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Commentarius
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Published September 10, 2005
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November 18, 2015
L,
Think of me.
-J
Should I even bother to say anymore?
Think of me.
-J
Should I even bother to say anymore?
June 11, 2020
I cannot believe that an incomplete fanfic is on Goodreads, but my my am I glad! This is my favorite fanfiction of all time from my favorite author.
The characterization of this harry potter fanfic is on a level of its own.
Lily Evans' narrative is a thing of beauty and James Potter is as much of a heartthrob as any other YA male lead. Even more so. Such writing honestly deserves so much more appreciation than it usually gets.
And although this fic has not been updated in ages, it is a work of art. The writing keeps calling to you; begging to be read time and again. It is impossible to not get attached to the characters; characters who have only been skimmed over in the actual Harry Potter novels. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone who wants to travel back into that land of magic again. Only this time, you would need to carry with you a little more patience as you wait for the story to be updated.
Update - 11.6.2020
Incidentally, this story is just as brilliant on the 3rd read as it is on the first.
The characterization of this harry potter fanfic is on a level of its own.
Lily Evans' narrative is a thing of beauty and James Potter is as much of a heartthrob as any other YA male lead. Even more so. Such writing honestly deserves so much more appreciation than it usually gets.
And although this fic has not been updated in ages, it is a work of art. The writing keeps calling to you; begging to be read time and again. It is impossible to not get attached to the characters; characters who have only been skimmed over in the actual Harry Potter novels. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone who wants to travel back into that land of magic again. Only this time, you would need to carry with you a little more patience as you wait for the story to be updated.
Update - 11.6.2020
Incidentally, this story is just as brilliant on the 3rd read as it is on the first.
February 20, 2022
4.5 b/c im mad it's not finished.
December 17, 2015
My absolute favorite thing to read, period. Endlessly entertaining, and the most in detail character development I've ever come across.
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May 25, 2025When a fanfiction is longer than the longest book in the most popular book series ever- and it STILL captures your interest so much that you read 750k+ words in 6 days -you know it's good.
June 17, 2016
AHHHHHHHHHH
This comes second to The Life and Times for me, but oh my, oh my, oh my! I absolutely, completely and utterly adore this! Like The Life and Times, I pretty much read this once a year and it NEVER GETS OLD!!
This is such a gem of a book, it is addictive, laugh out loud funny and THE TENSION (nb. I love me some tension!) This is my favourite kind of romance, I actually can't think of a single actual book that contains romance that I genuinely love, like this one does.
It is so easy to read and is one of my favourite books (I know it's fanfic) of ALL TIME.
This comes second to The Life and Times for me, but oh my, oh my, oh my! I absolutely, completely and utterly adore this! Like The Life and Times, I pretty much read this once a year and it NEVER GETS OLD!!
This is such a gem of a book, it is addictive, laugh out loud funny and THE TENSION (nb. I love me some tension!) This is my favourite kind of romance, I actually can't think of a single actual book that contains romance that I genuinely love, like this one does.
It is so easy to read and is one of my favourite books (I know it's fanfic) of ALL TIME.
June 3, 2022
this is actually one of the best things i’ve ever read. the characters and plot is amazing and it’s also so funny and heartwarming. every few years i think about this fanfiction and reread it, i am always reminded how wonderful it is. i will honestly wait forever for it to be updated <3
January 4, 2017
Omg an unfinished fanfic is on goodreads?! But yay! Because this thing was LOOONG and I read it for many, many days and I wanted to "get credit" for my reading and also I really liked it. I'd never read Lily/James fiction before but this made me love the characters. Fanfic is the only place to read much about the Marauders-era Hogwarts and Lily & James' relationship. This is an amazing labor of love and I'm so glad I found it and read it. I'm looking forward to more, some day.
And kudos to the people who turned this into an ebook (and to the people who translated it into other languages) What a gift fandom is <3
And kudos to the people who turned this into an ebook (and to the people who translated it into other languages) What a gift fandom is <3
June 9, 2020
BEE, WHY DO YOU HATE ME?? IT'S BEEN 7 BLOODY YEARS SINCE THE LAST UPDATE!!!! This quarantine made me re-read Commentarius for the 8748598474897 time, and now I'm just DESPERATE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I NEED JILY SMUT. I NEED MORE INFO ON MARLEY/SNOGGER CASE (which we all know who he is,btw. SO GOOD).
I need my favorite ship back together!!!
I need my favorite ship back together!!!
July 24, 2017
I really, really enjoyed this. It took me back to being really young and reading The Princess Diaries. It also took me back to being 17.
I just wish that the last chapter was out. If there was some closure to the story it would have 5 stars. But for now, I am left wondering.
I just wish that the last chapter was out. If there was some closure to the story it would have 5 stars. But for now, I am left wondering.
November 25, 2020
There aren't many fics that are worth also being on Goodreads. I only have 3 saved here, and I got absolutely hooked on this one. Characterization is brilliant, and even if the rythm is a little off at times, it's indeniably a very, very entertaining read.
April 5, 2017
MY FAVORITE FANFIC HAS ITS OWN GOODREADS PAGE
My day has been made.
Obviously, I'm going to give Commentarius five stars
My day has been made.
Obviously, I'm going to give Commentarius five stars
July 22, 2022
THE WAY THIS FIC HAD ME ON A CHOCKEHOLD !!!!!!!!!!!
one of my favorite fic of all time
one of my favorite fic of all time
January 12, 2024
No one should read this whole thing in the span of two days
But I did (and that tells you more about me than it should)
What I would pay to have a couple more chapters to see this story wrapped up 🥲
But I did (and that tells you more about me than it should)
What I would pay to have a couple more chapters to see this story wrapped up 🥲
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May 10, 2024
⤅ This is the BEST fanfiction I have ever read, bar none.
After almost six years of reviewing there aren't very many types of reviews I haven't written, but the one thing I've always stayed away from is writing 'official' Goodreads reviews of fanfiction. I know plenty of my friends have, especially for Dramiones, but somehow I just always felt like fanfictions weren't 'legitimate' enough to deserve proper Goodreads reviews.
Everyone has to know how brilliant this story is, though. It's a Harry Potter ship, James x Lily, where Lily narrates the events of her seventh year in a Bridget Jones's Diary/Princess Diaries/Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging style. (If you haven't heard of the last one, it's like the British version of Princess Diaries, and utterly hilarious). I am kind of in shock when I realise that the author Bee was in secondary school when she first started plotting and writing this story out. The quality is MILES better than thousands of traditionally published books. Commentarius is well-written, densely plotted, emotionally complex, and most importantly utterly hilarious. The dialogue is SO on point it leaves me reeling. Every single character is so incredibly developed, especially James and Lily themselves, that they put real people to shame.
The fly in the ointment is that this story hasn't been updated since 2013. It's already 700,000 words long but only at around the halfway point. Though Bee is still technically active on her Tumblr, she admits she hasn't worked on this story for a while, and the fact that she uploaded 32 chapters in a six-year period but then there's been nothing for 11 years is undeniably an awful sign. Part of me has resigned myself to the probability that we're just never going to get an end to the story, never going to know what James's tattoo is or what stunt he pulled with Saunders or what Lily's comment meant to him or why she's in the Hospital Wing or ANYTHING.
And then... what if she does upload a new chapter, and it's not as good???. 11 years is a long time. What if James loses his incredible edge, or the dialogue isn't as snappy? These are admittedly secondary concerns to my fear that one of us is going to die before the story is finished. Life's only so long. But it would be horrible to have waited over a decade (perhaps two decades) for a new chapter, only not to enjoy it.
Still, I can't recommend this fanfiction highly enough. To paraphrase Tennyson, better to have loved an unfinished story than never to have loved at all...
After almost six years of reviewing there aren't very many types of reviews I haven't written, but the one thing I've always stayed away from is writing 'official' Goodreads reviews of fanfiction. I know plenty of my friends have, especially for Dramiones, but somehow I just always felt like fanfictions weren't 'legitimate' enough to deserve proper Goodreads reviews.
Everyone has to know how brilliant this story is, though. It's a Harry Potter ship, James x Lily, where Lily narrates the events of her seventh year in a Bridget Jones's Diary/Princess Diaries/Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging style. (If you haven't heard of the last one, it's like the British version of Princess Diaries, and utterly hilarious). I am kind of in shock when I realise that the author Bee was in secondary school when she first started plotting and writing this story out. The quality is MILES better than thousands of traditionally published books. Commentarius is well-written, densely plotted, emotionally complex, and most importantly utterly hilarious. The dialogue is SO on point it leaves me reeling. Every single character is so incredibly developed, especially James and Lily themselves, that they put real people to shame.
The fly in the ointment is that this story hasn't been updated since 2013. It's already 700,000 words long but only at around the halfway point. Though Bee is still technically active on her Tumblr, she admits she hasn't worked on this story for a while, and the fact that she uploaded 32 chapters in a six-year period but then there's been nothing for 11 years is undeniably an awful sign. Part of me has resigned myself to the probability that we're just never going to get an end to the story, never going to know what James's tattoo is or what stunt he pulled with Saunders or what Lily's comment meant to him or why she's in the Hospital Wing or ANYTHING.
And then... what if she does upload a new chapter, and it's not as good???. 11 years is a long time. What if James loses his incredible edge, or the dialogue isn't as snappy? These are admittedly secondary concerns to my fear that one of us is going to die before the story is finished. Life's only so long. But it would be horrible to have waited over a decade (perhaps two decades) for a new chapter, only not to enjoy it.
Still, I can't recommend this fanfiction highly enough. To paraphrase Tennyson, better to have loved an unfinished story than never to have loved at all...
January 2, 2024
Yo soy una lectora de fics clasica: dame un jily fic con humor y mucho romance y voy a ser feliz. Encima esta escrito en entradas de diario? Y hecho por Lily? Es por acá.
Este fic es un clásico de la ship. Nunca terminado no quita que no sea de los mejores out there. Este fue y es all the young dudes de mi generación(? Al menos lo es para mi ♡
Este fic es un clásico de la ship. Nunca terminado no quita que no sea de los mejores out there. Este fue y es all the young dudes de mi generación(? Al menos lo es para mi ♡
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October 20, 2020I HAVE WAITED SEVEN YEARS! Can't do seven more. I hope she updates soon. This fic always has me in stitches.
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December 4, 2021Bee, you break my heart Bee. When shall thou update this beautiful tale of Lily Evans and James Potter? lol.
But seriously though, when are you updating?
But seriously though, when are you updating?
April 28, 2022
Iconic.
April 15, 2024
relendo minha fanfic preferida do mundo. nenhuma fanfic me fez sentir o que essa aqui fez (e pouquíssimos livros fizeram!!!!) meu sonho a bcdaily terminar essa obra prima 🥲🥲🥲
August 25, 2024
Yes I'm counting it because it was SO LONG (and I need it bookmarked)
August 25, 2024
I don’t care how old this fic is or that it’s uncomplete I LOVE HOW LILY IS PORTRAYED AND I LOVE THE JILY MOMENTS
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April 29, 2025Not a book, but it's so long that I think it should count towards my reading goal.
July 8, 2016
I`m so curious about what actually happened to Lily... and all the secrets are really intriguing (but it doesn`t look like we are getting any answers soon..)... and although characters are really great, they just aren`t Lily and James as I imagine them (I personally don`t think that the inspiration with Princess Diary was the luckiest of decisions..)...but the chapter 25 was great - Lily and Sirius doing some marauding business together :-) ...also there was this bit about magical Paris, which gave rise to some curious questions about this place in my mind (is there a street similar to Diagon Alley in Paris? or something different?)...
April 14, 2025
Don’t let the cover fool you! This is sooo fucking good!! It is not even finished which is an atrocity!! James Potter is my favorite human in this world and i absolutely adore the love story he has with Lily. I had tingles so many times reading this.
L, think of me. -J <3
Man i have read this several times already but now i want to read it again!!
L, think of me. -J <3
Man i have read this several times already but now i want to read it again!!
July 5, 2023
I cant believe that my favorite book is a hp marauders fanfic that is longer than the entire hp series and is still unfinished 😭😭😭😭 and it’s fucking hilarious never fails to make me laugh. I LOVE JAMESSS 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 and Lily is the best written in this book tbh. Their banter and the angst AND THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENT SCENE >>>>>(and I 💗 Sirius)
December 12, 2014
Childish and boring. An admitted copy-cat of The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. Makes Lily sounds like a dipshit.
June 2, 2016
I can't believe this is on Goodreads, to be quite honest.
As far as incomplete, 700,000 word fanfictions go, this one is pretty great.
As far as incomplete, 700,000 word fanfictions go, this one is pretty great.
May 7, 2022
❤️❤️❤️❤️
May 21, 2020
hi, so I love comm. it's my favourite english-written harry potter fanfic, and I just would like to add to whoever could alter this thing's configuration that commentarius has about 2.046 pages.
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