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The Grey at the End of the World  by jodancingtree 4 Review(s)
perellethReviewed Chapter: 23 on 10/25/2005
I won't tire of repeating that I love how compassionate you are with all your characters. UNavoidable as all this is, everybody behaves with such dignity that it is impossible not to feel kind of the call of fate there, and bow to these brave people, bracing for their last stand, yet finding the strength to step forth for duty, even when everythng's lost. THey all have such dignity, and Radagast's coming is truly a ray of hope, of deepest hope for canohando, in the sense that his mission shall not fail, even if he and all his people and family are swept away. Very, very, very Tolkienish, jo, congratulations!

Author Reply: Thank you, perelleth! No higher praise could be, and if this story so far away from LOTR can still be considered Tolkienish, there's nothing more I can wish for.

jo

Rose SaredReviewed Chapter: 23 on 10/25/2005
And so the legends of brownies and so on. Nicely done, now all you have to do is get them to change everything in their way of doing things.
Easy
Very enjoyable-Rose

Author Reply: LOL. Guess it might take a few generations, huh? At least. But I've always been intrigued by all the tales of elusive "little people" and wondered if there could be some reality behind the stories... here's my chance to give it a rationale.

jo

BodkinReviewed Chapter: 23 on 10/24/2005
Good to see Radagast - and bringing some hope to the Orc, too. But it's a desperate situation.

Author Reply: Desperate indeed. But then, so was Frodo's state of mind in Another Way of Leaving. The Brown Wizard is still a healer.

jo

InklingReviewed Chapter: 23 on 10/24/2005
And so the Hobbits’ future has arrived. What would Frodo think indeed? It’s sad, but no more so than what we knew to expect from the very first passages of LOTR, “Concerning Hobbits.” The world truly seems more diminished with each passing Age, though…

Author Reply: I know. I know the Shire is gone, the Hobbits scattered - and it makes me want to cry.

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