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White Shores  by Gentle Hobbit 4 Review(s)
GamgeeFestReviewed Chapter: 4 on 7/2/2008
I am glad that Frodo now realizes he doesn’t have to be some great and noble hero to belong with the Elves, or to accept their honor of him. Now he can relax and simply be, and in so doing, fit in at last. He may have to remind himself of this lesson for a while, but eventually, he’ll learn to be comfortable in his own skin again.

Author Reply: There is a balance he needs to find between little and great, and he's definitely started the process of doing so! I think you've got it exactly right. He's not comfortable in his own skin.

AntaneReviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/14/2008
What wisdom our beloved Frodo is learning - quite moving there at the end. Hantanyel! Bilbo will celebrate Bilbo's way, the Elves will celebrate the Elvish way and Frodo will celebrate Frodo's way...what a gift to discover that.

Namarie, God bless, Antane :)

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/13/2008
Ah--a wonderful truth learned! Yes, the Voice of Iluvatar speaks in his heart, and he begins to truly listen!

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/12/2008
Ohhh, stars as a jewelled carpet. What a perfect description.

"I am very little," said Frodo, and he laughed.

"You are," she said, smiling.

"It is rather a relief," Frodo said. "I am very small after all and only need to be myself. Everyone has made such a fuss over me, and been terribly kind. I thought that I needed to be larger than life somehow


Beautiful, just beautiful. I truly believe this is the healing that Tolkien envisioned for Frodo. What a wonderful story.

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