January 12th, 2011 at 03:50pm
I am going to cry. The last chapter. I can't even tell you how sad I am this story is ending. It was such a different story in so many ways and made me cry almost on every chapter. And from the very beginning I was waiting for Jules and Nick tu just be together, but somehow she was always running away from him and finding those excuses - which I found silly at times, but I understood where she was coming from.
Jules is such an amazing character. You've got her so worked out that I felt as if she was one of my best friends going through something like that. I felt like I personally know her, and that's saying a lot. Even though her character was dark most of the times.. she had a few of her brighter moments, and you can say that 99% of her bright moments was in the last chapter. Honestly ever since I started reading this story I just ... even before anything happened and she only mentioned Nick i wanted him to care for her, I wanted him to just say he loves her - and I had a feeling that he did like her for a while, but was too dumb to realize [like guys tend to be].
Though, I noticed, in the last chapter, that she was slowly letting it go; she hadn't let go completely in the last chapter and I could tell. But for me the moment when she thinks about the possibility of there being a Julissa and Nick moment --> that kind of got me thinking that she was progressing, even though she was fighting against it, against letting go, she was making progress. Plus, I knew Nick had a thing for her ever since he hung around so much and I didn't think he was kissing her because he was confused in a way that Cass was gone and Jules was there - I think his confusion was that his girlfriend was now gone, but he started finding out he has feelings for her younger sister who was always there. I don't know if that's what you think was going through his head - but that's how I got the picture of him.
Oh, and I really loved this Nick. He is a bit different than the other Nicks [haha, many Nicks sounds funny... but not necessarily good, since he wouldn't be as unique if there were more of him] because the one from BD, H&N and Journey; and the Nick from EOL and LITS and GL - well they're both troubled in a way and sort of rebellious and they have that something bad boy-ish in them that makes them so attractive [Broken Danger Nick especially... I still love him, darn it x)] but Nick in this story is such a sweet heart and such a caring guy that I just can't get enough of him. He seems like the kind of guy any girl would be lucky to date [pun not intended, I just can't express myself any better] and a guy who is truly a great friend and would help you out with anything. I just can't even... can I have him? Please? x)
Jules' mom. I think she is just... I am not finding excuses for her, but I think she was as lost and confused and broken as Jules was - and maybe for a longer time. I honestly believe in good in people, which may be naive, so I just think that she had problems throught her life that made her like that. Plus with the divorce and Cass' disappearance - I think that her life, her world, the weight just crashed down on her and when it happens people who were once just lost tend to lose it a lot ot completely. But since she is getting help I think she'll be fine.
Though, I was mad at her a lot throughout this story.
I guess that Zack is kind of the main bad guy for me, even if he doesn't appear much, his actions and the consequences of them are in the air. It's kind of hard to ignore his invisible presence in this story, at leats for me. He is a murderer and it is unfogivable - for him I can't even look for an excuse, but... well yeah. I hadn't expected him to come back again though, so when you mentioned him I knew something bad would happen and the little voice in my head was litterally screaming at Jules to run back home. She didn't run, though, and when he started doing all these things I got a bit worried - you know? I hoped you weren't planning on killing the main character because then I would have to find ways to revive her... It would be like when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle killed Sherlock in one of the first novels and the public was outraged so he had to revive him. x)
Anyway. I hope that you will like this comment and that the epilogue hold something awesome for all of us [because you write such wonderful and amazing epilogues!... I am sucking up to you. :P]. And yeah... this is pretty long, right?
Stay great and rock on.
- Maya
Jules and Nick.
Julissa and Nicholas.
Don't you think Julissa Jonas sounds good? *wink*
: )