 Gema227 7/12/08 . chapter 1Holy...*is speechless
This was...in one word because if you got me started, I would need a million, incredible. Everytime an author alert from you pops up in my inbox, I know that I can expect something spectacualar but this...this was mind blowing. Definatly your best work to date, seriously.
I love how you go backwards and then shift to the present at the very end. The dialouge and the prose is amazing. Props to you, deary, props to you. Definatly going on my favorites.
Gema |
 happyharper13 7/12/08 . chapter 1IX-awesome rhyming, and overall flow. It has a strong rhythm, which sets the tone and mood, as well as bringing a sense of the mysterious. The second to last sentence (especially "not caring anymore which one made things faster and which one made things slow, which one made him tiny or which one made him grow, which one made it sunny or which one made it snow, or which one made him invisible and which one made him glow. was interesting.-You also did a great job of establishing Greg's grief here.-Good motif with the sounds and whirring voices
VI and VII
The conversation with Sara was really sad, and just about made me cry. Poor Greg! You also did a good job of establishing what's been going on with Greg from an outside, more objective perspective so the audience understands how messed up he is at the time.
VI
This one sentence, "Life was but a dream to him now, but not the kind you spend on rowboats in the river" felt a bit cliched. Other than that, good scene. Good mystery element with the last line.
V
Wow. This really did make me cry. That was incredibly well-done and gut-wrenching.
IV-II
Excellent dialogue (which I know I can always expect from a WitchGirl fic). Good job establishing recurring ideas, with the 'best friends' stuff.
I-X
The conclusion was perfect, and it's interesting how you did it from his and Sara's perspectives. I especially thought it was interesting that you ended it with Sara's.
Will you write something happier soon though? I hate it when such well-written, excellent stories make me cry. At least something where Greg, Nick and Sara all live would be very amazing.
Anyways, great job. The story was very well-thought out, well-written and intelligent. Very ironic title too.
Again, very sad.
V
Wow. Really, really sad. |