I really hope things turn out better for hermione bc she genuinely is putting in effort and it doesnt really feel like Ron is. It’s also horribly unfair for him to say that it’s not his fault at all and that it’s fully on her. In any case, you’re really good at writing this and I’m curious to see how this’ll go

Up till now, I’ve thought that they’d had arguments but that the separation was more or less hermiones fault. But after this chapter, I can’t imagine why she’d stay or why she’d catch hell from her family and friends for leaving. Well written and you’re doing a really good job of showing just tumultuous their relationship is.

Honestly... Girl... I can't believe I'm a 31-year-old woman writing a fanfic review. I used to read fanfics when I was a teenager and obsessed with Harry Potter. Ok, I still am. During the quarantine, I just watched the 2 last movies again, and then I remember all the fanfics I used to read. And I looked up and somehow I remembered my password... And I found you on my list of favorite authors that I never got to read because 17 years ago I didn't read English well enough. I'm a huge Ron/Hermione ship, so I finally was able to read ALL your stories... But this one... GIRL! It resonated ok? It went INSIDE MY HEART. I'm almost CRIED reading this story. Because it's just. so. real! They're so imperfect and finally (!) I saw a GREAT and imperfect Hermione. Not just cute-bossy, but an actual person with legit flaws. And the fights, the arguments, the story... It's all so real. And sometimes as I was reading I just remembered myself feeling the same feelings because I went through a somewhat similar situation... It's like I was feeling all that all over again, but without all the sadness, and it was all so weird. It was just beautiful. And complex, and difficult. And at the end of the story I couldn't even feel sad, you know? For me, it was just beautiful. It was just how things are (ok now I'm crying). And I just KNEW they would be ok. For me, it was a happy ending.
I could read this forever, honestly. I read everything in two days. I even had to share with my husband why I was becoming so emotional reading fanfic, because I just couldn't stop reading it.
So THANK YOU for this. You're so talented, and I'm grateful this quarantine allowed me to feel all this Harry Potter nostalgia again, and grateful that I found this story. I wish you wrote books because I would buy all of them.
And I don't even know if you read this, but I hope you do.

Like halfway through the chapter I was thinking about how I so wanted to read about all their dates in a sequel or in like a flashforward at the end, but fuucckkkk you ended that perfectly! Well done

Reading this during quarantine. I've read SFOGI probably four or five times, all the way through, and I always avoided reading this one. Not because I don't like angst in general, but because that's such a funny, comforting fic, and I didn't want to temper that feeling with 200k words of angst. But man! This is obviously an emotional and complex relationship you're writing, but the tone is much the same as SFOGI. The lows are low, the highs are sky high. Glad that these are still up here, all these years later.

i love this story so much its one of the best ive seen and one of the 'many chapter' fanfics ive not stopped reading hehe anyway thanks for an amazing story

Did you write a follow up? I wish you would:)

Before I started reading this, I told myself I'd keep away from Romione angst because it's so depressing and hardly ever any good. Then I started reading this, and, well, I was hooked.
There were times when this story made me so mad I was on the point of quitting, but I just couldn't get the plot out of my head. I had to know how Ron and Hermione would get back together.
The journey to the final chapter has been a long and often intensely frustrating one - but I'm here, and it was so, so worth it. This fic resolves in a brilliant, beautifully realistic plot twist I could never have predicted - which is what makes it so wholly satisfying.
This is not the fic for you if you're in the mood for happiness and fluff, nor, even, if you're after a classic happily-ever-after. But if you're looking for an insightful, incredibly well written story that poignantly captures the difficulty of real relationships - well, then you've found exactly what you're looking for.

Thank you so much for this wonderful story! I don't usually read M-rated fics, but I think you approached this topic with a lot of sensitivity. I really enjoy fics that show Hermione learning from her mistakes, and becoming a better person (since she was never really allowed to do that in the books). I like how -by the end of your fic- Hermione had understood the ramifications of her own behaviour, and was taking steps to change as a person.
Not gonna lie; as someone who ships Ron/Luna in an AU capacity (despite being a Romione shipper at heart), I really liked the brief Ron/Luna pairing during the time Ron and Hermione were broken up, as well as how Luna understood that Ron and Hermione were still pining for each-other, and how Luna let Ron down easily. I think that really shows just how caring and sweet Luna is as a person.
Again, thank you so much for this brilliant fic! I had a great time reading it (as I do with all of your fics), and you've really helped me see how Ron and Hermione's relationship could play out post-war if they didn't evolve as people as they matured.

This is a very well written story, and it has a lot of realistic moments in it. There are many times that I sympathized with both Ron and Hermione's specific feelings about the relationship. That being said, the end of this story really makes me wish they definitively broke up. I stopped rooting for them halfway through reading. Their relationship in this story reminds me of every bad relationship I've ever had in some way. It does not remind me of the loving long term relationship I'm in now.

This is the first Romione Fic that gave me depression.I wish I hadn’t found it, the concept was really interesting but after the first 3 chapters it just seemed like a Fic written to belittle and bash the character of hermione.

I’m beginning to wonder why this is a M rated fiction...ur a good writer offcourse but I wish u had shown some desperationneed in eachother when they finally got back!

Gosh this chapter was so heart breaking, I was literally crying for them!

Oh my gooood!
I powered through this as fast as I could! I didnt sleep, I read while on the clock (dont tell my boss), I was reading as I cooked and ate dinner.
I was *obsessed* with knowing how they were going to work it out. Because of course they were, its Ronandhermione, but the journey back to that point was so intriguing.
I love that they both fucked up. It was not all one sided, as I've seen a thousand times. They were both very, incredibly human and it was very satisfying watching them be so *real*.
Maybe I'm not explaining right, I am a bit delirious. I think a nap is in order, and then a thorough reread.
Loved this fic, I'm so glad I found it; even so many years late. 3

I really thought I was going to be sick! Damn, those two can really fight.
Excellent job, dear author.