Hello!

It's been awhile since I've gotten the chance to review something of yours, so I was very excited to see your name come up on the item list for the MHWA Review Challenge this month.

I really liked this piece.

Being a bit of a gambler myself (well, more of a casual card-player) I was able to easily get lost in the imagery of the metaphor. That being said, one of my favorite lines was actually not related to the card games at all:



I don't know why exactly, but that line just struck me as being so powerful, even though it was sort of the odd man out in terms of drawing comparisons. Or maybe I liked it because it was the odd man out? Either way, fantastic job!

You shed light on a terrible issue within the system, and I think acknowledging that there are problems with how we handle things is the first step to handling them better. I hope that others read this, and that one day, things are better for the people suffering in situations like this currently.

All the best,

Cat

















My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .