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Young & Beautiful
Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn't stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes.
443 pages, ebook
First published January 28, 2014
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January 9, 2015
I just. There's a huge stigma that fanfiction isn't literature, and I agree to some degree. In all honesty, there are some terribly written fanfics out there. But this one? Perfection, save for the occasional grammatical error here and there.
To think that someone wrote this not for monetary gain, but to tell a story, is amazing to me. And that restores my love for stories and the written word because here is someone who is doing this with no obligation to finish and no tangible reward. Y&B was written despite busy schedules and featured a one of a kind plot and nearly 600 pages of pure gold.
I had heard about this before and thought, "200k+ words? No way. There's no way everyone could've loved this so much." But I was wrong, because this made me feel more than any other story has before. There's a kind of suspended reality, but there's also the sense that this could be happening right now. It inspired me to write and it had me screaming and throwing tantrums because it made me feel. At one point, I was so upset that I went for a run to cool off. The plot was so rich, and the characters so complex. They were both so well developed throughout the entirety of this, and I found myself so invested in this world, this posh world of absinthe and cocaine and whiskey.
I can't articulate effectively just how much I feel about this, but I can say that I invested in it, and it also invested in me. I always enjoy something that gets me thinking, but this did more for me than just get me thinking. It forced me to fight for these characters, it inspired me, it dragged me all around my house as I tried to fit all these pieces together, and it made me feel a myriad of raw emotions.Made me laugh, made me cry. Got me so frustrated I wanted to chuck my laptop at the wall. Gave me butterflies and "all the feels" as it tugged at every heartstring I have, some that I didn't know existed.
This is raw and this is real.
As a last note, I'd like to add that a lot of this story revolved around quotes from Oscar Wilde and Keats and Shakespeare and many more and I really appreciated that. Inspired me to pick up more classics, even.
To think that someone wrote this not for monetary gain, but to tell a story, is amazing to me. And that restores my love for stories and the written word because here is someone who is doing this with no obligation to finish and no tangible reward. Y&B was written despite busy schedules and featured a one of a kind plot and nearly 600 pages of pure gold.
I had heard about this before and thought, "200k+ words? No way. There's no way everyone could've loved this so much." But I was wrong, because this made me feel more than any other story has before. There's a kind of suspended reality, but there's also the sense that this could be happening right now. It inspired me to write and it had me screaming and throwing tantrums because it made me feel. At one point, I was so upset that I went for a run to cool off. The plot was so rich, and the characters so complex. They were both so well developed throughout the entirety of this, and I found myself so invested in this world, this posh world of absinthe and cocaine and whiskey.
I can't articulate effectively just how much I feel about this, but I can say that I invested in it, and it also invested in me. I always enjoy something that gets me thinking, but this did more for me than just get me thinking. It forced me to fight for these characters, it inspired me, it dragged me all around my house as I tried to fit all these pieces together, and it made me feel a myriad of raw emotions.Made me laugh, made me cry. Got me so frustrated I wanted to chuck my laptop at the wall. Gave me butterflies and "all the feels" as it tugged at every heartstring I have, some that I didn't know existed.
This is raw and this is real.
As a last note, I'd like to add that a lot of this story revolved around quotes from Oscar Wilde and Keats and Shakespeare and many more and I really appreciated that. Inspired me to pick up more classics, even.
June 30, 2016
Fuck the fact that this is a fanfiction about two gay members from a boyband.This is one of the most outstanding stories I have ever read.The writing is unearthly beautiful, the characters so deep and complex, the images painted so so so fucking vivid, I can still see them when I close my eyes and it's been 7 months since I've read this story.This entire story reminds me of one room of the palace Versailles, such a beautiful place, such a tragic place.Also, THE MOON KNOWS!
January 2, 2016
Why is this the best thing I have ever read in my entire life and why does Velvetoscar own me
August 14, 2020
the moon knows that we are in love.
May 3, 2020
I have never put fanfiction on goodreads before but this was literature so it definitely deserves to be documented.
February 6, 2023
“Haven't you heard, Louis Tomlinson? Each man kills the thing he loves. The coward with a kiss. The brave man with a sword.”
Can we finally get away from thinking that fanfiction is always considered as some kind of silly story without any plot? If someone asked me what my favourite romance book is, I would point at Young and Beautiful with no shame. It is a literal novel. Velvetoscar created such an outstanding story. The emotion converted in writing, the character development, enemies to lovers, the Oscar Wilde references, the whole plot kept in dark academia theme are just amazing. The story shows that if someone really loves you, they won't give up on you and they will be patient and trusting with you. My heart felt like it was ripped apart and never put back together even after finishing reading and i admit that i will never fully recover from this.
Can we finally get away from thinking that fanfiction is always considered as some kind of silly story without any plot? If someone asked me what my favourite romance book is, I would point at Young and Beautiful with no shame. It is a literal novel. Velvetoscar created such an outstanding story. The emotion converted in writing, the character development, enemies to lovers, the Oscar Wilde references, the whole plot kept in dark academia theme are just amazing. The story shows that if someone really loves you, they won't give up on you and they will be patient and trusting with you. My heart felt like it was ripped apart and never put back together even after finishing reading and i admit that i will never fully recover from this.
July 12, 2020
I'm ruined.
