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Turn
Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley/Blaise Zabini
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One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.
Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley/Blaise Zabini
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One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.
681 pages, ebook
First published July 11, 2013
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May 8, 2016
http://m.fanfiction.net/s/6435092/1/
This piece of fanfiction is... absolutely fucking nuts. Yet charming.
There were way too many children messed up in the story, and way too intelligent, but that is definitely an interesting approach.
Draco is seriously adorable. And fascinating.
It succeeds in making me think about missed opportunities and how some choices are so important that they form the rest of our lives.
T take the
U unknown
R road
N now
A marvelousNew Year's resolution and a good philosophy about taking risks.
But, oh, God/Merlin/Scribe Virgin, is it long or what?
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LMFAO
26/1/2013
For the number of times I've read it, the rating should definitely be 5 stars. So I'm adding a star to my initial rating.
Because, seriously, I am not tired of it, and it is not only possible but highly probable that I'll read it at least five more times.
This piece of fanfiction is... absolutely fucking nuts. Yet charming.
There were way too many children messed up in the story, and way too intelligent, but that is definitely an interesting approach.
Draco is seriously adorable. And fascinating.
It succeeds in making me think about missed opportunities and how some choices are so important that they form the rest of our lives.
T take the
U unknown
R road
N now
A marvelous
But, oh, God/Merlin/Scribe Virgin, is it long or what?
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LMFAO
26/1/2013
For the number of times I've read it, the rating should definitely be 5 stars. So I'm adding a star to my initial rating.
Because, seriously, I am not tired of it, and it is not only possible but highly probable that I'll read it at least five more times.
May 27, 2013
Don't expect me to say anything about the plot, because I won't; this is the kind of book that needs to be read with no preconceived notions about how it's going to develop.
I will say, however, that I am very, very impressed.
This story is huge. Huge. And I'm not talking about its length, although it is 700 pages long, but about the incredible amount of stuff that is packed into what now seems to me a pretty small number of pages.
The characters I've grown to love in the Harry Potter series are all here, with all their innate traits and speech patterns and little quirks, but they're all grown up, and all of their problems and ways of dealing with them are those of adults. They are not at all the typical romance novel characters, whose life revolves around the one night stand that they know is really the love of their lives or the straight childhood friend they've been pining for for the past ten years.
We get to touch the whole array of issues that come with having children – the need to restrain from excessive protectiveness, the question of what to tell them, and how, the realisation that you haven't been there for them nearly enough and the knowledge that everything will be okay, because they're amazing, they're your kids, they love you no matter what.
We get to see the strong love of a couple become something completely different but just as strong, the pain that comes with the change and the wonderful things that can come with it.
We get to see friends who haven't seen each other in years get reacquainted and discover that being together is just as easy now as it was twenty years prior, we get to see friends who have been there for each other for most of their lives help each other through the hard times, and we get to see new friendships that can be born out of a simple kind gesture.
We get to see what happens when you take the unknown road, and it makes me want to pack up and move to Australia tomorrow, except for the fact that I'm underage. I suppose that would make things a little bit more difficult than they were for Harry - but then, I'm not nearly as settled in my own numbness as Harry was.
Maybe I've given the impression that the romance is a side topic and not all that important in the story – it's not like that at all. The romance is just as good as I expected it to be, and even better. There is some pretty hardcore angst, and insane amount of UST and some moments so tender that I felt like an intruder reading about them. It's not a romanticised love story, yet it's still surprisingly romantic.
The author showed an incredible skill in handling the lives of so many characters – twice. No, I'm not going to tell you what that means; actually, I'm rather hoping to make you curious enough to go read this book without being scared by its length, because I assure you, you won't even feel it.
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Long, drawn out sentences, confusing paragraphs and general messiness are what happens when I feel strongly about a book and have a headache on top of everything else. I'm very sorry, but I think I can sum up what I said up there in a few lines and leave the big thing for the brave: read this book. If you like Harry Potter, if you like drarry, if you like romance, if you like kids, if you like magic. And try to read it in more than three days, maybe you'll avoid the traumatic book hangover and be let down more gently.
I will say, however, that I am very, very impressed.
This story is huge. Huge. And I'm not talking about its length, although it is 700 pages long, but about the incredible amount of stuff that is packed into what now seems to me a pretty small number of pages.
The characters I've grown to love in the Harry Potter series are all here, with all their innate traits and speech patterns and little quirks, but they're all grown up, and all of their problems and ways of dealing with them are those of adults. They are not at all the typical romance novel characters, whose life revolves around the one night stand that they know is really the love of their lives or the straight childhood friend they've been pining for for the past ten years.
We get to touch the whole array of issues that come with having children – the need to restrain from excessive protectiveness, the question of what to tell them, and how, the realisation that you haven't been there for them nearly enough and the knowledge that everything will be okay, because they're amazing, they're your kids, they love you no matter what.
We get to see the strong love of a couple become something completely different but just as strong, the pain that comes with the change and the wonderful things that can come with it.
We get to see friends who haven't seen each other in years get reacquainted and discover that being together is just as easy now as it was twenty years prior, we get to see friends who have been there for each other for most of their lives help each other through the hard times, and we get to see new friendships that can be born out of a simple kind gesture.
We get to see what happens when you take the unknown road, and it makes me want to pack up and move to Australia tomorrow, except for the fact that I'm underage. I suppose that would make things a little bit more difficult than they were for Harry - but then, I'm not nearly as settled in my own numbness as Harry was.
Maybe I've given the impression that the romance is a side topic and not all that important in the story – it's not like that at all. The romance is just as good as I expected it to be, and even better. There is some pretty hardcore angst, and insane amount of UST and some moments so tender that I felt like an intruder reading about them. It's not a romanticised love story, yet it's still surprisingly romantic.
The author showed an incredible skill in handling the lives of so many characters – twice. No, I'm not going to tell you what that means; actually, I'm rather hoping to make you curious enough to go read this book without being scared by its length, because I assure you, you won't even feel it.
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Long, drawn out sentences, confusing paragraphs and general messiness are what happens when I feel strongly about a book and have a headache on top of everything else. I'm very sorry, but I think I can sum up what I said up there in a few lines and leave the big thing for the brave: read this book. If you like Harry Potter, if you like drarry, if you like romance, if you like kids, if you like magic. And try to read it in more than three days, maybe you'll avoid the traumatic book hangover and be let down more gently.
June 6, 2013
Warning: this is going to be a 'feels' review. Basically, expect incomprehensible ravings and lots and lots of emotions. Also, in my status updates is a misleading spoiler, so do yourself a favour and forget it if you've already read it, or just don't read it at all.
Lost. That's probably the best way to describe how I felt, how I still feel after finishing turn. I don't know why, I don't know how, I don't even know what the hell I'm feeling. It's a peculiar jumble of profound sadness, elation, loneliness and loss really. Already I miss the book, and it hasn't even been an hour since I've parted with it.
