Reviews for Two Men in a Boat

Reviews For: Two Men in a Boat

another_jounin 2008-05-23 ch 1, anon.	abuseLovely little slice of life! Wow, you've really captured that familiar feeling of having a friend utterly fascinated with something you more or less take for granted- the amusement and patience (on a good day anyway) of the uninitiated. And the dialogue is quite natural sounding! Hehe! The Surprise is a woodwind! Kudos! You summed their friendship up perfectly with this line: "For all their profound differences, the affection and understanding between them was deep and heartfelt, and each knew there was no length one of them would not go for the other." Beautiful!:D
Mercury Gray 2008-02-16 ch 1,	abuseAh, good old Bookverse. Sometimes hard to find in this category. At least, it sounds an awful lot like you've read some of the P O'B before writing this. Your dialogue is wonderfully authentic (except perhaps for that 'my dear' which begins this episode, which you might want to change) and the characterization is terrifically genuine. Not too much on the sappy and/or slashy side, which is always nice in this genre. On the whole, a thoroughly enjoyable piece. Well Done!
MyBlueOblivion 2007-12-25 ch 1,	abuseVery well done. I loved the film, yet have not yet had the chance to read the books; as such my observations are based solely on what I have seen. And I must say, this is beautiful. You captured both characters perfectly, each with their own particular quirks, and wound them into the gentle scenery with your usual skill and delicacy. I found myself picturing the whole thing as though it were a scene from the film, and it felt completely effortless. Any story that can evoke an image with such clarity deserves the highest praise. Well done. Yours, ~MyBlueOblivion~
Westel 2007-05-01 ch 1, anon.	abuseOh, well done! I found your Surprise story while checking out your Narnia pieces. I'm in the process of reading all of O'Bryan's books (all because of a little film called Master and Commander) and I have fallen in love with these two characters! You've captured them beautifully!
Smoking Panda 2007-02-25 ch 1,	abuseA very lovely story...^-^ Difinite add to my favs!
The Breeze 2006-11-23 ch 1,	abuseOther than the fact that there are no sentences exceeding 150 words whatsoever in this story, this could have been taken straight from the book. The mental image of a patient Jack, a post-captain, calmly rowing his friend to and fro in accordance with Stephen's orders, is priceless.
Salkiethia 2006-08-24 ch 1,	abuseThat was perhaps the most amazing bit of work based on Master and Commander that I have read to date. You've captured both the spirit of the books and the personalities from the movies. It's a wonderful blend of writing with the real focus of the story being on the friendship between Aubrey and Maturin. Your writing is very much in the same style Patrick O'Brian used in his novels. The addition of wit and science to Aubrey and Maturin, respectively, just adds more vibrancy to the portrait your words have painted. This is marvelous, and I hope you continue writing as well, whether for this story or others.
Pat Foley 2006-07-06 ch 1,	abuseThis is quite lovely. I wasn't expecting anything to so effectively capture the dialogue, the activities and even the moods of the characters so well. They weren't above getting sentimental at (brief) moments over their friendship. The only thing I was hoping for and missed was Jack making one of his truly terrible puns and then laughing himself sick over his own joke. But short of that this was a very true read, a real gem, and I quite enjoyed it. Since after "21" we have no more Aubrey to enjoy, it falls to fans to make more. Thanks for posting. Pat
lauren hedgehog 2006-06-27 ch 1,	abusea lovely little story :-) I thought the characterisations were excellent and I really enjoyed reading it :-)
FuchsiaII 2006-05-30 ch 1,	abuseM, yes...I just re-watched the movie this mrning, and this really is one of those 'hear the character's voices in your head' fics. Spot-on and very gentlemanly, and I daresay snails isn't the most thrilling of topics to pick, but the way you've written it, it's actually geniunely amusing and pleasantly entertaining, in a gentle sort of way. Well done to you for such a nice, measured writing style and tecnnique that has a reader just about smelling the salt-air!
e.y.e.hawk 2006-05-30 ch 1,	abuseHmm that was interesting - Jack certainly was as obsessed as most artists. 8) Well done.
Arwen Evenstar Umdomiel 2006-05-29 ch 1,	abuseI like it ! yay I'm the first review person!! Continue writing the story it's great!

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