Reviews for Painting an Oyster |
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![]() ![]() ![]() I've read this story 3 or 4 times, and I still love it! |
![]() ![]() ![]() well darn! I just found this fic and am listening to it while playing games and now i need to stop and make myself a salad with red cabbage. oh and its 12am |
![]() ![]() ![]() i think between quarantine and finding out jkr is super problematic, i've gotten really deep in my drinny feelings that i've generally tried to keep bottled up over the last, oh i don't know, 15 years or so? anyway it's 2021 and i still remember reading this story oh so many years ago and i recently reread it once (in a day) and then i reread it again (slowly, just to savor it) and i just *clenches fist* really fcking love this fic so gd much. the characterization of draco and ginny? chef's kiss. legit one of my favs of any reiteration of drinny ever. the supporting characters? brilliant, beautiful, outstanding, all the awards. sneazel? the goodest boy. i feel like this is My fic, ya know? like my go-to. like the one that i've thought about over and over again over the many years. anyway, i love you. thank you for this work of art, and also for distracting me, once again, from the crapshow of a global pandemic. i live, rent-free, in this very specific universe (and also the other way around lmao). 3 |
![]() ![]() ![]() I enjoyed this story quite a bit; the characters and story arc and of course, the ending. |
![]() ![]() I know it's been more than ten years since you finished this story. But I wanna know it's my fav work of yours |
![]() ![]() Loved this story. Beautiful chemistry between Ginny and Draco. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Crying...this is over |
![]() ![]() ![]() Loved this sorry! New drinny fan so just discovered! Brilliant job! |
![]() ![]() Ok I found out yesterday her name is Ginevra. NOT GINERVA. WTF DID YOU KNOW? |
![]() ![]() ![]() This was an entertaining read! I certainly enjoyed Draco and Ginny's banters, and how they ultimately came to be with each other in the end. I also liked the plot twists in the story.. Thanks for sharing this. :) |
![]() ![]() ![]() I'm with the other reviewer about the writing style. I'm trying to get into the story, but the narrative is tough to get through. There's way too much introspection going on here for just the first chapter. And a lot of it is unnecessary, like the amount there is just talking about boxes and why she hates them, why she needs her brothers for them, why her mother was there. That's just one example, it takes up too much, and serves little purpose. When using first person, character voice in the narrative is expected, but using words like "bestest friend" outside of dialogue really takes away the quality. I can see some of her introspection is supposed to be humorous, but it's just... Weird. She goes off on odd, pointless tangents sometimes that the reader could lose sight of what's actually going on. Info dumping comes to my mind. But basically, one thing that's bothering me most about the writing is your lack of contractions. "I will tell her..." "It is something..." "I am going to..." I mean, if you're attempting to write a specific way, like really formally, then I suppose not using contractions would fit. But the problem with not using them is it's tiring to read, the writing becomes stiff. It's such a simple thing to just have "I'm going to go..." Instead of "I am going to go..." Like I said, it reads off too that's your thing, then it's alright, but it should be consistent through the narrative and dialogue, which currently it's not. One sentence you'll have "I am going to..." And the next you'll have the contraction "I'm" which it's just like, why not bother using them most the time? I'm not saying never spell out a contraction, I'm saying for the majority, since this writing is not so formal, it would read so much more smoothly and less stiff. That's just my opinion though. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Definitely one of my favorite fanfics, I've read it several times and I love it more each time. I love the storyline, the characterization and the Draco parts, because I love how you wrote him. I wish this had more to it; like marriage and kids and happy ever after, even though it's implied, I'm greedy. I realize you're done with fanfiction and I sincerely wish you luck in publishing your novels. I'd like to one day read them if I had any idea who you actually are. So I'll just have to hope I one day stumble upon a book that matches your writing style. Imagine that. |
![]() ![]() ![]() the story was interesting, but I had problem with the way it was written...I wish it was from 3rd POV...this first POV, especially Ginny's POV was so tiring...she was always thinking about strange things, analyzing them with weird humour, she often reminded me of those strange teenagers I remember from my school days :D The length of the chapters was great, but half of chapter was always about her thinking and thinking...I guess this writing style isn't my cup of tea... |
![]() ![]() ![]() This story is absolutely amazing! I loved reading it and will probably read it again sometime :) |
![]() ![]() ![]() The constant interior monologue saying "I am not thinking about this" is tiring |