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Anybody else reading...
Posted on: Sat, 02/05/2011 - 07:58
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Anybody else reading...
Sitra Ahra by Voice of the Nephilim?
Just wanted to either praise or commiserate. Not sure which yet.
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It's different, isn't it? :-)
It was fairly obvious where he's coming from, but at least he's found a creative way to put the Weasleys through a sort of humiliation conga / dance of the scumbag. Except for the twins, of course. And his other favourite characters. Ho hum.
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Sitra Ahra by Voice of the Nephilim?
Just wanted to either praise or commiserate. Not sure which yet.
link?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4894268/1/Sitra_Ahra
...Chapter 2 was disturbing. I think that's where I stop.
Had a quick dip in and didn't really find anything I'd want to come back to read. Still, each to his or her own.
that I don't know at certain points if I'm still reading because it's a page-turner or because I'm waiting for it to get better - to end my frustration. It's like Dan Brown. Also the spelling errors, americanisms and overly-mature ten-year-olds are apparently a big draw for me. But here I am. Do I need a 12-step plan or something?
Horrific violence (which is not a deal-breaker and expected from DLP folk but sometimes lacks a grounded feel), inexplicable decisions made by characters, and genuinely good ideas about many things.
...Chapter 2 was disturbing. I think that's where I stop.
Yep, it really, really was. I put it down for a few days and then read more of it by accident. There you go.
...because usually violence isn't a deal breaker. But I think it was the callous attitude of the way that scene was written that got to me...that, and it was a favorite character. I also didn't know what I was getting into at the time: thought it would be more along the lines of Harry Potter: Lost going into that scene. Either way, it was late at night, and I needed to read some fluff before I could go to bed.
...Chapter 2 was disturbing. I think that's where I stop.
In which case, all I will say is:- You really, really, really, REALLY don't want to keep reading!
Some of the things he puts the characters through are horrific, in cases verging on gratuitous. I don't know what the moderating criteria on FF.N are, but there are a couple of points where he must surely be sailing very close to the wind.
The Rat
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Most if the authors that hover around the Dark Lord Potter site go for the more outré kind of stories - lots of badass!Harry and suffering and author-grudge character death. Still, some of my favorite authors are out of that, jbern being a main example.