By Bobmin
Reviews
a_lost_memory posted a comment on Monday 7th January 2008 1:10am
Nevermind...hehe I thought this had already happened when I asked didn't Dudley already die and yea... I guess I skipped ahead and all of that! Woops my bad, now I'm sure your thinkin I'm an even bigger ditz, no contest, I am~hehe.
Thanks for the delicious chappies you've given us!
Stephanie
Portus posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 6:58am
My first review of any of your works...
Let me start by saying that the Sunset/Sunrise fics are quite possibly the most epic I have come across. Both are very well-thought-out and aside from quite a few grammar errors, I have enjoyed them immensely. I was never a Harry/Hermione-type person before beginning to read fan fiction in the summer of 2007, but now can see that almost as well as Harry/Ginny.
I really appreciate all the stories you two have written for the reading pleasure of anyone who cares to take the time, and want you to keep up the good work.
I also would like to see a third installment of Sunset/Sunrise, but have no idea where the story arc could possibly go.
Thanks again!
a_lost_memory posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 3:51am
I am sorry that I havn't reviewed before now, but I usually don't have time, I will however write you a nice long juicy one when I have the time and not about to head out to work... Anyways, I don't usually have questions for more than one chapter, as it's cleared up, but I took a look into the next, and didn't see the answer in the authors notes, so I just wanted to ask, and I do apologize if this sounds stupid and I just missed something, but its about Dursley, I had thought they killed him, when he shot at Harry?! So yea, I'm just wondering what the heck happened to bring him back, but hey maybe I'm just missing something, or whatnot!:p
Thank you so much for sharing all that you have and I can't wait to read more, though sadly I don't have the time too, but I thank you nonetheless for all that you've given those of us who had almost given up on good, and I mean really good, realistic stories that could be, especially in ya'lls case, published and out there, because they have the talent and plot and all the makings, and in your case, even better than a good lot of books out there!!! But I degress, and I have to run, so thank you and hopefully I will stop reading a chappie or two when I don't have the time to review or remember to do so;)
Thank you for bringing this and so much more to the fanfic community!
Stephanie
ginnysohma posted a comment on Saturday 29th December 2007 4:14am
That was one of the best stories I do believe I've read. The realness of everything, how every detail was thought of... Most stories I read, everything political is forgotten, the muggles are forgotten, and everybody slips through the battle unscathed. Everything had a reason, and a critical role. Things weren't just thrown in here for the hell of it. To read Sunset and Sunrise, it took me about a month. It was a month very well spent. I look forward to reading your otherworks. <br><br>All the best, <br>ginnysohma
JoTaylor posted a comment on Saturday 29th December 2007 1:39am
Excellent, just excellent. This is the second time that I've read your story and its not growing old at all. Riviting and compelling, I just couldn't stop reading! I love how you've developed the characters and especially how you've made Harry real, with flaws and everything, not just some superhuman-wizard that can do no wrong. Absolutely first class!
Ezmerelda posted a comment on Friday 28th December 2007 4:46pm
What a fantastic trip this has been! I enjoyed both stories immensely, but couldn't help but think your bloopers were slightly hypocritical, considering your misuse of its/it's, using the word causality instead of casually, mixing who's/whose, and using your when you should have used you're (and vice versa).
Always remember: if there's an apostrophe, it represents two separate words, i.e., it's equals it is, but its is possessive. You're is you are, your is possessive (I think I may be seeing a pattern here...:)), who's is who is, while whose is also possessive, as it relates to whom or which (there's that pesky pattern again!).
I had intended to point these errors out as they occurred in the story, but, let's face it, I got so wrapped up in what was happening with the plot, that I immediately hit the NEXT button, rather than scrolling down to leave a review.
At least your mistakes weren't as strangely disgusting as that "shit down" comment :) All in all, the errors weren't terribly disturbing, and you seemed to figure them out over the course of the story, so I'm probably beating a dead horse by mentioning them now.
Now, Bob can quit reading, 'cause this next bit is for Alyx only.
