Reviewer: Beaky22 Signed
Date: May 13, 2010
Title: Chapter 33: Epilogue - part 3
holy crap. i just stayed up far longer than i should have, completely enraptured by this story.
1. you are an incredibly talented author.
2. as much as this kills me to say, i was a complete emilyshipper the entire story. not a jim/emily shipper. just emily. i rooted for her, i wanted her to be happy, i looked forward to reading her chapters. watching her experience the office was parallel to my own experience catching up on the first two seasons. i felt like i was reliving all of those emotions along with her... the pain, the angst. feeling terrible for jim.
3. honest to god, only reason i clicked on this story was because i saw new york pam in the most recent and felt i should read this one too... and now i dont know if i want to read the pam side. its like "something borrowed" by emily griffin. have you read that? jkras is staring in the movie.. but anyways, the bitch Darcy, who i HATED was the protagonist in the sequel "something blue" and i could not fathom reading about her because i just didnt like her. i literally have the same feelings now. even though their relationship just fell apart, im all over the jim side. even on the show i always have been.
this story has me torn. i want to root for emily, a completely made up, but extremely dynamic o/c. jim just breaks my heart. and i dont like pam. What have you done to me?
you did a fantastic job, i will definitely try to read the rest of your stories, i dont think i could be disappointed.
becky
ps. favorite part? when right before they had sex for the first time, jim stops and says "i wont change my mind". i'm such a romantic sap but i freaking loved that! haha
Author's Response: okay, becky … here goes
First of all, thanks so much for reading and reviewing. I don’t think readers realize how much us writers love and appreciate such thoughtful comments. Truly, I’m so grateful. Now…
1. Thank you so much. That is really kind of you to say.
2. I’m so glad you liked Emily. It was a challenge, albeit a fun one, to try to come up with a likable romantic match for Jim after Pam. Most Office lovers ADORE Pam and are very defensive about matching Jim up with anyone else. So it’s so gratifying to have some of my readers really give Emily a chance.
3. As you may have guessed, I do find that I’ve always been a Jim-sympathizer so … yeah. I like Pam and all, but Jim’s story has always captured me. However, I’d be interested in hearing your reaction to New York Pam. It was definitely a tougher story for me to write, given how I feel about Jim, but hopefully it works.
I do hope you read the rest of my stories. None of the rest of them are like these. They are Jim/Pam stories. But hopefully you’ll enjoy them, too.
Thanks again. I truly, truly appreciate your taking the time to give me your feedback!