November 14, 2021
spoiler free
This isn't my first time reading young and beautiful, but it is the first since I realised that fanfics are on Goodreads, so it seemed nothing short of a crime to not write a review. Granted, I am currently sitting in a towel as I write this, having just sprinted out of the shower, knowing exactly what I wanted to say, compared to 11 hours ago when I finished rereading this fic for the thousandth time at 4:30 am. But due to only four hours of sleep, I'm going to acutely ignore that fact.
In 2019, after being a Directioner for six years and a Larry for about three, I finally read this masterpiece of a story. I'd heard nothing but praise, seen the theories that Harry himself had read it and been influenced, and become obsessed in my own way after hearing that it contains flowers, the moon, the stars, classical music, every piano under the sun AND OSCAR WILDE. What's not to love?
Was I disappointed when I clicked on the book? Was my pre-excitement in vain? Did I feel robbed of my precious time for 34 chapters gay, a question I ask partly to satisfy the power-of-three technique? Not in the slightest. In fact, the countless Harry-has-definitely-read-this proof that somehow made it into word documents on my laptop, the trailers I adored and the spoilers I did my best to avoid, didn't even measure to a 28th (for my raging Aquarius narcissism, I hope someone sees what I did there) of what y&b amounts to. It whole-heartedly deserves the title probably the most famous Larry fanfiction out there.
It's unique but true to the personalities of the real-life characters. It's classic yet somehow modern while classy, adding to the timelessness of this work.
I've never been one to pick favourites in almost anything- hence why every book I've rated on Goodreads has a 5-star review bar 1, which has four (shocking, I know, why so low Kiera?)- but this is my favourite fanfiction. Ever.
I must make a public apology to my best friend, The Galaxy is Endless, and her love for the story. But there is nothing that compares to the beauty of this fic.
Enemies to lovers is one of my favourite tropes, as cliche as that may be, yet I am very picky when it comes to my choice. If that stuff isn't slow burn then I don't want it. Not today Satan, not today (I couldn't resist the quote). And, my lord, was this slow burnt. So much so to the point where my heart felt like the firey pits of hell, and the day Harry smiled, it would freeze over. Did my heart freeze over? For the sake of analogy, yes. But when that tiny gesture was performed, my heart felt nothing but warmth, to the point where it was hard to tell if it was pure emotion, or the reaction of my shaking so much from joy, that was making me rise so much in temperature. I can confirm that there was indeed a lot of shaking, screaming, crying and gasping at this story. I'd apologise to my neighbours for that, but I feel that it is more appropriate to apologise for my constant verbal annotations at every line. Ever. Time. I. Read. It.
Especially at the Oscar Wilde moments. I've reached the peak of embarrassing myself with how much I cry over any work of fiction, that I can proudly say that I did cry every time Wilde was even indirectly mentioned, let alone quoted.
Character development is quite literally the fine print of enemies to lovers. Without character development (and by that I do also mean seeing just how much they can pine over their sworn enemy before jumping off of their deluded horse onto the fresh grass that can only be described as The Love That Was There From Day One But You Were Too Stubborn and Self Richious To Look For) then does it really fit the trope?
Harry, from the very beginning, reminded me strikingly of Will Herondale and Kaz Brekker, two of my favourite book characters in the history of all things literature.
There is so much more that I could say about y&b, but for your time, and for the fact that I should probably get back into the shower, I'll end it with one last thing.
I love this fanfic, and yes, I did see that Tumblr post (?) from 2014 where you said you were looking to revisit the fic one day. It may have been seven years now, but I'm ready any day emotions and sanity destroyed just to read what happens next. To be honest, the comments at the bottom of each chapter perfectly sum up the experience I'm taken on each time I revisit it.
Velvetoscar, you are a genius.
(Also, is it possible to marry author and writing at once, or does that cross some form of line? Asking for a friend, of course.)
This isn't my first time reading young and beautiful, but it is the first since I realised that fanfics are on Goodreads, so it seemed nothing short of a crime to not write a review. Granted, I am currently sitting in a towel as I write this, having just sprinted out of the shower, knowing exactly what I wanted to say, compared to 11 hours ago when I finished rereading this fic for the thousandth time at 4:30 am. But due to only four hours of sleep, I'm going to acutely ignore that fact.
In 2019, after being a Directioner for six years and a Larry for about three, I finally read this masterpiece of a story. I'd heard nothing but praise, seen the theories that Harry himself had read it and been influenced, and become obsessed in my own way after hearing that it contains flowers, the moon, the stars, classical music, every piano under the sun AND OSCAR WILDE. What's not to love?
Was I disappointed when I clicked on the book? Was my pre-excitement in vain? Did I feel robbed of my precious time for 34 chapters gay, a question I ask partly to satisfy the power-of-three technique? Not in the slightest. In fact, the countless Harry-has-definitely-read-this proof that somehow made it into word documents on my laptop, the trailers I adored and the spoilers I did my best to avoid, didn't even measure to a 28th (for my raging Aquarius narcissism, I hope someone sees what I did there) of what y&b amounts to. It whole-heartedly deserves the title probably the most famous Larry fanfiction out there.
It's unique but true to the personalities of the real-life characters. It's classic yet somehow modern while classy, adding to the timelessness of this work.
