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| StarFire by Lindelea | 6 Review(s) |
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| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 9/2/2004 |
| Good for Pippin. Now maybe they can find some reasonable solution. | |
| Hai Took | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 6/18/2004 |
| How terrible! First Ferdi nearly kills himself in the races and then doesn't even win for all that trouble! I'm glad that all the wagers were cancelled! It seems that in doing that Hilly sobered up on wagering! I'm glad Pippin got the whole reason out of Ferdi and now is able to see that perhaps he "pulled the trap too tight". I sure do hope Ferdi doesn't loose his ponies! Wasn't this mentioned in one of your other stories? Something about, I think it was Ferdi and Pippin talking, a pony jumping a fence to win the pony races? Looking forward to more, thank you! | |
| Connie | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 6/18/2004 |
| Looks like Pippin is getting a lesson in the long-term effects of his judgements. Now if Ferdi will put his stuborness aside and work with him, that will be a good thing. It seems that the best laid plans of mice and Ferdi always go astray. Ferdi and Pippin really are peas in a pod. They deserve to be stuck with each other for the rest of their lives. But I love them both; Pippin just a bit more though. Connie. | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 6/18/2004 |
| Here's some of that character development that you promised. Pippin has got to learn to think before he speaks. He'd congratulated himself on his cleverness with Ferdi, but his actions have reprecussions now. He's the Thain and he's got to start acting like it. Ferdi's got to open up a little and stop being so stubbornly self-sacrificing. Nobody can help him if he won't let them. Neither one is going to be good at these things for a while, but its a start. Oh, and collateral character development - Hilly has learned his lesson about wagering, though Tolly sadly has not. A good chapter, but I think there's more to come. | |
| Beruthiel | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 6/18/2004 |
| I liked the comparison of Ferdi to a fox in a snare. Pippin's insight here shows he's maturing from his old irresponsible days. I'm sure he's clever enough to come up with some way to let Ferdi keep his ponies and prevent the farm family from losing their home. Can't wait to see what happens at the Michel Delving race! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 6/18/2004 |
| Ferdi - the Fox in a snare - very perceptive. Ferdi is so badly damaged by all he has suffered. His self-worth is so low and he has no expectation of life ever becoming better for him. He expects kicks - and always looks at the apple given him for the maggot it will contain. I think that is probably why the Ferdi angst upsets me a bit (I know it is only a series of stories), because he seems to need some rewards along the way. The rewards that come - he is never able to trust them. I know that, in the end, he gets Nell and a family - and somehow, when he is fighting for them, the pain seems less important, because he has something to fight for. For all his life from the first fire to Nell, his life is empty of hope. I am sure Pippin can come up with a scheme, and it would be a good idea to share it with Ferdi now that he has realised what the problem is. Ferdi would suffer the angst better if only he felt he was in partnership with Pippin rather than always expecting to be the victim of fate. (I think that's why Pippin in Runaway makes me so angry. He knows all this and he knows Ferdi's loyalty and he still behaves like a louse.) | |