Here are the 5 Fan-fictions I read and reviewed...
1)A Man Can Change - A Harry Potter Fan-fiction
Synopsis: This is a re-write of the last year of the Harry Potter books with only Hermonie and Draco as the main characters.
Critique: I’m not really a fan of HP fan-fictions(Even thought I loved the series) but because I was told by a friend that this one was good, I gave it a try. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this. The way the author wrote is really similar to JKR’s writing style so it felt like a spin-off of the real books and not just something a fan wrote. I also liked how the story stayed true to the books and any new objects or people added were believable enough to fit in. Also, after reading this, my view of Draco has changed. Usually he is portrayed as the villain, but in this case we get to see the reasons why he does what he does, and that shows him in a softer light.
2)White Rabbit - Alice in Wonderland Fan-fiction
Synopsis: When a person dies, they get given 3 choices; re-incarnation, moving on to heaven or a chance to live in Wonderland. In this story, we follow the lives of all 4 of the royal houses in Wonderland (Hearts, Spades, Clubs and Diamonds)
Critique:Besides from calling the world Wonderland and having reference to the White Rabbit, it doesn’t have much from the books. The way it was written was ok, I just didn’t like it when there were paragraphs filled with too many short sentences. It felt rushed and like they were trying to put random information all into one paragraph. Also because the point of views kept changing I found it hard to keep up with what was going on. Overall, I liked the idea of how people are given a choice after death, and that death isn’t just the end. But because I couldn’t get past the random view changes(Which I don’t think was intentional) I couldn’t fully enjoy the story.
3)False Memories - Charmed Fan-fiction
Synopsis: Set in the Charmed world after the episodes Chris-Crossed and Prince Charming when Chris appears from the future along with a future Leo.
Critique: Instantly you can tell that the random person from the future is the author rewritten into the show/series. Even thought some of the things said to move the story along quicker was direct, it didn’t rush the storyline. Usually when I was watching the series, I would get annoyed at how obvious some of the clues were to their problem. This story though made me very happy because everything was solved quicker when the author just solved the problems through the future character. Overall I enjoyed the story, it flowed well and was easy to read.
4)Watching Ugly Betty - Ugly Betty Fan-fiction
Synopsis: The Medes are sent the completed series of Ugly Betty (sent from a stranger known as S.H.) to watch, A month before Betty comes into their lives.
Critique: I liked the idea of showing characters their story, and watching their reactions. I’ve never heard of that being done before so I thought it was really interesting. Although it was a good idea, after a while it became a bit boring since not much really happened. The writing also wasn’t descriptive enough e.g, “Claire was happy,” “Daniel was sad.” Besides all that I did like it and luckily the author stops only after 11 Chapters, which is as much as they could have written without overdoing it.
5)You Are My Heart Of The Ocean - Percy Jackson/Titanic Cross-over
Synopisis: Annabeth, currently engaged to Luke, goes aboard the Titanic, where she then meets Percy.
Critique: At first, I thought that this was basically a re-write of Titanic. Which I found boring(I didn’t feel like re-reading/watching Titanic) The only thing that seemed different about it was that the characters were replaced with the ones from the Percy Jackson series. It took quite a long time for more supernatural events to occur(About chapter 11) Which at that point I started to pay a bit more attention. The story was interesting, I just didn’t find the characters believable in some parts. Since the Titanic was set during 1912, I expected the characters to think and act more old fashioned but in this, they acted too modern, which ruined it for me.
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