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| Down and Out by Lindelea | 5 Review(s) |
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| Nienor Niniel | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/23/2006 |
| I really like how you show the difference in the Took's opinion about Pippin after he has been Thain for a few years! But you are getting quite murderous in killing Tooks! Just joking: I guess it is just realistic that some have to die early, even with hobbits. Tooks are probably quite prone to dying from un-natural causes. I'm still looking forward to seeing Pippin lose that terrible illness, but I think I'm coming closer and closer. All the best, Nienor Author Reply: Y'know, it's difficult every time somebody has to die to further the plot or make the story more realistic! I'd like to have a perfect world where nobody ever dies... You are definitely coming closer and closer! I think you must nearly be to "At the End of His Rope" and "A Healer's Tale" (set concurrently, though the second has flashbacks to the past) in your chronological endeavour. Thanks! | |
| pipspebble | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 5/21/2006 |
| Absolutely wonderful! So glad rmbe911@yahoo.com recc'd it over on the PippinHealers list! I do believe it is one of your best! Just a grand tale! Author Reply: This got recc'd last year on the PippinHealers list? Really? Somehow I missed this review. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a note! | |
| storyfish | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 10/1/2005 |
| Oh, I'm so glad I took the time to re-read this! I absolutely love this story--short in comparison to other mammoths (in a good way) you've written, but it's got everything I love best about your writing--Danger! Peril! Death-Defying Hobbits! Rescue! Angst-Ridden Moments of Truth! Pippin Having Breathing Problems (Again)! Lil' Faramir Telling Stories! And dialogue like this: 'That might be an improvement,' Merry said evenly. 'Now I want you to do exactly what Healer Woodruff says, and I want you to smile at your wife and say "Yes, dear" to everything she says.' 'Yes, dear,' Pippin muttered. 'You're delirious,' Merry said. 'No,' Pippin answered, opening one eye. 'Just practicing.' Heeheehee, I read this passage a couple times just 'cause it made me giggle every time I read it. (Though at the same time I'm so very worried to death about poor Pip.) Author Reply: Goodness, sorry for the belated reply! To tell you the truth, I had nearly forgotten this story. Your review recalled it to mind, and I enjoyed chuckling with you over Pippin's practice session. *g* | |
| Cowboy Bob | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 9/27/2003 |
| Down and Out isn't fully up to the standard of Tolkien's work -- but I think Tolkien would be pleased by it. After all, he labored (or should I say laboured?) for some 13 years to produce The Lord of The Rings. I intended to just browse the first couple of chapters (mainly the Pony Post portion) but found I had a real "page-turner" on my hands, and didn't stop until all was set right. I'm sure that fact would have brought a smile to Tolkien's face Down and Out just needs a bit of refining -- some further "Tolkienizing." Perhaps some nearly-forgotten memory of Gandalf's pyrotechnic art could help at a critical juncture in the tunneling. Some of Strider's healing lore might benefit the Hobbit healer. I guess I just don't want to believe that there is no residual magic left in the Shire! Having said all that, Down and Out practically screams for a prequel as well as a sequel. How came the Hobbits to such a predicament when Hobbits had been burrowing in the soft earth since time out of mind? My equine bent longs to know if any of the sturdy racers of the Pony Post might be descendents of Old Bill -- or are they of Rohan stock? And that, my friends, is the essence of a truly good tale: It leaves you with a craving to know more! Author Reply: Well, actually, there are a couple of prequels and sequels. If you go to www.storiesofarda.com and do a search on "Lindelea", you'll see a list of stories published thus far, including one called "Chronological Listing" or something to that effect, showing the stories before and after this one. "Flames" would be a logical starting place. Another story, "Jewels", runs concurrently with "Flames" but follows the fortunes of the Brandybucks rather than the Tooks. I don't think I've posted "Jewels" here at Stories of Arda yet. I am in the process of editing that story, and will upload it here when finished. Thanks for commenting, and again, thanks for your input on pony speeds! | |
| Sue | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 8/9/2003 |
| I just finished this story this morning and enjoyed it very much. I have read most of your shorter stories and loved them. I am now reading the longer stories. Looking forward to First Born. | |