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A review by brindha
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing by G. Norman Lippert
1.0
The book is terrible. I am a great fan of fanfiction, and love how so many authors out there have taken JKR's world and added to it, so that now many intricate details from their stories are as familiar and natural as canon to me. This book, however, was a disappointment in every sense - dealing with Next Generation character development is hard enough, but the author tried to bring in an American influence, and it just didn't ring true.
Everything seemed false. Either go with "Slytherins or evil", or go with "Slytherins have changed since Harry's time and are now awesome". This was more of a "They seem nice, but with an aura of evil, but still nothing to protest about." Very unconvincing.
The only slightly interesting parts were how James dealt with his father's fame, being the first child to attend Hogwarts, but even that wasn't taken in an interesting direction.
And lastly, Ted Lupin and his "pranks". The author has tried way, waay too hard to replicate feelings we had for the marauders. "Wockets" seemed forced, and brought more of a grimace than a laugh. I have read numerous fanfictions where laughing at the Marauders' pranks was as easy as breathing.
So, to sum up:
Don't read this fanfiction. Just because it is available in book format, doesn't mean it should be.
Everything seemed false. Either go with "Slytherins or evil", or go with "Slytherins have changed since Harry's time and are now awesome". This was more of a "They seem nice, but with an aura of evil, but still nothing to protest about." Very unconvincing.
The only slightly interesting parts were how James dealt with his father's fame, being the first child to attend Hogwarts, but even that wasn't taken in an interesting direction.
And lastly, Ted Lupin and his "pranks". The author has tried way, waay too hard to replicate feelings we had for the marauders. "Wockets" seemed forced, and brought more of a grimace than a laugh. I have read numerous fanfictions where laughing at the Marauders' pranks was as easy as breathing.
So, to sum up:
Don't read this fanfiction. Just because it is available in book format, doesn't mean it should be.