Reading Room Continued – Recovering by Halotolerant

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

My rec ist „Recovering“ by Halotolerant. It’s one of my favourites...
 

The author writes in a very distinct way: „Everything was fuzzed around the edges as though reality had gathered dust whilst he’d been away from it“.

Her review on the past is magic and sad and warmness: „Ray. Cutting little salsa moves out with his hips when he cooked pasta“.

Showing the present just casually with a half sentence: „Coffee in a paper cup, because they did that now“.

She shows passion without referring to body parts, her writing about it instead is something like the „essence“ of passion.

She writes in a way that I *feel* with B/D without describing it to death. So much emotions are noticeable but they are floating, just hints, still obvious, nothing soppy.  

 This story isn’t about hurt/comfort – it is way beyond it, it’s hurt/healing. The ending of this story is so touching.

(I did mention that I like this story, didn’t I? *g*)
 
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Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Just to say that, despite loving this writer's work, this appears to be yet another piece of writing by her that I've somehow missed so I will endeavour to read it asap. And I agree with what you say:

She shows passion without referring to body parts

I much prefer writing that can achive the erotic and the subtle without stating the obvious which is usually such a turn-off.

Thanks for pointing me towards this fic.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

It was my pleasure :-).

[roven75.livejournal.com]

[...]without describing it to death
I totally agree with this. That's what I like best about her works, too. And the dialogue is the same. She is definitely one of my favorite authors, although I admit this story always makes me a bit sad, because of the circumstances. But the end makes up for it. And life just is like that, isn't it.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Yes, it has some sadness, but the end shows hints for a future - so I can endure this sadness :-)

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

I remembered the story faintly and have read it again now. And I join Roven here, it makes me a bit sad, too. At least they are getting together in the end. Anyway, it's very well written and I always put quality above content (well not every content, but most). ;-)

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

I think so too: a story may have an average content, but when it is a absolutely great writer it will always be a good story. (Hm - might be interesting, when a talented writer is forced to write about something average or even below it... *g*)