Honestly one of the most delightful stories I’ve read from the Potter fandom in a long time. It captures the somewhat whimsical nature of the books almost perfectly, while expanding on the universe and keeping the characters true to themselves. The author has a talent for language and mimicking JKR’s style that is truly wonderful. A nice little slice of life that I desperately needed. 5/5

 

I enjoyed reading this. Good grammar, or at least I didn't notice anything that would break immersion while skimming. Characterization was on point - maybe canonesque, at least pretty close. A bit too much tell instead of show, but some of the character interactions are really good.

The premise is is interesting, as I don't think we have a relaxed but serious topic political drama fic - of course this fic isn't that, but that's what it promised.

The problem for me is that there is very little conflict, or indeed very little of anything happening. Part of this is the canon-like characters, that is to say the Hermione problem. Need the press to play nice? Hermione. Need to draft a bill? Hermione. Who gets a place on the super exclusive (which is part of the setup) hereditary council? Hermione. Admittedly, by that point like half the council has gifted their seats to Harry, so it doesn't actually make a difference, but still.

Basically this story is: Decent setup, actually quite interesting, good interactions. And then everything worked out just fine.

 

Solid story, filled with enjoyable turns of phrase. It could have done with another twenty five thousand words to flesh things out a bit, show more of the main plot, and add some conflict, but honestly the way the 'conflict' played out is the way things should/would have gone in canon anyway with the state of the Wizard World after the war. 4/5 from me.

 

This was a fun one. Solid writing, and I enjoy a Harry who’s clearly trying his very best to just keep to himself, like a happier Sum of Their Parts. The ending was a bit sudden, but the author said they didn’t know how to continue it, and I can appreciate someone knowing when to just stop. 4/5

 

Solid slice of life, if a bit short. Especially when it hit one of my pet peeves (namely unresolved feelings of dissatisfaction) with post war Harry.

Had quite a solid grasp on little tidbits of magic in the everyday objects, one of the better aspects of Harry Potter. 3/5 from me.

 

I really liked it. Though it isn't a oneshot Ao3 has a handy feature that lets you view the whole fic at once so it feel like one, which I would recommend you do. It's funny and light hearted while still maintaining just enough gravity to keep you invested in the outcome, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

5/5

 

4/5

I found this a fun read and I was left wanting for more.

Interesting premise, engaging writing (although I did skip past the cooking bits which bored me), and competent writing. Where it falls flat in my view is that one: the plot moves at too fast of a pace for me to truly enjoy it and two: if you step back away from the fast moving plot, you see some of the flaws in the world building and it starts to lose its luster. In particular for me, the politics of the world just didn't make sense. Not from a world building perspective mind you, but in how the characters responded to what Harry was doing. It was wasn't realistic, people would not sit by and be that incompetent.

 

What a pleasure to read. Short, sweet, funny and very well written.

4.5 rounded up to 5 with the half point coming because there could have been a tad more conflict.

Deserves to be in the library for sure.

 

My problem with this fic -- and with all such fics, no matter how well written -- is summarised in Chapter 1:

Fundamentally, I cannot suspend my disbelief that the Order and their allies, who have just won a civil war against the pure-blood establishment via force of arms, would be willing to just sit back and let the law get in the way of "cleaning house". I recall having such a discussion with Sesc regarding Unatoned, and the same applies here.

While I am interested in a political Harry without all the manipulative Dumbledore baggage, which pays attention to the real wheeling and dealing of politics rather than giving everything to Harry on a plate... the period immediately after DH seems the least appropriate time for it in the entire series. Civil war is what happens when institutions stop working and people take the law into their own hands. The natural and inevitable conclusion of such a conflict is that social institutions are remade in the image of the victor. Portraying Harry and Kingsley as the underdogs when they have just achieved military victory just doesn't wash for me, and I don't think it ever will. It would be like the Allies of WWII failing to convict anyone at the Nuremberg trials because of argument that the Nazis' actions were legal under German law at the time.

Otherwise -- the story is well written, though I don't think it's quite as well written as those above have said. There's been more than one point where I've had to re-read lines because they haven't parsed properly. Just one example:

When you first read the "that's not the point" line, you read it with Hermione's voice - she had been the one who had last spoken before Ron, and you can see that her name comes next after the dialogue, which you associate with a "Hermione said".

While it's true that the author was aiming for us to be surprised that it was Harry saying it, rather than Hermione, they've rather overachieved their aim, because it literally reads as if Hermione said it, and then you have go back, re-read, and correct your understanding of the scene.

Overall I'd give this a 4.5/5, rounded down to 4 because the title is not capitalised properly.

 

I'll echo what @Taure says about the Order just letting the Wizengamot do its thing, which, incidentally is not an uncommon trope in post-war fics. Which bothers me, but whatever.

That said, this was humorous and thoroughly entertaining. It's well-paced, the prose is reasonably tight (with some clumsily executed phrases), and it does what it sets out to do, which is more than a lot of fics manage.

The characterisation is also top-notch.

I give it a solid 4/5. Definitely Library worthy.

 

I’ll drop a third on what @Taure and @CaffeineAddict said. Everything reverting in this way just doesn’t quite seem plausible and it’s the failing of pretty much every political fic.

Really, the keystone of this piece is the prose and tone. It feels like something out of the early books. The touch of whimsy, absurdity, and humor that are all there.

Beyond that, it’s straightforward and concise. We get the story on the cover in a quick 45 minute read along with a small slice of the world after book seven without delving too deeply into any of it.

I also loved the recipes, they’ll probably show up here in a few days.

I’ll give it a 4.5/5 rounded up.

 

Well written and humorous, some of the concepts may be a bit far-fetched but this wasn't designed to be a grand political drama. It's a fun, easy read story with some truly exceptional sentences. The characters all work together brilliantly, driving the plot even further and creating a flow that is all too pleasant to follow. The writing is engaging and clear, and a few more chapters would not have gone amiss.

 

I remember reading this months ago and loving it. Harry's characterisation is great, the recipes are a nice touch (went disastrously wrong for me but that's because I can't cook anything without burning it). The political side of it was kind of out there, not something that would happen in real life not even in the wizarding world, but it's fanfic so who cares. the writing's great, feels like reading JK only funnier

 

I really like this. It has a very good canon Harry and the interaction between the trio and other characters was really well done.

I would like to disagree slightly with taure and some of the others. The Harry potter books as written are a story about a failed civil war, a failed rebellion. If we are generous to jk and assume the people who joined voldie had real grievances (though not valid ones). Then whatever the ministry was doing was objectionable otherwise why rebel in the first place.

Given that reasoning it seems likely that whatever is restored after the war is resolved will closely resemble what came before rather than some new regime. After all it's never in the books made to be a 3 sided conflict.

I'm not really defending the choice just saying from canon it might be a valid extrapolation. Though this story does kind of contradict me by still having a very backwards government.

Anyway, far too much waffling:

4/5