Honestly, the author's skill is what saves this from being absolutely cringe and mock-worthy. I think it's gotten a certain degree of mockery—like, she's not subtle about it being fanfic—but it's based on the thing in fanfic that makes it appealing in the first place.
Soo...Arthur pines horribly for Graham and is then murdered by the two future people sent to disrupt the Ministry's work. He is at least mourned by the protagonists. Margaret survives but her girlfriend is mistaken for her and brutally murdered. She does not get a name and no one seems to care. The two future people are a couple, one with male pronouns, one nonbinary, and they both get killed. The narrator and Graham survive and break up but then it's implied that they'll get back together and possibly have a kid.
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Honestly, the author's skill is what saves this from being absolutely cringe and mock-worthy. I think it's gotten a certain degree of mockery—like, she's not subtle about it being fanfic—but it's based on the thing in fanfic that makes it appealing in the first place.
Soo...Arthur pines horribly for Graham and is then murdered by the two future people sent to disrupt the Ministry's work. He is at least mourned by the protagonists. Margaret survives but her girlfriend is mistaken for her and brutally murdered. She does not get a name and no one seems to care. The two future people are a couple, one with male pronouns, one nonbinary, and they both get killed. The narrator and Graham survive and break up but then it's implied that they'll get back together and possibly have a kid.
I should have hated this book, honestly.