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Reviews For A Season of Cherries
The repetition in the beginning of the phrase "cherry blossoms" was poetic enough to remind me slightly of a Sestina, which if you haven't heard of you ought to look up - it's a poem in which seven words are repeated throughout, but in good ones all you notice is the rhythmic cadence. In the beginning of your story, I noticed the phrase was repeated in every paragraph in a slightly different way. It's details like that that make this such a well-written piece of fiction. The idea of Snape feeling completely trapped there, of feeling as though he has been sentenced to a kind of hell where he watches (and watches over) his own mistakes is heart-pricking. He feels he can't change anything that's happening to his charges, and that must be horrifying. Harry's desire to live in the past is so strong that he doesn't even *notice* Snape trying to help him, at least not the first several dozen times. When Snape offered him the draught and he was trying to pretend that Snape was yelling at him was so heartrending. Harry's so devoted to his past that he would rather pretend to experience even one of the worst aspects of it: Snape's enmity. Perhaps the most terrible part of this story overall is that Snape has lost the ability with Potions that he so prized. The details with Cho, Creevey, Draco and Pansy are especially good. Rather obviously, I'm blown away. Good show! -Kirinin
So sad. I love this! Woah... those two sentiments don't normally go together. Normally, sad=bad, but nope, not so with fanfiction. sad=supremely awesome! And rightly so... Emotion is what any author strives for, so great job! And... Poor Snape. At least he has Harry... I guess. ::shrugs::
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