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Msg# 9642
MEFA Reviews for Tuesday, December 2, 2008 (Morning Set, Part Four) Posted by annmarwalk December 02, 2008 - 4:40:35 Topic ID# 9642Title: Choices · Author: brindlemom2 · Times: First Age and Prior ·
ID: 184
Reviewer: viv · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
The angsty part of me loves this moment in the Tolkien mythology, the
moment when the twins part for ever, and Elrond determines that he
will always watch over his brother's children. I think your short
descriptions of both brothers were right on. Thanks for this peek. It
was bittersweet.
Title: As Was Dwarven Tradition · Author: Nieriel Raina · Races:
Dwarves · ID: 553
Reviewer: viv · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 4
Spoilers!
Dude, I'd love to show up for one of these traditional dwarvish
two-hundredth birthday soirees! They sound like a lot of fun (mostly
of the imbibing variety). But I can definitely see how Gimli's
thorough enjoyment of the evening would be dampened by the absence of
his friend. Awwwww. And there's Gimli getting all teary eyed at the
end! *happy sniffle* Thank you for this ficlet; I enjoyed it very
much, and not even *just* because it featured dwarves and was all
about dwarven traditions. ;)
Title: A Great Cause for Concern · Author: Alassante · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Post-Ring War · ID: 682
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
A very nice story, funny in parts but beautifully written in others,
as when Galadriel speaks of Legolas' and Gimli's friendship. And the
last paragraph. I liked also that Aule wished to speak with Gimli for
awhile to catch up with his children.
Title: Dance of the Deer and Mūmak · Author: Nieriel Raina · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Post-Ring War · ID: 559
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Cute story. I liked the descriptions of the dance and each other's
point-of-view of the other dancing. Nice work.
Title: Twentynine White Horses · Author: Jael · Races: Elves: Mirkwood
Elves · ID: 557
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
An endearing story about losing teeth. Well, for Elves anyway. It
almost hurts to think of beautiful Legolas with a gap. Ah, but at
least he's not a Mortal! Good fun and a lovely story.
Title: --and it was done · Author: Neoinean · Genres: Adventure · ID: 527
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 4
Wow, the writing was different in style but I liked it. The sentence
fragments and choppiness in places gave the sense of urgency, pulled
me in to how Aragorn felt. I loved the little bits of wandering
Aragorn's mind went to and how he reasoned what he had to do. Very
good story all the way around. And though I do love a good torture
story as much as the next, I do like that this time, the rescue went
off without a hitch.
Title: MAGIC: The Password · Author: Fiondil · Genres: Humor: Elven
Lands · ID: 451
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Since it's humor, I forgive that inane password. It was funny. And the
way the queen serenely replied Cute.
Title: Bad Idea · Author: StarLight9 · Genres: Humor: Elven Lands ·
ID: 610
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Spoilers!
I wasn't sure I liked the idea that it was Legolas' very bad idea but
in the end, it did make me smile. Good show.
Title: And so our friendship began... · Author: Amarok · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Elves and Men · ID: 281
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Interesting use of first person, not an easy thing to carry off,
especially with an Elf, but I began to feel comfortable with it as the
story went on. I like this dangerous side of Legolas. He's too often
painted as just beautiful. So good use of that and a worthy effort to
explain his and Aragorn's friendship.
Title: Hold To Hope · Author: Nieriel Raina · Times: Late Third Age ·
ID: 709
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
A believable story for Thranduil receiving the news that Legolas did
not return from Imladris. Touching scene of Thranduil holding
Legolas's first bow, and good mention that there would be forthcoming war.
Title: A Perfect Impression · Author: weepingnaiad · Times: Second and
Early Third Age · ID: 494
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 1
A nice beginning to little Legolas' life.
Title: Hidden Watcher · Author: kitt_otter · Genres: Drama · ID: 702
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
I'd read this one before elsewhere. It was just as good the second
time. Very good last line. I liked that Legolas could sense him, his
patience and stealth. And that Aragorn suspected.
Title: The Houseless · Author: Jael · Genres: Horror · ID: 178
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Very nice retelling of a familiar tale. I at first had some fear of
what the houseless one was going to do, but then suspected it might
end like that familiar tale. Very nicely done.
Title: Shadows · Author: Bodkin · Races: Elves: Family · ID: 698
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
The single-quotes distracted but otherwise, a finely written story. It
was interesting getting his mother's spirit's perspective.
Title: Parting Gifts · Author: Fiondil · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Post-Ring War · ID: 452
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
Oh, good thing I was on lunch break, because tears were streaming down
my cheeks by the end of this. It's a time I've thought about but never
so fully, when Legolas would lose his last Mortal friend. Gimli's
passing was beautifully done. Good job.