I'm jealous! I can only imagine how much fun it is to be able to share this with your husband. My husband hates my interest in fanfiction and gives me a hard time about it frequently. It doesn't help that he's not much of a reader (oddly enough, when he does read, he only reads historical texts, usually about WWII). Ah well, I'm sure it has its downside as well (don't tell me if it doesn't, because believing it does makes me feel better!).
I'm glad I followed the recommendation of Chem Prof and found this site and these stories. Oddly, I already had a user name, so I guess I found the site a long time ago and forgot all about it - strange, that. Anyway, thanks for writing, and for reading this ridiculously lengthy review. ~"~
dadscooking posted a comment on Wednesday 26th December 2007 11:27am
Just a silly note - it says Chatper 7????
Dadscooking
dadscooking posted a comment on Tuesday 25th December 2007 11:37am
I have a sexist question. Does Alyx write the sensitive love scenes while Bob handles the strategy/war parts. This story is broadly appealing and strikes a great balance.
Dadscooking
KEFIOX posted a comment on Sunday 23rd December 2007 3:30am
Bloody Brilliant!
That's about all I can say about the Sun series.
It's taken quite a while to read, (a few months on and off to be exact) seeing as how long it is, but it was definitely worth it.
The Sun series was definitely one of the best HP FF's I have ever read.
Seeing as how I myself am a H/Hr shipper, I would be more than ecstatic to read some more of your work should it be H/Hr. But even I know what makes a story good, and the ship isn't what makes a story good. So I shall most likely read your other stuff as well as Jeconais and some of the other authors stories on this site.
I personally don't like reading inprogress stories, because you never know what can change during the stories development. Which is why it took me so long to review. The one down side to that is the fact that I don't get to review and encourage you whilst writing, but it is something we can both deal with, I'm sure.
I will continue to read and enjoy your fics, so long as you keep making them.
Safety and Peace upon you and yours,
KEFIOX
Bobmin356 replied:
Well if you like H/Hr, you'll find a fair amount of it here. Hope you enjoy your reading.
Bob & Alyx
AnnaTigg posted a comment on Wednesday 19th December 2007 9:36pm
As requested in the author's note from chapter 32, here is a review - I was saving it until the end anyway! I just wanted to tell you that I have thoroughly enjoyed both Sunset and Sunrise. I thought your characterisation was excellent and your plot brilliant. I wish JKR had consulted you more when writing Deathly Hallows - I enjoyed book 7 but I think you could have done it better! I really liked the idea of the Borhterhood and how it involved such a diverse and interesting group of characters. Especially I liked the way you redeemed Draco, Narcissa and Millicent Bulstrode. I also enjoyed the portrayal of Ron, Molly and Dumbledore in this series - even in canon you can see it wouldn't take much for some characters to become Harry's enemies rather than his friends. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you very much for the hours of enjoyment this series has provided for me. I would try to send you some food but I don't think trans-Atlantic travel is very good for donuts...
C J Green posted a comment on Wednesday 19th December 2007 6:26pm
Great story guys,
I'm not very mobile as I have developed rheumatoid arthritis and reading fan fiction givers me an escape. This has entertained me for days....
The way I have formatted the story in Times New Roman 10 point it streches to 1561 pages!
Keep writing
Chris
dennisud posted a comment on Wednesday 19th December 2007 11:20am
I really hope you consider this for a future story;
-A Harry/Harmione/Luna story
-Set the summer after the 5th year
-Luna jions the Trio in the Hurux hunt, and both her and hermione develop feelings for Harry.
-Ron can be an Ass then finds redempton!
-The Weasley Twins hookup with the Patil Twins!
plus whatever you want!
Hope you can do it!
dennisud
dennisud posted a comment on Wednesday 19th December 2007 8:31am
Well what a read!
that saga so far has been the best Harry potter story I have read so far. and I have a few hundred on my had drive.
