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| A Healer's Tale by Lindelea | 8 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 5/18/2005 |
| A sad moment indeed, and a beautiful description of the room. | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/16/2005 |
| Now you are bringing tears to my eyes! Oh, Pippin! You write with such vivid detail that I can see how the Smials may look or how the anxious Tooks look at the healer but don`t dare asking questions. | |
| Mysterious Jedi | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/11/2005 |
| and that was MJ, sorry | |
| Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/11/2005 | |
| and hobbits give a "final greeting" again in "As the Gentle Rain," don't they? That crazy Took outlives most of 'em. except his own kids! (Ah, the beauty of knowing what's going to happen. It's kind of like reading a favorite again, exept it's a little different. More like watching deleted scenes from a favorite movie, except it in itself forms a coherent story. What would we liken it to then...?) Sorry about the rambling, but I know that I, for one, wouldn't mind if someone gave me a rambling review, it shows for certain that someone's reading and not just skimming! | |
| Connie B. | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/11/2005 |
| The waiting truly is the hardest part. The sensory details, like the freshly cleaned rooms, was great. Thanks for the update. Connie B. | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/11/2005 |
| My fingers are rusty typing a review to you - I've been away visiting my parents in Florida, and it seems like forever since I've reviewed. Hopefully things can get back to normal soon. I am always fascinated by the interweaving of your stories. This interlude is so different from the perspective in "Rope," where the focus is on the race Sam and Merry have with death. Here there is pleant of time for contemplation and grief, as Pippin hangs on. It was a lovely touch for him to remember to call for her husband, to comfort her when she loses this patient whom she has been trying to save for so many years. Pure Pippin at his finest. The tension of the desperate race has been replaced by something with much more angst - the slow-motion wating for another breath to be drawn. In the other story I get caught up in the excitement, and here there is grief that is overwhelming. It makes me cry even though I know how it ends. It was a wonderful detail for Sandy to show his love for his master, by doing all he can to a standard of excellence. That's one thing I learned at my mother's knee which fits perfectly with hobbity tradition. You show love not with a flashy extravagent gesture, but by doing all the little things throughout the day that can be done for the one you love, with cheer and patience and love that whispers rather than shouts. Marvellous storytelling. FF | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/11/2005 |
| Oh my, it's so sad to remember this anxious time of waiting! How perfectly you capture the sense of time holding its breath. I am anxiously waiting for Sam's arrival... | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/11/2005 |
| What a dreadful hush of anticipation. Poor Woodruff presiding over what seems the inevitable demise of the Thain. Poor Farry - it's no wonder he's older than his years. He's spent most of them waiting to have his father taken from him. Ride, Sam! Ride, Merry! Ride Rose! Take the small bottle from Isengard to Great Smials. (And what a shock that will be!) | |