Potions and Snitches :: Snape and Harry Gen Fanfiction Archive

Title: Valediction	13 Oct 2006 2:51 pm
Reviewer: purpleygirl (Signed)	[Report This]

I feel really bad now, but I'm going to review anyway, because I can't believe this hasn't got any reviews yet.

The reason I feel bad about this is that I read some chapters a while ago, but stopped reading because long fics put me off in general (and I must be a massive hypocrite for this, because my fic will probably be around 35- 40 chapters in the end!), and stopped reading as much fanfic in general.

So, I just jumped into this chapter now, after missing much of your story out. But I think it can be read on its own -- and in fact, I like that about it as well. It has lovely moments of Harry and Severus trying to get on, and I love it. I love the way Harry feels he shouldn't give up on Snape. It's all so well written. I keep putting off/dreading writing the times I'll have to have Harry and Severus in such open moments myself -- but this was an utter pleasure to read. You draw Snape so well, I really feel I can imagine the characters in this.

I think I feel a bit less guilty now. Phew. ;)

Author's Response:
Long fics put you off? Oh dear, this fic will reach about 100 chapters! Still, I understand where you are coming from- I rarely read fanfiction, though admittedly, when I do it's a novel length romance and I read it over the course of a few days.
Naturally, I would suggest reading the whole fic, because you have missed so much, but I'm sure you have limited time and just getting this monster chapter read was a difficult enough task in itself! But if you do want to read the whole thing, but worry about length, I always find it is better to copy and paste the whole story into one word document and read it over time.
You don't have to feel guilty about not reviewing- this story actually has been reviewed for this chapter, but most of that is on fanfiction.net. Still, I do appreciate that you took the time to drop me a line!
Thanks,
~Gonnabefamous