Reviews for the Secret of Slytherin

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purpleshrub 2008-06-26 ch 52,	abuseHi Kirin, I stumbled across your story, “The Secret of Slytherin” by way of another author’s favorites page. I’m glad I did, because I really enjoyed it. Actually, I read the story in three sittings. The first, I was almost late to work, the second almost made me miss a train out of town, and the third nearly made me later to work again! So needless to say I found it quite engrossing and tough to put down. My favorite part of the story is your characterization. None of the characters felt like clichés of themselves (if that makes any sense)—it was especially refreshing to see a more mature Ron. Also, none of them was portrayed as too perfect or anguished (often a problem for Snape and Draco fans). I really liked the growing friendship between Lupin (my fav HP character-too often Snape-mentors-Harry fics neglect him) and Snape. You treat Snape with much more affection than I do; but then, I suppose I tend to be fairly harsh on him. I was happy you kept ships out of the story, yet at the same time wondered how you would have paired off people, had you included that. : ) I do wish I could have seen more scenes of the summer with Harry and Snape and gotten a clearer picture of how their relationship evolved. I feel the whole set-up of Harry alone at Hogwarts with a few of the staff could have been explored more. I was also rather disbelieving that no (or hardly any) people died over the course the story. Again, this is my bias, since in my story I wiped out a vast swathe of Wizarding Britain. There are also a few niggling question I have such as, who was the traitor who helped the death eaters in at the end? And I was surprised to find Voldemort in Hogwarts, since I thought the torturing of Snape and the attack were concurrent. You may have answered these questions-I did read the story quite fast. I swore once I’d never pimp out my own stories, but I’m curious what you’d make of my story Slytherin’s Warning. It’s shorter than The Secret of Slytherin and not as good-more melodramatic, for one thing-but I think it does share some similar themes. No pressure though! In any event, The Secret of Slytherin was a fun read. Now I don’t read Ranma fic (or know anything about it, actually), so I hope you’ll share another HP fic in the not-too-distant future. Thanks for writing it. ~purpleshrub ps-I’ll check out your lj too. : )
Lrnd 2008-05-11 ch 52,	abuseThis was an awesome awesome story!!
The Sleeping Creature 2008-04-23 ch 14,	abuseOoh, what Tarot deck do you use? It sounds beautiful. I was wondering about that from the title-- I'm currently in the process of learning the Tarot myself. Ender's Game is one of my all time favorite books-- I can definitely see the resemblance, now that I've read that. Poor Harry...
Therio 2008-04-08 ch 52,	abuseGood story. I quite enjoyed it.
Wise Crack Idiots 2008-04-08 ch 11,	abuseFor this and all the past few chapters: This is, by far, the best Harry Potter fanfiction I've ever read. I nearly didn't want to leave my computer, it was that...breath-taking. I'll keep reading. Great job! ;D
AussieGirl600 2008-04-06 ch 52,	abuseSuperb story! Took me most of last night and this morning to read but it was worth every second!
Painted Inkblot 2008-03-29 ch 52,	abuseWow. Truly a great Harry Potter fanfiction. There's so much I loved about this story - the spot-on characterization, the actually un-anticipated twists, the humor, just the way it is WRITTEN... I enjoyed this fic all the way through.
Painted Inkblot 2008-03-27 ch 4,	abuseThis seems like an extremely original and interesting fic. I have no more time to read it today, but I already love it. Favorited.
centra228 2008-03-16 ch 52,	abusei finally noticed this epilogue this story was brilliant great job and keep writing
Mei.Mahou 2008-03-15 ch 3,	abuseOh... How delightfully twisted!
Mei.Mahou 2008-03-15 ch 2,	abuseThat is awesome. I almost didn't review because I wanted to read the next chapter.
Mei.Mahou 2008-03-15 ch 1,	abuseInteresting idea. Someone told me it gets better later on so I'll continue. ^_^
DeengoBlue 2008-03-15 ch 52,	abuseI did enjoy reading this. Your characterization seemed especially well-thought and well-written. I think, maybe, my favorite aspect to SoS was Professor Potter. I just can’t find too many Professor Potter stories out there—and I maintain that teacher Harry is far more believable—and preferable--(in my world) than Auror Harry. So, thanks for that. Some things tended to be picked up and then dropped and forgotten, but it was still enjoyable. Perhaps you have managed to fix some things on your postings of this elsewhere? One of my favorite lines from this: “worship the ground you stalk on”—made me lol. A lot. Anyhow, thanks for sharing this; it was great fun.
Magical Poof 2008-03-11 ch 52,	abuseIt was a long and interesting ride. I'm must commend you, I was actually holding back laughter at some parts. They were incredibly realistic and I could see the humor in them, so they didn't seem staged and stupid. It seemed wonderuflly natural and believable. I really loved the chemistry between the characters, though the innuendo made me a little leery sometimes. A gen fic is always my favorite kind. I'm a bit dissappointed to see that Draco was the one to kill Voldemort, after all Harry was built up as a savoir and whatnot, it's a bit of a let down, though I congratulate you on your originality. You did a wonderful job delving into the emotions of the characters and I really loved this fic :)
onaleia 2008-03-10 ch 52, anon.	abusechiming in well after the story is complete just to say: "Awsome!" Excellent characterization, original plot, brilliant use of suspense and pacing. I sure hope you've done a sequel: I'm on my way to look for one right now.

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