The characters are stunningly beautiful, vibrant and so damn wonderful. The world is so fucking achingly familiar and Harry and Draco are so heartbreakingly right together. No doubt it takes a certain kind of mind to create such a fucking extraordinary book like this. A weird one, admittedly, but bloody brilliant nonetheless. Then again, the geniuses are always the weird ones.
Everything about Turn resonated with me in way that made me feel that this book, these character, these people, they're mine, in my heart and in my mind and they sure as fuck aren't going to be pushed out of their pedestal of glory any time soon. I found myself aching so much for Harry and Ginny at the beginning, aching for their failing marriage and the fact that this happens, whether in books or real life. That people let themselves get so old. Not in their bodies of course, because that end is inevitable, but in their hearts, souls and minds.
I truly truly want to gush on and on and discuss for hours upon hours about this book, about the Glimpse, about Maura, about the character who was there but never there, about the reality of Fred's death when visiting his grave, the sadness, the happiness, the laughter and fuck, the love. I truly do want to just let it all out, because it's there you see, the place in your mind that seems to pace like a caged beast whenever you just have to speak, speak so fast that you stumble over words and rhythms. But of course, I can't. Spoiler etiquette, and all. Normally I probably would've just spoiler tagged it, but I can't take the risk this time. Turn is magical, and I sure as fuck am not willing to take any chances in spoiling it for you.
This book is undefinably precious to me in many ways. Not a gem, not a treasure, but a memory, a tangle of emotions and learnt lessons that have taken root in my heart and hopefully, will be there when I reach that time, that age when I let myself get old, because
T ake the
U nknown
R oad
N ow
Reread 6/6/13: It feels like ages since I first read this, yet looking now, it's only been three months. It's kind of scary actually, to love this book and Harry and Draco so much, to the extent that I do, because I really do love them. Stunning, beautiful, poignant. It feels like they've been in my heart for forever.
Lost. That's probably the best way to describe how I felt, how I still feel after finishing turn. I don't know why, I don't know how, I don't even know what the hell I'm feeling. It's a peculiar jumble of profound sadness, elation, loneliness and loss really. Already I miss the book, and it hasn't even been an hour since I've parted with it.
The characters are stunningly beautiful, vibrant and so damn wonderful. The world is so fucking achingly familiar and Harry and Draco are so heartbreakingly right together. No doubt it takes a certain kind of mind to create such a fucking extraordinary book like this. A weird one, admittedly, but bloody brilliant nonetheless. Then again, the geniuses are always the weird ones.
Everything about Turn resonated with me in way that made me feel that this book, these character, these people, they're mine, in my heart and in my mind and they sure as fuck aren't going to be pushed out of their pedestal of glory any time soon. I found myself aching so much for Harry and Ginny at the beginning, aching for their failing marriage and the fact that this happens, whether in books or real life. That people let themselves get so old. Not in their bodies of course, because that end is inevitable, but in their hearts, souls and minds.
I truly truly want to gush on and on and discuss for hours upon hours about this book, about the Glimpse, about Maura, about the character who was there but never there, about the reality of Fred's death when visiting his grave, the sadness, the happiness, the laughter and fuck, the love. I truly do want to just let it all out, because it's there you see, the place in your mind that seems to pace like a caged beast whenever you just have to speak, speak so fast that you stumble over words and rhythms. But of course, I can't. Spoiler etiquette, and all. Normally I probably would've just spoiler tagged it, but I can't take the risk this time. Turn is magical, and I sure as fuck am not willing to take any chances in spoiling it for you.
This book is undefinably precious to me in many ways. Not a gem, not a treasure, but a memory, a tangle of emotions and learnt lessons that have taken root in my heart and hopefully, will be there when I reach that time, that age when I let myself get old, because
T ake the
U nknown
R oad
N ow
Reread 6/6/13: It feels like ages since I first read this, yet looking now, it's only been three months. It's kind of scary actually, to love this book and Harry and Draco so much, to the extent that I do, because I really do love them. Stunning, beautiful, poignant. It feels like they've been in my heart for forever.
January 5, 2023
4 stars
Turn is a long story, it’s almost 700 pages. The author has a special talent to be true to the original story, to the characters, to the atmosphere. This is the story’s greatest strength. It’s rich in details, ingenious and creative.
Harry is 37, with three kids, a boring desk-job, a distant, dissatisfied wife, with continuous exhaustion, and dark circles under his eyes. He’s worn out. He feels that his life is not exactly what he expected or imagined it to be.
He’s also having weird dreams about Draco and that night in the bathroom where he had found him crying, and apparently it’s going on for a while.
One night Harry drinks too much, meets an old man in a bar who sends him to an alternate universe, to a “what-if” dimension to show him what could have been if he had helped Draco that night he’s dreaming about.
Harry’s time in the “glimpse” lasts for six weeks, it takes up the first third of the story. I felt it extremely long, exhaustively detailed. I was impatiently waiting him to be return to his real life and start to remedy it.
So, when he’s back from the “glimpse”, he slowly starts to make changes, most importantly, he makes friends with Draco. The way he’s doing it is admirably simple: he just starts to talk to him. It’s splendidly simple. It’s not a restart of Harry’s life, but a new direction. Despite the lengthiness of this part, dealing the different aspects of his life is quite easy. Except confessing his feelings to Draco. When he finally gets there, it’s a very theatrical, overdramatic scene, it doesn’t fit into the story, and doesn’t have the expected effect on the reader, the exquisitely depicted emotions I’m used to by this author.
Maybe if the story had been a bit more compact, more dynamic with more focus on the romance, it would have been better.
Endless conversations with Frank bored me (though the author’s tendency to present peculiar pets is awesome, I think I should collect them all from all of her works, it definitely demands a re-read…), Anthony Goldstein’s appearance is totally unnecessary, but there are many things in this novel that are hilarious, such as the Celestina Warbeck thing.
Unexpected friendships were great, especially the friendship of Harry and Blaise.
The whole story is told from Harry’s viewpoint. Despite its lengthiness, it’s a pleasant read, recommended.
Turn is a long story, it’s almost 700 pages. The author has a special talent to be true to the original story, to the characters, to the atmosphere. This is the story’s greatest strength. It’s rich in details, ingenious and creative.
Harry is 37, with three kids, a boring desk-job, a distant, dissatisfied wife, with continuous exhaustion, and dark circles under his eyes. He’s worn out. He feels that his life is not exactly what he expected or imagined it to be.
He’s also having weird dreams about Draco and that night in the bathroom where he had found him crying, and apparently it’s going on for a while.
One night Harry drinks too much, meets an old man in a bar who sends him to an alternate universe, to a “what-if” dimension to show him what could have been if he had helped Draco that night he’s dreaming about.
Harry’s time in the “glimpse” lasts for six weeks, it takes up the first third of the story. I felt it extremely long, exhaustively detailed. I was impatiently waiting him to be return to his real life and start to remedy it.
So, when he’s back from the “glimpse”, he slowly starts to make changes, most importantly, he makes friends with Draco. The way he’s doing it is admirably simple: he just starts to talk to him. It’s splendidly simple. It’s not a restart of Harry’s life, but a new direction. Despite the lengthiness of this part, dealing the different aspects of his life is quite easy. Except confessing his feelings to Draco. When he finally gets there, it’s a very theatrical, overdramatic scene, it doesn’t fit into the story, and doesn’t have the expected effect on the reader, the exquisitely depicted emotions I’m used to by this author.
