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| Number Two Son by French Pony | 6 Review(s) |
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| FaramirofGondor | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/11/2007 |
| could you please write more stories about Faramir I like this story a lot | |
| Episcopal Witch | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/9/2006 |
| What a sweet chapter. It made me smile all the way through. A glimpse of the Hurin family in happy times. I especially like the byplay between Finduilas and Denethor, as she teases him about his political plans for a baby yet unborn--"It is good to see that no bogey monster has carried you off and sent a changeling in your stead." This is clearly a happy marriage. Having two sons four years apart, the older of whom greeted the birth of his little brother with a happy cry of "Just what I ordered!" I can testify that 5-year-old Boromir's actions both before and after Faramir's birth ring 100 percent true. I agree with the concept of Denethor's character you state in your foreword. If only this family's lives had turned out differently.... | |
| Mysterious Jedi | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/28/2004 |
| Oh, how sweet. Too bad Denethor goes mad later. Please keep writing. | |
| eokat | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/28/2004 |
| This is a super start. I enjoyed reading your characterizations of the Family. It all started so innocently, but as we know the worse is yet to come. I think I will enjoy this story as much as your last one. Eokat. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/27/2004 |
| The characterizations in this were very well done. Denethor is hard to catch, because he was undeniably flawed and when he took to using the palantir, it damaged him, I think (although not like PJ showed. That was a travesty). But he's well done here, a good father to Boromir and well enough intentioned. And Boromir is a very convincing 5 year old. | |
| Fionnabhair Nic Aillil | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/27/2004 |
| "...my epic battles with the monsters which dwell beneath his bed" Teeheehee! My only gripe about this is that you have drawn your portrait of the loving, happy first family of Gondor almost too well - making the thought of the sequel more than thirty years down the line even more painful! That is however an eminently forgivable 'error' on your part. I do look forward to where you're going to take this, as you seem to be able to write Denethor with a certain amount of sympathy - an unusual trait! I thought your comment about King Lear was telling - and it bodes well, as I've always thought the two were similar. | |