2005 Author Reviews for
Anoriath

Anoriath is good at writing gap-fillers. In her works I see glimpses of her characters (original and canonical) going about relatively mundane day-to-day business, and I like what I have read by her.

Anoriath's talent in this gapfiller category seems to be an ability to bring out underlying emotions. Or at least make a reader very aware of what the underlying emotions are. For example, in the story "For the Common Man," it's very obvious what has happened and the tension among the men Imrahil questions is clear, but it's still beneath the surface. It's never directly stated. "The Days Now Are Short" takes a different approach in that it brings out the underlying emotions from the books and makes them the focus, but it's all tied to the same idea of unstated emotions, both profound or humorous. And it takes a talented author to use such things convincingly.

Anoriath is good at writing gap-fillers. In her works I see glimpses of her characters (original and canonical) going about relatively mundane day-to-day business, and I like what I have read by her.

Anoriath is good at writing gap-fillers. In her works I see glimpses of her characters (original and canonical) going about relatively mundane day-to-day business, and I like what I have read by her.

There are so many good characters to foil against one another in Tolkien's writings, but it takes an author like Anoriath to really make those foils work. What Anoriath does with Faramir and Eomer is sheer genius, from the veiled threats to the veiled jests to the charge through massive paperwork at the end. I was actually cheering Faramir on as he plowed into various missives. But returning to the subject of foils, Anoriath is brilliant, playing strength against strength and using weaknesses to bridge the gaps between the characters. The end result is a fantastic look at Faramir and Eomer and a yearning to hear about the morning ride they take together.