Reviews for The Gilded Cage
JongVera chapter 53 . 10/10
So glad you had Warden Blotts get his just desserts. And I LOVE your depiction of Jake!
JongVera chapter 49 . 10/10
I've lost count of the number of times I've read this story through the years. This is one of the best written chapters, as Hermione's behavior shows her pain so clearly. Severnus' pain is also well shown.
The last two paragraphs in that section, with their powerful, pithy depiction of his awareness said it all:
"The pain was indescribable. Nothing. Absolutely nothing had ever prepared him for this sort of pain. Lily stung. Decades later losing Lily still felt like a bruised limb that he needed to cradle and nurse. The wretched sharp tang of losing his wife was agony. The soul sickening guilt of feeling her hurt as his own through the Homestead's wards made the dull ache of Lily feel juvenile in comparison. His loss was total. And he was responsible for pushing her away." Even though this section for his concentrated feeling is short, it resonates, like a final chord, pain hanging, ringing in the air.
Now that was where you should have ended the chapter. As a study in both of their sufferings. Powerful stuff.
Following that with Crooks the cat just drained the drama from the chapter like you'd punched a hole in it. Crooksy's suffering is laughable by comparison-but the comedic note lessens the drama you worked to portray so well.
JongVera chapter 48 . 10/10
Having been 'let go' myself many years ago, I still remember devastating emotional pain not unlike how you described Hermione's feelings. This chapter always rang true to me emotionally. Thank God I was able to get past it. You wrote this very well.
JongVera chapter 1 . 10/10
I have read this story for years; it's one of my all-time favorites. Finally I can officially favorite it!
Alwu99 chapter 48 . 9/22
This chap broke my heart! Crying
Alwu99 chapter 8 . 9/21
In this fic... its post DH right? So dont they know that he was acting on dumbledore's orders as spy. ?
Alwu99 chapter 5 . 9/21
Loving this! It seems like its gonna be a proper enemy to lovers how excitong!
Kat chapter 1 . 7/25
I was thinking about this fic recently and wanted to reread it. I searched and searched on archive of our own for it but couldn’t find it at all. ):
I don’t know if you still write at all but this fic is still a great read. If you could be persuaded to also cross post to AO3 I’d love be able to read it without needing an ad blocker.
Verdillious chapter 62 . 7/16
An interesting ooc story, I enjoyed reading it. Thank you!
maiqsmail chapter 5 . 4/9
I've read few chapters just for the sheer absurdity of it. But ehh, it doesn't get better. Wildly OOC characters, not only I'd expect Hermione to fuck right off from the country after these laws, but I didn't expect Ministry to treat its citizens as a chattel in the first place, or even have that authority unquestionably. Whatever they fought against in the 2nd blood war, they failed if these are the laws the post-war ministry came up with.
If I'd been Hermione in these circumstances I'd fuck off to New World or to Krum in Bulgaria, or Fleur in France, or even go underground as mudblood la resistancé. Certainly not this. And, since I'm fortunately not her, but just a reader, I'll simply drop this story. Ta-ta!
Guest chapter 43 . 3/13
Luna changing Severus’ book makes me so angry. I had to stop reading for a full 5 minutes to contain my rage and barely absorbed the rest of the chapter. I can’t believe she would destroy his work like that and that nobody read it before it was published? Maybe it’s the first copy and not what everyone will read but I hope she fixes it back to what he actually wrote instead of some romanticized bull poo.
britbloom chapter 49 . 1/25
Poor, Crooksy! This is a mess! How is this going to resolve?
britbloom chapter 43 . 1/25
Woot! Go, Ginny!
britbloom chapter 33 . 1/24
I was wondering about the house!
britbloom chapter 29 . 1/24
A puppy? (bahahahhahahahaah-love it!)
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