What is it about Tolkien?... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Helín Anyára · 08-26-2003, 08:35 PM

As for my opinion...

I would have to say the story itself. As an aspiring writer, I have a special appreciation for a story (which includes rich characters, vivid descriptions, and enough reality to keep it believable) that can cause the reader to wish he were there, in Middle Earth, riding with the Fellowship or listening to the silvery sonnets of the Elves...

A story so capturing that at the end of the third volume, you wonder, Is this really the end? Really all there is? Sigh. A feeling which, by the way, it is possible to satisfy if not allay altogether by starting at the beginning and reading through them again... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

08-26-2003, 08:35 PM	#2
Helín Anyára Pile O'Bones Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Guardian Isle... :0) Posts: 21	As for my opinion... I would have to say the story itself. As an aspiring writer, I have a special appreciation for a story (which includes rich characters, vivid descriptions, and enough reality to keep it believable) that can cause the reader to wish he were there, in Middle Earth, riding with the Fellowship or listening to the silvery sonnets of the Elves... A story so capturing that at the end of the *third* volume, you wonder, Is this really the end? Really all there is? Sigh. A feeling which, by the way, it is possible to satisfy if not allay altogether by starting at the beginning and reading through them again... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ "...yet with your hope I will hope. And the Shadow I utterly reject."