Quick thoughts after finishing - terrible characterization of many characters - you’ll have to suspend your disbelief for how horrid some of the charactQuick thoughts after finishing - terrible characterization of many characters - you’ll have to suspend your disbelief for how horrid some of the characters are in this fic (ones who are, in canon, very good people - not talking about Ron, he is pretty believable as a terrible person) - insta love! Wtf! I enjoyed the short buildup so much but they got together so quickly as kids and again as adults - their chemistry just lost me around the halfway mark, and there was too much smut (for me) which got skimmed - lycanthropy plot & auror!malfoy/scientist-healer!hermione done better in Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Falling in Love - lots of promise here and I enjoyed the beginning enough to complete it, but it let me down overall, ended up skimming by the end. Not even bad writing, could see the author doing really great work if better set up in the future...more
**spoiler alert** Immediate thoughts after finishing: - this was not my favorite depiction of Hermione or Draco - I definitely bawled at the end because**spoiler alert** Immediate thoughts after finishing: - this was not my favorite depiction of Hermione or Draco - I definitely bawled at the end because of her parents - I enjoyed this a lot despite the flaws - third act breakup which is always disappointing - there were a lot of moments that were a punch in the gut and really well written like Draco saying he noticed how she had changed since starting the lessons and how he hated it because of what it meant - I think what kills this for me is the whole miscommunication thing that is pretty popular where they’ve both been in love since they were kids but just never admit to it and there isn’t real conversations to back it up so isn’t that just like infatuation/lust ? ...more
I imagine this is SenLinYu’s magnum opus. This book was beyond 5 stars for me. I devoured all 876 pages. It didn’t drag. The plot was excellently execI imagine this is SenLinYu’s magnum opus. This book was beyond 5 stars for me. I devoured all 876 pages. It didn’t drag. The plot was excellently executed. I cried a lot, laughed, got angry, every emotion possible. I don’t know how I’ll move on from this....more
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