HP: A Magical Journey by FictionOnlyReader

For me, the novel starts out strong and progressively slips as it goes on. A lot of people say the romance is the element which spoils the novel but I feel the bigger issue is how the author purposefully designs the MC and writing in a way that leads the reader to believe that the canon plot is merely going to be a small part of the entire novel when this ends up being not the case.

The author captures readers through the detailed and immersive magic system and supports this by having the MC possess grand ambitions of being the greatest wizard of all time. Although the canon plot is put on the backfoot it still gets adequate notice as we are kept informed of what is going on either by the MC himself or another characters POV. This works for quite some time until the author, for some reason, decides to do a complete 180 and starts writing predominantly about the actions of You-Know-Who and his lackeys. If this was all it would have still been fine. The problem here is that the magic system which readers have come to love is completely thrown out the window and isn't even explored once in nearly 150-200 chapters (a sizeable part of the novel). During these chapters the author drags out killing Voldemort by including filler upon filler of death eater nonsense that has no use being in the novel at all. In the author's note, even the author admits to having issues with pacing as well as including things that simply weren't necessary.

All in all, the problem here is that the author betrays the readers expectations as we never get to see Quinn's future as the greatest wizard or if he even reaches that level which is quite frankly a huge disappointment considering the expectations I had. In the author's defense, they did say they are going to write an epilogue volume which hopefully will tackle this issue.

Although there are other problems with the novel such as the romance or the these issues to me were much lesser problems compared to this, although other readers may disagree on this.

Now, despite being full of critiques I would be lying if I were to say I didn't enjoy the novel. I found the first half vastly more enjoyable than the second but even then the second half was still better than other novels I've previously tried to read. If the novel had started with a plot-centred approach from the beginning I doubt i would've taken issue with it like I have.

To sum everything up, I would give the novel a 7/10 and would describe it as safely above average. If you are considering reading it I would encourage you to go ahead as it is a novel that is enjoyable despite its flaws.

This turned out longer than I intended.

This novel is a true masterpiece. The world building, character development, story all are very thoughtful. It's like one of those stories that once you start reading you won't be able to stop. I am not saying that it is perfect, but that is what most readers want , something in the novel you can love and something you hate, it's what bonds a novel and a reader.

I'm leaving for only one reason! what a template and cliché to hide your powers and get slapped in the face, and then bam and an answer. I just hate stories like this. This is not Chinese culture! It's a Harry Potter fanfic. why the hell hide and behave modestly in front of relatives? and then all that. ahhh

This is the first fan fiction novel I have read and it was fantastic. It kept me entertained and most of all intrigued for the entire story.

To me the best part of the story was the MC. It’s so hard to find logical, cunning and smart MCs now. I really hate reading about those dumbass simps, so this was super refreshing.



Out of curiosity does anyone know when the epilogue will be released?[/quote]

Romance sucks. f#ck you author for ruining a good book

#panic# please please add harem tag to this.

Anyone who recommends similar works or long and well-structured fanfics?

As the first full fanfic story I’ve ever read I’d say it was pretty good. It took a world in which the setting was well fleshed out and expanded in a way that many fans would love, In this case, more magic.

This is the story of Harry Potter if magic was actually important and not just a setting. Magic battles are intense, magic is varied and exciting, the world is full of different types of magic like blood magic, body magic, runes and rituals. This fanfic is a solid retelling of the original story from a new non-canon character who is our MC.

Overall I’d say it earns a solid 4 out of 5. Good story and writing, solid understanding of the base materials, and an interesting twist that makes it possible. The only thing I think could have been done better is if the story didn’t end as soon as the 7th book was finished. I would love a few bonus chapters even, giving us a look at the future of Quinn West and how far he could go.

Still read it if you’re a Harry Potter and you won’t be disappointed.

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A rather enjoyable read, but most of which if because of what this novel is built upon. The revisit of the world of HP has a strong setting as foundatiin to build a story on.

Although there are some ooc [out of character] moments the characters motives are easiky believable, minus the sordid business ventures.
totally got an azn wish fullfillment genre vibe to it, perspective wise. Which is bizarre regardless of authors nationality, effort was put in but you must understand that you are reading through the authors lenses of HP.

If I'm completely honest, I think that's how the original books should have been, don't misunderstand, like any other I've read the original saga and it's good, but it always bothered me that the concept of Magic is so ambiguous, they never explained the processes of the spells or how they were developed, they simply said the spell and that's it, without further explanation, it always bothered me. Here Magic is explored from research, we understand the processes that lead to the spell and the methods to develop it, and the truth is that I really like it, I think that if the original work had Explored the magic more thoroughly it would be more than a "novel for young people"