Maybe if the story had been a bit more compact, more dynamic with more focus on the romance, it would have been better.
Endless conversations with Frank bored me (though the author’s tendency to present peculiar pets is awesome, I think I should collect them all from all of her works, it definitely demands a re-read…), Anthony Goldstein’s appearance is totally unnecessary, but there are many things in this novel that are hilarious, such as the Celestina Warbeck thing.
"Don't need no Stunning Spells, don't need no potions of love," Harry sings, chipping away at what he hopes is starting to look like a table-top, "don't need no cupid's arrows and the... fucking rest of the fucking line," he improvises, as, from behind him, Celestina warbles on.
Dissatisfied with his work, Harry steps back. It's terrible.
"It's your fault this isn't working, you horrible old bat," he mumbles into the instrumental section.
"Woah, oh-oh-ohhh," Celestina interrupts breathily.
Unexpected friendships were great, especially the friendship of Harry and Blaise.
“Harry, he is not playing hard to get,” Blaise sighs. “He’s just... actually hard to get.”
The whole story is told from Harry’s viewpoint. Despite its lengthiness, it’s a pleasant read, recommended.
Draco smiles. “Well, much as it pains me to admit it; it’s beautiful. It looks like water.”
“In that case,” Harry says slowly, hoping he’s not making a colossal mistake, “it’s yours.”
“Are you quite certain?”
“Yes, Draco, I’m quite certain,” Harry says, unable to stop himself from mocking Draco just a little bit.
“You’re infuriating. Thank you,” he adds, tone turning gracious.
May 29, 2012
With more than 300,000 words this story was disgustingly long, but boy, did I enjoy it. I'd've gladly read another 100,000 words, seriously.
I'm a sucker for disgustingly long books (in case you couldn't tell), as long as the plot doesn't get dull, of course. And although sometimes it seems like there's not too much happening/going on, it really never gets boring. I was utterly engrossed and I wouldn't want to shorten this book, even if it was just a few words.
I totally fell in love with Turn. I added it to my to-read HP fanfic shelf, not really knowing that here we deal with an adult, 37 years old Harry (& Co.). It's epilogue compliant and to be honest, due to that, I was somewhat wary when starting to read it.
But it turned out to be a totally engrossing read. It's just such a lovely, captivating, funny take on Harry & Draco, I can't even start to explain how utterly mesmerised I was with this book.
The "what if" plot-idea was very original (at least in Harry/Draco fanfic) and you can easily tell how much love and detail the author put in writing this book. All the characterisations are done very thoroughly, thoughtfully and skillfully. Maybe one or two kids were a bit too smart or intelligent now and then, but really, this didn't lessen the reading experience at all.
Highly recommended.
I'm a sucker for disgustingly long books (in case you couldn't tell), as long as the plot doesn't get dull, of course. And although sometimes it seems like there's not too much happening/going on, it really never gets boring. I was utterly engrossed and I wouldn't want to shorten this book, even if it was just a few words.
I totally fell in love with Turn. I added it to my to-read HP fanfic shelf, not really knowing that here we deal with an adult, 37 years old Harry (& Co.). It's epilogue compliant and to be honest, due to that, I was somewhat wary when starting to read it.
But it turned out to be a totally engrossing read. It's just such a lovely, captivating, funny take on Harry & Draco, I can't even start to explain how utterly mesmerised I was with this book.
The "what if" plot-idea was very original (at least in Harry/Draco fanfic) and you can easily tell how much love and detail the author put in writing this book. All the characterisations are done very thoroughly, thoughtfully and skillfully. Maybe one or two kids were a bit too smart or intelligent now and then, but really, this didn't lessen the reading experience at all.
Highly recommended.
August 3, 2016
far, far, far-far far too long.
i think it took me 9 months to read this; if i were kidding about that, there would be a smiley right...
...here.
i think it took me 9 months to read this; if i were kidding about that, there would be a smiley right...
...here.
October 7, 2015
I finished this one right before New Years---I had no idea what to say about it then and I have no idea what to say about it now. (Where in god's name would I start?) So I'll just repeat the thought that kept going through my mind as I read it:
Now this is motherfucking fanfiction.
4.5
October 30, 2015
re-read. Because sometimes it's nice to know what you'll get.
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Feb 2014:
This is a very long story. ICoS long, really.
The first part - Harry's glimpse of an alternate universe in which he finds himself in an established and loving relationship with Draco - was tremendously well done. Apart from the fact that this alternative life felt fairytailishly perfect, it was surprisingly smutty, romantic and sweet. I was with him in his moments of confusion, worry and happiness when he eventually falls in love, learns the quirks of his longtime lover, has his first kiss etc. I dreaded the moment when Harry's time would be up and he has to get back to the dull life he no longer wants.
In the second part of the story, Harry - back in his old life with his family and prestigious job - quickly manages to make some radical changes. This was great to watch, even kind of inspirational.
So where were my problems? I didn't mind so much the fact that it took Harry and Draco forever to get to know each other again, or that we spend endless time with the kids or that there is a silly investigation plot at the end. I felt a bit sad because the author started to lose focus. While Draco's motivations and feelings were easy to empathise with in the first part, we don't get the same level of detail with the 'real' Draco. Why he struggles with his attraction to Harry, how he views the last 20 years of his life, what his romantic experiences were, what he thinks about the beginnings of his relationship with Harry - everything that's interesting, really!!! - is glossed over. Instead we get told even more about the kids, Harry frets a lot and there is loads of pointless tea drinking. Also, Harry basically attempts to recreate the world of his glimpse. He hardly encounters any problems in doing so, which was also kind of anti-climatic.
That said, I was absolutely hooked on the story (so much so that I had trouble getting to work). I just wish Harry's real world (2/3 of the story, no less) had excited and moved me as much as the alternate world of the glimpse.
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Feb 2014:
This is a very long story. ICoS long, really.
The first part - Harry's glimpse of an alternate universe in which he finds himself in an established and loving relationship with Draco - was tremendously well done. Apart from the fact that this alternative life felt fairytailishly perfect, it was surprisingly smutty, romantic and sweet. I was with him in his moments of confusion, worry and happiness when he eventually falls in love, learns the quirks of his longtime lover, has his first kiss etc. I dreaded the moment when Harry's time would be up and he has to get back to the dull life he no longer wants.
In the second part of the story, Harry - back in his old life with his family and prestigious job - quickly manages to make some radical changes. This was great to watch, even kind of inspirational.
So where were my problems? I didn't mind so much the fact that it took Harry and Draco forever to get to know each other again, or that we spend endless time with the kids or that there is a silly investigation plot at the end. I felt a bit sad because the author started to lose focus. While Draco's motivations and feelings were easy to empathise with in the first part, we don't get the same level of detail with the 'real' Draco. Why he struggles with his attraction to Harry, how he views the last 20 years of his life, what his romantic experiences were, what he thinks about the beginnings of his relationship with Harry - everything that's interesting, really!!! - is glossed over. Instead we get told even more about the kids, Harry frets a lot and there is loads of pointless tea drinking. Also, Harry basically attempts to recreate the world of his glimpse. He hardly encounters any problems in doing so, which was also kind of anti-climatic.