Title: Fulfilling Oaths · Author: Nieriel Raina · Times: Multi-Age ·
ID: 332
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Spoilers!
Beautiful story, tying together such a long thread from the sad final
days of Finrod to the passing of Aragorn and Legolas' journey. Lovely,
nearly brought a tear to my eye.
Title: Whatever Harm Encroached · Author: Nieriel Raina · Times:
Second and Early Third Age · ID: 708
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
I love a good Thranduil. So many want to paint him differently but
this is the Thranduil I know. Holding off the shadow and anything else
that would seek to harm his people. Even the weather.
Title: Seaworthy · Author: Thundera Tiger · Races: Elves: Mirkwood
Elves · ID: 349
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
I read this one quite some time ago and found it interesting. An
intriguing look at Imrahil and how Legolas learned to build a ship and
sail it. Though not until his friendships on Middle-Earth had passed.
Title: In Search of Stillness · Author: Bodkin · Races: Elves:
Mirkwood Elves · ID: 704
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
Beautiful. Just beautiful. The banter was perfect (apart from the
single-quotes) and the friendship felt just right between these two. I
loved the concern Gimli had for Legolas and his tricking Legolas to
take a trip home out of that concern. It was beautiful.
Title: Here's To The King! · Author: Jael · Genres: Humor: Elven Lands
· ID: 204
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
Oh that was far more funny than I thought it was going to be.
Especially the end, the baths, the wolf's pup . Too funny! Poor
Naruthir. Will they never tell him the truth? I loved Legolas'
reactions, from the so tired he didn't want to bother to the desire to
kill his prisoner in secret. Or in jest. Loved it.
Title: The Misty Month · Author: Le Rouret · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Post-Ring War · ID: 454
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
Being uncomfortable with childbirth myself, I found part of this story
uncomfortable, but not because it wasn't well written. Just because of
myself. It was a very well-written story and a very different look at
Legolas. I liked it though. And his getting to name the girl.
Title: Wormtongue · Author: Mariole · Races: Villains · ID: 240
Reviewer: viv · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 5
Wow. That's some intense stuff, right there. It was impossible to feel
sorry for either Lotho or Grima, and yet ... I did. And I felt dirty
for it. That was what you were going for, wasn't it? Tricksy! I really
want to go on about this story, because it was so approrpiately bleak
and horrible. Typically, I try to keep reviews pithy and to the point,
but, because of the nature of MEFA, I find myself repeating (please
excuse me). But it all boils down to this: this story, for all its
darkness and despite the fact that it's emotionally difficult to read,
is an excellent piece of writing.
Title: Healing the Long Cleeve · Author: TopazTook · Genres: Longer
Works · ID: 133
Reviewer: grey_wonderer · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 10
This is a wonderful, well-written, romantic story that involves the
marriage of Peregrin Took to Diamond of Long Cleeve. The author has
put a great deal of detail into the story and the chapters are a nice
length so that the reader has time to become involved in the story.
Each chapter has a clever title that makes reference to aspects of
diamonds in one way or another. The story takes what I found to be a
rather different look at Pippin's marriage and much of the story is
told from Diamond's point of view with her thoughts and feelings
revealed to the reader. This was one of the first stories that I read
by this author and I was very entertained by her writing style. The
characters are very fleshed out very well, even the ones that are only
mentioned in passing by Tolkien. The story is twenty-seven chapters in
length and has author's notes at the end which I always enjoy because
it gives you some background on the story or the reasons for the
story. I have read many romance stories that feature Pippin and
Diamond but this one stands out for me. Diamond is young and not at
all experience and Pippin is very patient and very understanding with
her. It is a lovely look at the way in which the two of them begin to
build a relationship and it is also interesting to see the responses
of their friends and family. I won't say more about the story itself
because I don't want to spoil it in any way. Lets just say that if you
enjoy romance or if you like stories about Pippin then this is one you
do not want to miss!
Title: Pip-napped! · Author: Dreamflower/Lindelea CoAuthors · Genres:
Adventure · ID: 669
Reviewer: grey_wonderer · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 4
I simply love this story. This one contains a great deal of action and
a great deal of suspense, two entertaining elements that I believe
make for a very engaging fiction. This is a very entertaining story by
two very talented writers and in my opinion this one is a must read!
The two authors collaborate beautifully on this story and it reads as
if only one person wrote it because it all fits together so very well.
I have read this one more than once and enjoyed it every time.
Title: Answering the Call · Author: docmon · Genres: Drama · ID: 340
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Interesting takes on each of the Fellowship taking the ring. And most
of them ended terribly. Interestingly, Gimli's actually ended with at
least some hope.
