by DreamCloud
Absolutely love this story. I read it at least once a week because it is warm and endearing. Thank you.
"My father, on the other hand, organized the trip and bought the plane tickets."
This made me so happy.
-dasgoodshit
I spent the last 3 days rereading your story’s. They are all just as good as the first two times I read them. Wonderful
It's really two stories. One on the mountain and one afterwards. Both sort of ordinary. The abrupt change in Doug's status from loyal partner and friend to murderer was a little hard to take. How Jonathan was friend and partner all those years and never knew what was going on is almost impossible to understand. The concept of two people who don't understand each other's language spend a couple of days under very difficult physical conditions (remember that Tamara was unconscious for a couple days - which is also hard to comprehend) and the fact that they leave with undying love is just weird. A jumble of plot lines making little sense (coupled with grammatical errors and typos and misspellings and you have something about the 3* rating I gave it.
Overcritical, I think you are wrong. There are many ways to fall in love, some sudden, some slow, and everything in between.
What a wonderful story, loved every bit of the suspense and the happy ending.
Such a great story. It had all the makings of a love story plus some. Sorry to have read that your posting ended because of thieves. I’m grateful to have come across “The Mountain”. Hope you are still writing and publishing stories.
What an amazing, warm story.
DreamCloud is one of the top authors on Lit, hands down! I say this after reading in addition to The Mountain, the stories The Promise, The Beach House, and The Cotillion. I will continue to read the rest of his fine works. The skills he shows creating original works with the power of his wordsmithing is refreshing and appreciated. I wish I had even a fraction of his skills.
Too bad about him getting his stories ripped off. More importantly, too bad for us readers who appreciate a quality story.
The last part of the story in Oeru sounded very familiar but I still enjoyed this nice romantic story with all the trials and tribulations. Well balance with a little sex and loving and also some intrigue and coincedences. Excellet 5 stars
Those damn f-ing scavangers. Took away one of the best authors and his art.
A lovely story, had a blast reading it. Will do it again for sure. 5/5!
Superb love story. U should published it. Will top chart. contact Mills and boon
Fantastic story and so well written.
I can’t help wondering what happened to the boy? Yes he must have died, but no questioning parents? No attempts to find the body? That little branch of the story could have had a few more lines or maybe pruning altogether.
Such a beautiful story … and my second time reading. If I could I’d give it another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A damn good yarn, entertaining, well written, good drama and utterly believable.
Well worth the read.
What a wonderful story. This was my second read and I enjoyed it all the more.
And yet ANOTHER 'second read'...!
and a first for me, all the years I've been reading Lit-three 'second reads' in the six most recent comments...
I remembered the gist, and started reading 1/2-2/3's of the way through-now realise going to have to start back at the beginning to thoroughly enjoy it...definitely didn't remember the twins, or her mom making the rug....
would also give another 5 if I could...it's definitely going into my 'All-time Best' folder
Way beyond my 2nd reading and still a wonderful story, ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! I'll probably read it again very soon for some more heartwarming.😍😻🤣😂😇
Finished this days ago and still smile about it. I’d definitely watch the movie.
I would really like to read about Johnathon telling Mikhael to contact Colenol Compos, so everybody could get some closure!
it's obvious that you don't know the Latin culture....
the protagonist, the Armenian bride, the baby, the families... would already be dead before Doug was arrested.
I mean, we blew up a US citizen and our chancellor in exile in front of the white house... and we didn't give 3 shits.... ( being honest, our friendly genocidal dictator Pinochet, by the way... ahhh and thanks for installing him in power mr. Nixon and mr. Kissinger )
no se como me había perdido esta historia, muy linda y emocionante.
GRACIAS!
Mariverz is a moron. Nothing Latin whatsoever about Azerbaijan. It's a predominately Muslim country in the Caucasus Mountains, which span Asia and Europe.
As for Pinochet, unless communist/socialist is a race, there was no genocide.
