Chapter 19 was worth the wait, I must say! It was breathtaking and a gratifying way to clean things up.
In most stories, you go in knowing that the main characters will survive at the end. I clung to that hope like a liferaft during this chapter, because I just knew Robin wasn't going to make it out of there alive. And that's exactly what a good story is supposed to do: challenge your preconceptions.
The pacing and suspense were absolutely gorgeous. Flipping between points of view like you did made each section that more compelling, because it could end in cliffhanger at any point and you don't know when it's going to be resolved. But it didn't feel choppy. It was expertly done, that was truly marvelous.
The blending of Biblical and pagan imagery was, as always, just outstanding. I love how neatly it all meshes together, well of course it's like that, haven't you seen it all along? I understand that the source material plays at least some part in the symmetry (^__~), but you weave it together so very well. I am impressed.
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Date: 2007-01-04 08:40 pm (UTC)Chapter 19 was worth the wait, I must say! It was breathtaking and a gratifying way to clean things up.
In most stories, you go in knowing that the main characters will survive at the end. I clung to that hope like a liferaft during this chapter, because I just knew Robin wasn't going to make it out of there alive. And that's exactly what a good story is supposed to do: challenge your preconceptions.
The pacing and suspense were absolutely gorgeous. Flipping between points of view like you did made each section that more compelling, because it could end in cliffhanger at any point and you don't know when it's going to be resolved. But it didn't feel choppy. It was expertly done, that was truly marvelous.
The blending of Biblical and pagan imagery was, as always, just outstanding. I love how neatly it all meshes together, well of course it's like that, haven't you seen it all along? I understand that the source material plays at least some part in the symmetry (^__~), but you weave it together so very well. I am impressed.