Fan-Fiction Reviews:
By Ben Healy
Title: The three Billy Goats Gruff
Author: DesolateBeauty
This is a stoners narrative on the three Billy Goats Gruff. The overall plot consists of the Goats trying to get across the bridge to the more potent marijuana on the other side.
It generally follows the same storyline of the original (apart from the marijuana) but with little description, leaving the reader feeling bored. The language used in this brainless story is crude and illiterate, and doesn't grab the attention of the reader at all. There is no moral to the story so the reader does not feel as though they've gained anything by reading it.
The reviews that exist for the story on fanfic.net praise the author and state the story as being hilarious. I, on the other hand do not.
It generally follows the same storyline of the original (apart from the marijuana) but with little description, leaving the reader feeling bored. The language used in this brainless story is crude and illiterate, and doesn't grab the attention of the reader at all. There is no moral to the story so the reader does not feel as though they've gained anything by reading it.
The reviews that exist for the story on fanfic.net praise the author and state the story as being hilarious. I, on the other hand do not.
Title: New evidence found in fourth kidnapping
Author: Priah
A news/journalism POV story on a slightly off-center version of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. Priah flipsides the original tale by reporting that a fourth Ram yearling (instead of a Goat) had been abducted by an anonymous person/animal.
I found this story intriguing because it told the tale from a totally different point of view. Priah used concepts like swapping the Troll for a Toad and naming the Toad 'Troll Patterson'; also naming the mother and father of the abducted 'Ewe' and ''Ram' which I thought was rather clever. Priah leaves the story unfinished which furthers our desire to find out who the abductor was/is, and leaves the reader in a state of suspense.
The use of speech was meshed into the report well and the over-all writing techniques were effectual.
Title: Three little pigs redux
Author: DreadNot
A dark yet silly version of the three little pigs told in a narrative POV; in this case the pigs are exchanged for Nazi's. DreadNot stays true to the 'huff and puff' concept but instead substitutes the Wolf for a Vampire. The big bad Vampire is out to kill the three little Nazi's, to no avail does he manage to catch/kill the three pigs so instead sends a package of strudel to the third little Nazi's house and the strudel ends up eating the pigs.
What an obscure and warped story this was. At no point whilst reading the story did I think the three little Nazi's were going to get eaten by a big bad strudel. However, the author uses effective describing techniques and paints a picture in the readers mind.
Brownie points for originality and creative/twisted thinking.
A dark yet silly version of the three little pigs told in a narrative POV; in this case the pigs are exchanged for Nazi's. DreadNot stays true to the 'huff and puff' concept but instead substitutes the Wolf for a Vampire. The big bad Vampire is out to kill the three little Nazi's, to no avail does he manage to catch/kill the three pigs so instead sends a package of strudel to the third little Nazi's house and the strudel ends up eating the pigs.
What an obscure and warped story this was. At no point whilst reading the story did I think the three little Nazi's were going to get eaten by a big bad strudel. However, the author uses effective describing techniques and paints a picture in the readers mind.
Brownie points for originality and creative/twisted thinking.
Title: Uprising
Author: drjohnwatson
A short but striking piece of narrative on the importance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson's assembly. It was “always meant to happen , and was always going to happen”. The writer refers to reality being something that holds substance and tangibility; reality was “holding it's breath” until the day that Holmes and Watson met. The story is a simple and altered version of how the two met, the writer threads his prose together with short, sharp bursts of text and possesses a unique style of his own.
The writer ends the story with “Reality looked upon the uprising and smiled”. This (I think) means that reality (being of substance) rejoiced and let out a sigh of relief when Holmes and Watson had finally met.
I admire the creativity throughout the story. It intelligently strings together two people that need coalescence to fully function as a powerful force in crime-fighting.
Title: The snail and the gingerbread manAuthor:anime.amie13
A spoof of the tale 'the tortoise and the hare' told in a narrative perspective. The story stays true to the original tale with a few minor tweaks here and there. This particular writer is somewhat of a simple writer – yeah.... probably the best way to put it and this might have something to do with the authors nationality..... who knows.
But throughout the story theres nothing to grasp our attention, nothing that stands out and makes us appreciate what we're reading. We all know how the story goes, so why not change it up a little? Although there was the slight adjustment of the gingerbread man falling off the cliff during the race due to the snails slime, it still lacks depth and excitement, two key elements when writing fiction.
This story might be great....... for a seven year old.
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