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| The Ties of Family by Larner | 3 Review(s) |
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| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 6/7/2005 |
| *she wold have to think on it she decided.* And we know what she decided! I do like the way that you weave your storites together and it is a tribute to the integety of your universe that they slot together so neatly. Merry as storyteller was a nice touch. I enjoyed his 'voice'. I would have loved a description of Pippin's wedding but maybe you are keeping it for another tale. Ican't wait til Narcissa meets the King. Author Reply: The meeting with the King comes soon. And glad you are awaiting it with pleasure. Yes, I try to keep the integrity of my stories, and appreciate it when others appreciate it, too. Glad you like Merry's voice in telling stories. But, why should Sam get all the fun? Thanks for the review. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 6/6/2005 |
| Lovely visits all around and Merry did an excellent job with his story-telling efforts. Author Reply: The twins waking to the reality of the world of relatives and ties about them as the Shire wakens to the realization that, as with the news of Mark Twain's death, the belief that the Bagginses were at an end was exaggerated. Thanks for the feedback, and glad you enjoyed the visits. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 6/6/2005 |
| You always give me something new to think about! “I’d not realized that the immortals could truly find in life a great weariness, that they might themselves wish to be relieved of the burden of it in the end, but so it was with Saruman, who had been intended to know the most blessed of existences but who had lost that ability by coming to desire power instead. And so it was he found the same end as did Sauron himself, but to a far smaller and more petty scale. The Valar would receive neither back among themselves..." Very interesting. What an insightful passage. Author Reply: I'm so glad you find it thought-provoking. But it did appear to me that Saruman was not going to stop being nasty till he was relieved of life. And what an end for both him and Sauron--both not only losing the lives of their bodies, but no longer accepted by anyone, losing their souls to their own selfishness. No need of Hell in the world of Arda--the nothingness of total rejection must be even worse. | |