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| Truth Be Told by Virtuella | 7 Review(s) |
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| annmarwalk | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 9/19/2009 |
| *bites nails at cliffhanger ending* This is a glorious story. Not only the wonderfully vivid characterization, and the crisp, perfectly realized and realistic dialogue, but all the tiny details that add so much - things like how laundry was done, what the paint set looked like (and oh: all those pigments!), the taste and smell of mist and rain. I love rich descriptive writing, and your skills just shine here. 'Tis breathtaking. Other aspects of the story that make it particularly vivid is the surprise of the villagers when they discover that Deoric is not an oral historian - what a shock to the system that must have been! - and then when he totally dumbfounds them with the drawings. We've all heard stories of this type of thing happening, to explorers and anthropologists and sociologists of our not-too-distant past, but your taking that and reimagining it in Rohan is just a masterful stroke. Thank you so much for telling me about this! It was a lovely way to spend my afternoon. Author Reply: Thank you very much! I do enjoy nature descriptions - always taking mental notes when I'm outdoors! Hopefully the next chapter will follow soon. My beta has been on holiday and then she's been ill, hence the delay. | |
| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/30/2009 |
| Needless to say, I had to sit back and take a breath at the ending of this chapter.... and it was so beautiful and peaceful and quite nice... Shees! Author Reply: Yeah, nasty old me! ;-) I think I've been too nice to Deoric for a while... | |
| Elflingimp | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/30/2009 |
| Ach! How could you leave it there??? Please update before I fall off the edge of my chair! LOL! Hugs The Imp Author Reply: I'll update in about a week, I hope. It depends on my beta. So hold on to your chair. ;-) | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/30/2009 |
| Oh no! Poor Deoric! And what's happened to Aldrid? *bites nails* What a cliffie, and totally unexpected. The writing in this chapter is so very vivid, it's like a painting itself-- you capture the land through which he travels and the feel of chill and damp and wet all to well-- I actually found myself shivering at one point. And of course, you continue to be coy on the subject of Ents, leaving the reader to imagine just who or what that strange tree he passed might have been... But now I'm all worried. His horse and supplies are gone, who knows what has happened to his colleague, and it looks very much as though he might have a broken arm as well...poor Deoric! Author Reply: I do like my landscapes. Do you get that, too, that you go outdoors and look at the scenery and all the while take mental notes about things you want to use in stories? | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/29/2009 |
| Uh-oh; Deoric's in trouble. Hope it's not a serious injury - hurry up and update! Author Reply: I'll do my best. Not that I feel much pressure myself - after all, I know what happens next. ;-) | |
| curiouswombat | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/29/2009 |
| Meep! Oh my goodness - that came as as much of a shock to me as to Déoric - well done! Author Reply: Thank you! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/29/2009 |
| What a horrible thing to have happen--to get attacked and not only lose his seat but to end up concussed down a gorge, or so it appears. It probably saved his life, though. I only hope he didn't prove Eomer right by losing the precious paints! Now, to see who saves him.... Author Reply: Thanks, Larner! | |