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| Following the Other Wizard: journey into healing by jodancingtree | 4 Review(s) |
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| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/13/2004 |
| Frodo's caution around water is understandable, given what happened to his parents. I was thinking as I read this chapter and the last one that it's the kind of chapter I write with The Atlas of Middle-earth lying open next to me. "[s]he cooked the meal; the least we can do is eat it!" This is going to be posted next to my husband's place at the table. The ending of this chapter brought me to tears. | |
| powerwriter | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 1/26/2004 |
| *jumps up and runs around the room* YES! This is such an awesome story. I've been waiting for you to start Frodo and Radagast's travels. The character interaction is so good...I can't find any words to describe it better :) Nano doesn't remind me of Fosco. Though there might be some, I didn't notice any similiarities that made me go, "He's like Fosco". Cuina is adoreable! I finding myself wondering where she is when she's not around. The beach scenes have been the best so far. I can just picture it all...and it gives me shudders :P Wonderful story, Jo. Please keep going! Author Reply: Thank you, powerwriter! I'm encouraged to hear that you can picture what's going on in the story - I see it so clearly myself, and I want to share that. And I'm relieved that Nano isn't too much like Fosco. Thanks for reviewing - it's such a comfort to hear from readers! jo | |
| Tathar | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 1/18/2004 |
| Eeee, this might be my favorite chapter so far! From Frodo saving Nano in the waves (I don't believe I breathed at all until Frodo came to on the beach!), to Frodo helping the gull (no words for that -- it was just perfect), to the end: The wizard smiled. "Broken just enough to show what it's really made of, to reveal the beauty within. Worn and shaped by suffering, but not destroyed, only made more lovely. Keep it, Donkey. It is a precious thing -- and so are you." Sigh. Perfect, perfect, perfect! That's just it. I'm curious to know how many chapters you think this will end up being? I'm hoping that it will go on for a long, long time to come! I can't get enough of it. And not just for your incredible characterization of Frodo, but also Radagast, whom I've learned to love, and Nano -- if he travels with Frodo long enough, he'll come around, I'm sure. (I hope!) You know, having just finished "Sam's Rose," I found similarities between Nano and Fosco that I find comforting, since Fosco turned out so well. ;) And yes, I will certainly be sure to let you know if that plot-bunny comes to anything -- I probably won't start it until I finish "Always a Silver Lining," but who knows? I've been writing ideas for it all day, so it might end up developing sooner than I thought! :) As always, thanks for an incredible read -- I can't wait for more! Author Reply: I'm so glad you've gotten to love Radagast - because so have I! But I'm dismayed to hear Nano reminds you of Fosco - darn, I tried so hard to make them differeent! I may have to go back and work on that some more; I don't want a sort of generic little kid turning up in my stories! Funny how stories just sort of - insinuate themselves into your mind, isn't it? There's an OC later on in this who is already demanding a story of his very own, arrogant cuss that he is... jo | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 1/18/2004 |
| Another wondrous chapter, Jo. And what a rare thing for Frodo to try not to look "so tall"! I laughed at that. What a gentle, incredible story. Author Reply: Thanks, shirebound! It is a funny idea, for a hobbit to be trying to look short - I hadn't thought of that! jo | |