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A Year Like None Other
(A Year Like None Other #1)
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Fandom: Harry Potter
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A letter from home? A letter from family? Well, Harry Potter knows he has neither, but all the same, it starts with a letter from Surrey. Whatever the Durleys have to say, it can't be anything good, so Harry's determined to ignore it. But then, his evil schoolmate rival spots the letter and his slimy exc ...more
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A letter from home? A letter from family? Well, Harry Potter knows he has neither, but all the same, it starts with a letter from Surrey. Whatever the Durleys have to say, it can't be anything good, so Harry's determined to ignore it. But then, his evil schoolmate rival spots the letter and his slimy exc ...more
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ebook, 3160 pages
Published
June 9th 2013
by Archive of Our Own
(first published July 21st 2006)
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Aug 02, 2013
Sannah
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
angsty,
fanfic,
fantasy,
free,
harry-potter,
sweet,
kinky,
incomplete,
maybe,
more-like-a-snippet
So... this was a very atypical fanfic, with lots of story and angst and character developement, and I think the characters were fairly well drawn. I initially gave it three stars, but I think Tat's mostly cos I read it straight after 'HP and the methods of rationality', and well, even the orrigional doesn't stand up well next to that. I've raised it to four, I just hope the final confrontation with voldemort is as story driven and dramatic.
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-fanfiction
-VERY LONG
-plot heavy
-no PWP, no slash, family friendly material
-actually family heavy material, lots of family bonding, character development, no unnecessary love plots and interests
-slythegrif and paperwork loopholes
-abuse of your beloved characters warning. they are in a bad place but it gets better.
-happy end
-no seriously this thing is really long, so seriously think twice before saying 'one more chapter' ...more
-VERY LONG
-plot heavy
-no PWP, no slash, family friendly material
-actually family heavy material, lots of family bonding, character development, no unnecessary love plots and interests
-slythegrif and paperwork loopholes
-abuse of your beloved characters warning. they are in a bad place but it gets better.
-happy end
-no seriously this thing is really long, so seriously think twice before saying 'one more chapter' ...more
I think this book took the record of being the longest fiction I've ever read from the next runner-up, which was another fanfiction. And not a whole lot happens in this book. So expect it to be slow, but not boring by any means. It just has a slower pace than you might be used to.
There is a lot of angst, character development, and family bondings. And they are generally good. It is obvious that the author had considered future chapters when writing because there is a coherency in this story tha ...more
There is a lot of angst, character development, and family bondings. And they are generally good. It is obvious that the author had considered future chapters when writing because there is a coherency in this story tha ...more
One of my all time favorite Harry Potter fics. This one just blew me away with the authors creativity, taking the HP universe and just running with it. Great for HP fans.
ETA Still a great read. This author really managed to keep true to the characters while at the same time developing them in her own way.
ETA Still a great read. This author really managed to keep true to the characters while at the same time developing them in her own way.
The best Harry Potter Fan Fiction ever written! Fourteen is the number of times I've read this book. And everyone I've recommended it to loved it.
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one of my favorites - read it almost as many times as the Harry Potter series!
Finally done with this one. Puh.
It's ok. It's not bad but I can not say I liked it. I liked tiny bits of it but not enough to sell the whole thing to me. It's way way too long. A fic or book this long has to be really special to work for me and this just didn't. I feel like I am way too old to be wasting my time searching for the interesting 300 pages among 3100.
I won't be reading the sequel. ...more
It's ok. It's not bad but I can not say I liked it. I liked tiny bits of it but not enough to sell the whole thing to me. It's way way too long. A fic or book this long has to be really special to work for me and this just didn't. I feel like I am way too old to be wasting my time searching for the interesting 300 pages among 3100.
I won't be reading the sequel. ...more
i loved this book for real, i love long novels so much but this was long and fun i felt like i lived in it and it's the best feeling, i still read the family like none other book and hope the writer makes more of this type of novels with snape and harry having the father son relationship
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listen...do i KNOW that this is niche fulfillment of everything i WANTED the hp books to be and they weren't? absolutely. will that stop me from reading all 800,000 words of it? HECK no. the joys of rediscovering old classics like this will never be old.
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I love the development of Severus and Harry’s relationship. I read the audio book is with the art website but have not been able to find that?. does anyone have adirect link to the chapters being read by various people?
Love this!
Decent Severitus, I suppose – okay writing, absurd amounts of processing, and follows the hurt/comfort rules to a t.
Aslında 1500 sayfa idi neden 3000 yazıyor anlamadım. Böyle konulardaki fanfictionaları seviyorum cidden 😏 karakter gelişimleri çok iyiydi.
It had its share of weird moments, but overall I loved this fic!
Didn't really know what to expect – turned out to be one of the best fics I’ve read; what a beautiful, heartwarming, captivating story (Cursed Child's quality not even close). I expected, especially in the second part towards the end, that there'd be a confrontation/discussion between Snape and Harry why Snape was like that in the first place and treated the kids in such a manner (because he loved Lily) but this part of the story is never revealed to Harry (who probably just went for the Snape's
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I haven't read this in years. I'd forgotten how long is was (790,169 words). Still very, very good.
My preference for Harry Potter fanfic is Harry and Snape. My second choice is Harry/Snape/Draco. This was a father Snape and brother Draco. And a really foul Lucius Malfoy.
I had a hard time with this Draco. I like to like Draco, and he was pretty unlikable sometimes. I guess that means it's more realistic, because canon Draco was far from likeable. Still.
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My preference for Harry Potter fanfic is Harry and Snape. My second choice is Harry/Snape/Draco. This was a father Snape and brother Draco. And a really foul Lucius Malfoy.
I had a hard time with this Draco. I like to like Draco, and he was pretty unlikable sometimes. I guess that means it's more realistic, because canon Draco was far from likeable. Still.
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i've barely slept but i don't even care cause this was amazing
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I'm constantly rereading this fanfic, I love it so much
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LOVED this. Very much in doubt whether I like HPMOR or this one better.. I think I'd say this one, because Snape and Draco play such a big role and I love them.
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