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| "Sango's Bones" Reviews/Comments [ 8 ] | Title: Okay, questions
Reviewed By: Kenziep On: August 21, 2015 03:50 PDT
Rating(s):Style of Writing: 9 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 10 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 8 of 10
Overall Rating: 8 of 10 Comment/Review:
It was deliciously dark and morbid, and had all the right elements
to it. The only thing that threw me was the very end. I'm going to
assume that is safe to say that the rotting flesh was "Sango" and
she was obviously only hanging on to a semblance of life through
the dark spells that brought her back, but what confused me was
what kohaku said. "She's pregnant." Was he saying that to get a
rise out of Miroku, was he insane enough to truly believe she was
still whole (was she ever not rotting in the first place?), or by
some sick and twisted magic did he manage to make her womb able to
sustain life long enough for a child to be born, were those maggots
what was left of the child that may have at one point existed? I'm
very confused by this and would love an explanation . Other than
that, the story was very straight forward (in a twisted illogical
sense) and well executed. Personally I think this needs an award.
| Reviewed By: I'veFallenNotBroken On: April 10, 2009 10:52 PDT
Comment/Review:
it's really weird. but awesome! i wonder what Miroku is feeling now. i'd certainly love a sequel.
| Reviewed By: ardy1 On: December 04, 2008 09:36 PST
Rating(s):Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 10 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 9 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 7 of 10
Overall Rating: 9 of 10 Comment/Review:
Wow. You've got the horror down perfectly. Kohaku's warpedness is so perfectly presented that while I wanted to stop reading I simply couldn't - it's the old "person watching a train-wreck" phenomenon. There is something also very sad in Miroku's inability to make himself stop Kohaku, even though you made it evident that he suspected what was going on. This whole story almost reaches the heights of tragedy. I hated it (hence my low "enjoyment" score)but it was absolutely compelling and internally completely consistent. I find myself still shuddering. Good job.
| Title: How do you make sickness beautiful?
Reviewed By: melitza [MediaMiner Member] On: August 31, 2008 21:21 PDT
Rating(s):Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 10 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10 Comment/Review:
Wow. I can completely understand why you've hidden this one away in a dark corner of the internet... It is amazing in how utterly, utterly depraved it is. You hit on so many forbidden culteral faux paus in one work that I think you might deserve some props for that alone. Obsession. Homosexuality. Murder. Manipulation. Incest. Its seamless. Kohaku's dark obsession is something that is raunchy and dirty and wrong... but at the same time, the longing is pure in some twisted kind of way, and even inspires the readers sympathy. Your description of him reforming her is gritty, violent, dark, obsessive... and fascinating, well-thought-out, and almost endearing. His utter quest for nothing less than perfection is creepy, leaves me skin crawling... and at the same time makes my insides hurt for him. That is devotion/obsession on a level that must be painful - on a level that seems to transcend humanity altogether. And, as usual, you bring in "real" elements, gritty descriptors of historically accurate terms and practices and whatever, and mix in just the right element of dark fantasy... so that in the end... this is a sick, twisted masterpiece. I want to call it beautiful, but it is so utterly warped and twisted that I almost feel guilty for wanting to. But, nonetheless... beautiful. Stunning. Creepy. And oh so very, very, VERY wrong...
| Reviewed By: Larmo On: May 08, 2008 02:51 PDT
Rating(s):Overall Rating: 10 of 10 Comment/Review:
VERY dark but i couldn't stop reading. I enjoyed it in a sick sort of way and no one can deny that its original, hope to see you write again.
| Title: Wow
Reviewed By: Mystified Starlight [MediaMiner Member] On: March 30, 2008 03:55 PDT
Rating(s):Style of Writing: 9 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 9 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 9 of 10 Comment/Review:
I'll be honest, I've never really read a fanfic like this before...yes, incest I have read, and many others of similar genres, but the darkness and yet brutalness of this fic had me stuck. I just HAD to know how it ended. And I agree with reviewer Aiffe; you can feel Kohaku's darkness, but you somehow know that he does get what he needs in the end, and the reader gets sucked into it enough that they do want him to have what he wanted and feels he deserves (at least, I did). Although a different and very dark fic, it certainly made me think. I loved it! Very creative!
| Reviewed By: liliesformary [MediaMiner Member] On: March 29, 2008 13:20 PDT
Rating(s):Overall Rating: 10 of 10 Comment/Review:
Well freaking done! Crap...And the Lovecraft quote at the end really made this for me. I really enjoyed the story structure as well. Ug, creep me out ^^ I loved it.
| Reviewed By: Aiffe (I logz in hao?) On: March 29, 2008 12:30 PDT
Comment/Review:
Um. Whoa. Of course, you had me from the summary and the opening quote. And of course, anything to do with that delightful sicko Abraxas Ren means it's going to be "that kind of story," which I'm more than okay with. The style was enthralling, and without that it would have descended into mere shock and gore and incest. There seemed to be a certain amount of misogyny to it, although a clever man might weasel out of it and claim I'm imagining things. And yet, the ending negates this. Ah, the ending. (And if you're reading the reviews first, go read the fic! Trust me, you'll like it. >:D) My feelings are torn. At first I was disappointed--horrific as it was, I had wanted what Kohaku wanted, because his need comes through so clearly in the prose. Evil as he is, you can't help but root for him. Then as a few seconds passed, I realized that this was the only way it could have ended, at least in the old styles of literature where these things mattered. There is no loophole. Man does not create woman, and certainly not by the means Kohaku attempted. (Maybe he should have tried mpreg? Somehow, that's even sicker, knowing what he planned to do with her.) And of course, it had a nice punch to it. God, I'm a masochist for that sort of thing. I might have to out your secret identity when awards season comes around. Or you know, hold it for blackmail. We'll see. ^_-
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