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| Seasons of the Ring by Linda Hoyland | 6 Review(s) |
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| Periantari | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/15/2015 |
| All of these are so beautiful. I especially liked the second to last one about Faramir's fall and hope because the King has returned. Author Reply: Many thanks for your much appreciated review. I'm delighted you enjoyed this drabble set. | |
| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/2/2014 |
| Lovely, just lovely. I imagine that Denethor had been slowly cooling toward that last cold winter ever since he lost his wife. The final blast of Sauron's last assault was enough to finally freeze his heart. I think that your final verse is my favorite. Faramir gained the hand of a maiden, a princely diadem, and the rod of Gondor's rule. That very nicely sums up that last part of his story. I also very much like your use of green and gold to usher in the story of what became Gondor's golden age. The essence of poetry is this, the creating of vivid images with words, whether rhyming or not. Just as you have done here! Author Reply: Many thanks for your much appreciated review. I'm delighted you enjoyed this drabble set and found them poetic. Poor Denethor's heart was indeed frozen. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 8/30/2014 |
| I hadn't thought of how hard it must have been to have Boromir gone so long without word. But love and light and hope did return. Yea! Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Many thanks for your much appreciated review. I'm delighted you enjoyed this drabble set.We are so used to getting news of loved ones far away it is easy to forget how it used to be. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 8/30/2014 |
| Beautifully done! (I often find myself saying that in response to your writing...) Carefully crafted, intricately wrought turns of phrase, that render poetry from prose, yes, that is the drabble form at its best. I love the way you set this up, in the first place, the structure, starting from autumn (when the [Northern -- where LOTR is set] world is falling slowly into darkness as the days grow shorter and the nights longer. It is easier to slip into despair, to see the darkness with the retreat of the light. And then winter, where the light is least to be found. And then after the year has turned, the days begin to grow longer, death -- the feared permanent separation, now made real in Faramir's dream (that sounds odd) and the cloven horn in Denethor's hands. Then spring, a belated spring, a fear that true spring will never come again -- but life rushes in with the coming of the King, his very name speaking hope. And then summer, the high celebration of life, growth, bounty, and promise in the harvest to come. And light reigns. And to think you did it all within the constraint of the drabble form. (standing ovation) Author Reply: Thank you so much. Your kind words made my day. I'm delighted you enjoyed this drabble set. I often think the seasons mirror our own lives, | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 8/29/2014 |
| A beautiful cycle as we see that final year in which the Ring yet remained in Middle Earth through Faramir's eyes. And I believe the absent brother yet rejoiced to see that new summer fill his land and his brother with renewed hope in spite of the losses suffered by all. Author Reply: Many thanks for your much appreciated review. I'm delighted you enjoyed this drabble set.I'm sure Boromir would be aware that his beloved Gondor thrived. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 8/28/2014 |
| These are lovely. I enjoyed reading them very much. This is so sad, (Faramir wept, as did his father. They did not weep together. ) They could have used one another's comfort at that point. It is a shame that didn't happen. I think a great deal about that relationship. I've always found Faramir's situation with his father to be so tragic. I love the phrase, 'summer king'. It promises such hope. Author Reply: Many thanks for your much appreciated review. I'm delighted you enjoyed this drabble set.It sadly seems that losing Boromir drove Denethor and Faramir further apart. | |