Reviewer: Mr in A suit Signed
Date: May 26 2023
Title: Chapter 13: Friday Morning
The description of Tim’s inner feelings on being inside the aquarium was very well writen. I really feelt the oppression and fear, it seemed authentic and thoughtfull. Now, let’s talk about some characters.
First Natalie. I will not say she is dense or dumb because she is presented as a streesfull person, who doesn’t try to soothe her son’s fears. This is not out of malice but, in my opinion, because of the surreal situation she is in and the fear of word getting out and loosing not only her job but also Tim guardianship. Also, her pushing Tim away and refuse to linten stems from an ever bigger fear of hurting her son.
There are two other problems that add to the precariousness of her situation. 1. the more time passes, more likely Tim is of staying the way he is or shrink even more. 2. as time passes more and more tangled Julia becomes in her power trip over Tim.
I said tangled because Julia would not go as far as killing her own nephew, that is just Tim's perspective playing up the situation, but she is in a surreal situation as much as her sister and is losing control of herself and her fantasies But my guess is she will get a reality shock after Tim manages to escape his prison house.
Now about the most important character introduced outside of the family we have Tim’s crush and neighbor: Mackenzie. She is short tempered and, like 9 out of 10 teenagers, has a deep need to be perceived as a capable adult. Those are very interesting traits actually as her encounter with Tim might loosen her a bit – I can totally see Tim convincing Mackenzie to play with him and I mean really play like chasing him while making noises and having real fun like a kid for the first time in a long time. Plus, Mackenzie seems to be very perceptive about details – she immediatelly identified the “bug” at her feet was no bug at all - so if Tim shrinks again she is the most likely to spot him.
Why some moody neighbour would do that for Tim? Well, maybe she is not willing at first, but Tim is the one most drowned in this surreal situation, abused by his aunt, pushed away by his mother and maybe forever trapped in a gigantic world, so he clearly could use some shenanigans to cheer up. And Mackenzie might really enjoy tiny Tim’s perspective of her, their meeting helping Mackenzie to really grow… as a person! As a person kkkkkkkk.
Been a long time since my last comment, but I am reading and I am liking. And I can’t wait for your other stories to come out too!
As always, thanks for writing and sharing with us. At this point I am just repeating myself but I love your feet scenarios! Peace and stay safe!
Author's Response: Well, first off, let me say that I’m always happy to hear from one of my most avid readers and reviewers.
Right now, it might be too late to really address Natalie’s anxieties, but I think it’s something that I will allude to when we see her again, and really play up her…whoops, almost spoiled the ending for ya. 😉
As far as Julia, I know this story really seems to jump to Julia being the dominating giantess, but I wanted to keep the story somewhat short, and didn’t feel like I really had the time to truly evolve her into that role. It is a surreal situation, and it’s hard to say how a person would really react in that scenario. In my longer novels, I do want to take the time to evolve the playful and/or resentful giantess into the cruel, dominating type. I think this works best in the slow shrink genre, where the giantess changes and evolves as the main character gets smaller and smaller.
McKenzie wasn’t someone I had initially planned on including in the story, and her personality may not really fit the role of the playful giantess, but your ideas about how a playful character might react are certainly some food for thought. I’m thinking about including scenes in my upcoming novel, like a gentle giantess and tiny person taking a bath together, or maybe having a romantic interlude that truly feels natural and realistic.
Thanks for all the feedback and reviews!