories but not the actual content of the stories. The introduction does a much better job of explaining the actual content of the stories. I like that it acts as a preface to a historical book. It helps make the stories feel more real. I really like the journal entry design of the stories. I dislike having the navigation at the top, it leaves a lot of extra space on the sides. I think they should've tried to use different images at the top instead of using the same one pictured below.
Image of a Journal used as the Title/Background Image for Each Story
Courtesy of Wikimedia
Story 3: The Northern Mists
I am not at all familiar with the story, and the title doesn't do that great of a job at showing what the story was about. However, the introduction does a great job of setting up the stories. I really liked the almost Viking-legend style it was written in. (I have no idea if Viking legends were actually written like this, but that's what it reminded me of). I think it does a good job of setting up the mood of the stories. Again, I like the author's note at the bottom to give some perspective on the author's choices. I like the navigation to the side, but I do feel they could have made better use of blank side space. It just makes the page feel empty.
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