ID: 184
Reviewer: viv · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
The angsty part of me loves this moment in the Tolkien mythology, the
moment when the twins part for ever, and Elrond determines that he
will always watch over his brother's children. I think your short
descriptions of both brothers were right on. Thanks for this peek. It
was bittersweet.
Title: As Was Dwarven Tradition · Author: Nieriel Raina · Races:
Dwarves · ID: 553
Reviewer: viv · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 4
Spoilers!
Dude, I'd love to show up for one of these traditional dwarvish
two-hundredth birthday soirees! They sound like a lot of fun (mostly
of the imbibing variety). But I can definitely see how Gimli's
thorough enjoyment of the evening would be dampened by the absence of
his friend. Awwwww. And there's Gimli getting all teary eyed at the
end! *happy sniffle* Thank you for this ficlet; I enjoyed it very
much, and not even *just* because it featured dwarves and was all
about dwarven traditions. ;)
Title: A Great Cause for Concern · Author: Alassante · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Post-Ring War · ID: 682
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
A very nice story, funny in parts but beautifully written in others,
as when Galadriel speaks of Legolas' and Gimli's friendship. And the
last paragraph. I liked also that Aule wished to speak with Gimli for
awhile to catch up with his children.
Title: Dance of the Deer and Mūmak · Author: Nieriel Raina · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Post-Ring War · ID: 559
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Cute story. I liked the descriptions of the dance and each other's
point-of-view of the other dancing. Nice work.
Title: Twentynine White Horses · Author: Jael · Races: Elves: Mirkwood
Elves · ID: 557
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
An endearing story about losing teeth. Well, for Elves anyway. It
almost hurts to think of beautiful Legolas with a gap. Ah, but at
least he's not a Mortal! Good fun and a lovely story.
Title: --and it was done · Author: Neoinean · Genres: Adventure · ID: 527
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 4
Wow, the writing was different in style but I liked it. The sentence
fragments and choppiness in places gave the sense of urgency, pulled
me in to how Aragorn felt. I loved the little bits of wandering
Aragorn's mind went to and how he reasoned what he had to do. Very
good story all the way around. And though I do love a good torture
story as much as the next, I do like that this time, the rescue went
off without a hitch.
Title: MAGIC: The Password · Author: Fiondil · Genres: Humor: Elven
Lands · ID: 451
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Since it's humor, I forgive that inane password. It was funny. And the
way the queen serenely replied Cute.
Title: Bad Idea · Author: StarLight9 · Genres: Humor: Elven Lands ·
ID: 610
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Spoilers!
I wasn't sure I liked the idea that it was Legolas' very bad idea but
in the end, it did make me smile. Good show.
Title: And so our friendship began... · Author: Amarok · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Elves and Men · ID: 281
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Interesting use of first person, not an easy thing to carry off,
especially with an Elf, but I began to feel comfortable with it as the
story went on. I like this dangerous side of Legolas. He's too often
painted as just beautiful. So good use of that and a worthy effort to
explain his and Aragorn's friendship.
Title: Hold To Hope · Author: Nieriel Raina · Times: Late Third Age ·
ID: 709
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
A believable story for Thranduil receiving the news that Legolas did
not return from Imladris. Touching scene of Thranduil holding
Legolas's first bow, and good mention that there would be forthcoming war.
Title: A Perfect Impression · Author: weepingnaiad · Times: Second and
Early Third Age · ID: 494
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 1
A nice beginning to little Legolas' life.
Title: Hidden Watcher · Author: kitt_otter · Genres: Drama · ID: 702
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
I'd read this one before elsewhere. It was just as good the second
time. Very good last line. I liked that Legolas could sense him, his
patience and stealth. And that Aragorn suspected.
Title: The Houseless · Author: Jael · Genres: Horror · ID: 178
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Very nice retelling of a familiar tale. I at first had some fear of
what the houseless one was going to do, but then suspected it might
end like that familiar tale. Very nicely done.
Title: Shadows · Author: Bodkin · Races: Elves: Family · ID: 698
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
The single-quotes distracted but otherwise, a finely written story. It
was interesting getting his mother's spirit's perspective.
Title: Parting Gifts · Author: Fiondil · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Post-Ring War · ID: 452
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
Oh, good thing I was on lunch break, because tears were streaming down
my cheeks by the end of this. It's a time I've thought about but never
so fully, when Legolas would lose his last Mortal friend. Gimli's
passing was beautifully done. Good job.
Title: Fulfilling Oaths · Author: Nieriel Raina · Times: Multi-Age ·
ID: 332
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Spoilers!