Wow just read this again! DreamCloud could really write! Very Sad no longer writes here but being ripped off and plagiarized can really piss you off strongly. I do hope the author DreamCloud is still writing and creating somewhere. If epublish I hope there is a link or mention somewhere! I am thrilled the stories are still available to read on this site. I know I have several in my favorites that I have read again occasionally. Just as I just read this again! I can’t give an author any higher praise than reading their work multiple time because it is that enjoyable of an experience. A sincere thank you for writing, sharing (especially leaving your works on this site) your efforts with us readers on this site!!!
As I said I hope you have continued to write and publish because you have way to much talent to not because of the few thieves but much larger fans.
Peace to you DreamCloud writer extraordinaire.
There are spelling and grammar issues, to be sure, especially the repeated use of the words "interrupter" and "interrupted" instead of "interpreter" and "interpreted". Also, I still don't know if the daughter's name is supposed to be Melina or Milena because it swaps back and forth between them, sometimes in the same sentence. And I did predict the twist with Doug coming before it happened, although not a super long time before. But the story itself is wonderful and I love the concept of two people who don't speak the same language falling in love through surviving life threatening hardship together. I'm giving this one 5 stars.
Another story I read when I need a spiritual lift, it makes me feel much better after. Thank You.
Good story with some spelling mistakes and a daughter that switches names 3 times in a paragraph
That was just plain amazing. Yes, I could speak to the spelling errors and other nit-picky things, but to be completely honest I just don't care. As with your main characters, I knew what you meant, and the heart that you put into this story was frankly impressive. Bravo.
Even after several times reading it, this remains one of my favorite stories I've read on here.
One of my most favorite stories. Vivid characters, compelling action, real sense of place. I assume Jonathan called Mikail (?) to inform him of the real culprit. Makes me regret deeply that we've been deprived of further stories from you by the actions of the useless.
LMJ
Another excellent piece of writing. You always manage to show your characters at their absolute best as well as their soul crushing worst but it clearly explains through actions that both are part of everyone so just accept it and move forward. I never saw the twist within his business that was written so perfectly not to forget the response which was even more of a surprise. Thanks for sharing this wonderful story with us.
Another great story from you. Loved your characters and the unfolding of the story. Though I wonder why would Tamara keep the baby when she and her family were so definite that Jonathan was nothing but an asshole for using and ditching her and shutting her off. She surely knew about abortions. Residents of the Soviet Union were allowed abortions, and so knew about them, long before they were allowed in some of the states of the US. Even if she wished to hold on to the baby for sentiment's sake, I'm sure her family would have convinced her to opt for it. But I suppose then we would not have had this beautiful story. So thank you. 5 stars.
Thank you for this wonderful romantic story. This is after yet another reread. I'm sorry you had to stop writing here.
Amazing piece of writing, truly heartfelt and very well done. Slightly questionable ending line of “we survived a plane crash; we can survive twins”… — yeah, seems like an unintended connection — but aside from that beautifully written. Some grammatical and spelling minor errors, but we all make mistakes!
All of this author's stories are great and leave you feeling good. I can't believe he quit writing. I can see them not being posted on this site.
Does anybody knowhere he may post other stories? About 4 of these stories are on good reads. But I don't think that's the real author. I just can't see someone with this much talent stopping because they're mad. I can see someone having tragedies in their life or illness, or burnout and stopping. Anyone know the real story behind this author.
I’m loving your stories, I’m going through them all, love the romance ones especially
Definitely one of the better stories here. I reread it every year or so.
A truly awesome story. Well crafted. This story deserves much wider publication! It would make either a great movie or serial. Suggest you contact a literary agent!
Like everyone else, I am a fan of this story. Even after a 2nd time reading it.
Exceptional, right up there with the best tales I've read on this site. Great twist with the bomber and time taken to develop all the characters. Enjoyed it very much
Excellent story. Really well written and highly entertaining. The twist was very well concealed as it should be. A story to be cherished. BardnotBard