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| The Choice of Healing by Larner | 4 Review(s) |
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| Inkling | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 7/1/2005 |
| Rosie’s speech was lovely, and Frodo’s self-doubt and longing so touchingly expressed. His spring illness is all the harder to bear for coming after the brief return of hope as he dreams of telling stories to Sam’s and Rosie’s children. No matter how many stories I read about this period of Frodo’s life, it never gets any easier…but I keep reading them! P.S. — To answer your question, nope, haven’t sneaked a peek at the last two chapters…but I have read “Filled with Light as with Water.” Author Reply: Yes, I was aware of that reading. Frodo is filled with self-doubt, and needs reassurance, although until his body is better I doubt he'll believe it. Tolkien himself commented that it was that last spring illness that sparked Frodo's awareness that he would not recover, that finally paved the way for his realization he must leave Middle Earth. And it is a sad time for Frodo, coming to terms with the realization that his only hope lies now in the West, not here surrounded by those he loves. | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 4/8/2005 |
| I love it......I like how you bring Rosie out as a character. So many times she seems like just the maid or something. I love it when the author portrays her as a wife worthy of Sam and capable of giving him the happiness he deserves.... Or maybe I just like her cuz my name is Rosie too.....*grin* ~~~{~@ Author Reply: Oh, I'm so very glad you like my rendition of Rosie. She must have been exceptional to have married Sam, after all. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 4/8/2005 |
| Oh how sadly painful for Sam to begin to realize the truth of it, and the seeming hopelessness, that Frodo has tried so hard to keep from him. According to JRRT in Letters, this springtime illness, so close to Elanor's birth, was what made Frodo himself finally realize that he would *never* recover in M-e. It's so sad to see; the account in RotK was so sparse, but the despair is still there beneath the bones of the story. You show this so well. Author Reply: Yes, I agree. And I suspect as each recurrence of the illnesses came, Frodo would become increasingly disheartened. Am so glad you feel I indicate this well. Thanks, Dreamflower. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 4/8/2005 |
| “Everyone as comes around you catches your shining, you know. You make things better, make folks better. Mr. Merry and Mr. Pippin, when they come around--even they catch your glow, are lit by your Light. You bring out----” She sought to find the word, finally found it in the memory of stories she’d heard Frodo tell when she was young. “You bring out the nobility in them, Master Frodo. And I think as this new King of ours must have the same Light as you have, for when you or Sam or them speak of him, you all straighten, your faces shine, and your Lights shine the brighter. “Never question, Master Frodo, that you are worthy of love. Never question. And you never have to be afeared of showing me your scars, for I know as how they was got, and I honor them.” Oh Larner, how lovely! You do write so beautifully. Author Reply: Oh, thank you, Shirebound. I find I truly love Rosie Cotton. | |