Deeply dark and disturbing. I appreciated your focus on Harry’s thoughts and emotions, rather than on the implements used to wreak havoc on them.
harry make be suffering, but definitely didn't beg to die...
| Title: Samhain
| 07 Feb 2013 4:56 am
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| Reviewer: Guest (Anonymous)
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I was... I was literally sobbing my eyes out by the time I finished this. It's... I can't even...
Snape is in a way trying to help just keep beliving in that and in yourself Harry
| Title: Samhain
| 30 Oct 2009 4:39 pm
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| Reviewer: C (Anonymous)
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Let me say that there are a LOT of authors that can't write "good" (for lack of a better term) torture scenes. You are not one of them. You have managed to give a idea of what Harry would be going through but at the same time you haven't made it too graphic - something which some authors can't seem to manage.
This story is really addictive. Based on what I've read so far you have done a really great job.
Author's Response: Thank you very much. My goal in the "Samhain" and "Burning" chapters was to focus on Harry's emotional state as much as possible rather than the gruesome things being done to him. I'm happy it wasn't too gruesome. I don't enjoy reading Harry-torture scenes and writing one was really difficult for me because I don't like to see him hurt, *sob*.
Aspen
| Title: Samhain
| 30 Jan 2009 9:12 pm
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| Reviewer: RhiannanT (Anonymous)
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I found this chapter EXTREMELY disturbing, but well done. And thank god (and you) no rape.
Holy crap! How horrible! D:
Great chapter!
Please please please please update soon!!
This was definitely the changing point in the story - I agree with on that. For me, this chapter was like reading something straight out of the books, the first time around; on the edge of my seat, on the verge of tears because it's all so atrocious and heartbreaking. And SOOO well written. You really are the best sevitus author out there - there is no one that can even compare to your level of writing.
Keira
I had been wondering where you'd choose to leave off -- since you're posting several chapters at once. Very intense of course. I like the way you have Snape holding Harry at the last in a somewhat similar hold as in their first Grimmauld Place lessons in occlumency.
Lucius is particularly vicious in your story.
You did such excellent work of building in tiny hints and clues throughout these chapters.
Hope you post more soon, so that new readers can find out what happens.
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