Critique of Losing Love, Love and Death, and The Necklace
The overall structure of Losing Love seems well thought out. The plot is well explained and the events happening are very clear and understandable. The author is more concerned about the inner thoughts and felling of the main hero rather than the actual events. The story is easy to follow, and in most moments the author gives quite enough information to communicate the main point. It may seem, however, that in the beginning of the story some details from the past are missing. The reader is immediately taken into the main character’s mind, without getting introduced to him and his story. The description in the story is well placed and sufficient. The reader is literally taken into the situation by interwoven details of Clinton’s and Katie’s looks, and the thoughts they produce.
We do not see much dialogue in the story.  It may seem that the author has purposefully omitted all dialogues in order to focus on the thoughts and feelings of Clinton. However, some additional dialogues may be very suitable. The reader does not see Clinton’s memories of Karli, or recent talks with Katie in dialogue forms, and that does not give an opportunity to form an opinion of these characters.  Also, the details of Katie’s looks and the pink notebook are presented in a very subjective negative manner.  It makes it very difficult for the reader to form an opinion about Katie as a personality.
The author creates an atmosphere of pain and suffering from love.  The ending releases the tension a bit by releasing the main character from the unwilled marriage, but the unhappy love in the story is not anyhow resolved, which gives a sense of incompleteness to the story.
The second story, Love and Death, is an exciting set of events.  It starts from expressing feelings of the main character, and ends with numerous events important to the plot.  Although the story is interesting, the numerous events following one another are quite confusing.  It is quite difficult for the reader to follow the plot because the situations interchange quickly.  It would be preferable for the events to have more descriptions and dialogues attached to each of them, because there are clearly not enough dialogues and descriptions for the readers to understand the plot, and the set of the events described.  The story of Homer and the ancient city of Troy is quite misleading and irrelevant to the plot.
The ending of the story is not very bright in the light of the previous events and details described.  The author has already given quite a lot of information about the character and her life, that the attention of the reader is already occupied.
The Neclace is very interesting to read and easy to follow.  The author starts up with introducing the main character with a good description of his looks and the situation he is currently in.  As the story goes on, the reader’s attention is constantly drawn to the new details appearing in the story.  Everything appears in right time with good description and transition from the previous detail.  The author gives quite enough information, and it is very easy and interesting for the reader to follow. The descriptions are present whenever necessary, but they seem not to have a good transition from the previous though reflected from the author.  The dialogues are in good timing and reflect realistic situations.  However, the main dialogue of Antonio with his wife seems a little irrelevant to the main course of events.
As the story goes on, the author step by step leads the reader to know the main details of the necklace. The events are well timed out and ordered.  However, Aunt Victoria, being one of the key figures in the story, does not get enough of the author’s attention.  The conversation with her should have been presented in a form of a dialogue rather than paraphrased.
In general, The Necklace is a very interesting story, a well-chosen plot.  It keeps the reader’s attention throughout the whole story and brings a very unexpected ending, which keeps the reader’s thought on itself even after the end.