I've never been one to pick favourites in almost anything- hence why every book I've rated on Goodreads has a 5-star review bar 1, which has four (shocking, I know, why so low Kiera?)- but this is my favourite fanfiction. Ever.
I must make a public apology to my best friend, The Galaxy is Endless, and her love for the story. But there is nothing that compares to the beauty of this fic.
Enemies to lovers is one of my favourite tropes, as cliche as that may be, yet I am very picky when it comes to my choice. If that stuff isn't slow burn then I don't want it. Not today Satan, not today (I couldn't resist the quote). And, my lord, was this slow burnt. So much so to the point where my heart felt like the firey pits of hell, and the day Harry smiled, it would freeze over. Did my heart freeze over? For the sake of analogy, yes. But when that tiny gesture was performed, my heart felt nothing but warmth, to the point where it was hard to tell if it was pure emotion, or the reaction of my shaking so much from joy, that was making me rise so much in temperature. I can confirm that there was indeed a lot of shaking, screaming, crying and gasping at this story. I'd apologise to my neighbours for that, but I feel that it is more appropriate to apologise for my constant verbal annotations at every line. Ever. Time. I. Read. It.
Especially at the Oscar Wilde moments. I've reached the peak of embarrassing myself with how much I cry over any work of fiction, that I can proudly say that I did cry every time Wilde was even indirectly mentioned, let alone quoted.
Character development is quite literally the fine print of enemies to lovers. Without character development (and by that I do also mean seeing just how much they can pine over their sworn enemy before jumping off of their deluded horse onto the fresh grass that can only be described as The Love That Was There From Day One But You Were Too Stubborn and Self Richious To Look For) then does it really fit the trope?
Harry, from the very beginning, reminded me strikingly of Will Herondale and Kaz Brekker, two of my favourite book characters in the history of all things literature.
There is so much more that I could say about y&b, but for your time, and for the fact that I should probably get back into the shower, I'll end it with one last thing.
I love this fanfic, and yes, I did see that Tumblr post (?) from 2014 where you said you were looking to revisit the fic one day. It may have been seven years now, but I'm ready any day emotions and sanity destroyed just to read what happens next. To be honest, the comments at the bottom of each chapter perfectly sum up the experience I'm taken on each time I revisit it.
Velvetoscar, you are a genius.
(Also, is it possible to marry author and writing at once, or does that cross some form of line? Asking for a friend, of course.)
November 4, 2019
Even if you’re not a fan of the band or ship these guys together, you should read this book. Right up there with the great authors and literary works of the world.
February 17, 2015
just fuck me up
December 31, 2015
I mean, i still dont get why this is not yet published while escapade will be soon (which is great because i love that too)
If you read the synapsis you'd probably think 'oh its just a poor-rich shit, so cliche' but its not just that, its so much more like the back stories, and harry! Gosh. I just was sooo sad for him. He's desperate to have a family that he sticked to his dad even after everything he's done to him. But i get that maybe? But his dad was such a dikc. Bu yeah... And louis. Dude louis was the best. I mean if i were him, im selfish, mind. If i were him ofc i want to something more from harry because i love him.but louis, he just love harry so much that he wants tk be what harry needed and that's just being friends.
Well this book change me somehow.
If you read the synapsis you'd probably think 'oh its just a poor-rich shit, so cliche' but its not just that, its so much more like the back stories, and harry! Gosh. I just was sooo sad for him. He's desperate to have a family that he sticked to his dad even after everything he's done to him. But i get that maybe? But his dad was such a dikc. Bu yeah... And louis. Dude louis was the best. I mean if i were him, im selfish, mind. If i were him ofc i want to something more from harry because i love him.but louis, he just love harry so much that he wants tk be what harry needed and that's just being friends.
Well this book change me somehow.
October 17, 2020
So I have officially read my first fanfic now. And it's also my last. Why? Because nothing can EVER compare to THIS.
I'm positively squealing right now. Because this. This is.. I have no words for what this is. Brilliant? Fantastic? Absolutely perfect? You choose.
I can't compare y&b to any other fanfictions - obviously. But what I can say is that I am a big fat emotional mess right now.
I'm positively squealing right now. Because this. This is.. I have no words for what this is. Brilliant? Fantastic? Absolutely perfect? You choose.
I can't compare y&b to any other fanfictions - obviously. But what I can say is that I am a big fat emotional mess right now.
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January 2, 2021This should have been adapted to a movie, not After. That's all I'm saying.
April 28, 2020
Heard this counts as an actual book so gonna use this for my challenge! Second larry fic I’ve ever read and definitely didn’t disappoint ! I thought it was just light-reading for me and then I saw the amount of pages the book has hahaha I read this in like 3 days.....
July 13, 2023
Rating: all the stars in the world but I'll have to settle for 5
I want this book printed out, in my library, to own and to have on full display because this book is breathtakingly beautiful. It is mesmerizing and I can't have enough of it. It's very addictive. It took me a week to read this because I was trying to drag it out the most I could, make it last as long as possible and make sure I'm giving each section enough attention. However, I couldn't stop reading. It's been so long since I've felt that way about a book, since I've felt that excitement to actually read, to having it be something I look forward to and to wake up because my mind won't stop theorizing about what's going to happen, so I drag myself out of bed just to read. I've missed that feeling and I want to thank the author for helping me experience it again.
