I like the jumpy POV. It shows just how messed up he really is at this point. And I think the nightmare scenes are very well written. And some of the best parts of the chapters.
The “last drink” was...a bit...I don’t know. Not that I think it wasn’t real or needed. And I don’t mean it as a criticism, but I was a little disappointed in him for having it. However I understand the need for the ritual, the real “last drink”.
Another well written chapter. Bravo!
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Thanks.
I'm glad you said something about the disappointment factor. I think I mentioned in the note that I really did do that too. I was on 7 days of barely any sleep, feeling totally fucked up, then the part about the therapist asking me about the "last drink" ... somehow my mind took that and ran with it and created this whole "mystique" about that. Like it had to be a ritual ... something I was sure to remember and look back on. I had so almost "made it" by that point too ... and after somehow managing to resist the beer ... to just allow myself "one last drink" was fucked up. iwillstakyourheart WAS disappointed. She cried and she smiled, but I know how she really felt because she told me.
Makes me wonder how many times in those 17 days Gerard slipped ....
But for me, that really was the last one though ... I guess that's the important thing.
Thanks for being real in your reviews =D