Beautiful story, tying together such a long thread from the sad final
days of Finrod to the passing of Aragorn and Legolas' journey. Lovely,
nearly brought a tear to my eye.
Title: Whatever Harm Encroached · Author: Nieriel Raina · Times:
Second and Early Third Age · ID: 708
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
I love a good Thranduil. So many want to paint him differently but
this is the Thranduil I know. Holding off the shadow and anything else
that would seek to harm his people. Even the weather.
Title: Seaworthy · Author: Thundera Tiger · Races: Elves: Mirkwood
Elves · ID: 349
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
I read this one quite some time ago and found it interesting. An
intriguing look at Imrahil and how Legolas learned to build a ship and
sail it. Though not until his friendships on Middle-Earth had passed.
Title: In Search of Stillness · Author: Bodkin · Races: Elves:
Mirkwood Elves · ID: 704
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
Beautiful. Just beautiful. The banter was perfect (apart from the
single-quotes) and the friendship felt just right between these two. I
loved the concern Gimli had for Legolas and his tricking Legolas to
take a trip home out of that concern. It was beautiful.
Title: Here's To The King! · Author: Jael · Genres: Humor: Elven Lands
· ID: 204
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
Oh that was far more funny than I thought it was going to be.
Especially the end, the baths, the wolf's pup . Too funny! Poor
Naruthir. Will they never tell him the truth? I loved Legolas'
reactions, from the so tired he didn't want to bother to the desire to
kill his prisoner in secret. Or in jest. Loved it.
Title: The Misty Month · Author: Le Rouret · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Post-Ring War · ID: 454
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 3
Spoilers!
Being uncomfortable with childbirth myself, I found part of this story
uncomfortable, but not because it wasn't well written. Just because of
myself. It was a very well-written story and a very different look at
Legolas. I liked it though. And his getting to name the girl.
Title: Wormtongue · Author: Mariole · Races: Villains · ID: 240
Reviewer: viv · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 5
Wow. That's some intense stuff, right there. It was impossible to feel
sorry for either Lotho or Grima, and yet ... I did. And I felt dirty
for it. That was what you were going for, wasn't it? Tricksy! I really
want to go on about this story, because it was so approrpiately bleak
and horrible. Typically, I try to keep reviews pithy and to the point,
but, because of the nature of MEFA, I find myself repeating (please
excuse me). But it all boils down to this: this story, for all its
darkness and despite the fact that it's emotionally difficult to read,
is an excellent piece of writing.
Title: Healing the Long Cleeve · Author: TopazTook · Genres: Longer
Works · ID: 133
Reviewer: grey_wonderer · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 10
This is a wonderful, well-written, romantic story that involves the
marriage of Peregrin Took to Diamond of Long Cleeve. The author has
put a great deal of detail into the story and the chapters are a nice
length so that the reader has time to become involved in the story.
Each chapter has a clever title that makes reference to aspects of
diamonds in one way or another. The story takes what I found to be a
rather different look at Pippin's marriage and much of the story is
told from Diamond's point of view with her thoughts and feelings
revealed to the reader. This was one of the first stories that I read
by this author and I was very entertained by her writing style. The
characters are very fleshed out very well, even the ones that are only
mentioned in passing by Tolkien. The story is twenty-seven chapters in
length and has author's notes at the end which I always enjoy because
it gives you some background on the story or the reasons for the
story. I have read many romance stories that feature Pippin and
Diamond but this one stands out for me. Diamond is young and not at
all experience and Pippin is very patient and very understanding with
her. It is a lovely look at the way in which the two of them begin to
build a relationship and it is also interesting to see the responses
of their friends and family. I won't say more about the story itself
because I don't want to spoil it in any way. Lets just say that if you
enjoy romance or if you like stories about Pippin then this is one you
do not want to miss!
Title: Pip-napped! · Author: Dreamflower/Lindelea CoAuthors · Genres:
Adventure · ID: 669
Reviewer: grey_wonderer · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 4
I simply love this story. This one contains a great deal of action and
a great deal of suspense, two entertaining elements that I believe
make for a very engaging fiction. This is a very entertaining story by
two very talented writers and in my opinion this one is a must read!
The two authors collaborate beautifully on this story and it reads as
if only one person wrote it because it all fits together so very well.
I have read this one more than once and enjoyed it every time.
Title: Answering the Call · Author: docmon · Genres: Drama · ID: 340
Reviewer: Ainaechoiriel · 2008-12-01 00:00:00 Score: 2
Interesting takes on each of the Fellowship taking the ring. And most
of them ended terribly. Interestingly, Gimli's actually ended with at
least some hope.
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