Amazing and exciting and utterly heart-wrenching. I was so eager for John to be rescued and cheering Ronon on all the way through the first half. And then the second half came along and oh, my what friendship scene! Beautiful and agonizing at the same time. There is just no way to adequately explain the emotional impact of the scene - the torment of John's days on this planet and his past all poured out in one moment. The orris must have worn off quite a bit by now, too. All John has left is Ronon. Ronon is written so wonderfully well, too - his desperation for his friend is tangible as is his strength is getting John through.
Now I am left wondering what is so very bad about The Void that people dying of thirst will not partake of the water.
I am going to have to read this over more than once today. It's just soooo good.
Edited to add:
Yes, I have read it over again. And again. I need to add a bit here about the cool plot with the Saurin running through all this. I think they are much to driven by their quest for knowledge to just waste potentially useful bodies by dumping them on a death sentence of a planet. I have a few theories but am still not quite sure... I am really enjoying the unfolding of that part of the plot. I especially love the way the threads of the tale twist around one another like braiding - one strand emerges and then loops in behind another again, but in the end it is all one braid.
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Date: 2010-07-01 03:16 pm (UTC)Now I am left wondering what is so very bad about The Void that people dying of thirst will not partake of the water.
I am going to have to read this over more than once today. It's just soooo good.
Edited to add:
Yes, I have read it over again. And again. I need to add a bit here about the cool plot with the Saurin running through all this. I think they are much to driven by their quest for knowledge to just waste potentially useful bodies by dumping them on a death sentence of a planet. I have a few theories but am still not quite sure... I am really enjoying the unfolding of that part of the plot. I especially love the way the threads of the tale twist around one another like braiding - one strand emerges and then loops in behind another again, but in the end it is all one braid.