Review @ Short Stories and Stuff

Saturday Centus on Friday. Okay. Looks like I am the last part over the fence this week. I admit that I almost chickened out, but I finally, after reading the other posts, screwed up the courage to write a review. I am choosing to review gaelikaa’s “April Showers Bring May Flowers”. Jenny threw us a curve this week by asking us to review a post from last week’s Centus. Click here to learn all about this meme. If you have never done so, please join us.

gaelikaa's post:

Sheila gave her mother perpetual heartburn. She’d walk straight out into the rain without an umbrella after spending a large sum of money on getting her hair styled.

"Oh, I love to walk in the rain," she sang, enjoying the refreshing shower which had put an end to her hairstyle by the time she reached home. Pausing in front of the mirror, she inspect the rain's handiwork.

"Hmm! Much softer and and far less severe!" was her verdict. Mother would nag, but that’d eventually fade into oblivion. Sheila preferred to remember grandma's saying "April showers bring May flowers."


My Review:

Sheila comes to life on the page of this post. In a few words, gaelikaa's little story introduces us to a free spirited young woman and includes a big hint to understanding her relationship with her mother. I felt as though I had been taken into Sheila's head.

I instantly loved her. gaelikaa paints a picture of a young woman as she challenges the limits of authority and rebels in a healthy way. She intuitively knows how far she can push her mother.

gaelikaa's use of concrete images- “She’d walk straight out into the rain without an umbrella after spending a large sum of money on getting her hair styled.” - makes this post very visual.

A+, gaelikaa!


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