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Shire: Beginnings  by Lindelea 1 Review(s)
FantasyFanReviewed Chapter: 19 on 12/27/2003
Pick is very much like little Pippin here with his questions and curiosity and flitting from topic to topic like a lightning bug. Here again you show how close the hobbits are to the life of the earth, with Pick recognizing the difference in a bluebird's call west of the Anduin. I think I forgot to mention it about an earlier chapter, but their awareness of the water when crossing the river and of the weather in the mountain crossing really makes the land almost seem like a character in the story. It's funny that once they settle in the Shire, they become so insular and unaware of anything outside their own borders.

Maybe you should title this chapter something about a good deed returning, or being reunited with friends. They've made friends with the wizard and the elves earlier and were willing to help them when they needed it, now that help is being returned when the hobbits have the need. And I was wrong before when I said that Gandalf was the only being who recognized and could help them. Elladan also turns up just when he's needed the most. By the way, did Beech die, or is he just still out of commission?

I'm looking forward to seeing the people's reaction to Rivendell. To make friends with Elladan and Elrohir is not the same thing as making friends with Elrond (although they did manage Glorfindel just fine).

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