Reading Roundup: The 35th week of 2025
Revisited 'Harry Is A Dragon, and That's Okay'—a fun, thought-provoking fanfic full of clever wordplay.
A week with nothing new consumed this time, 16 hours on a reread of an enjoyable fanfic.
Things not on Goodreads or reread
Harry Is A Dragon, and That's Okay by Saphroneth
Harry Is A Dragon, and That's Okay by Saphroneth
I first read this over more than a week back in November last year. My review at the time said:
"I can't remember the last time I spent 10 days with a single volume before. I wasn't sure about the idea of this, mostly because the metadata of it being a comedy fic put me off a little.
I was pleasantly surprised and incredibly impressed, though. The humour landed well much of the time, and as a story, things hold together really well. It's a quirky, fun refraction of the original books, with a lot of thought-provoking change, a clever and managed message of inclusivity and, perhaps best of all, lots and lots of words to get through before you get to the end.
One of the best low fantacies I have enjoyed even without the fandom factor, with plenty of little clever twists and callouts to Rowling. Harry is a dragon, and that was more than Okay."
It was still a really good read the second time around. Low-stakes, slice-of-life for the most part, it had a warm, safe feel to it with a lot of clever wordplay, enough nods to the original to feel authentic but twists from to seem different.