That said, I was absolutely hooked on the story (so much so that I had trouble getting to work). I just wish Harry's real world (2/3 of the story, no less) had excited and moved me as much as the alternate world of the glimpse.
December 26, 2023
BEAUTIFUL. STUNNING. SOUL-HEALING. BEST DECISION I EVER MADE.
September 7, 2018
Second full re-read July 1 2018
I chose this when I found myself in desperate need of a comfort read, and it fit the bill brilliantly.
Some New Favorite Quotes:
"Have everything. Have everything and then... time is unimportant."
allowing himself to love being in love
"An' we've got to know when we've seen all we can," Boris continues. "When it's time to go."
wondering just what would be crazier--leaving all this behind for something risky, or staying because it's easier.
FIRST FULL RE-READ 2 March 2016
This year has turned into my year of the re-read. I've just felt nostalgic all year and have been revisiting old favorites of every genre. The year would certainly not be complete without revisiting this one.
Truly a Drarry classic, this fic has just so much to love. And none of that was diminished this time through.
Some New Favorite Quotes:
"James, stop being an arsekettle," Al whines. Rose snickers approvingly.
"Language," Harry sighs again, secretly amused at the creativity of the insult.
This is all very strange, he thinks, but then... it has been one of those sorts of days.
Embrace the madness.
Narcissa makes a soft sound of amusement. "Only the pot would know how quite how to call out the kettle on his..." She pauses. "Unfortunate hue."
"Grown-ups tend to see things different, like... if you don't act like you, they'll just think there's summat wrong with you, or think you're unhappy." He leans in closer, dropping his voice, "They won't put it together that p'raps... you're just not the you they know."
It's a tiny perfect moment, and he wants to hold onto it
"You like boys?" Lily asks, nose wrinkled in contemplation.
Harry nods. "I suppose that's about the size of it, yeah."
"They smell, do you know?" she adds.
Better to make a complete fool of himself than spend the rest of his life wondering.
Blaise grants him a crooked smile. "You're an odd chap, Harry Potter."
Harry shrugs. "I'm coming to terms with it."
"Indeed, it's the only way. We must learn to coexist with our eccentricities."
and there's no trace of his customary prickliness. It's as though he let it slip from his fingers when he went to kiss Harry and has forgotten to look for it again, and while part of Harry thinks it would be nice if it remained misplaced, the bigger part of him that loves this man exactly as he is knows that a Draco without near-constant exasperation would be like a world without magic, or Rose without Al, or chips without beetle bits.
driven to distraction by an irascible aristocrat.
"Yes. I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up yet, so it's best to learn everything just in case."
ORIGINAL REVIEW 17 March 2013
I have to admit that the length of this one is the only reason it took me so long to attempt it. I might have continued to put it off if not for Vivian's spectacularly beautiful and heartfelt review.
This was also the first epilogue-compliant Drarry that I've yet come across and I was fascinated to see how it would all work out. I've read other stories and seen movies and TV shows where the traveling to an AU where you made a different choice is used as a plot device and they always intrigue me. I really enjoyed this one also.
I ADORED the Draco of the AU, and I have to say that Frank the snake totally won me over. I was a little reluctant reading this bit at first, because I kept hoping Harry might be able to go back in time and REALLY fix something, rather than just see what might have happened if he'd done it. Once I relaxed into the story, though, I found myself totally loving it. The way that Harry was able to let go of his "old" self and loosen up and discover things about himself as he explored AU Harry's life was spectacularly well done.
Harry here continues to be a beautiful example of courage and fearlessness and all of those other delightful Gryffindor traits that he displays through the books. Honestly, having the courage to face the fact that your life is not the way you wanted it to be and to do the things necessary to fix it is phenomenal. And because Harry found that courage, he was able to improve not only his life, but the lives of those around him, too. I love that Ginny calls it "sleepwalking," because I know exactly what that feels like! To wake up one day and wonder how you got to where you are. I love that Harry didn't just make excuses or say he'd do something about it tomorrow or next week, but that he actually found the courage to go after what he really wanted. Beautiful!
Alright, so I'm rambling. Fascinating concept, brilliantly exectued characters who are unbelievably sympathetic. And all of it so well written, that not only did I not feel like I'd just read 300k words, I found myself actually wishing for another 300k just to stay in the world and with the characters for longer!
Some favorite quotes:
like a familiar embrace that doesn't quite feel right any more.
but the point, he supposes, is that a relationship is made of acceptance.
"Have everything. Have everything and then... time is unimportant."
and it's a revelation, the thrill of the discovery easily making up for the distressing amount of wasted time.
because Draco Malfoy's smile hurts his heart perfectly
Her eyebrows shoot up. "It looks funny."
Harry smiles wearily, leaning against the bench. Apparently, working under a creativity potion for an hour takes it out of a person. "Funny haha, or funny peculiar?"
"Funny like it's going to eat me," Maura says.
"That can't be good," Harry sighs, and flicks his wand to vanish it. "I think we'll do without the potion from now on."
"I think your admittedly capricious self-control chose a rather useful moment to show itself."
feeling the pull of Draco's smile and closing his eyes for a second, allowing himself to love being in love. It's easy.
He could have gone on for years, decades, for the rest of his life, never truly comprehending his dissatisfaction with his life;
trapped in unfulfilled, numb, not-quite-misery
He just wants a lot of things, he supposes, and not all of them are possible. But that's fine, he tells himself. That's fine—do you know why? Because you're a grown up. You're a man who's old enough to realise that you can't have everything. So, in short, get a fucking grip.
"I love you so much that I can let you go," she whispers, and Harry falls apart a little because it's right, and it hurts so much.
"Of course I'm bloody upset," she snaps, picking up another handful of snow and savagely squashing it into a ball. "I just don't think being bitter will make me feel any better... or help you... or be good for the kids.
but here in this place tonight, there is hope in the air, and he can only trust that a little piece of it will stick with him when he leaves.
It's as though a weight has been lifted, and whilst he's glad to no longer have to carry it, he aches with missing the familiar burden.
he finds himself wondering just what would be crazier—leaving all this behind for something risky, or staying because it's easier.
Strange and wonderful things can happen when you stop worrying about what does and doesn't make sense."
Neville drops his voice. "Well... we're sort of at that funny stage, you know. There's an awful lot of his stuff here, but we haven't made anything official." He leans across his tangle of apron toward Harry, eyes wide. "I've got no idea what I'm doing."
Harry smiles in spite of his reservations. "I don't think any of us do, really."
"It'd be nice if it wasn't just me," Nev sighs.
you've got to do what makes you happy. You only get one go at life, so if you need to change your mind... do it."
