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| A Silence Covered in Stone by Zimraphel | 1 Review(s) |
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| TolkienFan | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/22/2003 |
| Wow, Zimraphel, as usual this story is very powerful. I barely made it through the prologue because of my own claustrophobia - your words there were just a little *too* evocative! The sensation of being absolutely trapped was overwhelming. **Shudder!** Your Thranduil is such a powerful presence, very ably drawn. Such incredible pain to see his people and realm nearly destroyed, yet he still clung to his overwhelming distrust of other elves! "Thranduil could think of fewer deaths that were worse." That statement made me turn cold, and now that I've read chapter 2, I understand that it was the foreshadowing that gave me goose bumps. In chapter 2, I really liked the fact that Thranduil seemed to warm to Celeborn a bit after realizing that he was not going to abandon Arda soon. Perhaps he does learn to trust a bit? Sorry that I don't have time to review the whole story in detail, but please accept my congratulations on a very powerful story. By the way, in the phrase, "but when he released he would neither suffocate nor starve", did you mean "realized" instead of "released"? It seems to fit better; but if I'm missing some subtle word-play, please forgive my obtuseness. | |