Title: Ginny Potter and Hell's Portal
Author: Sarcasma
Rating: Fiction K+
Genre: Suspense/Romance
DLP-Category: General
Pairing: Harry/Ginny
Chapters: 14
Words: 54,038
Updated: Aug 17, 2015
Published: Jul 7, 2015
Status: Complete

Summary:
Harry's disappeared and no one can figure out where to. When the Ministry seems to be pushing Ron to give up on looking and Ginny suspects foul play, she takes it upon herself to figure out where her husband is. H/G

Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11364092/1/

Here's a story I came across yesterday. There are places where the story and the writing are absolutely library worthy, but they're not consistent, which makes me rate it a three for now.


Pluses: it's a unique story, avoiding a number of HP cliches while tackling some common literary topics (middle-aged doubts, normal relationship problems—not angsty, but realistic, etc.). The technical aspects of writing are pretty good, although the author does slip out of POV once or twice in tags. The Prologue sets up the story very well, and is quick enough that you soon get to Harry and Ginny.

Why not up for Review: As I said before, the writing is somewhat uneven. One example: some scenes drive the plot forward with little to no wasted words (prologue, for instance). In others, I found my self wondering why the scene was relevant, and wish the author would get on with the plot (which doesn't really take off until about the third or fourth chapter). Also, the chapters are a tad short: 17000 words and five chapters.

Nevertheless, it's definitely worth a read, and from the review I left, the author seems very open to constructive criticism.


Edit by Minion, October 3, 2015
Moved out of the Almost Recced Thread.
To be moved out of For Review October 24.

 

Sounds a lot like the death arch trilogy, though with a different timeline.

 

Never read it.

This one has only 5 chapter so far.

 

I like it so far. Decent writing, good characterization of Ginny, a well built mystery and excellent pacing. The writing is a bit spotty in parts, a few problems with tenses and a couple of spelling errors here and there. I can't fault the pacing though -- every chapter moves the plot forward, and that is the most important thing.

Good story. I recommend it.

@E.C. Scrubb: DLP thread for The Death Gate trilogy.

 

This thread was once part of the (now named) "New and Almost Recommended Harry Potter Fanfiction" thread.

I moved it here as it is complete and thus deserves its own thread.

 

Looks interesting. I'll be taking a gander; will review afterwards.

Thanks Stan, Dminion.