Reviews for Time to Choose

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Kat The Queen Goddess of Ic... 2005-10-04 ch 3, anon.	abuseif you ever need any names that are diffrent just email me and i'll give you some name hunting is one of my hobbies
anonomous 2005-03-30 ch 10, anon.	abusestupid ending but great story
Dearlady2002 2005-02-09 ch 10,	abuseWritten in reply to Toshihiko1's review Sarah's decision either way is a losing battle for her and her family. End of story. I wasn't trying to glorify it, just make the reader realize that Sarah thought it was the right choice at the time. Her decision is further explained in the sequel to Time To Choose, called The Red Book. The logic isn't going to make sense until you find that part and read it.
Toshihiko1 2005-02-09 ch 10,	abuseI'll admit I was vaguely disturbed that you glorified Sarah's decision to stay with Jareth. Initially, the offer was thus: Leave and die, keeping the lives of your loved ones intact...or stay and live, obliterating the lives of your loved ones. Morally, leaving would have been the obvious choice. Sarah was old. She'd lived a good life, leaving behind a stable family and few regrets. Her daughter and grandchild were still young, with a lot ahead of them. Kill them? Erase them? So an old woman could gain immortality? Jareth complicated things when he also offered her love. Leaving would mean destroying his heart. Staying would still mean destroying her children. ...Their loves, their lives. Was her love more important than thiers? She noted that either way, she would lose them...what kind of selfish logic is that? Her death wouldn't mean their disappearance. I can't imagine my grandmother making a similar choice. Her final decision, even with the realization of love, seemed out of character. ...Again, though, the thing that troubled me most was that the choice she made was portrayed as the right one. You give an explanation of why the choice was noble, clarifying that her intentions are pure. It worries me a tad.
Indigo Spirit 2004-10-05 ch 10,	abuseI really love this story. I think it is so well written and easy to like. I love how every thing is turing out. I will review the sequel sometime this week. Really great story!
Labyris 2003-07-02 ch 10,	abuseSo good and I'm glad to know that your writing a sequel.
The Anti-social Squirrel 2003-04-05 ch 10,	abuseGood ending! It's still sad Sarah died, but I guess if every fic was And They Lived Happily Ever After, it would get boring, eh? :p ~Anti
The Crazy Cricket 2003-03-27 ch 10,	abuseHey, that wasn't bad. Just fine if you ask me. I liked the ending. ^_^ Good job!
Gryffindorscholar 2003-03-27 ch 10,	abuseThis was really good! I'm glad that you were true to your idea, and didn't just make another generic J/S.
letylyf 2003-03-26 ch 10,	abuseI like this story. I LOVED the ending of CH 9. But I wish you had left it there. Ch 10 really just detracted from the wonderful atmosphere you created. The story would have been much more effective if you'd left out the note of hope at the end. Otherwise, very well done. I liked it, I enjoyed reading it. I'll just pretend that it ended at ch 9, and I'll be v enthusiastic :D
Queen's Own Fool 2003-03-26 ch 10,	abuseWah! sniffle sniffle That's so sad! cry some more Oh well. That's the way life is, cruel. That was a brilliant story(even though I'm unhappy that Sarah sniffle died).
Solea 2003-03-26 ch 10,	abuseWell, I've been reading your story right along because you started out with such an excellent and interesting premise. I imagine you've taken a fair amount of flack here and there for your ending since J&S don't end up a couple. I'm going to give you my impressions and please don't take any of this as a "flame". You're obviously quite creative (something lacking in a lot of "Laby" fiction out there) and I think you were going for something original and so I applaud you for that. It's one of the things that kept me reading until the end. Your last few chapters were a bit "Whoa! Skrech! (as in brakes) for me because your characterizations didn't seem to line up. It didn't make any sense for me that Sarah was willing to sacrifice the lives of her own children and live with an illusion. The whole "coming of age" story in the film is about a young woman who chooses the reality of her love for her brother over the illusions of her dreams. It surprised me that you wrote a Sarah who thought only about herself in that she had already "experienced" her life with her children and could therefore pass it up and live with an illusion. Jareth was in character until the last chapter. He seems to recover awfully quickly from her death for a guy who had loved her through so many years. So, there you have it. My honest opinion. Please take it as well meant because I am certainly eager to read whatever you come up with next. Like I said, I do applaud your creativity and your commitment to an ending that might not have been the usual crowd-pleaser. I do think you have potential. :) I just know that I have appreciated the honest reviews that I have received from people letting me know what they liked but also what they didn't understand or what wasn't working for them. Hope my comments are useful to you and I'll keep my eyes open for your next fic. Solea
Kryptonite 2003-03-26 ch 10,	abuseI loved the ending. Hopefully, he'll get his heir and everyone will be happy. Good job. smiles crookedly I liked it.
alorindanya 2003-03-25 ch 10,	abuseI guess what I dont understand of the entire story is WHY Sarah would loose all of her life past 25 in the first place. Was, once she was youn again, she going to loose her memories of them, and thus it not matter if they existed or not? Other than that, I find no fault with it. It was a good plot twist to have Sarah actually go. Not many take that route. Now I'm just curious as to if Jareth's intention is to have one of them take the place of Sarah (as far as romantically) or if he is just wanting to watch over them and learn more about Sarah/find her through watching them.
alorindanya 2003-03-25 ch 9,	abuseOH MY GOD! You love Evanescence to? I am SO inspired by them in my fanfics, even though I dont mention them. Anyway, "My Last Breath" was a great choice. I had never 'heard' the words that way before, but that was just perfection.

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