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Reviews for Breeding Lilacs out of Dead Land.

By : mbassan
  • From ANON - long time on March 28, 2004
    you are wonderful writer, this story is going superbly well! i like chap 15 a lot! this tension between the characters are just sooooo appropriate. thanks for the brilliant work!
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  • From ANON - spaz141 on March 28, 2004
    brant.ant. thanks.
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  • From ANON - deblovesdragon on March 27, 2004
    Wow. Once again, wow.

    Would you by chance be a literature major? You are certainly well read, in any case. The depth of this still astounds



    I particularly liked your study of Dumbledore and Harry at the beginning of this chapter. The quote about Harry, "It was Harry Potter, the father of five children, who had enough love in him to produce enough hate." made the workings of the adult Harry Potter clear for me.

    The drinks and confessions between Severus and Hermione were perfect. I loved the tense atmosphere about them.

    Where will it go now?
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  • From ANON - Deb >^..^< . on March 27, 2004
    Chapter 14
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  • From ANON - nocturnus on March 27, 2004
    A few coments about the last two chapter:

    As usual I love the way you recreate past. Not a common skill in fandom.

    I'm happy that this wasn't another "..as we said yesterday.." encounter. Friendship and love are touch by time.
    In some point I found my self taking another path from your fic: What will happend if Hermione is death or Ill? Would Snape take care of his daughter, and how? Just a diversion. Your Aubrey's is a charachter that stands alone.
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  • From ANON - Kate McGuire on March 27, 2004
    Once again you put me in awe of your skills to tell the Hero's Journey not in an outward physical journey of travel and hardship and change of places but in the interior landscape of the mind. Your style reminds me of Robert Holdstock's book Lavondyss: Journey To An Unknown Region. It is a very surreal fantasy, pulling the the most primal images from the depths of the Dark Forrest.
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  • From ANON - Judy on March 27, 2004
    HI, i've been reading your story and enjoying it. I normally don't comment on stories until they're finished, but I saw your note about your Grandmother being in Bergen-Belzen. That's where my father was. He was liberated there by the British and had much to say about the treatment received AFTER the liberation as from that BEFORE (and not to the better, I might add). I wanted you to know I don't find it offensive to talk about the Holocaust. I grew up hearing about veryvery day. I would imagine that if the Harry Potter Universe exists in a time somewhat parallel to ours, they would probably have experienced it too. The wizarding world probably had something similar with the story about Grindewald (or whatever his name was) that Dumbledore defeated @ fifty years ago. It's about the same time. I've also seen the similarities with Voldemort wanting "purebloods" as being somewhat similar to what happened in the Second World War, when rules and laws were made a bit at a time so that the people could become "climatized" to accepting things before the "next new law" was pushed into place. Had they tried to do them all at once, I believe the majority of the population would have objected; but in small increments, "progress" can be made. At first it was just not allowing "purebloods" to be treated by their "lessers". Then "lessers" were not able to hold positions of employment at all. Then they were taken away. Then they were killed. Then they were denied. It's all rather chilling, when you think about it.

    Forgive me if I don't recognize most of your quotes; I'm not very familiar with literature, but I am following your notes and explanations. I like your characterizations and I'm glad Hermione kept the child. That is a very difficult thing to do, given the circumstances. The atmosphere is also believable; heightened security, guards, etc. A lot of the stories I've read either gloss over the "end of Voldemort" scenario; some don't even touch on it. I like stories that show more than one layer to people - humor, tragedy, loss, understanding, survival, the need to go on, love, caring forendsends, and not taking any thing for granted. Your's is one of these stories. I look forward to seeing what will happen next.

    Best wishes, and keep them coming.
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  • From ANON - mele on March 26, 2004
    that was the most angsty chapter i have ever read! bravo! i cried the whole time. even if she told ron now, he'd probably kill snape. i wonder what will happen when the boys sebreybrey? will they know just from those dark eyes? aloha, mele
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  • From ANON - mele on March 26, 2004
    that was the most angsty chapter i have ever read! bravo! i cried the whole time. even if she told ron now, he'd probably kill snape. i wonder what will happen when the boys see aubrey? will they know just from those dark eyes? aloha, mele
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  • From ANON - Deb >^..^< . on March 26, 2004
    Chapter 13
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  • From ANON - pyewacket on March 26, 2004
    Wow. What an emotional chapter. I am fighting to keep the tears back (as I am reading this at my desk). This story is wonderful. I do hope you keep writing.
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  • From ANON - spaz141 on March 26, 2004
    I just want to ba.tha.thanks for the update.
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  • From ANON - Novalee on March 26, 2004
    Wow...This one hit a little too close to home for me... the part with Ron and Hermione at the end was exactly like a break up conversation I had once... only I wike ike Ron, the "dumpee" who couldn't understand...and its funny reading this, because I have far more sympathy for Ron than Hermione, even though I know how hard Hermione's life has been. The way you've written this is quite true... I couldn't understand why my then boyfirend, whom I was madly in love with, couldn't just talk to me about what was bothering him and we could solve the problem together. I couldn't, at the time, understand how being in love wasn't enough... I felt that if two people are in love they should be able to face everything together...like Ron said, I would have done anything to make my boyfriend feel better, to help him. But he didn't want me to for the very reason that he loved me; he felt that he was a burden I had to bear, and the che couldn't face me after the choices he'd made. It was awful... just thinking about it gives me a pit in my stomach after all this time. Poor Ron, I understand!
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  • From Kait on March 25, 2004
    Just a quick note to let you know I am still reading
    - and enjoying immensely -
    Breeding Lilacs out of Dead Land. Your grammar is
    excellent as usual, and the story is unfolding in a
    very touching and exciting way. I very much look
    forward to reading the next installment.

    You write Aubrey beautifully, and I was very moved
    by her exchange both with Severus and also with her
    mother. As a precocious individual, she shows an
    inclination, characteristic of such children, to have
    difficulty with the emotional side of life. I applaud
    this story, and will continue to recommend it to
    other readers. Thank you, Areola!


    Blessings, Kait x
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  • From ANON - spaz141 on March 25, 2004
    I have father issues myself, the self loathing is familiar to me. Is this a sort of turning point? Will Hermione or maybe Aubrey be able to help Severus live? I can't wait to find out, thanks.
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