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| A Tale That Grew in the Telling by GamgeeFest | 4 Review(s) |
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| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 9/17/2004 |
| I have a suspicion now as to what happened to that room. Good ole Saradoc Brandybuck gave it to me. I feel silly for not seeing it before but I was so caught up in all of this. I won't post my suspicions here, but I can't wait to see if I'm close to right on this one. I felt so sorry for Merry and Pippin in this chapter. They are so worried. You are doing a great job on this! Author Reply: I heard quite a few theories from readers as we made our way through this part, and they were all right up to a certain point. I’ll be interested to see how your theory holds up. Merry and Pippin have a roller coaster ride ahead of them. Thank you for the praise. It's greatly appreciated. :) | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/30/2004 |
| That flood wave coming down the river sounds seriously scary. It's good to see Pippin being optimistic to boost Merry's courage. Frodo will be all right. I think he's heading back to Bag End and the wretched ring. I hope. Save Frodo!! Author Reply: Merimac's lucky he got away from the river in time. That was indeed a close call. It's hard for Pippin to be anything but optimistic. As long as there's a chance, he'll continue to hope for the best. The ring definetly has a hand in Frodo's disappearance. Thanks for reading, glad you're enjoying it! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/30/2004 |
| Oh, have mercy! Now I remember why I try to avoid WIP! You've really got us hanging on the cliff, haven't you? I started this story this morning to kill a bit of time, meaning to take a break and get some housework done, and here I sit two hours later! This story is just amazing! Author Reply: LOL, well I could have told you not to start reading this yet! We haven't even gotten to the cliff! We are galloping toward it at a pretty fast pace though, so hang on! And you certainly did kill some time, didn't you? I'm so glad you're enjoying this. I'll try to write more quickly, so you don't have to wait so long between updates. No promises though. :) I did finally revise my outline for Part III last night, so that will be a big help now that I once again have some idea where this is going. This story truly has grown in the telling. I only expected it to be a happy little fluff fest when I first sat down and outlined it about a year ago. But when I finally started writing it, it just sort of took on a life of it's own and left me in the dust trying to catch up. The last chapter of Part II, which is coming up shortly, especially threw me for a loop, hence the revision for the outline of Part III. Hope you continue to enjoy it! | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/29/2004 |
| I am thoroughly enjoying this story, though I come to it in the middle. It seemed like a nice sweet story of Sam and dealing with a storm, until the revelation that Frodo is missing comes as a shock at the end of the first part. With all the damage from the storm, I was thinking they'd been caught in a flood out on the road. But reading what happens in Buckland, it's not waht I expected at all. There's a sense of unease about Frodo, something not right, but nothing to point to him going totally off his rocker and disappearing like this. Is it the Ring being missing that's caused his unquiet? It was spooky how it tried to reach Sam with the door that wouldn't stay closed, and even more so after Sam found it on the floor. But all during that time, Frodo was fine. Did he suddenly notice it was gone and rip apart the room looking for it? I'm pretty worried about his state of mind, going out into the storm. I hope someone finds him before he gets hurt. I'm looking forward to the next update! Author Reply: What a lovely review! Thank you so much. This was supposed to be a happy little story, but then it just sort of took on a life of its own. I just finally figured out what I'm going to do with Part III, considering no more unexpected developments come along that is. Each part of the story has it own theme. Part I was friendship, and therefore light and happy and carefree. Sam is always good for this sort of story. That was the best place to start for the surprise ending as he was far away from all the action. Part II is about loss. Frodo has lost so much in his life, first his parents, then Bilbo when he left the Shire. It's something that's with him always, and as we all know, there are certain times during the year that such losses are especially difficult to bear. I believe Frodo would still mourn around the anniversary of his parents' death. Of course, that blasted ring acting up the way it is doesn't help any of this in the slightest. It's safe to say that the ring is up to no good, as became apparent when it tried to tempt Sam. Thank you for reading. I'm so glad you're enjoying this so far and I hope that I can continue to make this interesting. | |