intheyear2004 (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} intheyear2004) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} ci5hq,@ 2008-03-24 12:22:00 |
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These Things Do Not Remember You
Title: These Things Do Not Remember You
Author: Gwyneth Rhys
Link to story: http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/arc
Zine: none
Short review: See comments below!
I know many people have a horror of death stories, but I like them, if they're well written and not sentimental. And with B/D I never see them living happily ever after or even making old bones, poor sods. I think they'll die young - and most likely violently.
I see TTDNRY and the next fic I'm going to rec, Endgame by Tarot, as sort of bookends and mostly read them one after the other. Both deal with the death of one partner and how the surviving one does - or rather doesn't - cope and finally dies, too. Very depressing, you might say, but I find a sort of dark satisfaction and even comfort in the fact that they're not able to exist on their own.
And both writers manage a beautifully fitting character portrait in their respective stories. I love them both to death. ;)
I see TTDNRY and the next fic I'm going to rec, Endgame by Tarot, as sort of bookends and mostly read them one after the other. Both deal with the death of one partner and how the surviving one does - or rather doesn't - cope and finally dies, too. Very depressing, you might say, but I find a sort of dark satisfaction and even comfort in the fact that they're not able to exist on their own.
And both writers manage a beautifully fitting character portrait in their respective stories. I love them both to death. ;)
