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Jun. 8th, 2011 09:31 pmThe Strange Disappearance of Sally-Anne Perks by Paimpont
Eleven chapters, complete. Link to first chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6243892/1/The_Strange_Disappearance_of_SallyAnne_Perks
This is one of the finest HP fanfics I have ever read. It works within rather than against canon, starting from one of JKR's better known "flints" and working it into a mystery. Sally-Anne Perks exists in The Philosopher's Stone, but not in Order of the Phoenix; what happened to her, and why does nobody remember she existed? From this Pimpont develops a story that is in every way magnificent. The mystery develops from line to line, with not a word wasted; in spite of being rather short - eleven chapters - nearly every character in Hogwarts is brought in, always to good effect and always with something to contribute both in terms of artistic effect and of resolution of the mystery. The story is full of pathos, the denouement immensely touching, the road taken to get there both continuously exciting and immensely appropriate. At the back of it lies a meditation on memory and loss that gives me goosebumps. The writing is outstanding: so good you don't notice how good it is. There is not one scene, one word wasted. Superlative, I can't praise it enough.
Eleven chapters, complete. Link to first chapter: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6243892/1/The_Strange_Disappearance_of_SallyAnne_Perks
This is one of the finest HP fanfics I have ever read. It works within rather than against canon, starting from one of JKR's better known "flints" and working it into a mystery. Sally-Anne Perks exists in The Philosopher's Stone, but not in Order of the Phoenix; what happened to her, and why does nobody remember she existed? From this Pimpont develops a story that is in every way magnificent. The mystery develops from line to line, with not a word wasted; in spite of being rather short - eleven chapters - nearly every character in Hogwarts is brought in, always to good effect and always with something to contribute both in terms of artistic effect and of resolution of the mystery. The story is full of pathos, the denouement immensely touching, the road taken to get there both continuously exciting and immensely appropriate. At the back of it lies a meditation on memory and loss that gives me goosebumps. The writing is outstanding: so good you don't notice how good it is. There is not one scene, one word wasted. Superlative, I can't praise it enough.
