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| The King's Commission by Larner | 4 Review(s) |
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| annmarwalk | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 2/11/2005 |
| This is amazing - what was in the box was shocking, and painful, but you've described it so tenderly. This is such a marvelous story! So many moods! Ann Author Reply: The stationery box is the same one from "For Eyes to See as Can," of course, and the pictures are fully described there. And Sam would have appreciated what they meant. I have never tried to write Frodo's last letter to Sam, though--I think it's still too private between the two of them. And as Sam said, I think Frodo would have wanted his friends to know he wasn't special good and nothin' more. He'd have had to have felt a level of anger and resentment before he found peace with his situation. And life has so many moods. Thanks so much for your feedback--I truly appreciate it. | |
| Eruviluieth | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 1/18/2005 |
| This is incredible. So much I never thought about Frodo. This is really thought-provoking, touching, and so much more. This is as worthy a memorial as the sculpture Ruvemir will do. Excellent work, please keep on. Author Reply: Thank you. But it's really abut all of them. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 1/18/2005 |
| Ruvemir has turned into quite a catalyst for Sam (and the others). He is fulfilling a function almost like a combination of confessor/therapist as the struggle to explain Frodo brings out the pain of those he left behind, none more so than Sam. I really like how easily Rosie was able to describe Frodo's hands in detail--I love your Rosie, so strong and compassionate and intelligent. On the lighter side, I enjoyed going to get Ririon measured for new clothes, and the lads of the Row inviting him out to play in the snow. Just wonderful! I can't even begin to tell you how much I am enjoying this story!!! Author Reply: Being able to let out the pain about Frodo has been important to all of them, I think. They are seeing they aren't alone, and that, as Paladin noted in the letters, Frodo was still there, but so caught in his pain and weakness he no longer could let people see him as he was. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 1/18/2005 |
| I love the signatures on the furniture, stick, pictures and such. It makes them so much more interesting. So Rosie has been far more observant about the hands than anyone else - why doesn't that surprise me? Not someone who should be underestimated, young Rosie. You could say that she and Arwen are two of the major inspirations that kept the members of the Fellowship on track, when all other lights were failing. (I like the expression 'dearling'.) And Sam's respect for Ruvemir just grows and grows. He'd never have let him see those pictures or read the Green Book if he didn't think he was worthy of it. Author Reply: I agree--those pictures are quite private. Many times Ruvemir has been on the verge of being seen as the insolent alien, but he is able to get through it with tact and honesty. And I, too, find myself loving Rosie and her ability to read others. | |