What can I say? This book is wow. It is so incredible that I don't think I have the words in my vocabulary to describe just how much. It makes me long for something I've never experienced. It makes me miss an era that I didn't live. The vibes from this book is just so pure. It is filled with melancholy and love and friendship. The way the parties are described are so enjoyable and make you want to wish you were there. The romance is a slow burn, so so slow, slow enough that I questioned if it this book actually had a happy ending more than once. Harry and Louis' journey is so frustrating, it's silly, and cute, and happy yet sad. This book is so long, 1,672 pages on eBook to be exact, yet it didn't feel long enough. I found myself wishing it would never end, delighted when I saw how many pages were left. I felt like I had been reading forever, terrified that I'd go though this book way too fast to be able to enjoy it the way it deserves, when I realized that I wasn't even 40% though.
I listened to all of the songs, imagined all the scenarios and tried to love every word. I started a reading journal because of this book. I was trying to go to bed one night but I couldn't because my mind wouldn't stop running with things that occurred in the book. In the dead of night I trudged over to my shelf, picked a never used sketch book, and started writing down my thoughts from "Young and Beautiful". Just quick summaries, parts I loved that just occurred, things that felt significant, quotes I thoroughly enjoyed. And so I found myself reading, finding a stopping point after a couple of chapters, and rereading the chapters a second time to take notes. It was my way of enjoying it the way it deserved to be enjoyed. It was quite frustrating sometimes though, when I had just read though a really bad part (gingerbread party) and had to go back to reread and take notes on the parts where they were happy before it occurred. I'm quite happy though.
This book is so poetic, I am in love with the writing style. I'm so in love with it's words and the way the story was told. With the way Louis' personality shone through the narration and the way they managed to romanticize everything. It made me sad really, the idea that I will never be loved that way. In such a pure, and sincere way. Be looked at the way Louis sees Harry.
"He looks down at his feet. He's always looking down. Louis always wants him to look up. So the sky and the sun and the moon and the stars can see him and realize why they just don't compare."
"I should like to be the sky" It's got nothing on you, is what Louis wants to say
"You are impossibly cruel, Louis. You are cruel for making everything else seem dull. You are cruel for imprisoning me in your very touch, for freeing me with your every word, and for bestowing upon me the most painful sense of longing that I've ever had the pleasure to suffer at the hands of. You have shown me color in a world of gray and you are cruel, Louis Tomlinson, for you take the color with you every moment that you're not beside me. You are cruel because I will gladly suffer until the world has returned"
The writing is so beautiful and poetic, it makes me fall in love and get drunk on every word. Unable to look away. For a long time Confessions of a Gay Disney Prince has been my favorite fic but I think Young and Beautiful might tie with it or come really close. It's all too soon to know yet, I've only just finished the book. But this book is beautiful and so captivating and I'm a bit sad that I hadn't read it earlier when I was in my 1D twitter peak and dreading turning 19 too, just like Harry, but that's okay. I'm happy to have read it at all. The imagery is incredible. It's so easy to picture the scenes and I'm not big on setting but the way this book described everything made me fall in love with it. I have fallen in love with the writing and the story telling.
I am also in love with the actual story. Seeing Niall become bestfriends with all of them very slowly, and seeing him care for them all and abandon his carefree persona to love them, seeing him call them his home is something so heartwarming. Seeing Liam and Zayn, their entire relationship makes me so happy and I want a book written just on them. They're so interesting and I found myself wishing, more than once, that I could see what's going on in their little world. Their soft touches and unbreakable bond is so pure and I am in love. I love how Zayn is described, he was so intriguing and Liam was so complex, with his politeness and his wild side. I am in love with Harry and his depressing, poetic outlook on life. I love his quirks and his emotions, my heart soaring at the way he slowly becomes more comfortable showing emotions. I love Louis and his unconditional love for everyone he loves. His humor and his honesty, his inability to lie and his temper, it's what makes him so loveable. I'm in love with their relationship, the slow burn, enemies to friends to lovers. It is so complex and I loved every minute of it. I love the complexity of every character, the way they all seem well rounded and lovable instead of flat.
I will absolutely buy this the minute it comes out. I can quickly see it becoming a comfort book and I can't wait to reread this. Lana Del Ray's, "Young and Beautiful", truly has a new meaning now. I find myself wishing this book had it's own genre because now that I've finished it, I have no idea what to do. It's sad to know that I'll never be able to experience anything like it again, but that's okay because it's also nice to know it's special and there's nothing like it.
I want this book printed out, in my library, to own and to have on full display because this book is breathtakingly beautiful. It is mesmerizing and I can't have enough of it. It's very addictive. It took me a week to read this because I was trying to drag it out the most I could, make it last as long as possible and make sure I'm giving each section enough attention. However, I couldn't stop reading. It's been so long since I've felt that way about a book, since I've felt that excitement to actually read, to having it be something I look forward to and to wake up because my mind won't stop theorizing about what's going to happen, so I drag myself out of bed just to read. I've missed that feeling and I want to thank the author for helping me experience it again.
