[Report This]Date: 05/28/2007 12:04 pm Title: Echoes
It's simplicity is beautiful and the ending made me ache. It's honestly the best story I've read in a long time. Thank you.
[Report This]Date: 06/30/2005 04:59 am Title: Echoes
wow, that was amazing. it's ingenious. good work!! *big thumbs up and lots of pats on the back*!
[Report This]Date: 06/28/2005 10:38 pm Title: Echoes
Wow. That was amazing! Wonderful story. You have an incredible imagination.
[Report This]Date: 06/27/2005 10:59 am Title: Echoes
Absolutly wonderful! Your weaving of memory past with current happenings was very artfully done. Your imagery is clear and well crafted. Very good job!!
[Report This]Date: 06/27/2005 10:19 am Title: Echoes
So many similarities between Harry and Tom; the beginning of this story highlights just one of them. Nice.
[Report This]Date: 06/26/2005 09:05 am Title: Echoes
This story is really stunt me.I really like the beginning,somehow it's remind me of Harry himself..with the door step,abandoned for reason,protect by late mother's magic... At first I was thinking this story is about Harry,but in the end it's turn out to be Tom Marvolo Riddle...Vowww YOU REALLY DESERVED THE PRIZE
[Report This]Date: 06/26/2005 12:31 am Title: Echoes
that was a good story. thank you
[Report This]Date: 06/24/2005 09:22 pm Title: Echoes
This is definitely one of the best stories I've read. I loved Martha and Zara; I liked the way their backstories are consistent with canon, and they're both such sympathetic characters. I wish this really was Tom Riddle's back-story (well, 'real' as in canon), which is the highest praise I can give it. Congratulations on your prize - you really deserved it.
[Report This]Date: 06/23/2005 02:01 pm Title: Echoes
Another quick review to reply to your question. I didn't twig who the baby was until right near the end, when Zara's full name was given. You did such a good job of creating these original characters that I wasn't expecting it to be tied in with HP canon, so I kind of had to be hit over the head with it :).
Author's Response: Cool!
[Report This]Date: 06/23/2005 10:35 am Title: Echoes
Fantastic job, Spike! What I like best about it is your restraint - this plot could have been pushed to the limits of pathos, but you kept it low key. The alternating viewpoints, in addition to the alternating time frames, were masterfully done.
Author's Response: Thanks. It was tricky, keeping track of what was going on. A few parts got abandoned altogether for the sake of keeping the story neat. (Hmmmm.... longer fic.....)
[Report This]Date: 06/23/2005 01:33 am Title: Echoes
Okay, no Snape, but still excellent. Very well done and considering the challenge requirements, amazingly coherent and meaningful. I really liked it a lot (and the Harry/Voldemort connection with abandonment was a nice little distraction touch that threw me off at first). Deserving of the grand prize indeed!
Author's Response: If you like, we can pretend one of Snape's ancestors was in the Leaky Cauldron when Zara passed through...
Author's Response: If you like, we can pretend one of Snape's ancestors was in the Leaky Cauldron when Zara passed through...
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 11:44 pm Title: Echoes
Thank you for such an original, powerful story. I am very pleased to see a work featuring original characters take the top prize. Congratulations and well done!
Author's Response: Yay! Go original characters! They do tend to get overlooked sometimes. The only real canon character in the story is 4 days old :-)
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 09:39 pm Title: Echoes
Absolutely amazing! I am blown away! There is no doubt why this story is the Grand Prize Winner! Congratulations on your beatiful, haunting tale! I loved it!
Author's Response: I was pretty surprised by it - I think there were a lot of good entries - a lot of talented writers post here. So I'm honoured. And thank you.
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 07:19 pm Title: Echoes
Congratulations on winning. Excellent job.
Author's Response: Thanks! I honestly didn't expect to win. But I'm very happy about it.
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 04:10 pm Title: Echoes
Wow. This is brilliant! I have no words... :)
Author's Response: Thank you very much.
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 01:25 pm Title: Echoes
This was lovely - I gasped when I realised near the end who Zara was, and you interweave Zara's past with Martha's present very effectively. Congratulations on winning the festival :).
Author's Response: Thanks. How long did it take to click? I was trying to give hints, but not to make it TOO obvious - which was a bit tricky seeing as how I knew what was coming.
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 10:56 am Title: Echoes
Don't know what to say... except for that was freaking cool! and sad at the same time.
Author's Response: Thank you very much. Did I get you feeling sorry for the bad guy? *grin*
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 10:13 am Title: Echoes
Wow. That was awesome. Powerful, human, with just the right amount of darkness and foreshadowing to make it unsettling. Brilliant.
Author's Response: I think it's creepier once you realise who this poor abandoned baby will become. Who knows what would have happened if Tom's mother had lived?
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 08:15 am Title: Echoes
No wonder you won -- what a wonderful story (terrible but great, as Ollivander would say). I like your choice to tell the story out of order, like a puzzle that needs to be put together. It works.
Author's Response: The out-of-order part was actually part of the challenge criteria, but it really appealed to me. The plot bunny had existed before, but the challenge made it grown & get fluffy.
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 07:25 am Title: Echoes
amazing truly beautiful and a fascinating picture of human nature. keep writing you deserved to win
Author's Response: *blushing* I do write quite a lot - have a look around SHx for more of my stuff. My style varies, though. You have been warned!
[Report This]Date: 06/21/2005 01:30 am Title: Echoes
A wonderful story! Congratulations and thank you for sharing it!
~Lisa
Author's Response: You're welcome. Thanks for reading it!
[Report This]Date: 06/20/2005 11:46 pm Title: Echoes
wow...that was just....wow....
[Report This]Date: 06/20/2005 08:50 pm Title: Echoes
This is an awesome story. I didn't guess until almost the end who the baby was. Bravo.
[Report This]Date: 06/20/2005 06:37 pm Title: Echoes
Omigosh, how chilling - too bad Tom Riddle didn't know how much his mother loved him. Another parallel between Tom and Harry - both saved by a dying mother. Fabulously well-written!
[Report This]Date: 06/20/2005 05:22 pm Title: Echoes
To be able to evoke the emotion and connection in a story of this length, which would normally take several chapters, is the sign of a truly gifted writer. Please continue the excellent work. I'm sure your longer works would be stunning, albeit more draining for you. Thanks for the read, Gwyn