Reviews by NancyBrooke

Away · Sun Mar 21, 2004 1:21 pm

I loved this, and am glad to see you posting here! It is hard for us who love the Warrior Boromir to remember sometimes he met challenges he couldn't handle. That's why I love stories like this that remind us of his more tender vulnerabilities.

I also thought your use of the Palantir intriguing. The Hunger of an addict, maybe ... and that Boromir (and, perhaps, Faramir) knew of it gives rise to all sorts of interesting questions.

I will look forward to more writing from you!

Breath of Life · Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:59 pm

Oh I like this ... I like this a lot! Well done. I liked your motif of opposites constantly in balance - fear and desire, pain and pleasure, etc. - and think you used it most effectively. A most well-written PWP and therefore all the more enjoyable.

So glad to have another Boromir slut-sister on board! Tee hee!

The Only Jealousy of Éowyn · Sat Feb 28, 2004 9:40 am

Very touching and charming; Faramir's confession came unexpectedly so all the better. I wonder if this might not do better if not a drabble. I found it a little stilted; some more words could smooth things out nicely

Like Sand In My Hand · Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:45 am

I will echo the previous review - I love fic like this, when an author finds a little open window and by her words shines a light in for the rest of us to see something otherwise hidden but, please, find a beta and get those little niggly errors fixed. Most distracting.

Snowflakes · Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:30 pm

Very evocative. And although I liked them, I could almost do without the boat scenes; the blizzard flakes being enough to set off the contemplation that is at the heart of the story. It *might* have been stronger, if shorter.

Fealty · Tue Feb 17, 2004 3:18 pm

Very well written, and well thought out, I think. Your characterizations and speach are spot-on, as well. Though this is technically AU it proceeds very believably and alters only what you must to have Boromir be a player. Good job.

Winter Remembrance · Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:46 pm

A charming vision of Elven domesticity, particularly in its simplicity and nicely defined scope. You add a lot of wonderful details - the decorating, the love between family members, Legolas's crown of Holly, when he and his father wrinkle noses and touch foreheads - without letting them overwhelm your tight story.

Perhaps I was reading too fast but I almost missed the transition from memory to current time, as it were. Maybe a little something could be put at the beginning to let us know that part is memory? or in the transition to make it a bit less subtle? A minor complaint.

Dance · Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:13 am

A lovely vision. Was thrown by "throbbing," though, and the absense of punctuation, poetry not withstanding.

Comrades · Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:11 pm

There were many moments here I liked - Elrond puzzling at the friendship of Legolas and Gimli; Elrond's farewell to Theoden ... but I found myself wishing in the second half for the intense brevity of the prologue. That was so captivating!

To Shun His Hateful Sight · Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:06 pm

Very good work. You found a little crack in the story, struck right in and widened it good and proper. I thought you imagined both Aragorn and Eowyn very believably, and compassionately.

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