He can't say he cares, though, not if Draco's fingers keep brushing against his as they walk, and not if he keeps laughing like that, rough and warm and glittering all over Harry's skin.
kisses that effervesce through his body
"Hang on a minute!" Neville interrupts, hanging over the back of his chair, expression wounded. Draco, Harry, Jenny and George turn to him. "You mean you aren't going to ask me and Blaise to do the flowers? We're repressionals, you know! I mean... parishioners... erm... professors...regurgitators. No..." he sighs. "I don't know what we are."
"Professionals?" Hermione suggests, tearing herself away from Harry's plants to pat Neville absently on the head.
I chose this when I found myself in desperate need of a comfort read, and it fit the bill brilliantly.
Some New Favorite Quotes:
"Have everything. Have everything and then... time is unimportant."
allowing himself to love being in love
"An' we've got to know when we've seen all we can," Boris continues. "When it's time to go."
wondering just what would be crazier--leaving all this behind for something risky, or staying because it's easier.
FIRST FULL RE-READ 2 March 2016
This year has turned into my year of the re-read. I've just felt nostalgic all year and have been revisiting old favorites of every genre. The year would certainly not be complete without revisiting this one.
Truly a Drarry classic, this fic has just so much to love. And none of that was diminished this time through.
Some New Favorite Quotes:
"James, stop being an arsekettle," Al whines. Rose snickers approvingly.
"Language," Harry sighs again, secretly amused at the creativity of the insult.
This is all very strange, he thinks, but then... it has been one of those sorts of days.
Embrace the madness.
Narcissa makes a soft sound of amusement. "Only the pot would know how quite how to call out the kettle on his..." She pauses. "Unfortunate hue."
"Grown-ups tend to see things different, like... if you don't act like you, they'll just think there's summat wrong with you, or think you're unhappy." He leans in closer, dropping his voice, "They won't put it together that p'raps... you're just not the you they know."
It's a tiny perfect moment, and he wants to hold onto it
"You like boys?" Lily asks, nose wrinkled in contemplation.
Harry nods. "I suppose that's about the size of it, yeah."
"They smell, do you know?" she adds.
Better to make a complete fool of himself than spend the rest of his life wondering.
Blaise grants him a crooked smile. "You're an odd chap, Harry Potter."
Harry shrugs. "I'm coming to terms with it."
"Indeed, it's the only way. We must learn to coexist with our eccentricities."
and there's no trace of his customary prickliness. It's as though he let it slip from his fingers when he went to kiss Harry and has forgotten to look for it again, and while part of Harry thinks it would be nice if it remained misplaced, the bigger part of him that loves this man exactly as he is knows that a Draco without near-constant exasperation would be like a world without magic, or Rose without Al, or chips without beetle bits.
driven to distraction by an irascible aristocrat.
"Yes. I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up yet, so it's best to learn everything just in case."
ORIGINAL REVIEW 17 March 2013
I have to admit that the length of this one is the only reason it took me so long to attempt it. I might have continued to put it off if not for Vivian's spectacularly beautiful and heartfelt review.
This was also the first epilogue-compliant Drarry that I've yet come across and I was fascinated to see how it would all work out. I've read other stories and seen movies and TV shows where the traveling to an AU where you made a different choice is used as a plot device and they always intrigue me. I really enjoyed this one also.
I ADORED the Draco of the AU, and I have to say that Frank the snake totally won me over. I was a little reluctant reading this bit at first, because I kept hoping Harry might be able to go back in time and REALLY fix something, rather than just see what might have happened if he'd done it. Once I relaxed into the story, though, I found myself totally loving it. The way that Harry was able to let go of his "old" self and loosen up and discover things about himself as he explored AU Harry's life was spectacularly well done.
Harry here continues to be a beautiful example of courage and fearlessness and all of those other delightful Gryffindor traits that he displays through the books. Honestly, having the courage to face the fact that your life is not the way you wanted it to be and to do the things necessary to fix it is phenomenal. And because Harry found that courage, he was able to improve not only his life, but the lives of those around him, too. I love that Ginny calls it "sleepwalking," because I know exactly what that feels like! To wake up one day and wonder how you got to where you are. I love that Harry didn't just make excuses or say he'd do something about it tomorrow or next week, but that he actually found the courage to go after what he really wanted. Beautiful!
Alright, so I'm rambling. Fascinating concept, brilliantly exectued characters who are unbelievably sympathetic. And all of it so well written, that not only did I not feel like I'd just read 300k words, I found myself actually wishing for another 300k just to stay in the world and with the characters for longer!
Some favorite quotes:
like a familiar embrace that doesn't quite feel right any more.
but the point, he supposes, is that a relationship is made of acceptance.
"Have everything. Have everything and then... time is unimportant."
and it's a revelation, the thrill of the discovery easily making up for the distressing amount of wasted time.
because Draco Malfoy's smile hurts his heart perfectly
Her eyebrows shoot up. "It looks funny."
Harry smiles wearily, leaning against the bench. Apparently, working under a creativity potion for an hour takes it out of a person. "Funny haha, or funny peculiar?"
"Funny like it's going to eat me," Maura says.
"That can't be good," Harry sighs, and flicks his wand to vanish it. "I think we'll do without the potion from now on."
"I think your admittedly capricious self-control chose a rather useful moment to show itself."
feeling the pull of Draco's smile and closing his eyes for a second, allowing himself to love being in love. It's easy.
He could have gone on for years, decades, for the rest of his life, never truly comprehending his dissatisfaction with his life;
trapped in unfulfilled, numb, not-quite-misery
He just wants a lot of things, he supposes, and not all of them are possible. But that's fine, he tells himself. That's fine—do you know why? Because you're a grown up. You're a man who's old enough to realise that you can't have everything. So, in short, get a fucking grip.
"I love you so much that I can let you go," she whispers, and Harry falls apart a little because it's right, and it hurts so much.
"Of course I'm bloody upset," she snaps, picking up another handful of snow and savagely squashing it into a ball. "I just don't think being bitter will make me feel any better... or help you... or be good for the kids.
but here in this place tonight, there is hope in the air, and he can only trust that a little piece of it will stick with him when he leaves.
It's as though a weight has been lifted, and whilst he's glad to no longer have to carry it, he aches with missing the familiar burden.
he finds himself wondering just what would be crazier—leaving all this behind for something risky, or staying because it's easier.
Strange and wonderful things can happen when you stop worrying about what does and doesn't make sense."
"What will we make?" she asks, shaking off her weariness and hanging over the edge of the shelf.
Harry rolls up his sleeves, lights his furnaces and extracts his most delicate copper pipe. "An apology," he says, and the admission soothes him.
"What does an apology look like?" Misu wants to know, tiny black eyes fixed on Harry.
"I don't know," Harry admits. "Let's find out."
Neville drops his voice. "Well... we're sort of at that funny stage, you know. There's an awful lot of his stuff here, but we haven't made anything official." He leans across his tangle of apron toward Harry, eyes wide. "I've got no idea what I'm doing."
Harry smiles in spite of his reservations. "I don't think any of us do, really."
"It'd be nice if it wasn't just me," Nev sighs.
you've got to do what makes you happy. You only get one go at life, so if you need to change your mind... do it."
