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Reviews for A New Beginning (DH -COMPLIANT)

By : Ms_Figg
  • From Jen618 on October 19, 2007
    thanks ruth! Been really sick lately so the reviews haven't been as plentiful, but thanks for the story, I really enjoyed every single chapter.
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  • From septentrion on October 19, 2007
    Thanks for this story. It's been a real treat to read.
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  • From ANON - jesustheatheist on October 19, 2007
    That was beautiful. Thank you.
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  • From ANON - jaylynn on October 18, 2007
    Oh this makes me happy and sad all at the same time. Happy because I get to know the ending but sad because its over and I enjoyed reading it. I bow to your greatness and you are now and forever my faviort Snape/Hermione writer.
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  • From Ms_Figg on October 18, 2007
    Hi Lucy. Thank you so much for your well-thought out and well-presented review. Yes, this story was a definite change of pace, due to DH and my own feelings about Snape. Firstly, his death, and secondly the revelation he was driven by love. In this story I had the added bonus that I knew that Severus was capable of love, a deep love. Coupled with it being unrequited, I had a view of a Snape that wanted love. This required a different approach, since he was a different man. Coupled with Hermione marrying Ron that made it even more of a challenge. He had to be moved out of the way to make the story happen, and I compensated for that by making his and Hermione's marriage a true one, based on real love, not an arrangement of convenience. As far as the many plots, when I write, I have kind of a world view. No world revolves around two people. Hermione's children were important, then we needed some conflict, which Rod and Voldemort gave us, as well as a catalyst for Severus to be revealed to the public. We needed to look into their lives too, since they were central to Hermione's life as well as Severus'. And they couldn't always been seen in relation to them but as individuals and to break up the monotony. Since this story was a romance, the focus on the lemons were minimal, but important. There was no way to rush this without it appearing to be a cheap run toward porn. Love had to develop in a reasonable, believable manner. I was a little out of my comfort zone with this story, thinking about the readers that like it fast and hot, but I decided slow and steady, a reflection of real life would work better, so I approached it this way. The real basis of the story and climax were that Severus and Hermione connected and fell in love, admitting it to one another. After that was achieved, it was over. Certainly I could have continued, moving into Rod and Rose's story, but it wasn't really about them, but our favorite couple. Yes, A New Beginning was quite different, but all in all, I'm satisfied with it. I'm sure I will still produce the hot, carnally driven stories I have in the past, but this was something different and rather special to me and I'm glad I wrote it. Snape received everything he deserved, at least in this little universe. Thanks again, girl. ****
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  • From on October 18, 2007
    Weeeellll...
    That was pretty good.
    Do be honest though, I can't say that I liked it as well as some of your other stories.
    It was a change of pace - and much less sex-driven - than your others, to be certain (which isn't a bad thing... you don't want your plots to get stale after all!)
    But I feel like it had too many plots/climaxes, and all and all I couldn't discern very much direction. I think it could have had been much shorter. I hate to say it... but I actually skipped a couple of sections/chapter and just scanned them for anything interesting. I think that the Rod subplot started out very good, but then it went totally off into it's own separate world. I just couldn't get into it after that.
    Don't get me wrong. There were a lot of good things about it. I like how differently your write Hermione and Severus in this story. I loved Hugo's character. The last chapter was very nice/heartwarming. The lemons that WERE there were well written (as always).
    If I had simply come across this randomly I would have thought "Oh yes! This is pretty good."
    I think it's just that we've all come to expect such brilliant stories from you, and, for me, this one falls a little short.

    Anyway, just trying to be constructive here. Certainly not trying to be malicious or anything.
    And, as always, I look forward to your future stuff.
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  • From jacobslove on October 18, 2007
    YAY wonderful. Great job!
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  • From ANON - pittwitch on October 18, 2007
    Another beautiful tale, well-written, imaginative, and dare I say, hottie hot hot! Thank you, Mistress. May we have another?
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  • From ANON - koneko-chan on October 18, 2007
    Nice work! I thought the ending was a little quick, but it was good. I love reading your work. Keep it up!
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  • From on October 18, 2007
    Loved it!

    I'm sad to see it end. Beautiful romantic story.

    Thank you so very much!

    If you decide to write a Rod/Rose story I would gratefully read!

    Bless you!

    Muffy
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  • From LeahLove08 on October 18, 2007
    Bravo! Great fic! I loved the ending! It was perfect. They both got what they wanted and needed. Hopefully, Rod and Rose get together.

    You did an amazing job with this story!

    *tear*

    I love happy endings.
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  • From luna26 on October 18, 2007
    well done! I've enjoyed this story very much
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  • From Pumkin on October 18, 2007
    thank you for another wonderful story. it would be nice if you would write one about rose and rod. just a suggestion. good luck with you other stories.
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  • From ANON - anon on October 18, 2007
    This is your best story to date.

    "A New Beginning" should become one of the post DH classics. It's incredibly well crafted and brillinatly written. It's a wonderful read from start to finish.

    ~bravo~
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  • From GitonCrais on October 18, 2007
    Loved the whole story and waited and read it through everytime a new chapter turned up. It was well written, flowed nicely and left us with enough teasers and cliffhangers to keep it interesting. Hope you will have more stories in your pen.
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