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NancyBrooke
Joined: 12 May 2003
Reviews: 558
Location: In a motel 6 by the airport
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Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:56 pm
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| An excellent story, full of fine details that catch the eye but never become overwhelming. I thought the characterizations were spot-on, and drawn with great understanding. I liked Denethor's good spirits and Boromir's comforting compassion most of all. Wonderful to meet Faramir at such a turning point in his life. |
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SpaceWeavil
Joined: 27 May 2004
Reviews: 365
Location: Looking at shiny things
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Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:48 pm
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| A very nice story. I particularly liked Faramir's reaction to the orc incident. Very realistic. |
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KhazarKhum
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Reviews: 135
Location: Quartz Hill, CA--USA
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:31 pm
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Verey well done. The handling of the brothers' personalities and dialog is excellent. Even stiff old Denethor seems real. Faramir's orc story is a spot-on depiction of his personality; it is not only plausible, but probable. Boromir's tone throughout is consistent and also effective; it makes perfect sense that he would try and talk his little brother through this trying incident. A truly fine story.  |
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Vendie
Joined: 01 May 2004
Reviews: 59
Location: Iowa, USA
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Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:46 am
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| Well done! Everyone was in character, and you managed to avoid lingering on Denethor's favoritism of Boromir. And the little teasing moments that happened between Boromir and Faramir were just precious. Definite "squee!" moments. X3 Wonderful job! |
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Carolyn
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Reviews: 4
Location: New South Wales, Australia
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Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:38 pm
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Thank you so much for such a heart warming story , so many wonderful moments between the brothers. I especially liked Boromir's summation to Faramir that following the dictates of conscience was never wrong. ANd I really loved the (literal) punchline with Faramir ambushing Boromir as he was leaving. Great stuff! Shows the love between them so well, and the caring. That Faramir would react to such horrible suffering in such a fashion, even from an orc, is precisely in character. Also the story makes plausible his remarkbly accurate shooting against the fell beast in TTT. Well done!
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paranoidangel
Joined: 14 Sep 2003
Reviews: 5
Location: Britain
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Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:07 pm
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| I haven't read The Fifteenth of January, but I enjoyed this one all the same. I did like the brothers snowball fight, and scaring everyone else that they were really fighting! And then Faramir's account of the orc incident, and what happened afterwards was heartbreaking. At least Boromir felt sorry for him. And I felt sad, along with Boromir, that Faramir was growing up. |
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Radbooks
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
Reviews: 66
Location: Washington State
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Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:02 pm
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| Very well done. I thought that you portrayed all of the characters quite well. I loved the sense of compassion that Faramir had even for the orcs and then that same compassion that Boromir had for him. Boromir was quite right in what he told Faramir, he did need to follow the dictates of his captain of course, but his conscience was also right and it should never be easy to take a life. Anyway, I truly enjoyed the story. |
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