A great story. Very well written.

Ah. I love unusual p.o.v. stories. This promises to be a good one! I particularly like the exploded kitchen... No wonder Barliman was too busy to think of Gandalf's letter!

Have you given up on this story? Because I think it's a really good idea and it's very well written. But the first of June last year? (I think, I have trouble reading 's dates) That's quite a while a go. Still, if you have the ideas (which I think you do, looking at those other reviews for a chapter SIX) then carry on writing! Go on! Go to, go to! (heh, Romeo and Juliet influence)

NICE. Please continue!

AAAH! cliffhanger! well actually i know what happens next but Nob doesnt!

Very good can't wiat to read more. I love hobbits.

(Smiles)

Tillia

Yay! Another Texan! I'm not the only one who has had to stop and think "Would Samwise really say 'ya'll'?"

I really like this fic. In a lot of lotr fanfiction i've read, the folks at the prancing pony seem really slow witted, but you are making them more of real people instead of comic relief. Please write more!

this is soooooo good! i can never write a serious fic and if i try it'll just fade into a comical fic! you know how i am! and its really good for someone to finally write about characters that everybody shrugs off. kinda...not really. and thanks for printing this out for me last week. how would i ever get through US History! hey, katt, do you think i should write a fic about frodo and his new love we (more like me) made up? hmm...maybe. let's see how that turns out! keep writing! (which i know you will or pip wont talk to you!) _ _

Oh my god!

Kathy, how can you write that good? You know you could become an author. Well, I think this is a very creative story. Dont give up writing your fictions!

Hey kath!

Nice job, always a pleasure to see people doing something more constructive than watching TV. Enjoyed the writing very much. Your attention to detail strikes out. The dialouge could use some polishing. Have you ever thought about taking a closer look at the linguistics? And I already told you about the whole Horseman thing oP However, I don't want you to think that you didn't do a fine job. Entertaining, and coherent! I enjoyed these past chapters even more than your zany, sugar-high ones.

smashing story! it is absolutely brilliant! wicked! extremely cool..in fact, so cool that its british! keep writing kathy! if anyone disagrees i'll kill them!

Lots of cute things and a few things I thought were "off". But more cute than off.

Loved the bit on Nob: "[he] was surprised that so few words could take so much out of him" smartly written, gave me a good visual.

But water takes quite awhile to boil it would have been more consistant to have Bob bring in a pan and a tea kettle already hot as everyone who has to heat water manually keeps some going at all times (unless you're in the 1900 House and THEY couldn't figure it out to save their lives ha!)

Bob wouldn't have "turned off the stove" as it would have been wood or coal fired, no gass or electric.

And, as I work in an Inn, I know this, they probably didn't use receipts for orders like we do today. Paper was hard to come by and not used frivolously. We pretty much serve the same meal to everyone on any particular night so there's no need to take orders. It's either the Poughman's Lunch (cheese, pickled veggies and bread and butter) or the Hot Dish.

Very minor points, that really don't detract too much from such a well characterized story. The hobbits were excellently written and I liked your version of Barliman, too.

I think having someone strike up a song on the spur of the moment was a GRAND point as it sets the stage for Frodo's Cow song. A strong addition to the story.

After you finish this story (you ARE finishing it aren't you?) I'd like to hear more adventures of Bob and Nob, I think they'd be pretty funny! Perhaps a bit on the return of the Hobbits after the War of the Ring was over? Some story telling about the terrible doings in Bree while the land went to heck in a handbasket and how the dynamic duo survived (didn't one go home to live with his folks)?

Nice. Good to see that Nob is on his feet again. But - unless you mean this as a humour fic - the modern name for the doc is a bit anachronistic. Also, I think his bunch was called 'healers' by Tolkien. Nevertheless, a funny chapter, I liked it.

I'm enjoying this fic. I like seeing the events in Bree from the perspective of the Breelanders. I also like the hint that there are some who are bit more clued up about the outside world like Dr Pierce.

I'm looking forward to Strider and the hobbits coming on centre stage and being viewed from a different POV.

Hey, who'd have thought that good old Barliman had such a backbone! Very impressive, throwing out a Nazgúl just like that.

And that poor Nob! I hope you won't let him die or something...

It is a good idea to work with such under-used characters, one can do a lot more with them. I like the way you create atmosphere, it really matches with that of the book.