I came to this thread excited at the prospect of my once favorite author writing again. But after reading the fic, I'm left with mostly disappointment. As Pers mentioned, this feels more like some of nonjon's early work, with the whole jaded Harry abandoning the wizarding world, thing. While that's not necessarily a misstep in itself, unfortunately his writing seems to have regressed as well. The characters are largely unrecognizable as themselves, character bashing, and an overabundance of telling instead of showing.

The story's readable and maybe even almost recommendable, but to any fan of nonjon, it falls short of the admittedly high expectations. The author's notes leave me with a small shred of hope that he'll continue writing and produce something as memorable as his other works, but in the same notes, he sounds as bored with the fandom as his Harry is of the wizarding world...

TL;DR
2.5/5

 

What every one else said

3/5


No but seriously, it feels weak. I think Anarchy said something to the effect of "dusting off his skills" and that's what it feels like.


Honestly you can take this entire one shot and create an idea out of it. As it is, it consists of Harry doing XY and Z with shots of Hermione going "wow" in between.

 

I hope he really is dusting off his skills. I hope even more for another novel length fic like A Black Comedy.

 

Surely you mean the other way round.

As for myself, yeah consider who we're dealing with here, not what I expected especially when all of Harry's reasoning was terribly flawed.
2/5

 

Indeed I do. /thanks

 

It certainly is well written, Nonjon did a good job by it. It was a pleasurable read for the first 1000 words or so, where I was thinking, here it goes, a "let's find Harry Potter" Story that doesn't make Harry a Super-Immortal-Transmorphing-God. Well, it didn't. But as said before, it's just the same as every story out there about the genre.

So, good style, no captivating plot:
2/5

 

It was well written, but the content was lacking.

2/5 from me.

 

I am a big fan of nonjon and when I found a notice in my inbox that there was a new story I was ecstatic. So I read it, then reread it just to make sure I had a few more sentences that popped out. Total 5 Stars of 5.

...am I the only one remembering nonjon's previous drabble/oneshot where he gets pushed to be emperor of the earth because his and Luna's 'pet sex kitten from the future' or whatever intraorbed the blonde? LOL! Mentions of spaceflight here too but goes a little into the more Fae aspects as well as Harry admitting that the wizarding world as a society does not really hold any good meanings for him Go Harry!

 

I want to give this one a 4/5. Personally, I fucking loved it. Not for the characterization or any of that. Nor for the cliches that people brought up. Those were never strong points for nonjon, always supplemented by his humor, forgiving us them.

And really, nonjon has never been the best writer, prose-wise, but he's the king of comedy.

There is little here, so I see why some may feel some disappointment.

Though, loved Luna, not-cannon as she was.

I love it for the fact of the light-hearted nature and the, I guess, sense and tone that Harry wanted to go elsewhere. Which him not liking the wizarding society is vital for. I didn't exactly see it as bashing, more the character not liking it.

Hated Dumbledore in it, though. That was a mess of a cliche.

Dunno, the tone and Harry wanting to leave on a ship to the Dog Star was just such a great idea, I think. His wistful attitude, super-powers aside, was great. Loved the tie-in for Atlanteans being aliens as well, and think he did that well. It was also nice to see the wizards not being the cream of the crop as well. That there was more magic out there they had not explored. The Forgotten Realm and Altantis stuff.

Plus, it got my imagination going about wizards on a ship exploring some vast unknown sea. Space in this regard. So the fact it inspired me plays a lot in how much I like it.

But, I don't rate on ideas alone or inspiration there of.

So for the library, 3/5. I definitely think it deserves more than 2/5, though.

 

This is DLP. Isn't is supposed to be tough?

This story is just not as good as his other stories. But I enjoyed it anyway.

4/5

 

Im no fan of Nonjon, and i never liked A Black Comedy. But this fic is so ridicules i don't know how i finished it. I'll give it a 2/5 just because no matter how much i don't like his stories they are still well written.

 

I'm no grammar whore, and I never like people nitpicking others posts. But this post is ridiculous, I don't know how I finished it. I'll give it a 2/5 just because no matter how lazy a poster is I know that I'm bound to make some grammar mistakes myself.

Ok, it certainly wasn't what I expected going into reading a Nonjon fic, but I don't think it was bad because of that. The premise was alright, though not really my cup of tea. The characterization was so-so at best, though there were points that I think really nailed it. The grammar and spelling was superb as usual. Overall I would have to say that it's about a 3/5. It was a fun read for most of it, but there were parts that I really wanted to skim, and probably would have except that it's Nonjon. Not his best work, but I certainly hope it means he will be writing again.