He can't say he cares, though, not if Draco's fingers keep brushing against his as they walk, and not if he keeps laughing like that, rough and warm and glittering all over Harry's skin.
kisses that effervesce through his body
"Hang on a minute!" Neville interrupts, hanging over the back of his chair, expression wounded. Draco, Harry, Jenny and George turn to him. "You mean you aren't going to ask me and Blaise to do the flowers? We're repressionals, you know! I mean... parishioners... erm... professors...regurgitators. No..." he sighs. "I don't know what we are."
"Professionals?" Hermione suggests, tearing herself away from Harry's plants to pat Neville absently on the head.
April 9, 2025
this was insanely adorable i love them so much
September 27, 2016
Holy shit okay omg. It's been a few days since I finished this but I just want to say that this is one of the best fics I've ever read. I'm not a fan of AU, I didn't think I'd like established and domestic Drarry, and I don't usually read fics where they're that old but - oh my god. Good grief. This broke my heart in a million different ways. It was funny. It was heartwarming. It made me laugh and cry.
It really shows how one decision can change the course of the world. Both Harry and Draco were written very well - Draco closed off, Harry open and ready to face the world - and Draco - with his reckless Gryffindor courage. This fic didn't sideline Ginny, and it still had the next gen kids in there.
"I love him, as it happens."
It really shows how one decision can change the course of the world. Both Harry and Draco were written very well - Draco closed off, Harry open and ready to face the world - and Draco - with his reckless Gryffindor courage. This fic didn't sideline Ginny, and it still had the next gen kids in there.
"I love him, as it happens."
March 16, 2018
Bastante bueno y esta vez lo acabé sin tanto esfuerzo, el fic se hace leeeento a mediados y llegando al final coge de nuevo aire, pero igual, creo que le sobran muchas páginas.
February 9, 2022
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
To była naprawdę długa, spokojna, wciągająca i absolutnie cudowna opowieść. Aż trudno mi uwierzyć, że natknęłam się na nią dopiero teraz, ale to fantastyczne, bo znaczy, że gdzieś tam, w otchłaniach fandomów, nadal czekają na mnie świetne historie, mimo że myślałam, że najlepsze już przeczytałam. 🥰
W Turn trzydziestosiedmioletni Harry, zmęczony życiem szef Biura Aurorów, mąż i ojciec, dostaje jedyną w swoim rodzaju szansę przekonać się, co by się wydarzyło, gdyby na szóstym roku jedną rzecz zrobił inaczej. Jego życie wyglądałoby zupełnie inaczej, niektórzy by się nie urodzili, inni nie umarli, a codzienność jego samego i jego przyjaciół wyglądałaby kompletnie odmiennie. Kiedy Harry wraca do swojego prawdziwego życia, musi zastanowić się, czego tak naprawdę chce i podjąć decyzje, które przywrócą jego wykolejone życie na właściwe tory.
Autorka pisze w taki sposób, że choć pozornie niewiele się dzieje, to od powieści nie można się oderwać. Postaci są realistyczne, ich reakcje i decyzje zrozumiałe. Większości nie sposób nie lubić; nawet Ginny, która przez wiele autorek drarry jest demonizowana, tutaj zachowuje swój charakter - silnej, oddanej rodzinie kobiety, rozsądnej, a jednocześnie pełnej temperamentu - można ją polubić i trzeba szanować. Podobnie Harry i Draco, obaj bardzo kanoniczni, ale już dorośli, więc pozbawieni wielu irytujących nastoletnich cech. Harry jest bardzo rodzinny, natomiast Draco został wyposażony przez autorkę w osobowość obsesyjną, z dużą potrzebą kontroli swojego środowiska, co mocno wpływa na jego zachowanie i sposób nawiązywania relacji. Saras_Girl jest bardzo konsekwentna w konstruowaniu osobowości postaci wokół ich najważniejszych charakterystycznych cech, dzięki czemu historia przez cały czas czas jest bardzo wiarygodna.
Jako wisienkę na torcie trzeba wymienić dwa fantastyczne węże i siedmioro genialnie opisanych dzieciaków, kanonicznych i OC.
Spędziłam z tą historią niesamowity czas i zaraz zabieram się za inne ficki tej autorki. ❤
To była naprawdę długa, spokojna, wciągająca i absolutnie cudowna opowieść. Aż trudno mi uwierzyć, że natknęłam się na nią dopiero teraz, ale to fantastyczne, bo znaczy, że gdzieś tam, w otchłaniach fandomów, nadal czekają na mnie świetne historie, mimo że myślałam, że najlepsze już przeczytałam. 🥰
W Turn trzydziestosiedmioletni Harry, zmęczony życiem szef Biura Aurorów, mąż i ojciec, dostaje jedyną w swoim rodzaju szansę przekonać się, co by się wydarzyło, gdyby na szóstym roku jedną rzecz zrobił inaczej. Jego życie wyglądałoby zupełnie inaczej, niektórzy by się nie urodzili, inni nie umarli, a codzienność jego samego i jego przyjaciół wyglądałaby kompletnie odmiennie. Kiedy Harry wraca do swojego prawdziwego życia, musi zastanowić się, czego tak naprawdę chce i podjąć decyzje, które przywrócą jego wykolejone życie na właściwe tory.
Autorka pisze w taki sposób, że choć pozornie niewiele się dzieje, to od powieści nie można się oderwać. Postaci są realistyczne, ich reakcje i decyzje zrozumiałe. Większości nie sposób nie lubić; nawet Ginny, która przez wiele autorek drarry jest demonizowana, tutaj zachowuje swój charakter - silnej, oddanej rodzinie kobiety, rozsądnej, a jednocześnie pełnej temperamentu - można ją polubić i trzeba szanować. Podobnie Harry i Draco, obaj bardzo kanoniczni, ale już dorośli, więc pozbawieni wielu irytujących nastoletnich cech. Harry jest bardzo rodzinny, natomiast Draco został wyposażony przez autorkę w osobowość obsesyjną, z dużą potrzebą kontroli swojego środowiska, co mocno wpływa na jego zachowanie i sposób nawiązywania relacji. Saras_Girl jest bardzo konsekwentna w konstruowaniu osobowości postaci wokół ich najważniejszych charakterystycznych cech, dzięki czemu historia przez cały czas czas jest bardzo wiarygodna.
Jako wisienkę na torcie trzeba wymienić dwa fantastyczne węże i siedmioro genialnie opisanych dzieciaków, kanonicznych i OC.
Spędziłam z tą historią niesamowity czas i zaraz zabieram się za inne ficki tej autorki. ❤
December 7, 2017
The binge re-read of Sara's girl fic build-up to Christmas lol
Really enjoy her writing, the little detail that makes each story more. Warmth and growth, characters feel real and personalised despite being a work of fan-fiction. Sweet, funny and poignant in turn. And non-annoying children ;)
I'm rarely a fan of alternative reality head-spinny tales so put off reading this for the longest time. It's neatly tied together and I like the maturity of this epilogue respecting story.
