Thanks for coming back to the story, even if you were unsure if you wanted to continue. Honestly, I didn't kill Tanner just because I could, in life sometimes the good guys die and sometimes they finish last and sadly that means the bad guys can win. Not every story has a happy ending but I still wanted this to be an amazing story, a piece of writing that when it's done, you're changed as a person for reading it. There are great pieces of literature in this world that aren't happy-happy sunshine and unicorns.....but I'm glad you gave it a second chance
I see this story as a ghost story so Tanner still being a major part of the story was my vision (and yes I have a strong background in screenplay writing, so I can often get very visual in my stories ) I've had readers tell me that my stories sometimes come across as mentally watching a movie. I hope that's a good thing.
I'm sorry if you didn't enjoy Gibby's out of body experience. Most people have their own vision of what will happen at death and life after so some readers might have a different view then I have and I encourage them to share how they feel about Tanner and Gibby's Mom in the light. Personally, it was a very sad and hard scene for me to write since I was struggling with just losing my own Mother while writing this story.
I hoped that readers would forgive Scott by the end. Everyone has made their fair share of mistakes in life (jeez, I know I have made lots of mistakes ) and if Gibby can forgive him and give him a second chance, I think we can too.
Death would be too easy for Amanda, she deserves to suffer and she will for a long long time. It sounds like over all, you enjoyed the story. I always love to hear from readers, thank so much for taking time to tell me what you think. KC