What a first chapter of drama and excitement! I can’t believe Black - what a menace.
| Title: Chapter 1
| 11 Jul 2007 5:41 pm
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| Reviewer: Ebbtide Cheque (Anonymous)
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I really liked that first chapter. Great story so far! I love your version of Snape...he's so...world weary. And after what he's gone through he would be. Good stuff!
| Title: Chapter 1
| 02 Jul 2007 7:27 pm
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| Reviewer: lancer (Anonymous)
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I don't make a habit of reviewing fanfic. Of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of stories I've read, I written perhaps ten reviews. In my estimation, a story has to be of exceptional quality to warrent a review. Sticks and Stones is such a literary work. I began reading yesterday, finished the six chapters on this site, tracked the story down on FanFic, and fell asleep around 2:00 am reading the last chapter (which I finished this moring). I was bought to tears on two occasions by the power of your words describing Snape's inner tormoil and torment. Few works of fiction have brought me to tears. Rohling has only achieved that once -- when I thought Hedwig was the going to be killed in OoP. Sirius' death moved me not at all and it should have -- PoA is my favorite book. Thank you for writing Sticks and Stones. It is a remarkable achievement which explores how deeply words and labels can affect us all -- especially those words heard and internalized in childhood. And, thank you, for touching the core of a cynical old woman.
"As long as he was Severus Snape, he would be mocked and ridiculed. The only answer was to strike first, strike fast, strike hard. To not give them a chance to hurt him first. His face sometimes felt as if it had frozen into a stiff, cold mask. All the better, for what lay ahead."
I think you have really nailed the crux of Snape's character right there...nicely done!
Interesting start. Why was Sirius at Hogwarts without being in his dog form? Couldn't he have been spotted walking around and students would have freaked out?
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