Really enjoy her writing, the little detail that makes each story more. Warmth and growth, characters feel real and personalised despite being a work of fan-fiction. Sweet, funny and poignant in turn. And non-annoying children ;)
I'm rarely a fan of alternative reality head-spinny tales so put off reading this for the longest time. It's neatly tied together and I like the maturity of this epilogue respecting story.
August 24, 2014
I know it's fanfiction, but it reads so much like an original story that I had to let myself list it. This author has an incredible way of weaving stories even when she's playing in someone else's sandbox.
October 3, 2024
Really good fic. Worth rereading Harry Potter for alone? I’m not sure, but I had a good time (and ik there are many more good Drarry fics out there that I’ll get to). This was a little long at times. Like some parts could’ve been cut. Unfortunately, I still could not bring myself to care too much for the kids or some of the side characters, but simultaneously, I appreciate that as much as this was a Drarry fic, it was also a Harry-fix-your-life fic. And honestly this fic’s version of Harry is much more interesting than JK makes him in the books. It’s like the blueprint is there but explored more.
I probably enjoyed the glimpse the most, followed by him getting to know his world’s Draco. It started to taper off for me though around the 75,80% mark. Still, I definitely see why this is like the magnum opus of Drarry fanfiction. At the end of the day, I think I’m just not a Harry Potter girly and struggle to stay interested in the HP world at large, so it prevents me from becoming truly invested.
If you like Harry Potter and are a fic reader, it’s definitely worth reading. I’ll think about it for a long time. I read this for my sister. Maybe one day, she’ll read Heaven Official’s Blessing or smth in return.🫠
I probably enjoyed the glimpse the most, followed by him getting to know his world’s Draco. It started to taper off for me though around the 75,80% mark. Still, I definitely see why this is like the magnum opus of Drarry fanfiction. At the end of the day, I think I’m just not a Harry Potter girly and struggle to stay interested in the HP world at large, so it prevents me from becoming truly invested.
If you like Harry Potter and are a fic reader, it’s definitely worth reading. I’ll think about it for a long time. I read this for my sister. Maybe one day, she’ll read Heaven Official’s Blessing or smth in return.🫠
January 21, 2014
(I found this book stalking Nina's fanfic shelf, so I just wanted to thank her for unintentionally recommending me this book. Can't wait to get to the others I found there as well. You might even tempt me into reading some of those teen wolf fics at some point.)
I really don't know how to explain how I feel about this book. Honestly, it feels like some part of me is still stuck in the story--I guess that is what happens when you read a book for almost 24 hours with only a few hours of crashing into your pillow or glaring at coffee pots. Part of my brain is having a hard time adjusting back to the real world. One without wands and magic and heartbreaking love stories. It is rather boring, this real world.
This is one huge, mother-fucking long book. I think GR says it is 966 pages. And even with how fast I read it took a long time to finish. But I loved every freaking page. Yeah, it probably could be cut down, trimmed and tucked, but I'm pretty sure I would take a knife to anyone to tried. At some point in the first ten pages the editor side of my brain said screw this and decided to get drunk on this story. It has been a while since I fell in love with a character from almost the first line, but it happened here. I was in this story from the get-go. And that was not just because I have loved Harry Potter since my eighth-grade English teacher read us the first chapter of Sorcerer's Stone and got thirty students instantly hooked on the books. Harry, Draco, Ginny, and all the rest were just so well written. Both in the glimpse and back in 'normal' life.
I don't really want to give you much of the plot, it just needs to be read to be really experienced. I will tell you that it will hurt at some points. You'll know is coming, but it will still freaking hurt (part of my heart is still freaking aching because of Maura). And you will laugh. You will laugh at the kids antics, at the awesome pets, at the adults jokes--at the small things and at the large. You will fall in love. Twice...or even more. You will meet new character, you see old ones, you will find yourself believing that this world is actually what happened after the last HP book happened. It feels very much like a natural extension of the epilogue of Deathly Hallows. Well, at least for us who truly believe that Harry and Draco should have ended up together.
Draco is so freaking incredible in this book. I love his little ticks: the numbers, the colors, the tapping. And the stripes--damn I love those. He feels so very real here. And dear god, the interactions between him and Harry never felt forced. It was hot and sweet and grown up. Everyone felt their age in this book. This is not something that I find a lot. This feeling of time having passed for the character, not just for us. Their problems are just normal everyday problems for adults. The kids are fun, and silly, and unique...and James is a wonderful sullen teenager. This book gives us a story with characters we know, but then takes those ideas and gives them weight and a presence in this book that makes them feel real.
This book may take time to read, and some parts of it are slower than others, but I loved it. I loved that I got stuck in this world for so long. It was such a good place to be stuck, even when it was trying to make me cry. I never quite knew how it was going to end, or how much it was going to cost me to get there, but it was worth it all. This might not be the saddest book ever written, nor the funniest book or the most detailed...but it is so very real. It grabs you and you don't want it to let go. It is about life after the pages of the story seems to come to end, about how the choices we make can cost us, or give us everything we ever wanted...and finding out the what we want changes over time. I am so very happy I read this book.
I really don't know how to explain how I feel about this book. Honestly, it feels like some part of me is still stuck in the story--I guess that is what happens when you read a book for almost 24 hours with only a few hours of crashing into your pillow or glaring at coffee pots. Part of my brain is having a hard time adjusting back to the real world. One without wands and magic and heartbreaking love stories. It is rather boring, this real world.
This is one huge, mother-fucking long book. I think GR says it is 966 pages. And even with how fast I read it took a long time to finish. But I loved every freaking page. Yeah, it probably could be cut down, trimmed and tucked, but I'm pretty sure I would take a knife to anyone to tried. At some point in the first ten pages the editor side of my brain said screw this and decided to get drunk on this story. It has been a while since I fell in love with a character from almost the first line, but it happened here. I was in this story from the get-go. And that was not just because I have loved Harry Potter since my eighth-grade English teacher read us the first chapter of Sorcerer's Stone and got thirty students instantly hooked on the books. Harry, Draco, Ginny, and all the rest were just so well written. Both in the glimpse and back in 'normal' life.
I don't really want to give you much of the plot, it just needs to be read to be really experienced. I will tell you that it will hurt at some points. You'll know is coming, but it will still freaking hurt (part of my heart is still freaking aching because of Maura). And you will laugh. You will laugh at the kids antics, at the awesome pets, at the adults jokes--at the small things and at the large. You will fall in love. Twice...or even more. You will meet new character, you see old ones, you will find yourself believing that this world is actually what happened after the last HP book happened. It feels very much like a natural extension of the epilogue of Deathly Hallows. Well, at least for us who truly believe that Harry and Draco should have ended up together.
Draco is so freaking incredible in this book. I love his little ticks: the numbers, the colors, the tapping. And the stripes--damn I love those. He feels so very real here. And dear god, the interactions between him and Harry never felt forced. It was hot and sweet and grown up. Everyone felt their age in this book. This is not something that I find a lot. This feeling of time having passed for the character, not just for us. Their problems are just normal everyday problems for adults. The kids are fun, and silly, and unique...and James is a wonderful sullen teenager. This book gives us a story with characters we know, but then takes those ideas and gives them weight and a presence in this book that makes them feel real.