Lets go over some of what's standing out here.
overall it hooked me from the get go and kept me coming back through both "Sun" stories. The slow but well paced plot gave me a lot to read and think about. the grittiness of Sunset made this very riveting and emotions in me burst as much as Fuzz did.
;-)
And I liked the pairings and was sad at some of the deaths as things went.
the Dumbledore bashing was gradual and well paced while making the statement that JKR did not really see that character well in the canon. At least from a fan and reader POV.
Though I thought Draco/Ginny & Neville/Luna were a bit better in chemistry the pairings were 'real' to me and appealed to my sense of compassion.
A few critiques;
-Ron IMOh should have lived longer and somehow redeemed himself maybe in either Dying in Voldemort controlled Britain, or even as the brotherhood fled.
-Cho I think would have been a very intriguing character maybe as a threat to the various women if she had been allowed to go to Haven, where she would have either been a victim of the cursed dagger or find redemption there.
-Snape... well in some fanfics he was very 2-dimensional and in others either redeeming in some way or even more evil than Voldy-kins!
Severus I think would have done what Cho did here as he realized his position, yes he would have taken a girl and did what he did but his simmering conscious would have had him try to free her.
-Finally back to the positive, I think you both have the talent to now strike out and actually write a Fantasy novel. I so wish i could have bought a hardcover version of the SUN saga, so please consider this seriously!
dennisud
A minor Fanfic writer and Avid reader!
dennisud posted a comment on Tuesday 18th December 2007 12:33pm
I actually was rooting for ... say Rith Davis or Daphne Snodgrass as the girl. I think Cho's been si used and abused in amny harry Potter Fan fics, I guess she desrves a break somewhere.
Still I'll reserve a long review when I'm done with this Epic!
dennisud
dennisud posted a comment on Sunday 16th December 2007 1:19pm
I'm really getting to hate your louthsome characters and that is good. You have the feffect you wanted here.
Can't wait to see what come up next!
dennisud
Steve Stephan posted a comment on Friday 7th December 2007 3:30pm
I really enjoyed the story. I have not read any of your reviews but I would hope that alot of then, if being critical, would have said that this story should have stopped at chapter 30, and you should have started a post story. You had more than enough material for it. I would also hope that someone would have said or suggested that Harry should have gone through the procedure with Ginny in regards to his own leg, and I was hoping that you would have picked up on that in the next three chapters, but it never happened. Having been born with cllub feet myself in the late sixties and learned to walk late during the seventies, having to deal with retropatellar crepitus, then tearing and having to have 45% of my meniscus removed from my left knee, I could sympathize with both situations that you wrote with Terry and Harry. You left him in pain unnecessary in the story after the final battle when having a solution for that pain revealed with the solution that wrote for Ginny. The story was written into an abrupt end.
That is the end of my being critical. I do like your funny bits that you write prior to your story and after your story and I would really like to encourage the two of you to write something that is true funny and focus on that in a story. I think that it would be worthwhile and also be something of value to the readers.
Please continue the good work.
Steve Stephan
Zack Kay posted a comment on Thursday 6th December 2007 1:58pm
hahaha awesome! i hate to say it, but as soon as Charlie was heading back to england, he was gonna meet up with the ole bumblebee! Great job so far, can't wait to continue.
IssaBissa posted a comment on Wednesday 5th December 2007 12:19pm
Well it has taken me quiet a while to read through both of these stories but I am so very glad that I did!!! I loved the series!!! It was brilliantly put together and I am sad to see it end! I am looking forward to reading more of your work in the future!!!! You both really are absolutely fabulous writers!!!!!! Well Done! and Kudos to both of you!!!!!
derangedfangirl posted a comment on Wednesday 5th December 2007 8:01am
AHH!!!! The Girl was Cho!!!
I absolutely loved that plot line.... Until her identity was revealed, she absolutely smacked of Mrs. Lovett in my opinion.
Ahh, Sweeney Todd references... :]
Your stories are incredible, and I can't wait to read the rest!
Lillith Desiree posted a comment on Wednesday 9th January 2008 11:16am