What can I say? This book is wow. It is so incredible that I don't think I have the words in my vocabulary to describe just how much. It makes me long for something I've never experienced. It makes me miss an era that I didn't live. The vibes from this book is just so pure. It is filled with melancholy and love and friendship. The way the parties are described are so enjoyable and make you want to wish you were there. The romance is a slow burn, so so slow, slow enough that I questioned if it this book actually had a happy ending more than once. Harry and Louis' journey is so frustrating, it's silly, and cute, and happy yet sad. This book is so long, 1,672 pages on eBook to be exact, yet it didn't feel long enough. I found myself wishing it would never end, delighted when I saw how many pages were left. I felt like I had been reading forever, terrified that I'd go though this book way too fast to be able to enjoy it the way it deserves, when I realized that I wasn't even 40% though.
I listened to all of the songs, imagined all the scenarios and tried to love every word. I started a reading journal because of this book. I was trying to go to bed one night but I couldn't because my mind wouldn't stop running with things that occurred in the book. In the dead of night I trudged over to my shelf, picked a never used sketch book, and started writing down my thoughts from "Young and Beautiful". Just quick summaries, parts I loved that just occurred, things that felt significant, quotes I thoroughly enjoyed. And so I found myself reading, finding a stopping point after a couple of chapters, and rereading the chapters a second time to take notes. It was my way of enjoying it the way it deserved to be enjoyed. It was quite frustrating sometimes though, when I had just read though a really bad part (gingerbread party) and had to go back to reread and take notes on the parts where they were happy before it occurred. I'm quite happy though.
This book is so poetic, I am in love with the writing style. I'm so in love with it's words and the way the story was told. With the way Louis' personality shone through the narration and the way they managed to romanticize everything. It made me sad really, the idea that I will never be loved that way. In such a pure, and sincere way. Be looked at the way Louis sees Harry.
"He looks down at his feet. He's always looking down. Louis always wants him to look up. So the sky and the sun and the moon and the stars can see him and realize why they just don't compare."
"I should like to be the sky" It's got nothing on you, is what Louis wants to say
"You are impossibly cruel, Louis. You are cruel for making everything else seem dull. You are cruel for imprisoning me in your very touch, for freeing me with your every word, and for bestowing upon me the most painful sense of longing that I've ever had the pleasure to suffer at the hands of. You have shown me color in a world of gray and you are cruel, Louis Tomlinson, for you take the color with you every moment that you're not beside me. You are cruel because I will gladly suffer until the world has returned"
The writing is so beautiful and poetic, it makes me fall in love and get drunk on every word. Unable to look away. For a long time Confessions of a Gay Disney Prince has been my favorite fic but I think Young and Beautiful might tie with it or come really close. It's all too soon to know yet, I've only just finished the book. But this book is beautiful and so captivating and I'm a bit sad that I hadn't read it earlier when I was in my 1D twitter peak and dreading turning 19 too, just like Harry, but that's okay. I'm happy to have read it at all. The imagery is incredible. It's so easy to picture the scenes and I'm not big on setting but the way this book described everything made me fall in love with it. I have fallen in love with the writing and the story telling.
I am also in love with the actual story. Seeing Niall become bestfriends with all of them very slowly, and seeing him care for them all and abandon his carefree persona to love them, seeing him call them his home is something so heartwarming. Seeing Liam and Zayn, their entire relationship makes me so happy and I want a book written just on them. They're so interesting and I found myself wishing, more than once, that I could see what's going on in their little world. Their soft touches and unbreakable bond is so pure and I am in love. I love how Zayn is described, he was so intriguing and Liam was so complex, with his politeness and his wild side. I am in love with Harry and his depressing, poetic outlook on life. I love his quirks and his emotions, my heart soaring at the way he slowly becomes more comfortable showing emotions. I love Louis and his unconditional love for everyone he loves. His humor and his honesty, his inability to lie and his temper, it's what makes him so loveable. I'm in love with their relationship, the slow burn, enemies to friends to lovers. It is so complex and I loved every minute of it. I love the complexity of every character, the way they all seem well rounded and lovable instead of flat.
I will absolutely buy this the minute it comes out. I can quickly see it becoming a comfort book and I can't wait to reread this. Lana Del Ray's, "Young and Beautiful", truly has a new meaning now. I find myself wishing this book had it's own genre because now that I've finished it, I have no idea what to do. It's sad to know that I'll never be able to experience anything like it again, but that's okay because it's also nice to know it's special and there's nothing like it.
February 23, 2015
I was completely in love with this fanfiction, imagine my happiness to find out that it is actually on Goodreads already. I think I read this fanfiction, which btw have like so many words and like 6xx pages, when it was sometime between October and November, I was so deadly sick the time when I started this fanfiction, and I had a very enjoyable time finishing it all on my phone, while suffering from a very serious fever (which btw, I had to suffer for like the whole day, until the doctor decided that he was to wake up and go to the clinic, and decided to charge me very expensively for a lot of medicines that I don't even need)
Okay, so apparently (I know none of you are Larry shippers, but doesn't matter, I am going to rant on anyway.) the Always in my heart @harry_styles, yours sincerely Louis tweet reached 1M retweets today, and 2202 (22 February) is a very special day for Larry. So basically, it is a rare occasion that everything fitted so well together, not coincidence, it is FATE. So I am here ranting and rating this fanfiction.
Okay, so apparently (I know none of you are Larry shippers, but doesn't matter, I am going to rant on anyway.) the Always in my heart @harry_styles, yours sincerely Louis tweet reached 1M retweets today, and 2202 (22 February) is a very special day for Larry. So basically, it is a rare occasion that everything fitted so well together, not coincidence, it is FATE. So I am here ranting and rating this fanfiction.
