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kimberly_rose
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I 100% see the MC as the huge, laid back Lawrence--personality and appearance--from the film Office Space. (The actor, Diedrich Bader, is damn alluring. Love his name too.)
— Oct 28, 2014 01:30PM
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kimberly_rose
is on page 205 of 222
Stylized reality! The two MCs have lives and people all around them, and they all play heavily into the story: no one exists in a vacuum. With the art of storytelling, I can't have too many people or too much time on many people or I won't care about anyone. This story was delightful, balanced. Except this last chapter with Adam's mom... denouement kinda running too long and too heavy with such a tertiary character.
— Oct 29, 2014 06:44PM
kimberly_rose
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Also, Will, I continue to love you. And I want you as my best friend.
— Oct 28, 2014 03:25PM
kimberly_rose
is on page 89 of 222
What the hell? Chicken pox? Seriously, dude, there's a vaccine for that now. You'd think C would have known that, being all hyper-aware dad 'n' all....
— Oct 28, 2014 03:24PM
kimberly_rose
is on page 88 of 222
(Also, the POV issues sort of blend away because it eventually becomes third person omnipotent, with a single scene showing three POVs smoothly. The biggest gold is the story itself, which is so good, a multitude of technical difficulties are allowed.)
— Oct 28, 2014 03:15PM
kimberly_rose
is on page 88 of 222
Really enjoying the sparse and somewhat sarcastic humour lightly laced throughout this serious human drama, friends to lovers type story.
— Oct 28, 2014 03:07PM
kimberly_rose
is on page 80 of 222
Oh, Connell's back story is perfect: angsty and believable, and just different enough to be surprising, not a cliche. Also, best friend of Lawrence (haha) is awesome. Lawrence speaking to best friend Will: he glanced up at Will accusingly. “And why the fuck didn't you stop me, huh? You fucking enabler!”
— Oct 28, 2014 03:02PM
kimberly_rose
is on page 73 of 222
Really horrible--having to be in the bed, even beg to be in the bed, of a man you don't like, don't want, and certainly wouldn't choose as a partner, simply because that is the condition to being with your beloved children. And this is common, I'm sure.
— Oct 28, 2014 02:51PM
kimberly_rose
is on page 52 of 222
Sudden POV switch at end of scene is sudden. But this story is charming and intriguing. So still with the forgiving.... And reading on.
— Oct 28, 2014 02:03PM
kimberly_rose
is on page 45 of 222
POV switches are forgiven: secondary character is hilarious.
— Oct 28, 2014 01:54PM
kimberly_rose
is on page 40 of 222
I was surprised to suddenly be reading from the second MC's POV after spending the first forty-ish pages consistently in the first MC's POV. But I rolled with it; it was okay. Now, four pages later, I'm in a secondary character's POV (the best friend of the first MC). Seriously losing the immersion....
— Oct 28, 2014 01:52PM
