The Mother
Interesting read, i had a bit of problems understanding, well maybe not, i understood it my way so i'll make my review out of that.
So i guess our main character is some sort of a god that came close with the beings he created, and tried to understand what they evolved to.
He had a family and yet felt distant from his brother and sister.
His mother is the one he maybe wanted to understand best. He was left confused about what she has accepted on her death bed, and why she was that calm and ready.
He didn't know the answer to her question where she is going. Did that mean if he as a god doesn't know about something more, than nothing more exists. Or it might be beyond even god's comprehension. But mother seems to be sensing where she's going, in a way. That's what i think why she's smiled.
He was clueless about what happens to those humans he created and it made him ask himself questions, but i think his conclusions and questions toward himself are wrong as i see it, at least looking at his "mother".
I liked it, it was written in a good style, pointfull althow tough to understand what you meant by it, but i think it is the biggest plus of this story, the fact it's probably going to be interpreted differently by every soul that reads it.
It was a pleasure reading through your story.
Best regards.
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I saw your short story as interpretation of what could have been going on inside one of the Apostles - Peter. How was life back then and what he could have had in mind before and after his "adventures" with Christ and other Apostles.
It was a very interesting read, one of that kind that get you thinking about what actually character wanted to say.
I like your idea, the way...
I saw your short story as interpretation of what could have been going on inside one of the Apostles - Peter. How was life back then and what he could have had in mind before and after his "adventures" with Christ and other Apostles.
It was a very interesting read, one of that kind that get you thinking about what actually character wanted to say.
I like your idea, the way you told the story, and how you showed Peter, not really any dialogue. But instead i can rate his thoughts which actually make this story.
Structure was good, concise.
What i'd suggest is to make story a bit clearer, we see his regrets, but are those regrets that real, it seems like he isn't sure if he's regretting he followed Christ. Or i have misunderstood it completely. Anyway it is very worth while and keep on writing, specific as this is, insightfull, and stylish. Good luck in future,
A. Tarkovsky
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Great story. It felt like it's Alice in Wonderland on steroids. :) Weird and disturbing in a way but pleasable. Very fictional. I liked it. Oh, not to forget... about her dilemma, was she dreaming or all that was real, i think it was a dream, as i always wake up knowing i had to remember few things but no matter how much i try there's no way to do that, i think that hapenned...
Great story. It felt like it's Alice in Wonderland on steroids. :) Weird and disturbing in a way but pleasable. Very fictional. I liked it. Oh, not to forget... about her dilemma, was she dreaming or all that was real, i think it was a dream, as i always wake up knowing i had to remember few things but no matter how much i try there's no way to do that, i think that hapenned with the meaning of life giant flea whispered her about.
Good story, keep it up. :)
Regards,
A. Tarkovsky
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Very interesting fusion of fantasy and western. It works great, reads quickly, and it's fun and interesting all the way. Technicalities:
Concept and story. Both are very well, concept was good and left space for story to evolve in numerous ways. I like how you let story go some specific ways not seen too much before. At least part of the story, the other part was predictive,...
Very interesting fusion of fantasy and western. It works great, reads quickly, and it's fun and interesting all the way. Technicalities:
Concept and story. Both are very well, concept was good and left space for story to evolve in numerous ways. I like how you let story go some specific ways not seen too much before. At least part of the story, the other part was predictive, like what will happen to characters, seemed like i knew it before i read it, almost all. But the way it happens is very new and unpredictable so i liked it very much. In this case more important is how you tell the story not what you tell. Still you told a very interesting story.
Characters were very good, they were colourfull, with various attitudes and philosophies. Sinclair was very interesting, complex character, Tulip too, sidecharacters were well made too. Maybe some of them too brave for circumnstances (and genre) but still good enough to drive the story in a good manner. Relations are pretty much good too, realistic for a western, just about the way i expected it to be. Maybe you missed to develop Paco's and Twitch's relation, felt very weak. Other than that it was more than ok.
Dialogue. Very interesting, advancing story when needed, didn't feel bored by it at any moment. Sure was a great feature having Paco speak in his native language, sure brought more of this weird wild west to me.
Structure was good, Maybe i felt like too much of things were happening too fast towards the end (graveyard fight then dark temple figh) but not really that much to complain about. ;)
All in all it's very promising script, i didn't any big flaws to it, felt great reading it and really liked the plot, characters and the style you wrote it in. So good luck in future writing, keep up the good work.
regards,
A.Tarkovsky
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