Posted by Astronommy 4 years ago Report

If the previous chapter was the deep swipe across the audience's emotional gut, this one is the sharp-fanged muzzle barging inside to start feasting on the exposed viscera, which is to say -- excellently done!

The promise of pleasant, fluffy and sweet reconciliation is overturned by the disappearance, gradually revealed by Claire's searching, narrowing down Adam's possible whereabouts until it's clearly the case (brilliant use of repeated paragraph starters in the middle!), and then the mounting fear for Adam collides with her sense of alienation from the non-Schwartzified parts of Addieville when she expands her search outside of her home... The harrowing confrontation with the Agony Aunt works as almost a relief, because, while it still leaves Claire in the dark, at least it reveals that Adam's stressed out disappearances are not unprecedented, and not a cause for worry to the people most concerned with his safety.

And, since I've finally caught up to the current uploading threshold, I'm on the edge of my seat and biting my knuckles with anticipation!

Posted by 4ofSwords 4 years ago Report

Well, you don't have to wait too long now! (Until you get to the end of the next microchapter, at which point the little blips of progress might become maddening! ;) )

Posted by Astronommy 4 years ago Report

It's a common source of suffering for the TV series viewers, who hit the season wall after express-binging through what's available.

I'll try to hold onto my sanity during those gaps, don't feel pressured to accelerate your pace!