[Report This]Date: January 29 2016 9:22 PM Title: Phoning Home
It's probably a good thing that Tom had that phone call with his mother. I mean, it seems like she was already planning/thinking of visiting her kids, so it's better that Tom got a head's up.
I do wonder what her reaction will. Who knows? It might be a blessing in disguised for Tom. She does seem to love and care for her son, i think Tess might have given her too little credit in thinking she'd let him be a experimented on.
[Report This]Date: January 29 2016 10:27 AM Title: Phoning Home
And, while there may not be many American woman named "Raphaella," the Italian version of the name (with two f's) has been around a long time. For example: Raffaella Carra (Italian singer/actress/hostess); Raffaella DiLaurentis (movie-producing daughter of the legendary Dino); and Raffaella Modugno (former "Miss Curvy Italy!").
Author's Response:
Thanks for the information. I chose the ph as opposed to ff just because. We learn early Tom's mother is indeed Italian . Good job. Raphaella Spence is out of the UK.
Date: January 29 2016 10:18 AM Title: Phoning Home
Hence, the adverb "retroactively," Tom.
;-)
[Report This]Date: January 29 2016 3:00 AM Title: Phoning Home
Now, as promised, my review post chapter fix.
First of all, Raphaella? I never heard of a woman named that. It's like they combined Raphael and Cinderella to make Raphaella.
Second, how did Raphaella's name pop up on Cassexy's phone? Shouldn't a number pop up instead?
Third, the way his mom keeps calling Tom a baby and tiny, I bet is making Cassisdy feel like she is taking care of a little baby. Trying to get him food, comfort, can't do anything on his own, and so on.
Next, is this whole mom incident necessary? The dilemmas and problems just keep piling up. A character gets introduced like every 3 chapters now. I envisioned this story to be just Tom, Janine and Lina. Now we got Tess's roommate, Miss Addison, the grandpa, Francis, Jessica, Cassidy, and now Tom's mom.
Now it feels like the "Adventures of Tom" with his many giantesses. He is just getting passed from one woman to the next. I wonder when it will return to the Lindholm house and Tom has to deal with the Janine/Lina duet. I miss that. Hopefully, Cassexy is the key for a reunion.
Since Raphaella mentioned having protection, does this imply that they are going to have some fun in the next few chapters? I hope so, even Tom's mom approves! Tom is 18 and Cassidy is 27. Boy, Tom keeps getting lucky.
I can't wait for the next chapter!
Author's Response:
Hmm. Perhaps I am over complicating this story. It was mentioned a while ago and maybe it's time. Not sure. It was my intent to try and keep this interesting but if it's getting too involved...
Date: January 29 2016 2:35 AM Title: Phoning Home
@Carycomic,
Ha! Actually I was first this time, but Duggernaut had an issue where 2 chapters of chapter 58 were posted, and when he solved it, my review was deleted along with it.
[Report This]Date: January 28 2016 7:56 PM Title: Phoning Home
"I wonder how I screwed them up?"
Sigmund Freud would probably venture the opinion that, due to all the impulsive trouble he had gotten himself into, recently, Tom subconsciously decided to reach out to his mother for help. Not too far-fetched as armchair theories go, I must admit.
"A boy's best friend...," and all that jazz.
P.S.---Nice to see I'm retroactively first reviewer of this chapter. :-)
Author's Response:
I don't know why it doubled up on my update. Weird. I think Freud might have a lot to say about some of the underlying psychological underpinnings in Tom's view of the world and how he interacts. I'm sure he could publish a treatise on psychosexual fixation in regards to some of the elements of the story.