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| Fear by Ariel | 1 Review(s) |
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| Inkling | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 12/2/2004 |
| Wow! Chapters 11 and 12 are powerful stuff. ‘Hope’ is so sweet, and yet so very sad given our foreknowledge of Drogo’s and Primula’s fate. Child abuse is never an easy subject to confront head on—I barely scratched the surface in ‘Terror’—but you did a masterful job of capturing the destructive dynamic between abuser and victim. Especially horrifying was the idea that Dody was trying to goad his father into beating him to death. And what a chillingly believable portrait of an abuser—from the eagerness in his voice beforehand to his creepy repentance afterwards. (So why did Lacy ever marry him, anyway?) Congrats on another interesting OC: Marietta. No black or white characters in your bunch, just lots of complex shades of gray… “She saw much that she could do nothing about and instead of despairing over it, she did what was needful, what she could, and took note of the rest.” A wonderfully succinct characterization. And hooray for your nice, meaty plot! A lot has certainly happened in one day… Author Reply: I am abroad so am just getting a chance to answer you! Thank you for your appreciation. These chapters were difficult but are probably my favorite ones. The fact that you like them and the story gives me wonderful warm fuzzies. I prefer reading meaty, realistic characters too - and will always endeavor to write them. They are much more fun to read. Ariel | |