Comments | bluestocking79: Fic Rec: "A Rowan in Winter"

bluestocking79

Fic Rec: "A Rowan in Winter"

Jan 26, 2010 22:06

Once again, the severus_shorts community has posted the kind of story that I will want to revisit over and over again, the sort that transports you right into its world and leaves you rethinking canon from an entirely different angle. It's deep and mysterious as the ocean, yet full of emotion, no less intense for being understated. It's also written in ( Read more... )

eileen, tobias, hp, recs, snape

Comments 6

annietalbot January 27 2010, 13:29:35 UTC

Agreed. It's an extraordinary story.

I haven't reviewed anything at this fest, because I haven't had time to read more than two or three stories, but I reviewed this one. It's gorgeously done... my strongest compliments to the author!

bluestocking79 January 27 2010, 19:31:38 UTC

I'm so glad that you enjoyed this one as much as I did, Annie. I agree: it's an extraordinary (and extraordinarily beautiful) piece of writing--haunting, really.

dickgloucester January 27 2010, 15:50:02 UTC

Thanks for the rec - shall go and read.

bluestocking79 January 27 2010, 19:33:05 UTC

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

majorjune January 27 2010, 16:14:08 UTC

Thank you so much for the rec!

I particularly like explorations of Snape as a child, and I'm also interested in his parents' backstory. I agree that too often Tobias' representation is too flat and one-dimensional, there had to be something more to him for Eileen to even notice him in the first place.

I also find the possibilities regarding the Prince family intriguing, and like how this author plants seeds (no pun intended) without going into actual detail. Ditto the mystery regarding Eileen/Grindewald and her mysterious illness...

bluestocking79 January 27 2010, 19:36:11 UTC

You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. The hints of backstory for Tobias and Eileen were one of my favorite things about this piece--not just that they once had a reason to love one another, but that they still do, even now.

And yes, I really admired the author's restraint in knowing which parts of the past to reveal and which ones to leave up to our imaginations. It takes a lot of skill to do that, but it's a better story for it.