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| Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening by Werecat | 15 Review(s) |
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| TithenFeredir | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 1/17/2005 |
| What a beautiful story. Your heroine was so real and human, adorned with the wear of her service. You told her story with such restraint, and yet it was so very affecting. Well done! TF Author Reply: Thanks, TF! I'm glad you liked my heroine. She gave me hell at some points of the story, but I'm glad you found her real. Thanks for reading, Werecat | |
| meckinock | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 1/17/2005 |
| What a spectacularly moving and beautiful story of longing and love and what it means to be human - to appreciate, sometimes to long desperately for, that which is fair and beautiful and utterly beyond us, and then to still manage somehow to find contentment in our tired old weary selves. Nanwen is such a wonderful and real character - I could feel the ache in her knees and the burning in her hands, and the embarrassment she felt at hiding in the bushes, and the terrible longing that Legolas awoke in her. How do we go once we see the pearl of great price and know that it can never be ours? We just do; and I was happy to see Beregorn end up on her doorstep in the end. Standing ovation. Author Reply: Hi, Meckinock, and thanks for reading. I'm glad you liked my chaacter. In a way, she *is* a self-insertion, since I too am no longer a teenager. And I'm glad you liked the ending; believe it or not, I didn't see it coming until I was half way into the story. Thank you for your kind words, Werecat | |
| ErinRua | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 1/17/2005 |
| Beautiful. You made me cry. Blessed be the poetry of your thought and the silver fineness of your words. Love, Erin Author Reply: Hi, Erin, and thanks for reading, and for your kind words. You almost made me weep too, but I managed to control myself. Not safe showing emotion in front of the cats. :) Thanks again, Werecat. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 1/17/2005 |
| How could I not have seen that ending coming? It was so right! And yet I didn't. I guess that's the hopeless romantic in me. But it's not just romance we long for and know we can't have. I think all of us feel the sadness of life as we grow older. It's joy too, but the sense that life slips away and we have to let it go. Author Reply: Hi, Daw, and thanks for reading. Heh, *I* didn't see the ending until I was half way into the story. :) And about the sense that "life slips away and we have to let it go" is what I was aiming at. I'm glad it showed. Thanks again, Werecat | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 1/17/2005 |
| This is a lovely story! I like the way you portray the Fellowship on the periphery of the story, and how Nanwen deals so realistically with her crush on Legolas--she's no swooning fangirl, but a mature woman who has been lonely for a long time, and knows what the difference is between fantasy and reality. I am certain that Legolas was probably aware of her regard, yet he wisely says nothing--unless his soliloquy to the bee was actually intended for her ears. You have portrayed him with warmth and courtesy. I also liked Gimli deciding to co-opt Gandalf's order of pipe-weed. (That's something I could also imagine either Bilbo or Merry doing--maybe the Dwarf's been hanging around hobbbits too long, LOL!) I was fairly sure of how the story was going to end--Beregorn seems a fitting match for your character, but it was satisfying all the same. Very nicely told! Author Reply: Hi, Dreamflower, and thanks for reading. :) In my mind, Legolas did understand her feelings, but I didn't want to make it too obvious. And I'm glad you liked Gimli's moment; I had great fun writing this. (Yes, he's been hanging around hobbits too long). Thanks again, Werecat | |