Residue

Residue

Bones

Dharmamonkey

Summary: The 1991 Gulf War left Booth a changed man in many ways. During a visit from his son Parker, Booth must once again face the recurrent effects of his experiences in Desert Storm, leading him to open up to his son for the very first time about what happened to him in Iraq.

I watched about five minutes of Bones the other day and then it got trumped by my niece waking up and us turning on kid’s shows for her, so I have no idea what Bones is about.

Good, strong opening line. It pulls the reader in and makes them interested in reading just what the heck the character is talking about. Kudos.

I have to tell you (since my sister’s boyfriend was playing Black Ops today) that I ALWAYS laugh at guys who get REALLY into video games. My ex boyfriend did and he didn’t understand why I wasn’t acting the same way he was when he played. Besides the fact that I suck at video games, they just don’t hold the same level of interest for me. It’s so spot on and perfect that Parker would be jumping all over the place. But let me tell you, I feel bad for the kid. I literally see him change from carefree kid to concerned adult in two sentences.

Of course, no parent wants their kids taking care of them so Booth will go and get his own stuff. I think that’s a very difficult situation to be in. Both of my parents are fine and fully functional, but I remember when my grandma was really sick and I helped take care of her. It’s scary to see things you’re not used to and to have the adults in your life become vulnerable. You always expect them to be superior and not have difficult things happen to them, so when they do you definitely don’t forget it.

I love the sentences in this fic. That sounds really stupid, but the wording and the flow really is amazing. I’m a little bit in awe of you (also a slight bit jealous). You’re doing a phenomenal job here.

I half expected Booth to say that he will explain later and that would be it. That, of course, makes no sense with the summary.

Alright! Story time! Totally kidding, this isn’t likely to be a happy story with a fairy tale ending.

“You’re awesome” from a 13 year old as a parent has got to be the coolest thing ever. I don’t think I complimented my parent’s very much as a teenager. I was kind of a brat.

Parker seems like a really smart kid. At some points he also seems much older than 13.

Wow. That was a paragraph I had to read very slowly to correctly say the words in it. I may have even gotten some of them wrong. It honestly made me sound smart for a second. Only for a second, though.

My favorite ending so far. It’s cute how Booth remembers when his kiddos were born and that’s how you chose to end it. I think after all the heaviness of what just happened the reader really needed something to lighten it up a bit. I loved this fic.

Rating: 4/5