The life and times jewels5 pdf download

Maybe that's some people's cup of tea, but I hated it. Maybe it's because I can't relate. When I have encountered shitty people like this, I just ditched them from my life and didn't put up with that nastiness.

If anyone's friendship is like this, they need new friends. The technical writing is good for fanfiction sentence structure, grammar, etc.

It reads like she just typed out whatever ideas came to her mind and didn't really chart out the plot at all. Chapters are insanely long and switch frequently between perspectives; sometimes this will at least be indicated by a line break or something, but sometimes it will just switch from paragraph to paragraph. At times it felt a bit like I was one of those bad guys in the Matrix that could just take over whatever bodies I want at will.

It was distracting and confusing. The one thing I did like about this work is the male dynamics. For as terrible as Jewels5 made the female dynamics, I really enjoyed reading the Marauders scenes. I loved seeing the boys interact with each other and sincerely wished there had been more of a focus on their dynamics because I have always wanted to see Peter's story expanded on and why he would betray his friends.

And just to rant briefly because this is so fresh, but after reading so so so so many pages that is supposedly supposed to be about James and Lily getting together, in the final few pages Jewels5 decides to have Lily ruminate on how her and SIRIUS understand each other and James just doesn't.

As the British would say, "Have you completely lost the plot?! Jan 27, Dul rated it it was amazing Shelves: special-place-in-heart , fanfic. First off, I have no idea why this is on Goodreads. This is something someone did on a whim in their spare time.

I'm fairly certain the author once said that one of the main reasons she did it was to improve her writing skills. You can't expect this to hold together like a real book, so you can't really reveiw it like one. The way I see it, it's basically an anthology series.

It's a bunch of one persons imaginings of what the Marauder's era was like. If it were an actual book it would be a rambling, sub-plot ridden mess that seems to have no real direction most of the time. But that's the point. She wrote this, first and foremost, for herself. For fun. It's incredibly flawed although not in an irksome way. It can be cliched at times, some charcters really need fleshing out although most are by the end , and the plot lines, whilst pleasant, can feel shallow and offhand.

But it's still ultimately very enjoyable - throughout. After a while I think once she realised she had a large following , it shakes off the chliches in favour of well thought out strings of scenes and solid chapters that are astoundingly moving as well as impactful. At some point while reading you'll realise that what you thought was, idk, a kinda okay but still better than the other garbage fanfic, is actually a well written, intriguing peice of literature.

It will genuinely surprise you, and you won't really notice untill afterwards. The author really comes into her own. It looses steam at the end but only because she couldn't be bothered anymore but that's a whole other issue.

Thematically, the second half far outshines the first. The first half of this fanfic is, you guessed it, fanfic. The second half is political war story and potential eventual tradgedy had it not been abandoned , about teenagers doing the right thing no matter what.

Kind of like the original books but with a different tone you could argue better but whatev. I could go on forever about what's good about this fic, but that's not really the point of this reveiw. The point is to tell you that if all you're looking for is a good story, don't read this.

But if you're interested in Harry Potter, or fandom culture, or the art of storytelling as a whole, then this, while not being the absolute best it could be, will undoubtedly fasinate, evoke, and surprise.

It was made with love. Mar 23, Tasya Dita rated it really liked it Shelves: wizard-witch , novella. Sep 29, Federica rated it it was amazing. I re-read this fic many times a year. Still the best fanfiction I've ever read, and definitely a must for all Harry Potter fans. If you thought you didn't care about the Marauders, Jewels5 will change your mind.

Mar 05, Pavit rated it it was amazing. Mar 05, Tanja added it. I only decided to include this in my reading list because it is about pages long and it will benefit my average book length and my overall pages read immensely and my Goodreads challenge is the only thing in my life that I value.

Mar 25, Book Ninja rated it it was amazing Shelves: favourites. This book can be described in just one word. Everything was amazing. It was a page turner. This book has not been finished yet. The author is still writing. Can't wait for her to upload new chapters : This book can be described in just one word.

Can't wait for her to upload new chapters Jan 27, Giovanna rated it it was amazing. Always rereading it, always loving it more each day. Feb 20, Fei rated it really liked it Shelves: fanfiction. It doesn't just stop there, does it? It's marked as unfinished, but Jules signed out differently It can't end there No It can't end there Jun 29, Anna von Willingh rated it it was amazing.

