Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 11 from Sesc on June 18, 2008

Lol @ the A/N. Yes, that's how I work through Writer's Blocks, too. If you don't want to write, it's not a Writer's Block. Gotta love definitions. Other than that, maybe not your best chapter, but certainly not actually bad. Insight into Harry was done well, IMO. I have to re-read the whole thing though, one of these days. I keep forgetting what happenend. Finally, found this: ... or the _reason very why_ said psychologist kept that secret stash of whiskey in their office. I believe that should be _the very reason why_, instead. May your occasional writing become more frequent ;)

Author reply
I'll drink to that. Thank for catching the typo; I think my lysdexia was kicking in when I wrote that. ;D

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 11 from whatareyouevensaying on June 18, 2008

Pretty interesting update. This is a rather tough fic to keep track of, though, and I think I'm going to have to reread it before the next chapter comes. Looking forward to it.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 11 from aduroconglacio on June 17, 2008

Nice. An update long in the works, I'd imagine. Good development as always, and Harry's character continues to expand and improve with every scene. Keep it up!

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 10 from ReviewerOfTheWest on May 05, 2008

I'm glad to find this story again in a new place, please keep going.

Author reply
Cheers, man. It's good to hear from you.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 10 from whatareyouevensaying on March 22, 2008

Pretty solid story you've got here. I like the slow start on the pairing front, but I wish we could get a few more canon characters introduced pretty soon. Looking forward to more.

Author reply
Harry should be going back to Hogwarts in the next chapter. Pairings will be very "loose" for the lack of a better word; there won't be any serious relationships for quite a while. Cheers, Mic

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 10 from Voice of the Nephilim on March 10, 2008

Good chapter. Very obviously this is not going to be a PoA rewrite, rather taking things in a completely different direction. I'm curious to see which direction it veers in next.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 9 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 24, 2008

Great chapter. I would think it's going to be very hard for Shorner to cover this up, but we shall see.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 8 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 24, 2008

Good chapter. How ungrateful the Ministry is, after the favor Harry granted them.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 7 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 24, 2008

Good chapter. I would have liked to have seen Harry's actually fighting La Muerte's men, but i can see that from a dramatic standpoint, the way you wrote it makes more sense.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 6 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 24, 2008

Good chapter. It would seem the Ministry is going to be a bigger obstacle than Voldemort in the early chapters. Perhaps the later ones as well, we shall see.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 5 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 23, 2008

Very short chapter, but still good. It certainly seems Harry won't have to deal with Privet Drive in this story anymore.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 4 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 23, 2008

Good chapter. Well, it would seem there's the explanation for the time travel.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 3 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 23, 2008

Short, but good chapter. I don't think I've seen Knockturn Alley portrayed in this sense before. I like.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 2 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 23, 2008

Good chapter. I'm curious to see how the time-travel is explained. It's obviously not a soul transplant, since Harry has the physical attributes of his future self, along with his garments. Your back story for the veil was well done. Actually, all the concepts surrounding the Department of Mysteries were well done, most so the thorough description of Harry's aura. I hope you do explain further about that, since you've not said how his aura was taken.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 1 from Voice of the Nephilim on February 23, 2008

A very good beginning. I like the idea of Voldemort being only one of many assholes intent on ruining everyone's day.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 9 from Andromalius on February 21, 2008

Very nice, I love the concept of the Special Forces, as well as the background that you detailed. Also, unless I'm very mistaken, the plural of Inferius is Inferi, not Inferni.

Author reply
Ack, typo! Thanks for catching that. Yeah, Special Forces was fun to mess around with. But like everything else in CR, this is no the last you'll see of them. -Mic

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 9 from yea on February 21, 2008

words: O M G this was fucking amazing well, the whole story is but if i start now, you'll get pages of compliments. i love everything about it and how harry is so ------- powerful, and tough as nails yet believeable with his trauma. i was looking forward to seeing sirius meet harry but im in too good of a mood right now to really complain. please update soon ! [off to crackle w/ delight]

Author reply
That comes up in the next chapter. Sirius is a little harder to capture than Shorner or Creavan because he's genuinely crazy - or at least my version of him is. ;P Cheers, Mic

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 8 from Banner on January 27, 2008

*Breathtaking* action scenes. The characterizations are as gripping as they are terrifying. I can see Our Harry in this older man - and the similarities make me want to weep. There's so much going on in this story; so many actions and decisions being made without Harry knowing. I have so many questions, I don't know where to start! More please!

