OMG this ending was so unique, its nice to see a story that brakes away from the norm i absolutely love it!
This is my second time reading this. At first I didn't recognize it, but once I did I was so deeply into the story I couldn't stop before the end. The first time I read this ending, I think I held a semblance of distaste for it. For, as Kagome liked to stated, I thought of love as a fairytale. Maybe not as much as her, but at least a fairlytale ending. Maybe it's because of the lack of love in my life, and my own inability to love. However, upon reading this a second time, I find your ending to one of the best ones of all. It doesn't leaving me with that same sense of warm and giddy happiness that that other stories give me. But rather, your story's ending gives me a sense of reality, and a sense of the hollow, aching, crippling truths that are to be found in our world. And by that ending, you truely connect this story to us, here in our 'real world.' For, who doesn't enter their own dillusions, or read fantasy stories for that matter, to escape the harsh realities of our world and enter a world where we can find that fairytale ending. And it hurts. Really, we are only inflicting pain on ourselves by looking at how perfect someones life eventually becomes, even when they make the wrong decisions. And so, like Inuyasha, though it pains us, we continue to return, as we always will. For eternity...
LC Rose (Chapter 2) - Thu 16 Oct 2008
| The first few chapters of this always make me cry every time I read them. Darn you! *grabs tissues* I love this story. Have read it before on ff.net.
Hairann (Chapter 25) - Wed 24 Sep 2008
| Amazing story. I absolutely loved it, well expect for the ending hehe. But even though I didn't like the end I can still appreciate it. Wonderful job Miss K.
Uzume (Chapter 25) - Sun 21 Sep 2008
| I LOVE IT!!! The ending had me though! I was like WHOA! Good story
Megs (Chapter 25) - Sat 20 Sep 2008
| So.....Im very tired, so I might be reading it wrong...and god, I hope so....but the last chapter...does it mean that nothing really happened!? Just a bit confused and it'd be nice if it could be clarified ^_^
Evil_Turtle (Chapter 25) - Fri 19 Sep 2008
| I have to say that when I started reading this fiction I was afraid of someone trying to copy the book by Ian McEwan. You, however, have done a great job making your own story and still keeping the idea of atonement present in his novel alive. The ending was perfect and the characters amazingly well developed. I definitely had to re-read the ending twice to fully comprehend what had occurred. Despite the realistic qualities of the "dream" world, the poignant finish makes the whole story much more down to earth and hits much closer to home. How many times have we, any of us, dreamt of the perfect life and gotten lost in our day dreams of what ifs or if this was possibles? How many of us wish for a second chance?
| wow what a sad ending... i think i want to cry for inuyasha... Wow! i twas reaqlly into it until that the end. Wow! So sad.
| i will tell you that the first time i read this, i was more then a little mad, it was so perfect, and then so tragic, but seeing it again, i can see the beauty in the ending as you have it, its dark and slightly sinister but charming, and romantic in a perfect sort of way. it makes you long for happiness, and yet mourn for the loss of it all, for him, for what happened, for would could or never would happen. its wonderful, and even though i once saw it as a an easy way to end things, now i see it for so much more. wonderful job! - r0o
Nobody (Chapter 25) - Thu 18 Sep 2008
| I still love it!!!
Zyren (Chapter 25) - Thu 18 Sep 2008
| Wahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Its over! ...i do believe im crying how pathetic of me... this is officially one of my favorites, and talk about a twist i definately didnt not see coming! this is one of those fics i wish i could put in a nice book binding so i can lay in bed read whenever i want to without having to stare at a computer screen for hours. it was such a great story im really sad that its over, but im happy to have read it. Thank you so much for this masterpiece.
Zyren (Chapter 6) - Wed 17 Sep 2008
| O! O! O! OMG!!!!!!!!!!! i think this is just wonderful, just read chapter six and yes i know there is more but im just gushing already. This is absolutely amazing, im so anxious that i cant seem to read fast enough. im chewing on my nails, and i never do that unless im particularly antsy a state you have officially put me in. ok so having said that im going to finish reading now! Thanks for sharing such a great piece of work.
Akumi (Chapter 1) - Tue 16 Sep 2008
| I did read this. Let me say, this is one of the first stories I read while on this site and it blew me away. The way you did the characters were amazingly well done and has actually inspired me into writting once again. I lost that desire a while ago, and just got it back. You helped me on that path. Never stop writing. Very amaing. :)
Nobody (Chapter 25) - Wed 09 Jul 2008
| omg i love it
| I've already reviewed this fic in its entirety on SS, but I felt I owed it another go. When I initially read this ending, my heart was quite literally crushed. You had carried each character along such a complete journey that I wanted their happiness to be tangible, since it was certainly due. I myself felt like I was trapped in a bad dream reading that final twist, but the longer I've had to process it, the more I admire your decision. I admire it for its impact and realism, and how it utterly spins the entirety of the Inuyasha universe on its head. You have masterfully unraveled and untangled the IY world, stripping it to something so incredibly *sad* that its magnificent. Does that even make sense? This story is so tragic its beautiful.
Indigo_miko (Chapter 25) - Sat 10 May 2008
| Whoa...sick. I loved it! This is one of the best fics I've read. I loved the ending twist. I totally didn't see it comming. Everything was all warm and happy, the strife was over and then BAM. Reality closes in. Perfect.
poison_ivy (Chapter 1) - Sat 10 May 2008
| Absolutely wonderful story. It's always so refreshing to read one of such depth. The characters were true, the soul-searching pain was penned with perfect emotion, and there was enough witty humor to make a reader laugh after the angst. It's a rare author who can think of creative, never before tried ways of discovering Sesshoumaru without fundamentally changing him from the start, and admit faults of characters often assumed to be perfect, like Kagome. Inuyasha got his fair chance, and your solutions for the Shikon, well closing, Kagome's mortality, and brotherly reconciliation were unique. And kudos for such a thorough editing job!
Despite this being said, I am a little disappointed at the epilogue. If it truly was all a dream, and I like to think that Inuyasha looking at the well was the real dream, then it seems to me you've destroyed the entire purpose of the story. Why create such events, tear down and build up characters, and create a tragic means to a beautiful end to simply say, "None of it mattered, for none of it was real?" You've denied your entire story its purpose. I'd rather read an angsty one-shot than have such a beautiful reconciliation be a fraud after so much.
| “Duh, you’re about to have a baby. Or explode, whichever comes first,” Inuyasha replied.
LOL thats funny. Totally something he would say...not to mention it creates a hilarious mental image of a beachball-kagome. Love this story by the way. Its funny, dramatic, heartfelt, sad, happy, action-y. Its perfect.
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