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. What can I even say This si my all time favourite piece of literature ever.

Its so great. I tihnk the thing I like most about it is probably the characters. Everyone is jsut so ridiculously complex and itneresting and likable to a certain extent. Ill do a greater in depth character analysis later. I dont mind the lengthy chaoters so much. I loved the chapters wiht interesting strcture such as the one that told the same day from 5 parts and then all the ones that strated off wiht statements like What can I even say I loved the chapters wiht interesting strcture such as the one that told the same day from 5 parts and then all the ones that strated off wiht statements like the in s and the girls opinions about love.

With regards to the chaoters about love, I lvoed that it told the same sotry and linked back. TLAT is so great adn tis been 2 years 8 months and 12 days since the last update which you know isnt great but I understand tha Jules is really busy. I love all the major plot points. Starting in the beginnning All that suicide stuff was kind of terrifying but how it progressed was amazing.

Can we just take a moment to talk about Sirius for a second. I was shattered. I couldnt anymore and I cant believe Sirius did that but you know Ive forgiven. That hwole section gutted me. The protest might have been the best part of the entire book from me. Everythingwas so fun and playful yet terribly gripping and just sooo sooo great. My heart did break when I met Sam and Sarah and Vance etc. Then there was November 2nd.

I literally went to the batrhoom and cried on a number of occasions while reading this part of the book. I love Sam. He is just so great and Ive been rereading his letters to Lily and Im still kind of inconsolable. Im damn terrified about how Voldemort couldve done that. How do you kill 87 wizards and witches without a single casualty. I cant dela wiht that right now because Im still kind of emtional.

Now onto characters. Im going to go gryffindor 6 years by dorm and then other hogwasrt students then other characters. Lily- I lvoe Lily so freaking muhc its ridicuous. I also admire her so muhc. Shes so diplomatic. She kind hearted and easily does the right thing and thinks about others beofre herself.

I lvoe that she wants to fight. I love that she didnt breka up ith Luke even though she should've. I loved that she never tried to breka up Carlotta and James ugh. I love that she volunteers in the hospital and actually gave sev a chance not to mention all the drama with Logan. Lily with Donna not being headgirl was so great. Lily is just great. Marlene- OKay I think everyone agrees that she was really stupid in the beginning. Miles Stimpson! I do really like her though.

I love her music taste. She is damn funny and Marlene is jsut super great. I like how she never tried to break up Prudence and Adam even though she really wanted to. I get that she was super dof in the beginning but she grew up. Shes brave and Marlene post Miles is just so great. Donna- Okay I have mixed feeling about her. I love her but oh my gosh I hate her much. Donna is sassy af. I dont know how I feel about her bravery skills and sensibility. I do love how much she cares about everyone.

She was obviously seriously messed up by her parents death and the fact that they had to die seriously seriously sucks.

I'll tlak relationships later but just during the 'mistkae' i related to Donna so hard, not as in Ive ever done anything like that but just her aloneness and I think the thing I like the most about Donna is that she is real. I know something happened to her thestrals so I dont excatly understand her.

I think she is all kinds of dark and twisty probably. Mary is none the less sweet when it calls for it. She is my polar opposite though. I am so excited for Mary reg just btw. Carlotta meloni- what do you even say about her. Just for her Team puppy killer stuff I dont know whether or not I understand. I think its a mix of horror and understanding if that makes any sense.

Calrotta probably has some problems of her own or will face troubles. Especially the put in the past stuff I dont like her. I know that much. Im just relaly apathetic. I dont want to be angry with her because I et that she is really delusional.

ALso all her polygamy stuff is ridiclous. I cant understand how she could possibly be that obsessed with popularity and etc. I understand in some sense why James dated her. I know it wasnt because of her looks. I hated the entire pages of team puppy killer btw. Its kind of Shelleys fault.

All her ideologies were from Carlotta whihc is how she justified everything and she didnt think she was in the wrong. I jsut feel bad for Shelley. I dont know if shell fihgt in the war or simmer out but anyway Okay the boys dormitary James sodding Potter- I love James.

