Reviewer: Kosmita Signed
Date: May 20 2019
Title: Chapter 22: Chapter Twenty-Two
Rarely have I read a story in this community that filled me with such rapture. I absolutely loved everything about this story. The shrunken woman genre is my favorite and this story just nailed it – everything I love about the genre was captured so perfectly. I love the cruelness mixed with the gentleness. I loved the motive behind Melanie in that she wasn’t a bland sociopath; she actually had depth. A great anti-hero in my opinion. I was cheering her on the whole time. God, there’s so much to say. I don’t think I can praise you enough Curse Crazy. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this great story. Oh, and thank you, thank you, for that vore scene and the bit where Erin was shrunk to micro-size. Those were such wonderful moments in the tale. I do enjoy how the story ended.
I would love it, if you explored Juniper and Nicky in greater detail. I love how Juniper was so grossed out about holding a naked woman – a detail often overlooked in these stories. Their relationship at the end of the story had only started. I’m super curious how Nicky and Juniper’s relationship would evolve. What about the pages Juniper stole from Melanie? Anything there she could explore? Will Melanie ever confront Juniper? So many possibilities.
Paige. I was actually falling for her. Although I’m happy you didn’t turn this into a mushy story, where the good character wins and evil Melanie gets defeated, I can’t help but think what would’ve happened should Paige win… Paige is not a saint. The was she was callously rummaging through books in the library while the SW ran from her was wonderful. I could see her morphing into an evil bitch. Maybe like a Chaotic-Good character. If people get hurt/killed around her, oh well…so long as she achieves her goal of cleaning the University. I’m also super curious how she would’ve treated Melanie should she shrink.
Anyway, great story. I can’t wait to read more from ya!
Author's Response: A very wonderful review that tops off the reviews... Thank you for this feedback! It's quite dear to me. I really am happy that you enjoyed Endless so much, and that some of the content in particular stood out to you so much~ If you pushed me into a corner and put a gun up to my head, I'd probably say that entire sequence with Candi at the apartment is my favorite stretch in the story. It really kicks off the conflict with its plot twists, conflicting emotions, action and suspense, past relationships, dire decisions... I don't enjoy tooting my own horn, but I do particularly like that entire segment, especially for how little interaction there is between people and tinies. Adrian and the others go through various ordeals and dramas without a giantess getting involved until late, yet it's still, to me, really good shrink content.
Haha, Nicky and Juniper became fan favorites it seems... I don't have anything conrete plans for expanding Endless forward, unfortunately, so Juniper and Nicky's relationship likely won't have more to it. I imagine that the two live very peacefully going forward~ Juniper is respectful and loves Nicky's company, and Nicky really just lucks out since Melanie and Adrian basically forget about her. I had some theories that Juniper and Nicky might try to capitalize on the situation, try to find ways to discreetly sell lewd photos of Nicky or something. I haven't thought of a way to include that into a bigger, more interesting story, but perhaps as a stray short, I might end up influenced to write it~
I do wish I could have given Paige more development. In hindsight, both her and Bradz should have been introduced a lot earlier. If I ever rewrite Endless, I would probably include the two as background characters in the earlier chapters, set them up a bit more nicely to come back to. Paige is very interesting in particular and I didn't get as much time to show her off~ Ah, well. I'm glad you liked her so much with what little she got! Indeed, Paige is by no means a good person. I hoped she'd serve as a contrast of craziness to Melanie. Melanie did what she did out of passionate love, whereas Paige acted on avengance. They were meant to be rivals of obsession clashing against one another. To that effect, Paige is also a weird, creepy girl... Probably why I liked her so much!
Thank you again for this review. It was a pleasure reading it and I hope you can continue enjoying the world of Endless through the Never-Endings~