Review: A Very Touching Short Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
This was a beautifully written short.  I see that some people think it fell short of the 5-star mark, maybe because they didn't like the ending, but I give it 5 stars without hesitation.The descriptions of her husband were very striking to me, because I lost my father to leukemia just a year ago, and he wasted away in a similar fashion.  I identified with the descriptions of the husband and with the dynamic of wanting to be there/wanting to not be there.  It wasn't really about the need to be in space, although she said it was.  It was about the decision to flee her husband's death or stay there and watch it.  I do agree that it could have had a better ending, but I still rate it 5 stars as-is.