I really really do. James is just so great. I get that he is a bit of a prat on occasion but he is actually good guy. He is flawlessly Gryffindor although he could brush up on his Hufflepuff atributions.

James is repsected which is astounding but he is. People -apart form Snape- genuinely trust James. His leadership skills are on another level. He is such a good person although he does try to hide it.

He is a freaking good friend and boyfriedn although his taste is questionable. I think james is a great Headboy. All the things they od for Remus is jst incredible. James is the definition fo Gryffindor and he's just great. Lets tlak about Sirius Black. IN my mind Sirius is Sirius from The ones left behind my second favourtie piece of literature ever for the record Sirius is jsut really awesome.

Im not going to dwell on the whole Werewolf thiing because I mean he did spend 12 years in Azkaban so well let it slide. He was probabyl jsut one of the funniest characters as a whole.

My heart did breka for him multiple times. Remus Lupin is great. I lvoe Remus so much. With regards to 'canon' characetrs hes probably my favourite along wiht Sirius. My ehart breaks for remus on a daily basis and I jsut wish he would get some self-confidence and relasie he has friends. It sucks that he couldnt be headboy and I dont know but James is equally awesome. Remus is more Lily type of leader which is the only reason why with James him and lily compliment one another.

The damn Shelley baot. I like Clancy but Ill tlak about that later. Im so excited for Mancy but you know Tonks and Remus will always be the best. That first chaoter of the holidays kind of jsut broke my heart. I died a bit. I died a lot. Also all of the conspiracies that are happening between the two of them is just so damn great.

Okay lets talk about Peter. I like Peter. I think I always have to a certian degree. I understand why he shifted. It breaks my heart but I understand why.

I dont agree but I understand why. Towards the end Peter make me feel really sad. That aprt where Peter was like you're james sodding Potter did make me stop for a second. Lets talk about Adam Mckinnon. I will enver not sympathise for him becaus elets be real he couldnt harm a butterfly. My ehart broke that day on the quidditch pitch. My heart rboke ont he last chapter. Poor Adam. I cant about Sarah because feels. I liek that he is so perfect but really relatable.

Like he jsut does the rihgt hing and is so beyond rela and funny though only with Marlene. Slytherine I want to punch Colista Mulciber is a git Regulus at that one aprt broke my heart when he didt understadn why theywere doing it. Severus is suhc a peculiar character. I dont know how I feel about Snape. TBH it makes me dislike him even more if thats psosible Ravenclaw Luke-ugh ugh ugh I get that Luke is perfect and whatver but hes relaly annoying and I cant stand how dof he is.

Like yes your brother is a death eater and yes you cant belive everything he says. I like Clancy. SHes so cute and adorbale. Charlie Plex is a sorry excuse for a human being. Prudence Bloody Daly is so infuriating. I dont think I dislike her actually. I just dilike team McDaly. Hufflepuff Reg Cattermole is so cute. Hes like a kitten or something liek that. I feel bad about his failed Lily infatuation although his Mary thing is so great. Frank- Okay naturally I wnated to strangle him on multiple occasions but you know what hes a good bloke wiht good morals.

He relasied how of he was so ill let t slide. ALice is perfect. That scene wiht her in the library was so beautiful and I wnated to cry because I wih I could be like Alice. Now onto relationships platonic and romantic and family team Puppy- Jily is on a whole other level if you ask literally anyone. Those scenes of them in muggle london are so great. There almsot kiss lily i wnat to kill you and that scene in chapter 37 where he kisses her cheek.

Jily is basically an old married couple and I lvoe it so muhc. Even Jily Freidnship is great. The flirting is the funniest thing ever and so freaking fluff. SNAPS oh my gosh. SNAPS is so amazing. I love is so much. I lvoe this so muhc. Adam and MArlene are literaly perfect. They compliment each other perfectly and wouldve been eprfect if it wasnt for something called Miles and Prudence. Im kind of bored of writing this review now tbh.

Ill finish writing this when I rerad whihc will probs be really really really really really really soon Sep 19, Ella M rated it really liked it. Whoo, this fic really swept me away. It is k of drama, magic, and general Hogwarts chaos. I have I love the emotional conflicts, the snappy dial Whoo, this fic really swept me away. I love the emotional conflicts, the snappy dialogue, and the personable narration, but I found myself wishing for more magic.

