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Bells  by BeautyID 3 Review(s)
EowyntheGreatReviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/23/2004
Nice start! I look forward to more of 'sane' Denethor

French PonyReviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/22/2004
Oh, I do like creepy little stories like this! I suppose all children love ghost stories and unexplained phenomena, and stories of dead children are right up living children's alleys. Have you read Wisconsin Death Trip? I think you'd enjoy it.

I enjoyed this story. Even though Finduilas really is the middle child (Ivriniel is the oldest, then Finduilas, then Imrahil) of Adrahil, I thought that she came across as a marvelously real little girl, very self-possessed, and possibly smugly enjoying creeping out Denethor. And then they get married! She must have been quite a storyteller for the boys.

Author Reply: Thanks so much for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I know I messed up the birth order, but I only found that out after I wrote 'The Song of the Sea' and I decided to stick with it just for the sake of simplicity. If I ever write more Finduilas fics, I'll probably go with the correct birth order.

I'm glad to hear that Finduilas came across as real. When I'm writing about children I'm always worried about that.

Thanks again for the feedback, I really appreciate it!

nessieReviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/22/2004
This was nicely written. It's good to see Denethor different from the crazed man we've met in Return of the King. It shows that he had a side of him that was thoughtful and well...not crazy. About how old was Denethor in here? I thought he was around seventeen years older than Finduilas, so that would make him twenty-seven? Well, this was good, keep writing things.

~nessie~


Author Reply: I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback!

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