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| The Tenth Walker by Lindelea | 838 Review(s) |
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| Althea | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 9/27/2007 |
| Through Bill's thoughts, you have created a magnificent picture of the worry and weariness they all encounter as they make their slow way to Rivendell. I love how, despite his own hunger, fear, and exhaustion, Bill worries for his companions. I love scene in which Strider and Bill nod to one another. Bill is as ready to take care of his people as they are to care for him. Author Reply: Thank you, I appreciate your taking time to share your thoughts. You're right, Bill has thoroughly adopted these people as "his". | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 9/25/2007 |
| Caught up at last! This is so wonderfully well done, Lin!! I'm am totally and thoroughly enjoying this story :-) Author Reply: Whew, good job! | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 9/25/2007 |
| "It is very early, but we are up and moving, downhill now, down to the fearsome Road that lies waiting ahead, a mouth yawning to devour us, I’ve little doubt." You paint such glorious word pictures, Lin! Author Reply: Thank you! I try to write the pictures I see in my mind's eye, and the stories I enjoy reading the most are the ones that bring pictures to mind, like yours. | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 9/25/2007 |
| I don't know why, but I like that you have the athelas not tasting very good. Author Reply: LOL, some herbs aren't half bad, like peppermint, but others! Eeeeugh! | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 9/25/2007 |
| ". . . I move, one foot after another, as smoothly as I know how, rather like a cat I saw once, stalking a small creature in the field." Beautiful imagery! Dear old gentle Bill! Author Reply: Thanks! He really is a dear. | |
| Istarnië | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 9/25/2007 |
| Well *I* am certainly being drawn along on this well known journey, and enjoying every step of the walk. Who knows, I may even start trotting soon - I have almost run out of excuses not to read faster. I love the way Bill associates Pippin with his old, kind master. I also love the hint of menace from the pursuing 'old misery', which is alleviated by the 'tall Man's' words: 'He knows the land round here well enough, but he knows he is not a match for me in a wood.' It is no wonder Bill feels '...the stirrings of friendly feeling towards this stranger at these words.' Go Strider! ;-) Author Reply: Oh, my! High praise indeed! It's nice to be able to read slowly, chewing the words over, having time to digest them. All too often I have to gulp down a chapter, swallowing hastily, and too many times I am interrupted in the middle and have to try to remember to return, to finish. I do savour the times when I do have time to read slowly, and appreciate your approach to reading. (But if you want to read faster, it won't hurt my feelings. *g*) Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 9/24/2007 |
| Ah, how wonderful! Dear Bill, and how he seeks to care for his small herd as they seek to care for him. And love the working in of the text. Author Reply: Thanks! It's a game to blend the text into the chapter seamlessly, and I hope it doesn't bother anyone that I do that. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 9/24/2007 |
| Mention of Rivendell is like a flash of bright light, a sliver of sunlight shining through clouds Awwww. I love how they make sure Bill gets as much food as is available for him. Author Reply: Yes, I think they care for him as much as he does for them. Poor hobbits and hobbit-pony, the pickings are pretty slim at the moment. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 9/23/2007 |
| What a wonderful, welcome expansion on the book story, Lindelea. Bill and his perceptions of those he's with are so wonderfully described, as is his concern for Frodo and what might and might not disturb what ease he is able to know. And poor Strider--so in need of a bath as they all are at the moment! Lovely! Author Reply: Animals are so amazing--so often they seem to have a sixth sense when it comes to well-being. I had a horse that was a real "brat" when dh tried to ride her--she figured he could take care of himself and so did all she could to unseat him without outright bucking--but put a child on her back and she'd turn her head back, to look and see who was in the saddle (such a light weight!), and then pace along smooth as glass and just as careful as could be. And our dog always knows when someone's sick, and chooses to lie beside the sick person, instead of her usual favourite person. | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 9/22/2007 |
| I do love seeing these events from Bill's PoV and you do give him a very distinct voice - you certainly understand our equine friends. Love the thought that his mother said 'We'll cross that bridge when we come to it' - not just human mothers come out with wise sayings, it seems. I am looking forward to seeing his reactions when they reach Rivendell. Author Reply: Thanks! Have loved horses for a long time, and after owning one and working with a few others over the years I begin to gain some understanding of them. I do miss horses; we cannot have any here in the city, where we live now. How I love Bill's wise old mother! She must have been a very intelligent and observant pony. | |