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Landing on his feet by Dante Stark-M

Discussion in 'Almost Recommended' started by yankee, Jul 12, 2008.

2.5999999046326/5, 5 votes
  1. yankee

    yankee Squib

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    Jul 12, 2008 #1
    Title: Landing on his feet
    Author: Dante Stark
    Rating: M
    Genre: Adventure/Humor
    DLP Category: The Alternates?
    Pairing: None yet
    Status: 20000+/4 chapters
    Summary: 37 year old Harry Potter's mid-life crisis is coming up. Its a bit more extreme than most. AU
    Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4183169/1/Landing_on_his_feet

    I thought it was entertaining. The humor is hit or miss and there doesn't seem to be a major plot point yet. The action scenes are written fairly well. I can see this going downhill if it gets too weird, but its a 4/5 for me now.
     
  2. BioPlague

    BioPlague The Senate DLP Supporter

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    Jul 12, 2008 #2
    Lost me around "Amazonia". Not going to rate it since I can't take this serious. Maybe it's someone else's cup of tea.
     
  3. JoJo23

    JoJo23 Unspeakable

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    Jul 12, 2008 #3
    I have been following this for some time, the Amazonia bit is merely the set up. Pretty funny fic, but it does fall flat occasionally and has a slow update rate. 4/5
     
  4. Goddessa39

    Goddessa39 DA Member

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    Jul 12, 2008 #4
    It's not a bad story, and Harry gets fucked over many times. Nothing is really as it seems I guess and the Magical world in one place is a little hyper military in its magic.

    Meh. It makes sense but I couldn't really read it with a smile past the first chapter and chapter three made me sulk. But it's okay. 2/5 from me, though the author's language skills and form are quite readable.
     
  5. knothead

    knothead Groundskeeper

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    Jul 13, 2008 #5
    It's okay. The Amazon section reads like it's separate from the story, and I'm not getting many laughs out of the rest. 2.5 stars.
     
  6. Goddessa39

    Goddessa39 DA Member

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    Jul 13, 2008 #6
    On the good idea, I'm surprised by how little the Amazonian women are ever mention in the HP fandom. And the authors rapid change from grape-love to a succulent heart of our hero is fluid.
     
  7. mikey_revit

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    Jul 14, 2008 #7
    I got all the way to the conversation with Flamel and I couldn't take it any more. 2/5 only because I could believe the first chapter
     
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