R4 (Reactions, Reviews, Reference, Redirection) #0176

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Here are five slightly edited old reviews:
Clink in the Brain by Cloudiest Nights
Forced Hooves by DarqFox
Twilight Sparkle Plays With Dolls by Cyanide
I Promise by Rose Quartz
Naked Lunch by Estee

Clink in the Brain by Cloudiest Nights
[story link] [my original review]

This is a nice character study of Twilight Sparkle that was nearly crippled by the style/form the author picked. Despite that it is a good exploration of what Twilight’s life growing up might have been like. Recommended with the caveat that you might find the style of the writing a bit annoying. I thought that the emotional stuff showed through despite it.

Forced Hooves by DarqFox
[story link] [my original review]

This wasn’t a bad version of the Nightmare Moon event. Just way too short. With a bit of build-up it could have been powerful, but there is just so much unexplained that doesn’t fit with what we know from the show. Recommended if you like reading versions of the Nightmare Moon situation, but if you aren’t a huge fan of that type of story you can skip this. Then again, it’s decent for how long it is so you might want to give it a try anyway.

Twilight Sparkle Plays With Dolls by Cyanide
[story link] [my original review]

Short silliness. I enjoyed it, chuckled more than once. The final punchline was pretty good too.

I Promise by Rose Quartz
[story link] [my original review]

This is not very good. You should avoid this one. Hope the author practices until they get better.

Naked Lunch by Estee
[story link] [my original review]

Starts out as something resembling a situational comedy. Transitions into something a lot more meaningful. I quite liked this on several levels. The ending was, perhaps, a little weak. Still, I’d give this one a good recommendation.

Just a tiny bit of the original review, but covers most of what I thought about it. I've read it once or twice since and enjoyed it just as much (or more) each time.

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