Title: A Midnight Weary
Author: Lady Azar de Tameran
Rating: T
Genre: Drama/Friendship
DLP Category: Alternates
Pairing: Implied H/LL/NL
Status: Oneshot
Summary: One Shot. Destiny knocks, but this time, Harry Potter isn't home.
Link: FFN

Very unique AU post-war resolution. Can't say much except that it paints a vivid picture.

 

A chilling portrayal of war-born apathy. Prose is understated but dramatic. 5/5.

 

Ugh. Too overwrought and weighed down with cliches to enjoy the otherwise good writing. I thought surely you meant HP/LL and NL/LL, not actual HP/NL and HP/LL. "I am disappoint" doesn't cover what I'm feeling after reading this:

>:-<

As if that weren't bad enough (and trust me: it is), we have the TIRED cliches of strategist!Ron, organized!Hermione, warrior-princess!Ginny (she takes out a dozen Death Eaters on her own), and the fact that despite planning to leave the still-dark and still-in-denial magical UK, the six of them still remain at Hogwarts to finish that whole post-LV school year.

Oh, and Ginny wants to marry a Squib or Muggle 'cause all the other wizard men (but not Ron or Harry or Neville) are "weak-minded" and "rely too much on their wands." Fail. Especially when the outcome of the one-shot is telegraphed by saying Ginny does find a war-damaged Muggle who can "understand all she's gone through" and that they have beautiful kids.

So yeah, nice try but it's oversimplified and dull, again despite the fact the author has decent skills. If she turned down the angst and emo to somewhere below 11, I'd be inclined to read more from her.

 

It was unconventional. I felt it was a much more realistic take on the whole 'Not my fight, 'scuse me while I hop the pond and go enjoy life' Harry Potter genre that was born out of Where in the World is Harry Potter. Though I admit I have a weakness for overly flowery and romantic prose.

I can see your points and don't share your opinion. I suppose it just comes down to personal preference in this case.

 

Don't misunderstand me. I don't have a problem with dense prose; I often fall victim to doing the very same thing. In fact, I said as much in my review.

My problem was with the cliches (and the Harry/Luna/Neville sandwich) and their stayingto finish a school year if they know they're getting out.

It was contrived for the purposes of showing their grief and fed up... ness? That's fine but I don't have to overlook it.

3/5 for the previously mentioned decent writing, but hey, opinions differ and your preferences, while incredibly inferior to mine, are perfectly valid. For you.

 

2.5/5 from me. After a certain point, prose moves from the acceptable level to the level of homicide. As stated by Portus, that point hit when the angsty emo shit started.

 

3/5, maybe 3.5/5. I didn't find it painful to read, there were even parts I liked. But there wasn't much of a point. They put all this planning and effort and patience into their goal but in the end it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. And the characters were all kinda samey, as far a characterization. The author writes well, but the good bits of this story are wasted on an indifferent plot.

 

I can't say i really liked it very much, but it was well done. 5/5 for style. The cliches were there, but hardly the main focus, or even really an important part of the story.

 

It was ok. 3/5