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| Shadows of the Past by Laikwalâssê | 1 Review(s) |
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| Fiondil | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 6/3/2010 |
| I finally found a free afternoon to actually sit down and read this story (reminded that I had wanted to do so when I saw your latest update). I think this is a real page-turner myself. I found myself caught up with the story right from the start. Galadhion is my favorite character here (next to Glorfindel who is *always* my favorite character *grin*) and I have liked the interplay between Elrond and Thranduil, the former with feelings of guilt and the latter consumed with anger, both of them trapped in memories of the past, although Elrond is more capable of seeing beyond this. It looks as if Thranduil is getting there himself, slowly but surely. Glorfindel has been way cool throughout, just the way I imagine him to be. I really liked how he told Thranduil off in this chapter. An angry Glorfindel is a glorious sight to behold. *LOL* I suspected that Galadhion's condition was as much spiritual as it was physical. Of course we already know the outcome *grin* but it will be interesting to see how it comes about. And I saw that anonymous review (don't you just hate them!?) about this story sounding like an afternoon soap opera. Apparently the reviewer has never seen one because most of them are well written with interesting character and plot development, so really, the person was paying you a compliment, even if he or she didn't intend one. *grin* Looking forward to seeing how this ends. Author Reply: Hi Fiondil, I´m so glad you have finally found the time to read my story and I´m even more happy that you like it. I really appreciate your review, because I´m following your stories also but I´ve never had the courage to review because that´s not my playground and I´m much too unexperienced with the topic Valar or SIL. I like Galadhion also very much and the more so because I´ve made him up and he has developed over the chapters with me. The old conflict between Thranduil and Elrond was always fascinating to me, even when Tolkien did not really elaborate about this, but I could imagine some animosity between them Noldor/Sindar; Gil-Galad/Oropher). And Glorfindel is always out of question: He´s simply the most interesting elf in all of Middle Earth. And you are right about Galadhion´s condition;it´s a spiritual problem which will be clear in the next chapter. I´m so glad about your comment about the annonymous review. I´ve never considered it this way. Anyway, thank you so much for your time to review and I hope you will follow me to the end. Lai | |