MW this effort was deceptively simple, the reverse chronology was well executed and perhaps writing like that is a lot more difficult than it seems. The reverse timeline was also the main draw card, which does not mean other aspects were less interesting, only that they were secondary in terms of what drew me in. The rhyming technique was nice as well, you emphasized the rhymes in some parts and lessened their importance in others, the conversational tone was really very good. You captured nostalgia with a touch of foreshadowing loss, which is great considering we know how it will end. If only one criticism, it is that the last paragraph seems unnecessary, you did very well in expressing all those closing sentiments with just the general tone of the entire writing. While MW's device (the reverse chronology) was new and interesting, KR's device (the palindromic/backwards stuff) was a little lackluster in comparison, but only in comparison. It's difficult, because the device was enjoyable, but it just didn't comapare well to MW's refined device. One was very personal, the other fantastical, one device was nuanced and overarching, the other was repeated in specific sections in capital letters. KR established that da Vinci code kind of feel and that was good, but in comparison it didn't match up well. Voting for MW.
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