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Reviews For For The Boy Who Has Everything
I have read all of the chapters up to now in spite of myself. You write very well. I started out of an idle sense of curiosity and I liked that you said Snape wouldn't get a mother of the year award. I hate it when Snape and Harry fall in love too quickly. There doesn't seem to be any danger of them falling in love at all here. And I am intrigued as to what is wrong with Remus of course. And how could Snape just suddenly be Harry's guardian? I nearly stopped reading when Arhtur and Molly have turned against HArry. I hate that. The whole thing is a big mystery and I will have to keep on reading to satisfy my curiosity. I feel so sorry for Harry. ~Lesley~
Author's Response: Trying to figure out how to reintroduce info that Harry would have learned at the end of the 5th book, and what would have changed as a consequence of my changes to Rowling's version, has been one of the challenges while writing this story.
You've built up the mystery so thick here that I felt close to tears of frustration on Harry's behalf several times over the course of this chapter. There is *so* much going on that he just isn't aware of - it's maddening, not just for him but for the reader. While I appreciate the suspense, I'm almost ready to say it's too much. The main character has spent so much of his time in abject despair; and the worst part of it is Lupin himself, who, as Harry points out at the end of this chapter, was in his support until very recently. Now, whatever his reasoning, Lupin is ignoring Harry completely when he isn't being rude to him. Holding back Harry's letters adds to the impression of your main characters as isolated and reviled. The mystery has been fascinating, but it's hard to enjoy this level of tension for very long; it's literally painful to read. -Kirinin
Author's Response: I don't think the slash is going to be too overt in this story until practically the end, but thanks for reminding me that I still haven't hinted at any. And for some odd reason this also reminded me that I completely forgot about Kreacher. :-)
Author's Response: Thanks, Jan. I think Remus is having a hard time acceping that his feelings toward Harry have changed, but there clearly is something wrong with him on top of that. And Harry really has terrible timing. Night of the full moon and Remus had just argued with Snape? Harry was just asking for it.
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