R4 (Reactions, Reviews, Reference, Redirection) #0188

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Here are five slightly edited old reviews:
They Call Me Flightless Fury by ArgonMatrix
Play Me a Lullaby, Mommy! by aCB
Where You Can't Follow by AbsoluteAnonymous
Stargazing by Karrakaz
Gears in the Void by Lab

They Call Me Flightless Fury by ArgonMatrix
[story link] [my original review]

This is just part of a story. A little shard of something else. Well written, but left me wanting more. I’d recommend this, but it feels incomplete. Nice snapshot of a dragon’s mind though.

Play Me a Lullaby, Mommy! by aCB
[story link] [my original review]

This is a story that doesn’t have a lot of views. It’s nothing special, but managed to get a emotional reaction from me so it’s worth at least checking out. It falls into the ‘nothing really happens’ sub-category of slice-of-life. If you don’t mind stories that are just brief little snapshots of somepony’s life, you should check this out. It certainly deserves a little more attention than it’s gotten.

Where You Can't Follow by AbsoluteAnonymous
[story link] [my original review]

This has been on my to-read list for a long time. Decided to finally give it a read. It’s really good. A fairly sad kick to the gut, wonderfully written. Just a short little piece that had me wanting more. Not because I wanted more, but because part of me wanted there to be a solution. A happy ending that somehow makes the story brighter. Just need to copy/paste the artificial wings from Earth & Sky and everything will be fine. Anyway, if you want a sad fic involving Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, this is the story you should read.

Stargazing by Karrakaz
[story link] [my original review]

Another really short one. A moment between Celestia and Luna, back before Nightmare Moon. A look at how becoming rulers might have affected their relationship. Just a snapshot, but a decent one. I’d recommend it for anyone looking for some royal sisters fluff.

Gears in the Void by Lab
[story link] [my original review]

I’d call this a fairly standard human in Equestria story. Decent writing, but not great. It reminded me a lot of Project Sunflower. I liked that one better. It had a more interesting concept, but Gears was a bit better on the writing side. Not that it’s a great work of literature. The start kind of drags. The first 20% or so I was checking how far I had gotten semi-regularly, but I got from 20% to 50% without realizing it, and the story from the halfway point to the finale pretty much flew by. So it can carry you along if you let it. You just have to meet it 2/3rds of the way is all. Villain was a bit generic. If you didn’t like King Sombra, you probably won’t like this guy either. Was not really a person, but didn’t quite pull off force of nature either.

First bit of the review, it's about twice as long in the original post. I actually remember not liking this story as much as I apparently did. Not that I think about it much. It didn't leave much of a long term impression on me.

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