Sorry I'm so behind on your NaNo stuff. It's because I missed this the first time around so I wanted to come back and read it and then I wanted to reread Spectrum because it's been so long since I read that and then I just failed to actually catch up on anything but I'm here now and I shall try and work my way through the rest of it shortly.
This was really good, I loved the atmosphere here, the dark and the whispers. I love the resentment that James' grandfather felt towards him because he saw the failure of his own son every time he looked at James, that rang very true and also explains some of Sawyer's views towards himself. I love how he's trying to be brave here, following his grandfather to face his spooks, but it all winds up being for nothing and he just feels like he's being made fun of again.
I love how years later, even though pretty much everything has changed, he's still that little boy somewhere inside and he still hears the spooks calling. Really effective ending.
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Date: 2006-11-16 02:19 pm (UTC)This was really good, I loved the atmosphere here, the dark and the whispers. I love the resentment that James' grandfather felt towards him because he saw the failure of his own son every time he looked at James, that rang very true and also explains some of Sawyer's views towards himself. I love how he's trying to be brave here, following his grandfather to face his spooks, but it all winds up being for nothing and he just feels like he's being made fun of again.
I love how years later, even though pretty much everything has changed, he's still that little boy somewhere inside and he still hears the spooks calling. Really effective ending.