Reviews for "Malfoy's Worst Memory"

Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:49 am

This is really wonderful, Weavil. I wish I knew how to throw in so much atmosphere and many sly, telling details with as much ease as you do. I'll look forward to more.

Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:42 pm

Time constraints and a "stop staring at the monitor NOW" headache have limited me to only reading the first chapter and the beginning of the second for the moment, but I will most certainly be returning to catch up. So far so good, though. Your characterization of Draco is top notch - not at all the one-dimensional bully he has the potential to become if one doesn't handle him carefully, but instead a genuinely believable person. He maintains his pretense of arrogant superiority but is still very much a child (the concern about one less birthday and Christmas present was an excellent touch), and it's clear that he comes by his haughiness honestly, but you don't go to the unnecessary step of using that to excuse his actions or make him a hapless victim of circumstance. I don't know how it is in the books (not having actually read them, heathen that I am), but you've certainly given him more depth than he has in the movies, which is something that, at least in my opinion, he deserves.

Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:52 pm

I love the detail in your writing. Your words paint such a clear picture. I really enjoyed reading this.

Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:36 pm

I have to agree with Nancy, though I neglected to say so before - you create an incredibly detailed world, but there's nothing forced or unnatural about your descriptions, and I'm very impressed at the way you keep that balance. I'm also quite blown away by the very adult intensity you've managed to bring to a world that was originally brought to the public's attention in kid-friendly form. Not an easy task, I'm sure, but you make it seem so, because the story itself is so engaging in every sense.
And I can't quite find the most eloquent way to respond your depiction of Lucius, but I think what I mean to say is something along the lines of "Oh, HELL yes!" Wink smiley face

I was pretty well hooked from the start, of course, but you gave the man a past and a set of human insecurities that make him no less imposing but all the more fascinating. Exponentially so, in fact. I think when I finally do sit down and read the books, this will be the lens through which I see him.

Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:06 pm

Excellent ending! Father/son bonding at its finest and most gleefully incendiary. I think it says a lot for the humanity of the characters that even high-born wizards can appreciate the cathartiv nature of property destruction. All aroud, well done. Smile smiley face

Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:08 pm

I have trouble imagining that one of the main characters takes the action he does (no spoilers here), but outside that, you've created a full and convincing world, Space. Nice to see within the compound, as it were, and experience things from that side of the door for a change.

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