All Comments on 'Left Behind'

Usually I like your stories, but this one was a tad too melodramatic for me. I'm also supposed to believe that the Navy would punish a rapist by giving him shitty jobs to do instead of a court marshall and/or incarceration.

What a pity...bless his poor little soul!

wonderful. one of your best.

i am the h20wader

Well done and their relationship and interactions were believable and ultimately attractive.

This could also have been in romance - since that is really the core of the story. Writing was engaging. All-in-all an interesting story.

Regards, Jack

Simply beautiful; nothing more to say.

Good story, painful ending. Anonymous complained that he didn't "believe that the Navy would punish a rapist by giving him shitty jobs to do instead of a court marshall [sic]..." I assume that no formal charges were brought but friends of friends can certainly do things to a man's path through life to make it less pleasant. That's what happened here.

very sad! Life isn't all happy endings, darn it! What a touching story.

Thanks for the roller coaster ride. that was a rough ending to a great story. No doubt about the final ending just how long it will take.

I have no idea why this guy a woman like that... if she didnt break his privacy this guy still would of saved her life... and she would still hated him.... then he had to nag yell and scream to get her to tell the whole story...

Now if that isnt the basis of a great marriage...

what is?

A Tragedy of humans and their capacities to experience life.<p>Thank you for the entertainment and your gift of writing stories.<p>

I can see the story in my mind, a truly tragic thing. It was great words from you thank you.

How can I rate this as 5 when it tore me up and left me weeping ? Because this story has the power to recall a part of my life I try to hide from. Your writing skills are appreciated whether the emotions are Humer or Pain......

. . .How utterly fucking maudlin.

While the historical background and the characters were interesting, I felt that this story was missing a point. It reminded me of the cynical expression: “life sucks and then we die” All right, I get it on a basic level but what good story can you really tell based on that generalization? Most importantly, a story needs a sense of development and I missed it here. Yes, we hear how the hero (and he was a hero) got to the dreadful situation he is at the time he is telling the story, but to the most part it’s a static narrative. It starts low, continues low, gets better in the middle then sinks back to even lower depths of depression after crushing the readers’ hopes for survival, love or any other development for that matter...<P>

What’s the lesson or the function (plot wise) of overcoming the misunderstanding with the nurse about his ex girlfriend if it all goes to hell anyways? What’s the point of rescuing her from the Japanese soldier? Overall the plot felt like a repetition of mental tormenting of the readers: ‘here is hope -now we’ll crush it’ repeat and crush. If it only served some other theme it could have been understandable, but hopelessness and despair as the only message in life or in a story don’t make me jump off my chair…

Holy fuck!!!! I actually cried. Me...the epitome of the heartless bastard!!! Thanks so very much for a great little story. JR

I didn't weep, but thought it authoritively written...Mancelt.

Shakespeare wrote many plays that were tragedies, and they were all hits. This is a simple story but it really hits the heart..

Thank you very much and keep writing such good stories.

Tom

Not the story. That was great. What a friggin' heartbreak, though. Don't usually like stories that jerk the hearstrings, but this one was that good. Thanks for your efforts, my friend. You turned out one of the better ones.

DC

I would've like to see a short Part 2,, where he is rescued years later.

But still, it was a great story, a 5+.

I wasted my time!!!!!!!!

Awful story. I usually like LYG's stories, but this one is awful. I can read depressing stories every stinking day in the newspaper; don't need depressing stories here.

makes strange partner ships, TK U MLJ LV NV

Wow, I was not... expecting this. I feel like a part of me just died. Well done, but... damn.

And no one ever came looking for them? And why would the Japanese soldier try to kill her first? He would have known that the man was the more dangerous opponent? Not that this wasn't well written, but it has so many holes in it that it wasn't enjoyable to read.

While I would have loved at least a neutral, if not happy, ending, it was written very well and moved me. Thanks for sharing.

Rarely do we see such a meaningful & soul crushing story, the unheard thought abt war is beautifully shown in the below passage.

"Young brave men had died on both sides and for what? Bragging rights I suppose. It strikes me as idiotic how old fat men in cushioned chairs can send young men, babies really, so easily to their death with so little guilt"

i felt really guilty for all the times been harsh to any1 whom i heard bad things abt.

unfortunately humans learn "FIRE BAD" only after touching fire.

there's a hell of a lot that can be said here but am too emotional, thanks for the story, made me sad but, i learned a bit more of my self. if u read till here then help out any1 & pay it forward (1 ARK at a time. ARK=Act of Random Kindness)

That ending sucked after all the bad crap it didn't get better! One bad thing after the other, almost depressing. BUMMER....?

Ending sucked. He should have crawled in the with them and died

The Jap wouldn't have wasted a bullet on Judy, she would have been raped and bayoneted. It's what they did. 🤷 Nice story, though.

Very poignant.

Good story but I think the story would have been better if they made it off the island, all 3, and found Cory and made her pay for the wrong she did to this guy. They both suffered because of a lie told but an evil cunt! This story was about life sucks, and then it gets worse. I think Cory should have captured and made a sex slave by the Japanese and suffered a couple years.

Brutal

on a deserted island, stranded by war, TK U MLJ LV NV

every spouse who has been left behind feel the same way thank you 8 fucking months

PERIOD! A doctor and a nurse? Come on man. 1 star on this disrespectful piece of crap!!!

Maybe the remaining ship got Torpedoed Foo.

Good story, well written but a tragic ending!

Tragic for the sake of being tragic. Another one of LYG's stories that I liked the premise of but was ultimately disappointed by. The initial set up of this story was very well done and I liked the build up all the way to the point that he and Judy overcame their problems. For a while it had the kind of atmosphere that reminded me of old pulp stories by Burroughs and the like. After that, though, it changed to yet another "I dunno wut to do wit dis" cop out ending. Let's heap some more hoplessness and tragedy on this poor bastard and just leave the ending hanging there. Great idea.

Wasted potential. What a shame.

so im guessing he killed himself?

An ending so unnecessary! Such potential wasted to create a depressing and hopeless end to the story. 3*s.

depressing crap

Such a sad and depressing story it could have been so much better but you had to go and ruin the whole thing, what the actual fuck?

Very touching.

and the point of writing this what?

Damn what a sad but excellent story! Funny how so many people expect the perfect love story every time an Author submits a story! This is only a testament of how good this Author really is and how deep this Author had to go to pull out something this good, what a finish! THANK YOU Leap Year Guy, you can't win them all over all the time, apparently! 5 BIG, HUMONGOUS BLAZING STARS!

A sad, sad story. 5*

Sad story but well written.

Agree with tomol and Matt. Sad but well written

Good writing! 5 stars!

3 stars because the good guys lost while the evil cunt didn't suffer at all. It's very well written quality wise, but that's just so demoralizing and depressing.

Incredible story. Bombed and cratered. Wow.

Well written story but what was the purpose? If we want reality all we have to do is look in the mirror. Why would we want to get invested in a story that leaves you depressed? Again, it would be nice to see ‘happily ever after’ and not ‘reality sucks’. We are living the latter hoping for the former! Doesn’t look like he has written any stories since 2007 so I’m sure my words are for naught but at least I had my say. LM

This was a depressing series of events that made for a really bad story.

Did you get tired of writing it? It was a pretty good story and then just went into a nosedive and crashed.

5 Stars, quite a story about the possibilities of past wars.

Whew, tough story.

Good writing. Good story. Not sure about the comments related to "don't want sad reality in my stories", this has never been anywhere my reality. It's not the Odyssey, but it's a great tale with allot of tragedy and love.