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for Not every thing is as it seems.

by arora1

person Shosuro
schedule January 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM
MOre more more more more
more more more more more
more more more more more......
need I say more?

Can't wait until you update!!
person mydarkerside
schedule January 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Just finished reading this chapter again, read the entire story straight through the other day, and I just have to gush. I love your work. I really do. There's an insightful edge to your stories that delves deeply into psychological pain, illuminating hardships of the human condition and how people struggle through. Plus, you really suck the reader in, really pulling us into Naruto's inner world to the point that I for one was agreeing with Naruto, and getting angry with Naruto, and wanting to beat snakes and dummies with Naruto. You have good details that show what's going on. Like in the kitchen scene where the kitchen isn't described as a burnt out hulk (which is cliche and seen pretty often). Instead there are blackened cans lying on the floor that have exploded because the fire boiled their contents. The cabinets are dilapidated and the frames are just left. There's a hole burnt through the wall where the stove stood. Vivid, sharp and brilliant imagery.

Now some fangirl gushing...*ahem*

OOOooohhh NOoooooo!! Is Sasuke going to be okay? He's not going to get sent to the mental hospital, is he? Are you going to tell us what happened to him and why he has scars in unpleasant places?!? Poor Sasuke!!

But poor Naruto, too! Does Sasuke care about him and just doesn't know how to show it?? Will Naruto be able to save Sasuke from himself? I noticed it was a two bedroom apartment...XD mayhaps they become roomies and start their relationship from scratch?

Oh, this story is dark and angsty but it's not suffocatingly angsty, and it's so *good*

update, update, update!!

*ahem*

Anywho, I hope that Japan is nice, and I'm not gonna lie--I hope you find oodles amount of time to write. XD
Have a great day.

mydarkerside
schedule January 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Wow, this story is going in a direction i had no idea about. pretty good. Can't wait till the next update for sure.
person Menow
schedule January 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
This is great. I have one word of advice: Take out the part about the buzzer going off when he gets to the corner and put a slight more emphasis (I do mean slight) on his stomach growling. You see, without the 'buzzer at the corner' remark, there is a chance that your readers will forget about the food as well. Then we can experience Naruto's realization with him (leave us a little worried and shocked). This would just help you get a little bit more of an emotional investment from your readers. Other than that, great job and I look forward to the next chapter.
person mydarkerside
schedule January 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
*grumbles* Do you know that you have the reviews set to only accept logged-in users? I had to go and set up an account to review this story. I was kind of promising myself I wouldn't, as I neglect my fanfiction account too much as it is. Ah well. I had to review this story. So, yes, I've been waiting three months or whatever it's been for this thing to come out, and as always, you do not disappoint. I could maybe have wished the chapter was a wee bit longer, but I'm definitely not going to complain...you are probably the only author that I would purposely set up an account so that I could post a review for you.

Ah yes, a review...hmm. I loved it? I love all your works, and I constantly go to your profile page to see if I possibly missed an update. I just about spazzed out when I was browsing the titles of the newest updates this morning when I saw your name and then I realized it was this story that I have been so anxiously waiting for an update.

I thank you for not killing...certain characters (we know who I mean), and I thought that the use of the soap opera scene was truly inspired. I really appreciate how well you've shown Naruto's agitation by him going so far as to move and to call Sakura names. The part about beating up snakes--lol. And then the part about the dummy? T_T.

I'm anxious to see how Sasuke reacts to Naruto, and how Naruto will react to Sasuke for that matter. It's all so very dramatic and intense and angsty (yet not so angsty that I want to cry). I hope that you will have time to work on this piece, though rest assured, I will wait another three months for the next chapter...though please, please, please don't do that to me?

Mayhaps I'm a bit dense, but I still have no idea what is going on in Sasuke's head. Heck, when that little soap opera bit played, I was much of an accord with Naruto!! And you know how the eye skips some lines sometimes when you're reading? I thought for a second it was Sasuke Naruto was opening the door for, not Sakura. But then Sakura sprung that little speech on Naruto, and I was all like, well Naruto, you and I were a wee bit wrong.

Guh. I love that I can't fathom what's wrong with the bastard. I hope for a happy ending and an update.

Sincerely

rachael

p.s. I always signed my anon. reviews w/ rachael. I think there may be quite a few...XD

...well at least close to one for each chapter anyway... :)

now I must go and reread the entire fic and see all the wonderful nuances you've tied together (like I KNOW there was something in chapter 1 about Naruto thinking he wanted to get a new apartment...I love the little details like that).
person roely
schedule January 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
poor sasu! he was rape right! is this a sasunaru fic or narusaku ? anyways its a good story you have insight into the mind!
schedule January 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
This is very interesting and well thought of. Sasuke's being his usual difficult self and Naruto's being stubborn... Finally thinking about himself... but that doesnt help things along... I am dying to know what happens next... please Naruto! Dont let Sasuke get carted off to looney bin! He's a good man, a bit twisted and difficult but he loves you in his own way... Those scars in his rectum points to being dealt a worse hand than Naruto himself had... right? Poor Sasuke... I cringe with the sole thought... please... happy ending? *offers cookies* Update soon, ne?
person animehead
schedule January 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
This story is amazing. So much angst. Their personalities are completely in character. I can't help but feel sorry for Sasuke, and sorry for Naruto as well. You have a very good thing going here. I can't wait to see what you have in store for next chapter.
schedule January 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Oh my god i cannot believe you updated this! I thought it was another of those awesomely-written, abandoned stories you see all over the place!

Please keep writing this! I really like your style of writing, very easy to read and follow. Good story with, it looks like, some real-types issues affecting them.

Keep up the good work!
person Hestia
schedule January 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Ok--I'm totally against the mission were Konoha nins kill an innocent family--that I can't see MK condoning. But other than that I'm pretty hooked on this. Wow, the scars in Sasuke's butt--hmmm, it's starting to all make sense. I hope this doesn't have a dreadfully sad ending--even if it doesn't end with Naruto and Sasuke working it out, I hope you at least get Sasuke to merely depressed, not violent and suicidal. I'll be looking forward to the update!