Oh why d’you have to be so good?

That was simultaneously a Carly Simon reference and high praise because this is gorgeous. Evocative in so many ways, it just draws the reader in so exquisitely, and demonstrates the underappreciated art of showing not telling…

A masterwork – MH :)

I had to comment again, because I’ve read this again. And again. And again.

It’s one of the best things I’ve ever read on Ficly. It had to be said.

I want to sequel it, but it needs thought – if it’s not right I won’t do it. But… Oh I love it.

No, maybe it’s wrong to sequel. It’s so self-contained, and telling the next part of the story would break the beauty of this most open of endings.

Dilemma.

This story has been nominated for the ficly book.

And rightly so! It’s not told in an overly complicated way, but really there’s so much here—feeling, emotion, questions even. It’s just beautiful. Kind of reminds me of Hemingway in the uncomplicated telling, but it’s something completely different.

Oddly enough I think my favorite bit is the description of the boats, and the narrator’s reaction to them. It’s interesting… I like it.