October 29, 2024
“I’m filling up the sky with my love for you. So whenever you look up, it echoes back.”
خب، از افتخاراتم اینه که هیچوقت یه کتاب رو به صرف اینکه برچسب فنفیکشن یا عامهپسند یا هرچیز دیگهای روش بوده، دست کم نگرفتهم. بنابراین، با اطمینان میتونم بگم حتی با اینکه این یه فنفیکه و قاعدتاً نباید ازش انتظار بالایی داشت، شخصیتپردازیش از نصف بیشتر کتابهای چاپشدهای که خوندم بهتر بوده و رایتینگاستایل نویسندهش واقعاً خارقالعادهس. و قبول دارم که داستان هیچچیز شاخص و جدیدی برای ارائه نداره، اما فضاسازیش و همینطور دیالوگها به قدری خوبن که نیمهی اول داستان رو به تنهایی و بدون هیچ اتفاق مهمی میبرن جلو.
و این بنظرم کافیه. در خیلی از مواقع بنظرم فارغ از ایراداتی که هر اثری داره، همین که با داستان و شخصیتها بشه جلو رفت، کافیه.
پس فکر میکنم این همون مثال نقضیه که قراره وقتی ملت فنفیکشنها رو متعصبانه میکوبن و قضاوت میکنن، تحویلشون بدم.
پ.ن. و اضافه کنم که خدای من، کلمهها! کلمههای این کتاب بهترینن. جوری که اینقدر به این داستان روح میبخشن و صرفاً ابزار پیش بردن داستان نیستن بینظیره، و کاش همهی کتابهای دنیا اینطوری باشن.
خب، از افتخاراتم اینه که هیچوقت یه کتاب رو به صرف اینکه برچسب فنفیکشن یا عامهپسند یا هرچیز دیگهای روش بوده، دست کم نگرفتهم. بنابراین، با اطمینان میتونم بگم حتی با اینکه این یه فنفیکه و قاعدتاً نباید ازش انتظار بالایی داشت، شخصیتپردازیش از نصف بیشتر کتابهای چاپشدهای که خوندم بهتر بوده و رایتینگاستایل نویسندهش واقعاً خارقالعادهس. و قبول دارم که داستان هیچچیز شاخص و جدیدی برای ارائه نداره، اما فضاسازیش و همینطور دیالوگها به قدری خوبن که نیمهی اول داستان رو به تنهایی و بدون هیچ اتفاق مهمی میبرن جلو.
و این بنظرم کافیه. در خیلی از مواقع بنظرم فارغ از ایراداتی که هر اثری داره، همین که با داستان و شخصیتها بشه جلو رفت، کافیه.
پس فکر میکنم این همون مثال نقضیه که قراره وقتی ملت فنفیکشنها رو متعصبانه میکوبن و قضاوت میکنن، تحویلشون بدم.
پ.ن. و اضافه کنم که خدای من، کلمهها! کلمههای این کتاب بهترینن. جوری که اینقدر به این داستان روح میبخشن و صرفاً ابزار پیش بردن داستان نیستن بینظیره، و کاش همهی کتابهای دنیا اینطوری باشن.
May 4, 2020
this is just– rereading my favorite fanfic ever was the best i could do this quarantine. EVERYONE should read this, the fact that it started off as a fic doesn’t mean it isn’t FINE LITERATURE. i love everything: how complex and unique the characters are, the classical literature references, the writing, EVERYTHING. please read this! and this should count as a dark academia book oops
October 1, 2023
One of my best friends started really getting into One Direction this past year and would not stop talking about Louis and Harry in particular. And as soon as she mentioned there were books, she had me. (Of course, who can say no to books? Not me apparently.) Anyway, so I thought I’d check them out, one to make her happy and two to see what all the buzz was about.
I really didn’t think much of fanfiction and therefore, couldn’t imagine Young & Beautiful to be any good… and then I read that first paragraph.
GUYS!!!!
This is written sooooo much better than some books by full-time authors who get published! Basically, the language is like a brownie (you know the really good ones, where you just can’t stop eating, well in this case you just can’t stop reading) (okay yeah, weird comparison, but let’s just roll with it). So, Velvetoscar transport the images so incredibly vividly through their writing and I can picture exactly how the whole campus looks like. All the while they manage to be so funny and witty that I laughed out loud several times as well. And the whole Oscar Wilde theme! I just love it so much!!!
The characters are so complex and utterly human that they feel like real people (yeah, I know they are based on actual human beings, but this is still fiction, so I count that as a great achievement). The dynamics between them are simply impeccable with all their different personalities shining through and complimenting each other perfectly.
And the romance!!! It’s the most delicious slow burn ever as we go from indifference to hate to friends to love multiple times. I know it sounds like it would be infuriating (and it is at times), but this way you get to be excited for every small step in the right direction (and there really is only one direction;).
So, this is chef’s kiss and I love it so incredibly much and you should all read it!!!
—> 5 stars
I really didn’t think much of fanfiction and therefore, couldn’t imagine Young & Beautiful to be any good… and then I read that first paragraph.
GUYS!!!!
