Love in the Time of Zombie Apocalypse
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[3.5 / 5; 1st half 4-4.5 / 5, 2nd half: 2.5-3 / 5] Before I dive into the review of “Love in a Time of the Zombie Apocalypse” grant me a second or two to explain why this was such an unusual choice for me. First of all, I read the Harry Potter novels extremely young, I grew up on waiting for the next one to be published and then actually reading it in one sitting on a school night (oh, choices were as regrettable back then). As a kid I loved them, as young teen I’d already outgrown the hype and the world itself, which is such a shame. I moved on to other fantasy worlds, high fantasy as I would call it today, quick and started to look down a bit on the HP-world. Add in a highly problematic author and I ditched the whole world for myself. I never read any Fanfic set in this universe prior to this one. Secondly, I never enjoyed Zombies as key players or a virus turning people into Zombies as an apocalyptic setting. It just was not my kind of thing, so far. Lastly, I never liked Hermione nor Harry in the original works. So me picking up a Fanfic, set in the Harry Potter universe, fighting a zombie apocalypse and focusing on Hermione? That was the least predictable choice I could have made. The one thing contradicting it? I’ve always been a Draco and a Slytherin girl, so … that might have outweighed it? Going into this read I had no idea what to expect at all. I certainly did not count on it drawing me in as quickly. I just accepted the new reality of the apocalyptic setting of their world, I fell back in love with my boy Draco so fast it’s embarrassing. In this fic, he is portrayed as a scientist and I enjoyed this so much, I can’t put it into words. It put the essence of Slytherin and the Draco I remembered together so well that it was perfect to me. His studious attitude, the scientific approach to everything (yes, especially emotions) … that fit so well. Hermione had to grow on me a little. I expected her to be a little more … morally gray from the start, but she did develop into a character I was able to enjoy. Harry grated on my nerves for a while, but also grew to be a friend to Hermione, whose interactions I mostly enjoyed. Some of the side characters were wonderful and I loved to see them and hear their stories. We had numerous antagonists in this story, sometimes very detailed and well-sculpted, some with a rather vain and superficial display. There were a few plot twists I didn’t see coming at all. That much I definitely need to admit. This fic made me suffer at times and it was hard, let me tell you. I did shed a few tears at one point, and I think some of the other situations intended to leave the reader a mess kind of went a bit over my head. I related a lot to Draco and I loved how detailed his depiction was, how many layers to his personality were to be uncovered. Sometimes there were scenes that just left a mild aftertaste though. While I do understand that one of the main plotlines was necessary for the way this fic evolved, it did make me loose interest increasingly fast after being about halfway through the fic. The jump in terms of timelines really fortified this feeling of impending boredom to me and it felt like the author needed a break there, too. So, the first half of this had me on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed it heaps; truth be told. Loved the dynamics between Draco and Hermione, the scientific approach to finding a solution and the side characters. Domestic life had its moments, but as I’m neither a fan of pregnancy tropes nor the family kind of trope I had a bit more of a hard time with the second part of the fic. I need to admit, though, the manor and the soft moments in there, too, were able to get to me at parts. The story just lost a lot of momentum past the 2/3 mark, and I was not really invested in the outcome anymore. The last few chapters especially felt like they were dragged out to torturable lengths because the author was not able to really let go of the story (understandably so). Based on this I’m having a hard time finding an appropriate rating for this fic. The first half I’d rate a solid 4/5, maybe even 4.5 because it dragged me in and didn’t let me go for most of the chapters. The second half really left much to be desired for me, personally, which is why I might end up rating that a 2.5 to 3 out of 5. I’ll settle on a 3.5 for the whole fanfic, but it’s not entirely representable. One thing I need to add before I am done: I am thankful and probably will remember this fic for it for a long time, because it opened a new world of reading for me, as I do enjoy zombie-settings now and it showed me how much more there is discover in the HP-universe that is not written by the original author. And for that, I’m massively grateful.
