Reviews for "Here We Go"

Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:28 pm

First of all, congratulations on your first story. You have some very interesting ideas in this story. In particlar I liked the idea of the wood elves being able to sense something from the trees, and knowing that danger was coming. Moreover it's good to see Thranduil portrayed so amiably, and not as Legolas' awful abusing father.

I do hope you continue with this story. One thing I would suggest though is that you could get a beta to look over your chapters. We actually have a forum here to advertise for beta readers, and you generally get a very quick response from people willing to help with grammar, fluidity etc. You have a couple of misused words and a few spelling errors that could easily picked up. You'll find lots of people willing to help you and they're all very nice. Please don't be discouraged by my saying this. It's not my intention to try and flame you as a writer or put you off writing fan fiction. I wouldn't bother to leave a review if I didn't like your ideas and your story. I just think with a few tweaks, you could have something really, really good here.

Please take this review in the spirit it's meant, as an attempt to be helpful Very Happy smiley face

I really do hope you continue to write. We need more advocates of the Good!Thranduil theory Laughing smiley face

Very best wishes
Jess

Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:41 pm

For a first fic, this is really good! I'm so glad that you perservered and got it all down. Yay, you! And you made it intriguing, too, which is the hard part. I thought your desription of the caves in Mirkwood was very nice, so different from the non-canon weirdness I see often in fic (like Thranduil living in a "castle" with "balconys" and stuff!). It's clear that you've read the books and thought about your settings, which makes fans of the book (like me) really happy. Like Spaceweavil, I also was impressed by the empathic link between the elves and the trees. Nice touch, that.

I don't want to clutter your review page, so I've sent you some editorial suggestions privately. Good luck with this fic!

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