by LawrenceD
Very nice. You have an effortless style that draws us into and envelops us in the emotion of the story. Well done.
That was beautiful. I hope your getting published some where, because that was incredibly moving.
Well written but... yuck. Not a holiday story to me, because there ought to be something redemptive about it to fit the genre, and this is just a bummer of rather unpleasant sexual pathologies (and somewhat overfamiliar, even if well done in this case).
Okay, so the author PM'd me asking me for comment on my comment... but did so anonymously so I can't respond anywhere but here, so I will. It's not that I think the prose was cliched-- I think it's well written. But I have read this kind of beaten-down-whore-takes-her-lumps story a fair amount. Okay, so there are few things one hasn't read here before, but precisely because the story wasn't just a stroke story but fairly realistic, I wanted it to go somewhere new and show me something I wasn't expecting and instead it pretty much played out as I would have expected and led the characters nowhere. I guess I just didn't find this tawdry slice of depressing, dead-end life of much benefit, however well crafted it may be.
Brilliant! A hopeless story with a hopeful ending. Don't let the nay-sayers get you down. This is excellent stuff.
well planned, and poignant. The kick-ass ending made my day! Good luck!
nice work. I love getting really inside the psyche of another, you have done your job well. This story is very sad, but so real.
It's fantastic! you should turn it into an incest story
Dear Author, You wrote quite a story! Novel plot, great characters, wonderful emotions. If there were a higher rating then five stars. I would have given it. Thank you for your writing skills and imagination. jntiques