At times it felt too much like you could place the story in any high school and not lose much of anything. I love how James and Lily are characterized, so full of life and so much more than we got in HP canon, but the Snape-and-Lily subplot really just felt like a detour, as did view spoiler [the whole 'Carlotta' thing.

Well, except Sirius, sort of. Peter barely gets lines! Lily's gay-coded pen pal Sam Dearborn is one of the first people and one of the only major characters to die? It's a slice of life. A huge, huge slice of life. And I enjoyed nearly every minute of it. Slowburn is Anyway, if you like Jily, wicked long fanfictions, snappy banter, slowburns, and drama, you'll probably like this. It did take me a month to finish, though, so be warned, all ye slow readers.

Extremely sad that I can't read Toche's thoughts from 's : My first fics were all Marauder era and let me say that the Life and Times is hands down one of the most amazing fics and maybe even pieces of literature that I've ever read I'm really not kidding.

There's way too much to talk about and quite honestly it's been a hot minute since I've read it been really thinking about re-reading it actually so I can't quite go into all the details and thrills I felt when I first read it. However, I do remember how stunningly she portrayed these characters in their youth and how going through the war while still being in school was for them. Jewels5 created a lot of kick-ass female characters to accompany Lily too and I've never, ever loved non-canon characters so much in my life ever.

Anyways, don't mind this review in your feed. Felt nostalgic of a time where I really really loved Harry Potter and its world. I hope you're all well! May 09, Lena Saunders added it. I'm writing a review here because it feels weird leaving a review on can fix. This was the best fan fiction I have ever read. I'm not generally a big fan of fan fiction and really the only fan fiction I truly enjoy is Harry Potter. The Life and Times came up multiple times on reddit so I checked it out.

I am almost done and I'm already going through like I can't bring myself to finish it because I love it and don't want it to end and once it does end what will I read???

So, to the writer, you are brilliant. You weren't too fluffy, there were adult themes but I'm an adult so that didn't bother me, you truly kept the spirit of the HP universe alive in this fic.

I am just so impressed. Q3 - - Competition Ending Soon! Many forums are only accessible if you have an account. Why don't you register? Please go vote! Leave a roughly word review and then go rank your favorites! We appreciate your participation. Click here to participate! Joined: Jul 21, Messages: 9. Feb 24, 1. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time.

At least to the extent of my limited working knowledge with the DLP Search function. Easily the most "popular" Marauders' Era story on FF. The characters themselves are fantastic, but it's the chemistry between them that makes this truly great. Actual character development. Storytelling : There's refreshing variety to how chapters are structured. The author finds creative alternatives to the standard third-person chronological narrative.

Though it remains the default format. Realism : There's a complex cast of supporting characters who act as more than just foils. The Potters. OCs mentioned but never fully introduced in canon. Much of the drama is focused on various relationships, but the entire story is shadowed by the coming war, and how individuals take their stand in the wake of Voldemort's rise.

Ending : Author has a plan for the ending. Estimated total length of 50 chapters. Feels : There are absolute gems scattered throughout; some are laugh-out-loud funny, whilst others are brilliantly poignant.

Cons : OCs : This is make-or-break for many. Given the lack of information in canon, there are a number of OCs who are central to the story. Some people can't stand OCs, but I can't see this sort of story succeeding without a larger cast. Start : The first few chapters are light and introductory, perhaps a bit slow.

Once it hits its stride though Drama : Everyone has differing tolerances for drama. Sad : Given what we know from canon, the story could almost be seen as tragic. Events becomes progressively darker, and even the triumphs are dampened by things-yet-to-come. Though there are only an expected 14 more chapters before the end. From the Authors' website, we know she's still active and plans to finish this, but progress has been slow.

Rated 5-stars on DLP. DLP link here. I'm basically saying that if you don't mind drama, this takes the cake. Checked by Minion, Jan. Last edited by a moderator: Jan 30, Joined: Nov 11, Messages: Feb 24, 2. The summary doesn't really tell me what the story's about, and with a k word count I'm reluctant to just dive in.