This is written sooooo much better than some books by full-time authors who get published! Basically, the language is like a brownie (you know the really good ones, where you just can’t stop eating, well in this case you just can’t stop reading) (okay yeah, weird comparison, but let’s just roll with it). So, Velvetoscar transport the images so incredibly vividly through their writing and I can picture exactly how the whole campus looks like. All the while they manage to be so funny and witty that I laughed out loud several times as well. And the whole Oscar Wilde theme! I just love it so much!!!
The characters are so complex and utterly human that they feel like real people (yeah, I know they are based on actual human beings, but this is still fiction, so I count that as a great achievement). The dynamics between them are simply impeccable with all their different personalities shining through and complimenting each other perfectly.
And the romance!!! It’s the most delicious slow burn ever as we go from indifference to hate to friends to love multiple times. I know it sounds like it would be infuriating (and it is at times), but this way you get to be excited for every small step in the right direction (and there really is only one direction;).
So, this is chef’s kiss and I love it so incredibly much and you should all read it!!!
—> 5 stars
July 17, 2023
If you can put aside or ignore that this a 1D fanfic (Harry/Louis) and think of it as an original, it is a masterpiece. So.much.atmosphere.
Oscar Wilde and dark academia vibes all over the place. Rich kids behaving badly/no adult supervision. Read the whole 443 pages in one sitting and felt a little hungover when it was all over.
“The moon knows," is what he says, breath colored in liquor and a smile.
[…]
"The moon knows that we're in love."
read on AO3
Oscar Wilde and dark academia vibes all over the place. Rich kids behaving badly/no adult supervision. Read the whole 443 pages in one sitting and felt a little hungover when it was all over.
“The moon knows," is what he says, breath colored in liquor and a smile.
[…]
"The moon knows that we're in love."
read on AO3
July 20, 2016
I never get tired of it. I'm rereading it for the millionth time
June 3, 2021
"I'm filling up the sky with my love for you, so whenever you look up, it echoes back. No matter where you are. We all share the same sky."
This is my favorite read of 2021 so far. Claire has written this in such a unique way. She has a great writing style. It makes you feel like you're there, seeing all of it happen. Also, Claire, I may not know you personally but if you're reading this I'm telling you, you're going places. The words you used are so powerful, powerful enough to make me ugly cry at 3 am while the rest of the house is sleeping. I'm so impressed, Claire, I wish I could come to hug you and thank you for writing it. The thing that saddens me is that not many people in the world will get to read this because it is "Fan Fiction". It should 100% get published with different names and will be extremely famous. When I say I've never read something as beautiful and heartbreaking as this book I mean it. It is gut-wrenching, yet beautiful at the same time. It made me want to scream. I love love love the characters more than anything in the entire world. Harry's character is so soft and fragile in this book. And Louis on the other hand will do anything it takes to befriend him and help him to open up and be vulnerable. I will never stop gushing over it ever. If you've never read this book you're seriously missing out. I would sell my soul to the devil to be able to read this for the first time. Since it's a bit long I think I finished it in about 3 days. The moral of this book is to be patient. Everything takes time. It made me believe in love again. As Louis Tomlinson himself said "Love is only for the brave." Love has the power to kill or mend you in ways you never imagined. Being in love with someone takes a lot of courage, patience, understanding, and being vulnerable. That's what this book taught me. So so pure and beautiful. I wish I could give it more than five stars. Looking forward to reading more of Velvet Oscar's work.
P.S: Someone said Harry's falling music video was inspired by this fic and I don't know how to act after knowing this.
This is my favorite read of 2021 so far. Claire has written this in such a unique way. She has a great writing style. It makes you feel like you're there, seeing all of it happen. Also, Claire, I may not know you personally but if you're reading this I'm telling you, you're going places. The words you used are so powerful, powerful enough to make me ugly cry at 3 am while the rest of the house is sleeping. I'm so impressed, Claire, I wish I could come to hug you and thank you for writing it. The thing that saddens me is that not many people in the world will get to read this because it is "Fan Fiction". It should 100% get published with different names and will be extremely famous. When I say I've never read something as beautiful and heartbreaking as this book I mean it. It is gut-wrenching, yet beautiful at the same time. It made me want to scream. I love love love the characters more than anything in the entire world. Harry's character is so soft and fragile in this book. And Louis on the other hand will do anything it takes to befriend him and help him to open up and be vulnerable. I will never stop gushing over it ever. If you've never read this book you're seriously missing out. I would sell my soul to the devil to be able to read this for the first time. Since it's a bit long I think I finished it in about 3 days. The moral of this book is to be patient. Everything takes time. It made me believe in love again. As Louis Tomlinson himself said "Love is only for the brave." Love has the power to kill or mend you in ways you never imagined. Being in love with someone takes a lot of courage, patience, understanding, and being vulnerable. That's what this book taught me. So so pure and beautiful. I wish I could give it more than five stars. Looking forward to reading more of Velvet Oscar's work.
P.S: Someone said Harry's falling music video was inspired by this fic and I don't know how to act after knowing this.
October 26, 2023
“Want to know a secret? (...) The moon knows that we’re in love."
You know that feeling when you're bored and pick a random movie just to chill out? And when the first laugh comes, its so unexpected it feels almost forced. Than the first gasp, the first tear. Without a warning you're suddenly completely devoted to the film and by the end you have no idea what the fuck's just happened, because wasn't it supposed to be mid?
