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Interrupted Journeys: Steps along the way  by elliska 4 Review(s)
CandissDReviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/30/2010
loved the ending! those poor elflings but at least they survived and became friends with Anastor and Noruil. Can't wait to read more little snippets in other parts of the stories :)

perellethReviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/23/2010
What a tense ending for the adventure! But I had to laugh when the chidlren all began saying that they were friends, susprising everyone, including themselves!

The tension and dread when they thought they might have found Galithil's body was very well done!

And I'm so happy to learn you're updating journeys!

Author Reply: I liked that moment too. They really are friends. Mostly. ;-) It was fun writing another side of Anastor. He's not all bad.

The tension and dread when they thought they might have found Galithil's body was very well done!

I'm glad it worked. Poor Aradunnon! ;)

Thanks so much for the reviews! I really appreciate them!

FantasiaReviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/23/2010
Elliska, this chapter was very good, I was feeling all the tension of the parents, the scene of the parents running and serching in the riverbank was very well writen.
Love the friendship between the kids, hoping that will survive their parents confrontations

Thank you for posting. I'll wait for new updates for journey and anything that you want to post.

Author Reply: I'm glad it came across as tense. Writing things like this is tough. It's like battle scenes. They can be too repetitive to really be tense. So I'm glad it worked for you.

Thanks so much for the reviews! I appreciate them so much!

daw the minstrelReviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/22/2010
Holy cow. The adults searched for "hours" and the kids weren't at the fallen tree where Aradunnon et al (including me) expected them to be? My heart would not have taken it. Of course, it also wouldn't have taken that run along the riverbank, but that's beside the point.

There were some scary moments there for half-drowned Legolas. His world had narrowed to just surviving and hanging onto Galithil. Thank goodness for Anastor. Hm. Did I just type that? Yes, I did!

If they were as far as the raft elves village, they had come a long way. They were very rational about which way to go. You can see how much gumption and courage they all have.

No matter how hard he tried, he could not erase from his mind the vision of the absolutely sick, nearly desperate, expression on his father's and uncles' faces as they ran into the raft elves' village. Almost as bad was their utter relief upon seeing their children. These were expressions Legolas never wanted to see on his father's face again, much less be the cause of

Too bad, Legolas. I suspect your father felt exactly that way when you headed off to Mordor. But I had to laugh at how Legolas all but rolls his eyes at how ridiculously detailed Anastor and Noruil in filling their parents in about the disaster. Yeah, sometimes it's more merciful to leave parents in the dark a little.

I did like the way the kids gave their mutually hostile fathers something to think about. Maybe when Gimli came along, Legolas remembered Anastor.

Author Reply: I'm glad this seemed tense. It was too much like a battle scene. Difficult to write. But I had fun writing Anastor. After all, he has to have done a few decent things if Legolas and Co. were going to tolerate him. But it is fun to be a little different. :-)

Too bad, Legolas. I suspect your father felt exactly that way when you headed off to Mordor.

Exactly what I was thinking when I wrote that. :-) Poor Thranduil.

Maybe when Gimli came along, Legolas remembered Anastor.

Again, exactly what I was thinking.

Thanks so much for the reviews, daw. I really appreciate them!

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