Reviews for Bright Lights and Soda Fountains

Reviews For: Bright Lights and Soda Fountains

Love and Rock Music 2007-12-15 ch 1,	abuseThis is the most amazing Susan fic I've ever read. Seriously. Everything is wonderfully done. I. . . I can't even think how to praise it. (And I very rarely suffer from lack of words.) It's just so. . . right. Every action, thought - Susan's reasoning and justification, the way she falls into her "new world" - it's perfect. I love it. And the closing line, "She puts on lipstick to give her face some much-needed colour, and the red is vivid against her pale skin." Fabulous. This was a beautiful story.
Katherine4 2006-01-10 ch 1,	abuseThat was BEAUTIFUL. V bittersweet. sobs It broke my heart a little. sniff I loved your exploration of Susan's feelings... it was completely mesmerising. hearts madly
scullymulder 2005-12-30 ch 1,	abuseOh...that was so sad...Insanely sad, really, but I loved it anyway.
Hiro-tyre 2005-12-21 ch 1,	abuseBrilliant. I've never seen a better rended explanation of Susan's fall. Even encorporates all of the fuss about lipstick. How can this get better?
Fuchsia 2005-12-17 ch 1, anon.	abusePainful. Susan, I mean, not the writing. Tear-and-sigh-worthy. Presumably, just as you intended. And yet, thank you too for offerign a different perspective. I always thought Susan was just being daft, that she'd gone all grown-up because she was trying to be sophisticated and impress people. but actually, you're right, it could be because she was trying to forget the sadness of the fact that she'd never get back to Narnia. I expect it was a test. I expect Aslan told her she would not be coming back as a kind of Test, to see whether she would still be loyal to the memories. Peter passed, and she didn't. I see now. sigh Oh my...
Moonlight Enchantments 2005-12-17 ch 1,	abuseThat is sad... I... I never really liked Susan to tell you the truth, especially from the Last Bttle, but this makes it make a little sense! Thanks1
anon. 2005-12-14 ch 1, anon.	abuseJust beautiful. So many stories about Susan's 'fall from grace' make her seem so shallow and foolish, but this captured it very realistically. Really excellently done. :) Thanks for sharing.
Ms. Grant 2005-12-13 ch 1, anon.	abuseI loved this. To be honest I never really spared a thought for Susan after it was all over, you did really well. Well thought out and well written. yay you!
Morohtar 2005-12-13 ch 1,	abuseI like it a great deal - I always find Susan's "fall" to be one of the more disappointing elements in Narnia; not disappointing because it is inappropriate (you can see it coming from LLW if you look hard enough), but disappointing because she so easily could have been so much more . . . it makes me very sad, sometimes :( But, this story is excellent! It is a lovely treatment of the subject and draws on all the elements that are present in Lewis' novels and brings them together to a single place. I think that some sort of sequel is needed - a story of what happens after this. Surely, surely . . . surely something could happen to bring Susan back to where she was before?
Skybright Daye 2005-12-13 ch 1,	abuseDeeply, painfully true-to-character and beautiful. You have me choked up with this wonderful piece of writing. I love your insight into Susan's original descent into "parties and lipstick" -- it's just her attempt to regain her royalty. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
sgater926 2005-12-13 ch 1,	abuseWow. Very impressive. I love the Narnia series but the bit about Susan has always bothered me. You wrote this beautifully, really bringing out everyone's emotions. It was very vivid and I could see everything playing out in my head. I love it when I can get lost in a story. It usually doesn't happen when it's this short, so bravo! You've now put me in the mood to go refresh my memory on some of the things that are fuzzier than they should be. Keep up the good work!
BookWorm37 2005-12-13 ch 1,	abuseWow. This is really good. I never really thought about Narnia fanfiction before, so this is my first one in this genre and it's really good. I love how you portray the betrayal Susan is feeling at the time. Write more soon, please.
Queen of the Badgers 2005-12-13 ch 1,	abuseOhh...poor Susan. This story was very well-written, the way you described America is just what it would have seemed like to someone like Susan, somebody who just wants to fit in and be adored. The line that really stood out for me was 'they wear real nylon stockings - no gravy granules and penciled seams for them' for some reason. It must have been awful to have had to draw seams with pencil up your legs to give the appearance to having tights on. Hm. I really like this story, Lucy and Peter's feelings are also brought into it, not just Susan's, and it's all been written so that it flows, very smoothly. Well done! QoB
Alia G. L 2005-12-13 ch 1,	abuseI've always wondered about Susan. What could have possibly made her deny Narnia? This was really good. You gave some good reasons as to why she'd deny it all. I liked it a lot.

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