And that was it.
When you're reading first pages of Y&b, you're intrigued, yeah, but it doesn't seem to be outstanding from all the other fanfictions. But, here's the truth, it is. It's outstanding in every way possible.
It's slow and long and painful and beautiful. It's waking up after a nap, not knowing where you are or what'd just happened. It's drinking hot tea with tears in your eyes because something fucked up in your life again. It's laughing with your friends, because you're young and irresponsible and so, so ALIVE. It's finding a gift on your desk on your birthday the moment you wake up. It’s driving in a car with an open window, stars on the sky and eyes full of tears from the harsh wind, your heart beating extra hard and everything feeling just right. It's full of hope, love and redemption.
It's anything and everything and it's unarguably one of my favourite books of all time.
The quotes, the references, the characters... It's like finding something you didn't even know you were looking for.
Every time i read this book it completely devours me, it's a journey i never want to end and it shreds my heart into thousands pieces to finish it every . single . time.
So, yeah. It's a great book. And, honestly, I don't care that its a fanfiction, i don't care who's this about. It doesn't matter at all because the story is unique and more real than half the stories containing original characters. I will not be discussing the topic furthermore.
I. I love it.
You know that feeling when you're bored and pick a random movie just to chill out? And when the first laugh comes, its so unexpected it feels almost forced. Than the first gasp, the first tear. Without a warning you're suddenly completely devoted to the film and by the end you have no idea what the fuck's just happened, because wasn't it supposed to be mid?
And that was it.
When you're reading first pages of Y&b, you're intrigued, yeah, but it doesn't seem to be outstanding from all the other fanfictions. But, here's the truth, it is. It's outstanding in every way possible.
It's slow and long and painful and beautiful. It's waking up after a nap, not knowing where you are or what'd just happened. It's drinking hot tea with tears in your eyes because something fucked up in your life again. It's laughing with your friends, because you're young and irresponsible and so, so ALIVE. It's finding a gift on your desk on your birthday the moment you wake up. It’s driving in a car with an open window, stars on the sky and eyes full of tears from the harsh wind, your heart beating extra hard and everything feeling just right. It's full of hope, love and redemption.
It's anything and everything and it's unarguably one of my favourite books of all time.
The quotes, the references, the characters... It's like finding something you didn't even know you were looking for.
Every time i read this book it completely devours me, it's a journey i never want to end and it shreds my heart into thousands pieces to finish it every . single . time.
So, yeah. It's a great book. And, honestly, I don't care that its a fanfiction, i don't care who's this about. It doesn't matter at all because the story is unique and more real than half the stories containing original characters. I will not be discussing the topic furthermore.
I. I love it.
September 7, 2020
why did it end... it made me feel feelings and now it's finished!
October 9, 2021
this is a fanfic but oh god
i cried so much it wasn’t healthy
« the moon knows» UGH
i cried so much it wasn’t healthy
« the moon knows» UGH
July 18, 2023
DNF 35%.
Nie mam pojęcia za co ta książka ma tak wysokie oceny.
Postaci to wiecznie napruci i naćpani studenci pochodzący z ekstremalnie bogatych rodzin, do których dołącza chłopak z klasy średniej i razem imprezują. Postaci są głupie i zepsute, a fabuła nie istnieje. Koniec recenzji.
Nie mam pojęcia za co ta książka ma tak wysokie oceny.
Postaci to wiecznie napruci i naćpani studenci pochodzący z ekstremalnie bogatych rodzin, do których dołącza chłopak z klasy średniej i razem imprezują. Postaci są głupie i zepsute, a fabuła nie istnieje. Koniec recenzji.
August 18, 2020
such a marvelous fucking book i can't even wrap my head around it still. yea it's based on a boy-band but the way the author paints the characters with his words, they become their own person entirely. i still find myself shocked that harry from the story isn't fucking real, that any of them aren't. it's all so painfully bright and beautiful like looking at the sun, but not wanting to stop. i can so with 100% honesty that i have never read a book like this before and honestly don't know what to read now that's how fucking fantastic it was.
August 11, 2020
Never thought a fanfic would affect me this much. To the twitter users who kept mentioning this masterpiece, thank you.
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July 19, 2023DNF at 17%. No rating.
This feels really long and I think this boys are idiots. I'm an old person, I don't know One Direction and I don't like any of the people here.
This feels really long and I think this boys are idiots. I'm an old person, I don't know One Direction and I don't like any of the people here.
October 17, 2023
3.75 stars
GAH i feel like i'm ten years too late to this but omg WHAT. im beginning to get the obsessive larry shippers now. and the way the author wrote the emotional trauma & foreshadowed & shit? *chef's kiss* i'm on a high from this work rn (as is such with good books) and i want to write a gorgeous review but i have way too much hw to commit to that rn. hopefully i get a review done within a week-ish? let's see if i can be productive for once
RTC
GAH i feel like i'm ten years too late to this but omg WHAT. im beginning to get the obsessive larry shippers now. and the way the author wrote the emotional trauma & foreshadowed & shit? *chef's kiss* i'm on a high from this work rn (as is such with good books) and i want to write a gorgeous review but i have way too much hw to commit to that rn. hopefully i get a review done within a week-ish? let's see if i can be productive for once
RTC
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