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[3.5 / 5; 1st half 4-4.5 / 5, 2nd half: 2.5-3 / 5] Before I dive into the review of “Love in a Time of the Zombie Apocalypse” grant me a second or two to explain why this was such an unusual choice for me. First of all, I read the Harry Potter novels extremely young, I grew up on waiting for the next one to be published and then actually reading it in one sitting on a school night (oh, choices were as regrettable back then). As a kid I loved them, as young teen I’d already outgrown the hype and the world itself, which is such a shame. I moved on to other fantasy worlds, high fantasy as I would call it today, quick and started to look down a bit on the HP-world. Add in a highly problematic author and I ditched the whole world for myself. I never read any Fanfic set in this universe prior to this one. Secondly, I never enjoyed Zombies as key players or a virus turning people into Zombies as an apocalyptic setting. It just was not my kind of thing, so far. Lastly, I never liked Hermione nor Harry in the original works. So me picking up a Fanfic, set in the Harry Potter universe, fighting a zombie apocalypse and focusing on Hermione? That was the least predictable choice I could have made. The one thing contradicting it? I’ve always been a Draco and a Slytherin girl, so … that might have outweighed it? Going into this read I had no idea what to expect at all. I certainly did not count on it drawing me in as quickly. I just accepted the new reality of the apocalyptic setting of their world, I fell back in love with my boy Draco so fast it’s embarrassing. In this fic, he is portrayed as a scientist and I enjoyed this so much, I can’t put it into words. It put the essence of Slytherin and the Draco I remembered together so well that it was perfect to me. His studious attitude, the scientific approach to everything (yes, especially emotions) … that fit so well. Hermione had to grow on me a little. I expected her to be a little more … morally gray from the start, but she did develop into a character I was able to enjoy. Harry grated on my nerves for a while, but also grew to be a friend to Hermione, whose interactions I mostly enjoyed. Some of the side characters were wonderful and I loved to see them and hear their stories. We had numerous antagonists in this story, sometimes very detailed and well-sculpted, some with a rather vain and superficial display. There were a few plot twists I didn’t see coming at all. That much I definitely need to admit. This fic made me suffer at times and it was hard, let me tell you. I did shed a few tears at one point, and I think some of the other situations intended to leave the reader a mess kind of went a bit over my head. I related a lot to Draco and I loved how detailed his depiction was, how many layers to his personality were to be uncovered. Sometimes there were scenes that just left a mild aftertaste though. While I do understand that one of the main plotlines was necessary for the way this fic evolved, it did make me loose interest increasingly fast after being about halfway through the fic. The jump in terms of timelines really fortified this feeling of impending boredom to me and it felt like the author needed a break there, too. So, the first half of this had me on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed it heaps; truth be told. Loved the dynamics between Draco and Hermione, the scientific approach to finding a solution and the side characters. Domestic life had its moments, but as I’m neither a fan of pregnancy tropes nor the family kind of trope I had a bit more of a hard time with the second part of the fic. I need to admit, though, the manor and the soft moments in there, too, were able to get to me at parts. The story just lost a lot of momentum past the 2/3 mark, and I was not really invested in the outcome anymore. The last few chapters especially felt like they were dragged out to torturable lengths because the author was not able to really let go of the story (understandably so). Based on this I’m having a hard time finding an appropriate rating for this fic. The first half I’d rate a solid 4/5, maybe even 4.5 because it dragged me in and didn’t let me go for most of the chapters. The second half really left much to be desired for me, personally, which is why I might end up rating that a 2.5 to 3 out of 5. I’ll settle on a 3.5 for the whole fanfic, but it’s not entirely representable. One thing I need to add before I am done: I am thankful and probably will remember this fic for it for a long time, because it opened a new world of reading for me, as I do enjoy zombie-settings now and it showed me how much more there is discover in the HP-universe that is not written by the original author. And for that, I’m massively grateful.