1 [Report This]Date: April 17, 2021 12:10 am Title: Chapter 1
I love this take on Karen
Date: October 31, 2007 05:13 pm Title: Chapter 1
How in the hell have I never seen this story before? That makes no sense to me? Anyhow, this is really great. If only, eh? I woudln't have to despise Karen and Jim and Pam, as well as the rest of us, wouldn't have had to suffer so much heartache! Drunken, honest Jim is heartbreaking and beautiful. Well done :)
Date: October 31, 2007 05:09 pm Title: Chapter 1
How in the hell have I never seen this story before? That makes no sense to me? Anyhow, this is really great. If only, eh? I woudln't have to despise Karen and Jim and Pam, as well as the rest of us, wouldn't have had to suffer so much heartache! Drunken, honest Jim is heartbreaking and beautiful. Well done :)
9 [Report This]Date: May 30, 2007 12:46 pm Title: Chapter 1
Just got my shot of insulin from the diabetic coma this sweet fic has given me! :o)
8 [Report This]Date: November 06, 2006 09:38 am Title: Chapter 1
I like your portrail of Karen in this fic. She's very understanding.
8 [Report This]Date: November 06, 2006 08:44 am Title: Chapter 1
Ooh, I love your Karen. I love that you have her being sympathetic rather than jealous. I love that hearing about Pam makes her find Jim interesting, and someone she wants to be friends with. And I love drunk-pining-honest-Jim, although in the morning he may be embarassed that he revealed so much!
Date: November 06, 2006 07:15 am Title: Chapter 1
Oh no! Moxie likes Karen! Just kidding. I was relieved at the end because I thought there might be some sympathy lovin' there when she actually went into his apartment. Thanks for having Pam call him back! I actually did like the idea that Karen only found Jim interesting after she found deep pain in him. Nice! Now get back to NaNo!!!!
10 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 07:31 pm Title: Chapter 1
LOVED this Karen. She's a character we don't really know enough about, but I can really see her like this. And I would definitely pay to see hungover Andy ;)
10 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 06:26 pm Title: Chapter 1
This was all kinds of satisfying...Pam and Jim connecting; Karen getting a major 'back-off' message; Jim being adorable, drunk and in love. Ah, if only. I like when Jim says Pam is beautiful and Karen says 'So that's how it is.' Just so. This is a nice thought to hold until next Thursday!
10 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 06:23 pm Title: Chapter 1
This was nice, and not what I expected -- I understand what you meant. But it turned out well. I could have seen something like this happening. I think this was my favorite line in the story:
Karen shrugged. "It's the first time since you've arrived that I've discovered something about you that makes you interesting."
It's so very Karen, right there. She's so guarded and almost judgmental, but underneath, she just really doesn't know him and wants to know him more. Sometimes we say things like that before we realize how mean it actually sounds, too. Heh.
One last comment: the last paragraph seems extraneous. It's sort of like we've just finished reading a fable and here's the moral of the story. I almost wish it would have just ended with her leaving, a half-smile on her face, sort of leaving us to wonder whether she really was happy for Jim, or if maybe she was kind of jealous, too.
Overall, though -- mikey likey. Good work! Gah, I so want more Jim and Pam.
Author's Response:
I see what you mean about the last paragraph. I think I was trying to make some sense out of her - perhaps more for my own benefit. Just taking what Jim said at face value could make someone think Pam was a total bitch. I put the last bit in so you could see that despite Karen's typical style, she hadn't walked away thinking badly of Pam (with the reference of Karen having had once been in Pam's shoes, or at least as much as Karen chose to extrapolate...) Does that make sense?
Thanks for the review - I really appreciate your thoughts!!
10 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 06:13 pm Title: Chapter 1
"She hoped that this Pam chick had a good reason for the way things seemed to have gone between them, and that this reaching out to Jim she seemed to be doing was the start of their happy ending" - yea Karen! That's what we are all hoping for. Great story!
7 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 05:11 pm Title: Chapter 1
I loved the fact that Karen walked away well detered. Now give us a second chapter and tell me what happened next.
9 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 05:11 pm Title: Chapter 1
Awww....matchmaker!Karen! Very sweet.
9 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 05:04 pm Title: Chapter 1
"You look like you just got a text message from God. Who's Pam?"
Fantastic line. This was really sweet- I don't hate Karen, she just makes me nervous. Your approach to her lets me like her with no reservations. Very sweet, and your Jim voice is really nice.
Author's Response:
I was hoping someone would find that line as funny as I did when it came to me.... ;-)
Thanks!
10 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 04:48 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh, this was fun! You made me like Karen:) Really great job.
Date: November 05, 2006 04:29 pm Title: Chapter 1
Yeah, 'm old -- I remember Marlo before she married Phil!
And I like how you have characterized Karen as a sympathetic character ~~ that takes much more imagination than simply making her an obstacle to getting Pam & Jim together ~~ which we all know MUST happen!!
10 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 04:17 pm Title: Chapter 1
You made Karen into Jim's (potential) friend! Love it. Love the hope and understanding she offers.
Date: November 05, 2006 03:54 pm Title: Chapter 1
Well done! I like the idea of Karen and Jim becoming confidants.
10 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2006 03:50 pm Title: Chapter 1
Sigh... I really, really hope that night ended up something like this. Karen was consistent with the amused girl we saw earlier that evening.
Hell, yeah! I remember That Girl!