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| Shire: Beginnings by Lindelea | 93 Review(s) |
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| Matt | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 2/27/2017 |
| Two thumbs up for this story. Early history of the various groups in Middle Earth is one of the things I'd love to see more of--and this one is very very well done. I like your characterizations, the research you've done on the migration is well considered and the forces driving the hobbits further from their original home make sense. Did you ever continue this piece? Are there others in this genre out there from other authors that you like? Thanks again, and so much, for a great read. Off to discover (or rediscover in a few cases before I got impatient with your chapter length), some more of your work. Thanks loads for your hard work on this excellent fic. Author Reply: Much belated thanks, Matt. I just now saw this review when I was looking something up. I hope this finds you well. | |
| walkerskye | Reviewed Chapter: 150 on 6/25/2010 |
| I have stayed up way too late on a work night to read this wonderful tale. An Exodus I think the good professor would appreciate. I surely did. Many thanks. and Good night! (or make that good morning, I just looked at my clock!) Author Reply: An extremely belated reply, to thank you for reading, and for stopping to say a good word. I don't know why, but I never saw this review until today. Hope this note finds you well. | |
| Nienor Niniel | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 7/30/2006 |
| I forgot to mention before: I think it is a fantastic idea that there is a foreshadowing of the role the hobbits have to play much later (at least from their point of view). Really great! Nienor | |
| Nienor Niniel | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 7/30/2006 |
| Oh, they are remembering something after all, both Hobbits and Elves. This was a really lovely ending for a great fic! Thanks for sharing, Nienor | |
| Nienor Niniel | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 7/30/2006 |
| Oh, you made me cry again! So many poor hobbits killed. But the arrival in Imladris is so beautifully thought of and consoled me a little. Sad that the hobbits of Bilbo's and Frodo's time don't really remember that their ancestors were with the Elves once. Greetings, Nienor | |
| Nienor Niniel | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 7/30/2006 |
| So Eagles fill up the corners, too? Makes sense. The second part of the chapter made me cry a little, I have to admit. I really enjoyed the second meeting with the Elves. It's really difficult to fully grasp the fact that the hobbits meet characters that will still be around in LOTR. And that Gandalf, of all people, shows them the way is lovely. All the best, Nienor Author Reply: LOL! Would you believe I just now saw this review? It's like finding a gem, lost amongst the folds, that somehow dropped without notice and suddenly caught the light. Thanks so much! | |
| Nienor Niniel | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 7/26/2006 |
| Here I am again... truly intriguing! I rather like your "pre-hobbits", who are very much aware of the nature around them, but not so much of the larger world. And this meeting with the Elves is a fantastic idea. I like the effect it has on the young adventurer. I'll definitely read on! All the best, Nienor Author Reply: Thanks! The hobbits used to be quite a bit more civilised, farmers I think, but were driven into the forest by greedy or superstitious Men. And hobbits seem likely to be in tune with nature, from what I've read in JRRT's letters, so nice observation on your part! | |
| Inkling | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 2/20/2005 |
| Ah Lin, this was such a lovely ending to the story! Was it Elladan who saw Bilbo and left such an indelible impression, filling his heart “with unknown longing”? And so in the prologue it was the Old Took then, telling tales to a young Bilbo? This story was every bit as wonderful as I thought it would be, and your Fallohides have captured my heart. Someone thought they were unhobbity? To me they are the very essence of hobbit-kind…all the best qualities of hobbits, with the surface trappings of Shire civilization stripped away. They do the right thing instinctively, without thought of what’s in it for them, as when they help Grandalf or the Elves. They have a nobility of spirit and a quiet dignity that are both inspiring and humbling. You can see how centuries of easy living could turn them into the fussy, complacent hobbits of the late Third Age, but you can also still detect in the modern hobbits the traces of their forebears: “There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit”… Every now and then—not often—I come across a story that I think Tolkien would have enjoyed. This is one of them. Thank you so much! | |
| Inkling | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/20/2005 |
| “It was a hobbity homecoming for certain.” Indeed it was! I found myself getting choked up at the Harfoots’ welcome…the great a-journey is over and the wanderers are home at last. I’m so sorry to see this end…will you be continuing the history, I hope? | |
| Inkling | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 2/20/2005 |
| Ah, the Stoors! I was wondering if they would turn up. This is very well researched, Lin! I wonder about their crossing, and that of the Harfoots a century earlier…whether they too were pursued, or whether the Fallohides were singled out for the Dark Power’s attention… | |