Author reply
Hahaha! Wait for the next chapter it gets even more complicated! Thank you for your kind words and I hope to hear more from you. -Mic

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 8 from World on January 27, 2008

Damn you for keeping me out of my bed! Honestly, I didn't want to stop reading. It's simply very good. The only thing I could critizise is, at some points, some lack of explanation. I have not read the Dresden Files, and as such seem to lack a bit of knowledge that you assume to be known. It's not much that, I think, that needs more detail. However, for example the implications of Mab's identify as revealed at the end of chapter four are not quite clear for someone like me who only knows the Dresden Verse through few crossovers. I'm definitely not saying your story needs to be chock full of explanations. Just a few words here and there for the uneducated reader. Other than that, I have found nothing to critizise. Sorry ;)

Author reply
The lack of knowledge, though I'm sure it's irritating, is deliberate. I'm bringing the reader in half-way through the story and the details like Mab and the Old World will be woven into the plot-line as the fic progresses. But it's good to hear you enjoyed and the next chapter should be up within the next four to five days. -Mic

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 8 from joe_6991 on January 25, 2008

Hey again, Well I caught up today after realising that chapter three was not the most current chapter, which is definitely awesome to see on a story such as good as this. I just re-read that first sentence I wrote, and instead of correcting it, take note for constructive criticism, that that is definitely NOT the way to word a compliment. "...Such as good as this..." Damn, shoot me now. I'm loving the plot development and how badass Harry is. Those are the best stories, in my humble opinion, where Harry is hard and fast, cool and smooth - and kicks so much ass that no one is left unpunished! Gotta take a lot of punishment to be that badass, oh yes indeed. The more and more references to the Dresden Files just add extra icing on the cake, and its not like some poorly baked cake with egg shell and watery icing in it. Your story, your cake, is full of fluffy sponge and the icing is so thick and heavy and dripping with melted chocolate that I would kick a puppy for more. And that could possibly be the worst comparison I've ever made, but I think it made sense. Again, nothing but a handful of spelling/grammar errors that in no way detract from the awesomeness of the narrative, that does indeed flow like a leaf set upon a gently trickling summer stream - again, a crappy comparison, but I'm not at my awesome best today owing to the six-pack of Corona I saddled up with over dinner. Curse lemon and lime... curse it, I say. Mab is one hot inhuman bitch, and I hope Harry gets the best of her if she tries to screw him over. Harry Dresden always come out on top - well, alive, at least - and always has a cutting and witty parting remark which is a moral victory, if nothing else. I write to be a better writer, as well, to learn new tricks and better grammar, spelling, so on and on... more to get a feel in the reviews of how people perceive or enjoy my writing - what worked, what didn't. I can tell you in all honesty that what you're doing works. Ha, it's too good for fanfiction! And I'm not talking about the plot, which can only be fanfiction. If I can offer anything by the way of constructive criticism at this stage, it would be that I found some of the paragraphs - not many, not often - could have been written with less words, and I only saw that because I was looking hard for something to constructively criticise. Just once or twice it felt like I was reading not a story, but a shopping list. It's definitely something that would be ironed out were this an original story, something you planned on actually getting published, during the editing stage, and can't be avoided when adding neccessary description and detail. Hope that was constructive, as I could find very little to criticise over the current posted chapters - which is good! Thanks for an awesome story and an awesome bunch of unexpected chapters - hope to see the next one soon. All the best, joe

Author reply
Yeah, there are times when the story feel a bit awkward to write, like I'm forcing it in a direction it doesn't want to go. Though after chapter six, Harry's the one writing this - I'm just hanging onto the reins and hoping I don't get run over. Which paragraphs were the ones that felt like a grocery list? I've lost count of how many times I've re-edited this thing. -Mic

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 8 from Lord Ravenclaw on January 24, 2008

I hadn't gotten around to reading this story for a long while, but it truly is excellent. Flows well and is quite interesting to read. It's a pleasure to see it here at PC.

Author reply
Hopefully I'll have the time to update it more than every four months.

Review for Circular Reasoning Chapter 3 from joe_6991 on January 23, 2008

Hey, Well damn, I've never found so much quality fanfiction in one place without having to wade through an ocean of seething crap over at FF.net. Read through three stories today here on patronuscharm and all of them have been great. Until this one. Just kidding - I'm loving the story. The detail, the descriptions, and any and all mention to the Dresden Files gives you top marks right from the start. The Dresden Files are awesome, and I hope you sue more of that universe as the tale progresses. So far the plot has been great - not too cliche in regards to Harry-goes-back-into-his-younger--self-to-stop-war type stories. This is actually quite refreshing, just like Sealed Fate by Dark Stallion, which I began today as well. Only that's where the similarities with any other story ends. The premise is great, and written in a way as to be easily accepted. I liked that older Harry and younger Harry merged into one - that's cool, especially with his scars and tattoos and such. I reckon his friends are going to be more than a little surprised about that. As of this latest chapter I think I can see a few ways in which the story might be heading, but as always I hope I'm dead wrong and that you keep the surprises rolling. This Harry seems kickass and I can't wait to see him in action back in his younger self. The whole Knockturn Alley underworld I haven't seen before, so again top marks there, as well. Stories that break away from the genre and have more than a sprinkling of originality are just awesome, and this is one of those stories. Great stuff! On the semantics side of things I didn't see any major spelling or grammatical errors, and definitely nothing that detracts from the fun of the story in any way. Looking forward to reading future updates and seeing where this goes... All the best, this_old_dance

Author reply
Thanks man. I rarely have time to write, so it's always hard to track down where I left off which can lead to endless frustration. Hearing that it flows well is pretty damn satisfying. Look forward to hearing more from you and constructive criticism is welcome - I'm writing to teach myself how to be a better writer, not to get more reviews. If something doesn't strike you as right, let me know. Cheers, Mic