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Lightning on the Wave

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This book is long. This book is really long. This is longer than Atlas Shrugged. This is as long as the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy--twice. This book is too damn long.

"But Katey," you say. "Remembrance of Things Past is my favorite book. I re-read War and Peace every year. I am not afraid of a long book."

Well, hypothetical reader of my review (not sure who you are, no one reads my reviews), neither am I. If all of the hundreds of thousands of words are used well. And in this case...they're not.

Okay, this is fanfiction. I recognize that. It was written and posted chapter by chapter and not edited as a whole, which leaves me amazed that there is a coherent plot, let alone the overall quite excellent one that was produced. And admittedly, it has fewer typographical, spelling, and grammatical errors than some books I have read that are published and presumably did have a professional editor working on them (the notable exception being the author's use of "insure" when "ensure" is meant. I suppose it could be a valid regional variation, but I looked it up and couldn't find any evidence of that, so I think it's just one of very, very few errors in this, and it is unfortunately repeated often). Where the editing is really needed is in the content. I feel like there are a few conversations that Harry has over and over again with different characters, for example. Yes, it makes sense that he would have to tell these people separately, but it is not valuable to the reader to entirely repeat information that we already know from the last time he told someone. I can remember a few instances of redundancy in dialogue like that. In other places, it probably would have just benefited the book to cut down the overall verbosity.

Sometimes I thought back to something that had happened previously in the series, sure that it had been one or two books ago, and realized it was earlier in the same book. It felt like too much was going on in such a short period of time.

All of that said, I did enjoy it. I will continue to read this series. I just think it could have benefited from having about 10% cut from it, which still would have left it as a long book, but with a better use of that length.
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widdersyns | Jul 19, 2020 |
Ah, fan fiction. It draws you in with the fully-realized alternate universe, wonderful writing, characters who are distinct from the original versions in interesting ways, thrilling plots, and basically all-around excellence.

Then, in the fourth book (yes, full-length BOOK, of which there are SEVEN), they throw the Harry/Draco slash at you.

And I'm not even mad. Because it developed slowly (it was sort of obviously hinted at in the last book, if not all of the previous ones), it's not the main focus (it's barely even a thing. They kissed like twice in a 700-page book), and most importantly, it makes sense in context. Because so many fanfictions try to shoehorn this shit in, or they write something specifically to focus on the relationship (which is admittedly a completely different genre of fanfiction. I just would have been really disappointed if that was what this series turned into).

I think the gore thing was overstated. So many unnecessary warnings about how intense the last few chapters were. Seriously. They're not that bad. Yes, horrible injuries are sustained and lots of pain is felt, but the description isn't that graphic. I suppose the mere presence of the violence could be gross or uncomfortable or triggering for some people. But I promise, it's not that bad.

I guess my only real criticism is that everyone in this series is more than they seem. Harry, okay, he's the main character and his incredible power is the point. I don't have an issue with that. But if anyone seems weak or you might tend to underestimate them, they're going to surprise you. Ron has power that was blocked somehow and got released. Peter seemed weak and cowardly but he's a badass. Karkaroff also seemed weak and cowardly, but he had a serious evil plan. Luna's not just strange, she can actually communicate with inanimate objects. Is anyone actually just kinda weak and pathetic? I'm just waiting for Neville to have a serious badass moment, because he kinda deserves it.
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widdersyns | Jul 19, 2020 |
As I said previously, this is better than fan fiction has any right to be. The way that magic is written makes you see it and feel it in a unique and wonderful way. And while I had a few moments of thinking "why is that character doing/saying/acting like that? Real people don't act like that", all of my objections had reasonable explanations. This is really well-written.
 
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widdersyns | Jul 19, 2020 |
Even better than the first one. I love the characters. Narcissa is awesome. Remus is awesome. Dumbledore scares me. Compelling plot that mirrored the Chamber of Secrets while also containing new and creative elements. The exploration of occlumency is fascinating.
 
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