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| Elf-root by Soledad | 5 Review(s) |
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| Redheredh | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/29/2008 |
| This comment is unjustly delayed, but finally made. I really like Bilbo, however tend to read only stories of elves. I took notice of this story precisely because it was your first foray into the Shire and about my favorite hobbit. I am so glad I read it. Very entertaining and humourous, without losing realism. There was a slightly Dickensian air about it. :) At least, I thought so. Which made it quite a enjoyable tale. Please, won't you try your hand at Bilbo's history again sometime? Author Reply: There's nothing wrong with delayed comments, as long as they still arrive somewhen. ;) I love Bilbo a great deal, too, and I'm glad you liked the story. I'll try my hand on him again, when inspiration hits. I'm known to write across all Ages, all genres and all Middle-earth species, after all. *g* Oh, and being compared with Dickens? Is a great compliment. I've hunted the city for years to find Nicholas Nickleby in English original. | |
| nancylea57 | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/2/2008 |
| as a first foray into hobbits and hobbitton soceity, i can only say please stay and play a long long time because you add to the sunshine and laughter in the neighborhood. Author Reply: Thank you! :) Admittedly, writing such light-hearted stuff isn't exactly my forte, but it was great fun, and if the muse cooperates, perhaps I'll return to the Shire again. | |
| Celeritas | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/1/2008 |
| I've been following this fic on and off for while it's been up, so I thought I'd leave a brief fic-wide review on the last chapter. Your portrayal of Shire hobbits in general was just different enough to make it entertaining. The grasp on the genealogical obsession was just perfect, plus blond!Drogo and the incorporation of the strange idea that somehow white asparagus is more posh than green, and Isengar Took and his dwarvish insight were all excellent. In short, lots of little things throughout the tale piqued me enough to get thoroughly delighted. And no need to worry about multichapter fics being spawned from innocent discussions about foodstuffs. I believe it, or something like it, is something every author has faced at some point. Author Reply: I'm very glad that you liked the story, and thanks for the feedback. I must admit I was a little nervous, as I've never written a Hobbit story before - partly because the whole family tree thing is so confusing - but I'm happy that people find it adequate. Perhaps one day I'll have a reunion with Isengar Took... I'vee grown quite fond of him. If I only hadn't so many unfinished WIPs! | |
| Kitt Otter | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/1/2008 |
| Fun ending! I feel for Gandalf... oh, Hobbit names. Owe. I love this description of Balin's voice: "it was a very pleasant sound, the voice of someone who laughed a lot, despite everything fate might throw into his face." I never ate asparagus, actually. I think now I shall try to. They sound delectable, though it will be hard not to think of Lobelia's remark... *g* Thanks for such a fun story! Kitt Author Reply: Oh, the dangers of being exposed to the meanderings of a dirty mind! *nodnod* But you really ought to try asparagus. It's the food of the gods... or, at the very least, that of the Great Elves. It's a crying shame that the season is so short. Balin I fell in love whit at the moment he came in, hung his scarlet hood on the peg and asked Bilbo for beer - or was it ale? I never stopped loving him. I was literally crying when I learned his fate in LOTR. Which is why I decided to write "The Book of Mazarbul", even though, eight chapters into the story (although only two posted yet) he still has to make his grand entree. I'm glad you liked the story. And thanks for taking the time to review. The muse sends you happy thoughts. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/1/2008 |
| Aw...that was a cute Epilogue! I loved Holman's gossip with Gandalf and Balin, and the way he went on and on with Bilbo's family tree and the news of Drogo's impending marriage. And a nice bit of foreshadowing about the Ring... This was a delightful tale, Soledad, and I do hope that you get another hobbit-bunny sometime, because you write them very well! Author Reply: Thanks! :)) It seemed somehow right to close the story with Holman and with Balin's visit, which, after all, is a canon event. I'm glad you liked my first foray into the Shire. From a devoted Hobbit writer like you, it comes close to knighting. *g* And thanks for taking the time to review, it means so much to me to know that people enjoy my work. As for more Hobbit stories, look out for "Errantries", somewhen in the next Age or so, featuring all those errant Tooks. | |