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| History Lessons: The Third Age by Nilmandra | 21 Review(s) |
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| LOTR lover | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/7/2005 |
| Ah, bliss! Another "History Lessons." Have I ever mentioned how much I love the way you write Glorfindel? Not to mention Elrond, and the twins, and Celebrian...well, everybody. This story is a gapfiller in the best sense of the word, helping the reader to see the intertwining events that surround the basic story of "The Hobbit." I'm so glad you're continuing this series into the Third Age. Oops, I forgot to mention how much I appreciated your adding the backstory of the bow that Estel is now learning to use. It gives such dimension to the present story to have characters remember events in previous stories that the reader "experienced" right along with them. And I love the way you wove the mundane parts of Glorfindel's life with the otherworldly. You offset his insistence on keeping his own not-to-be-touched chair in Elrond's study, and his fidgeting (and snorting his wine) during the (hilarious) dinner scene with Bilbo and the dwarves, with the inner light that shines from him at the end of the race with Elrond and his fiery eagerness to engage the Ringwraiths at the end of the chapter. Wonderful. I'm waiting happily for the next chapter. Author Reply: I am glad you like my Glorfindel. From the keeper of the original, that is high praise! I have to say it really is fun to try and look at these events through the eyes of the elves, particularly Elrond, and to think of how much he has witnessed or known. I find even my flashbacks have flashbacks, because everything must remind him of something. There is so much history, and yet the perfect recall of the elves must make it all seem almost present in its clarity. Thank you for reading. | |