Aww... this was really kind of heartbreaking! But also a very realistic view on how Juliet would really act and feel if she'd ever gotten off the Island, I think.

I don't think your Juliet is really OOC at all, especially post-S3 Juliet! It is so tragic to think that she did everything to get off the Island to reunite with Rachel, all those terrible things, only to realise that in the end she lost herself in the process and changed so much that Rachel wouldn't recognize her.

Her guilt for all the things that she's done really shines through in this story. I love how you portrayed her motives and her emotions and, although it shattered my heart, how she applied what she'd learned from her relationship with her sister to Kate and ended up leaving her. Juliet really is that kind of, I guess you could say self-destructively selfless person to think people would be better off without her.

What I've always loved about Juliet is how complex she is and I love that you write her as complex and still so comprehensible, if that makes any sense!

It's always a joy to read your stories!

P.S.: My skin is a great song to write Julet fics to ;D

Oh god... How do you do it? This story made me want to cry and I hardly ever cry while reading something and certainly not fanfics. "Perhaps it's simply too late. There is no way back to the person she used to be. There is no way back to Rachel." The self hatred that she feels for the things she's done on the island. I don't know but I'd think it far more realistic than the idea that Juliet just moves on, unaffected by the things she's seen, the things she's had her hand in during her time there. II much prefer this version than the though that she'd just shrug it off and go on with her life as if nothing had happened. It's still sad though. How it has completely obliterated her image of herself as the compassionate doctor that helps people...

"And maybe Kate never got what she wanted. Just like with her mother, maybe Kate only got herself hurt all over again. But at least Kate won't be walking around for the rest of her life wondering "what if?" - I loved this part. I have simply never thought of Kate in this way and you know how much I think about Kate. I love the fact that Juliet sees her as brave in this fic, because I always write her as a coward, and come to think of it...you are right. She is absolutely not a coward.

And oh crap...that ending Carly... just too much for me. I better stop now. It's too beautiful.