Harry Potter and the Time of Good Intentions

Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent #2

by B.L. Purdom

During his fifth year, Trelawney did a Tarot reading for Harry. She told him he would have to make a choice that could "change the world as we know it." At the beginning of his sixth year, Harry chooses, and the world does change. Does it change for the better? If he wants, can Harry change it back? Or is giving Harry exactly what he wants Voldemort's ultimate revenge? The sequel to Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent.

Cover by Leela Starsky

Genres: Fantasy, Harry Potter, Fan Fiction

ebook

First published March 30, 2002

About the author

Barb Purdom, best known as simply Barb, is a Harry Potter fan writer.

http://psychic-serpent.livejournal.com/
http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/b...
https://www.fanfiction.net/u/70312/Ba...

Reviews

[Anshu Sharma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe the lockdown is affecting me as for some reason I ended up reading the second part of a super weird Harry Potter fanfic I read ages ago. The premise is quite interesting even though sometimes the book drones on and on about something none of the reads surely care about. But all in all it was a fun read.

[Lakshmi C · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 RTC

[Megan McEnteggart]

So as I sit here and type this review I still have tears running down my cheeks. Through all three books I have laughed, I have cried, I have sat in suspense, I have gasped and I have loved.

This 3 part trilogy is something that will really get you thinking, make you stop and will make you appreciate everything.

The ending is NOT what I expected and it made me quite emotional. I wont say anything due to spoilers but take it from me. You need to read this book, you need to read all of them. I have nothing else to say about it. There are many twists, turns and downright What the f**k moments all of which make this book one of the best I have ever read.

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, wow. I just finished this book. Can't really speak about it without causing a "spoiler" so I'll just say "wow" again.

I cried through a great deal of the book because of the emotional turmoil experienced by the main characters. If you ever wondered what would have happened if Lilly Potter decided to offer Harry to Voldemort as a servant rather than kill him as a baby, you just have to read this book!

I can't wait to read the next book by Barb L. Purdom for the Harry Potter fan fiction!

[E.A.G. E.A.G. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this one. I read it on Fiction alley years ago. It has always stayed with me. I just love it so much!

[Sean Randall · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the middle book of a set of 3, the idea behind this really knocked my socks off 20 years ago. I thought at the time it was clever, and really enjoyed seeing Harry trot across England and peek into the lives of Muggleborn friends who never got to attend Hogwarts.

The scene with the paint and the emergency services stuck with me, and the end, although now feeling quite disconnected from the rest also stayed in my head (I was surprised at the end of the Psychic Serpent when Ron didn't change, though, which happens here and I had remembered incorrectly).
Also, the funeral was quite well done, if a bit overblown given we also had one in the first book I thought. It's really odd, too, not seeing so much of the later potterverse.

Would I recommend these nowadays? Perhaps not.
Did I really enjoy the nostalgia? Absolutely.

[Shane Marcus · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are things this fan fiction does really well. There are things about it that are just awful. The 2.5 chapter journey through all of Muggle London complete with an enormous investigation of the muggle religions just seemed forced and out of place. It's nice when Harry uses the Kaddish at the end; but it really distracted from otherwise an exciting pacing. Also, the time travel - while it provides an interesting counterpoint to the "real" timeline and nicely complicates Harry's emotional life - it's just a little too unbelievable.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't have much to say about this one. I enjoyed it much more than Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, I remember that book as being slow. This one was gripping and I found myself unable to put it down. There were many nights I was up until dawn reading.