Inzilbeth · 30 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
Oh such a sad moment and you captured it beautifully. Well done.
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Many thanks for your much appreciated review. I'm pleased you felt I captured this heartrending moment.
The Gift of Foresight by Linda Hoyland
Reviews (11)
Cairistiona · 29 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
This was such a lovely birthday fic... one I'll read and re-read. You've captured both men beautifully here. It had to have been so wrenching for both to step off that ship, knowing what lay ahead, but you've shown them handling it with the dignity one would expect from each of these. Absolutely lovely.
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review.I'm delighted you enjoyed this birthday story. It is strange but stories I write in a hurry often turn out the best!I'm pleased you felt I captured the characters.
Larner · 29 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
A so-beautiful if grievous moment! I find I love them both!
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Many thanks for your much appreciated review.I love them both too!
Daynawayna · 29 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
Linda that was amazing. So deep and touching and totally masculine too. What makes it "worse" for me is that I am currently re-reading "Don't Panic!" by Boz4PM, and this fits in so perfectly with that story and the way Boz wrote those two characters... oh you made me cry! :( That was wonderful and I really loved it. It was beautiful.
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review.I'm delighted you enjoyed this story and found it touching and in keeping for the characters. I'm touched that I made you cry.
Raksha The Demon · 28 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
An excellent look at possibly the last conversation between Aragorn and his brave kinsman. You bring out their long relationship in a realistically understated way. And the ending is quietly heartbreaking. Well done!
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review.I'm delighted you enjoyed this story and found the conversation realistic.
Estelcontar · 28 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
Linda, I loved this moving vignette when I first read it, and loved again now that I've reread it. It has lost nothing of it's poignancy.
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review.I'm honoured you chose to reread this, which as usual I've tried to polish!
Thundera Tiger · 28 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
This is breathtaking. You've perched these two men on such a precarious balance. There's a philosophy that states hope and fear can't exist in the same sphere as knowledge because both are based on uncertainties. You capture that idea so well in this story! Aragorn and Halbarad have a sense what is about to happen, but there's enough doubt Aragorn can't resign himself to it. Not completely. He's still looking for a way to change the outcome and thinks it might be possible for Halbarad to avoid the warnings of foresight. He has to throw the option out, even when he knows it won't be accepted, but he respects Halbarad too much to insist on it. It truly is a fantastic balancing act between knowledge and fear, and it's also superb characterization work for two men caught in an impossible situation. This story has really made me think.
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review.I'm truly delighted and honoured by your reaction to my story and that you found it thought provoking. THank you for sharing these insights which I greatly enjoyed reading and gave me pause for thought too.
RS · 28 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
"I would have liked to see you wearing the Silver Crown," ..... "And be present at your wedding to the Evenstar.... watch you reign justly and wisely for a hundred or so glorious years surrounded by your children." HOW I WISH HALBARAD WAS ABLE TO WITNESS THIS ALSO. "..but remember the good times we shared.." This is so sad! The last line got me. I'm a mess! You got me crying again!
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review. I agree with you 1005. Halbarad should have seen Aragorn's triumphand glorious reign. I'm touched that this moved you to tears.
shirebound · 28 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
your hour is come That's so incredibly selfless. I love both of them.
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review.I love them both too!
Utfrog · 28 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
You have caused me to cry so many times; add this story to the list. Beautiful.
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review.I'm touched that this made you cry.
Ellynn · 28 May 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Foresight
Heart-breaking. Poignant. Beautiful. Well done.
Author's reply
Many thanks for your much appreciated review,which is my first. I'm so pleased that you found my story moving and liked it.