This book may take time to read, and some parts of it are slower than others, but I loved it. I loved that I got stuck in this world for so long. It was such a good place to be stuck, even when it was trying to make me cry. I never quite knew how it was going to end, or how much it was going to cost me to get there, but it was worth it all. This might not be the saddest book ever written, nor the funniest book or the most detailed...but it is so very real. It grabs you and you don't want it to let go. It is about life after the pages of the story seems to come to end, about how the choices we make can cost us, or give us everything we ever wanted...and finding out the what we want changes over time. I am so very happy I read this book.
May 29, 2012
3.5 stars, but since it's fanfic it gets automatically rounded up.
Solid, well thought out story, well written, with a few surprises, but a bit too long. All three sections could have benefited from tightening the story.
Solid, well thought out story, well written, with a few surprises, but a bit too long. All three sections could have benefited from tightening the story.
May 14, 2021
Second best fanfiction ever; read it sometime last year
August 12, 2024
Turn: ★ ★ ★ ★ . 7 5
Sara's Girl (Turn!verse, #1)
Tropes:
– Draco/Harry fanfiction
– Single dads
This is such a hard fanfic to review without spoiling but I am going to do my best! Please be warned though and I highly recommend going into this one blind. It is worth it.
I absolutely loved the story. I went into it pretty much blind, but I just knew that everybody who has read it has thoroughly enjoyed it and that was enough for me. To preface I really do love a story where Harry and Draco are older and there is domestic scenes and they are mature and all that. I understand that not a lot of people do, but that just fill my heart. So just note, that this story is definitely like that–mature, domestic, and introspective.
A good deal of the book primarily explores Harry’s personal development and how he deals with various things in his life and realizations (mid-life crisis, iykyk), but it is so satisfying to go on that journey with him and watch him learn what he loves and find himself and go after what he wants. I really felt some sort of pride watching him go after things, even though he may be older. Like yes, change your career, overhaul your wardrobe, go after that boy. GO OFF QUEEN!
To be clear, that isn’t to say that the romance takes a backseat in this because it doesn’t and honestly in a weird way (no spoilers!), it is very present in the beginning and then sort of slips, but then comes back near the end, but there is a thread throughout the story that really makes you ache and it's written in the best way.
I absolutely loved the premise and I loved the characters and I just have so much respect for Harry‘s determination and his stubborn willingness to NEVER give up on things even when they were so hard. I feel like just reading this book made me want to go out and do more things with my life because it’s just such a good reminder that times is fleeting and we literally only live one life.
As with any book by this author, the characterization is amazing and every single character plays such a great role in bringing the story to life. I just love their writing and know that I am going to be working my way through the rest of their backlist immediately. I also loved the Reparations duet greatly.
Loved this book. I can definitely understand the hype. Highly recommend.
Sara's Girl (Turn!verse, #1)
Tropes:
– Draco/Harry fanfiction
– Single dads
This is such a hard fanfic to review without spoiling but I am going to do my best! Please be warned though and I highly recommend going into this one blind. It is worth it.
I absolutely loved the story. I went into it pretty much blind, but I just knew that everybody who has read it has thoroughly enjoyed it and that was enough for me. To preface I really do love a story where Harry and Draco are older and there is domestic scenes and they are mature and all that. I understand that not a lot of people do, but that just fill my heart. So just note, that this story is definitely like that–mature, domestic, and introspective.
A good deal of the book primarily explores Harry’s personal development and how he deals with various things in his life and realizations (mid-life crisis, iykyk), but it is so satisfying to go on that journey with him and watch him learn what he loves and find himself and go after what he wants. I really felt some sort of pride watching him go after things, even though he may be older. Like yes, change your career, overhaul your wardrobe, go after that boy. GO OFF QUEEN!
To be clear, that isn’t to say that the romance takes a backseat in this because it doesn’t and honestly in a weird way (no spoilers!), it is very present in the beginning and then sort of slips, but then comes back near the end, but there is a thread throughout the story that really makes you ache and it's written in the best way.
I absolutely loved the premise and I loved the characters and I just have so much respect for Harry‘s determination and his stubborn willingness to NEVER give up on things even when they were so hard. I feel like just reading this book made me want to go out and do more things with my life because it’s just such a good reminder that times is fleeting and we literally only live one life.
As with any book by this author, the characterization is amazing and every single character plays such a great role in bringing the story to life. I just love their writing and know that I am going to be working my way through the rest of their backlist immediately. I also loved the Reparations duet greatly.
Loved this book. I can definitely understand the hype. Highly recommend.
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September 20, 2018It's been a while since I read a fanfiction. I never expected to read a full novel sized one. Without divulging too much I just wanna say I needed an escape.
This fanfic is superior to so many published works I have read in the recent times. In terms of story , character development, humor, angst, suspense, and the ending. It was perfection. Oh my Old little heart flatters.
Who could have guessed #Drarry could be done in such a classy way ?
I could become gay man for this Draco Malfoy. (am a female) Just saying.
This fanfic is superior to so many published works I have read in the recent times. In terms of story , character development, humor, angst, suspense, and the ending. It was perfection. Oh my Old little heart flatters.
Who could have guessed #Drarry could be done in such a classy way ?
I could become gay man for this Draco Malfoy. (am a female) Just saying.
August 11, 2020
So I've dabbled in Harry Potter fanfic for several years now, but I finally did it- I finally read a 1,000 page novel-length Drarry fic. And I LOVED IT. Is it too long? Yes. Does it spend way too long in the first part of the story and somewhat shortchange the conclusion? Sure. But did it have some of the most true-to-character writing, and the most fleshed out character development I've ever read? Yes and YES. This book took me on a JOURNEY. It took JK Rowling's dumbass epilogue, recognized it for the middle crisis in the making that it was, and instead delivered a beautiful midlife coming of age story. The biggest chef kiss I can possibly muster to this beautiful tome.
November 8, 2017
The one where Harry gets a glimpse of what could have happened if he had tried to save Malfoy. Or the one with gay!carpenter Harry.
I loved this so much, I fell down a bloody rabbit hole with fanfiction again this year but the concept behind this one tugged at my heart so much. It's absolutely massive and part of me wants to read it all over again.
I loved this so much, I fell down a bloody rabbit hole with fanfiction again this year but the concept behind this one tugged at my heart so much. It's absolutely massive and part of me wants to read it all over again.
January 18, 2018
THIS WAS SO GOOD. ALL THE FEELS.
May 16, 2021
rating based on how much I remember liking it. I’ve read so many drarry fics they’re all jumbled in my head lmaoo
August 3, 2023
All the feels! So good, I couldn't put it down. It rarely happens anymore.
December 30, 2023
THIS WAS A LONG ASS FIC, but some very interesting and fun moments
December 1, 2024
I’m not a contemporary romance fan, but this story was sweet, albeit very long. Much longer than it needed to be IMO.
December 26, 2023
one of my absolute favorite fics I've ever read.
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