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* ''Comments'': An enjoyable, funny story despite the author's primitive grasp of the technical rudiments of writing and the somewhat anticlimactic ending. Watching how the Wizarding World creates the myth of "Mr. Black" by misunderstanding or selectively re-interpreting the information and stories left in Harry's wake is worth the occasional frustration with Blot's style, as is the scale to which the myth eventually grows—and how Harry reacts when he finally learns what his "last vacation before dying" has wrought. (Be warned, though, that ''Make A Wish'' starts slowly—although the lead-up has some good if low-key humor, the funniest stuff really doesn't start to kick in until the end of chapter 10.) Anyway, don't take this story seriously—just sit back and enjoy it. It has a sequel, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3032621/1/The_Hunt_For_Harry_Potter The Hunt for Harry Potter]'', which isn't ''quite'' as good in my opinion, but is still fun to read.

** The writing is amateurish, but the plot is original and engaging, the OCs interesting, and the humor spot-on.

** lanky adds: The more the story goes on, the less entertaining it gets, I found. It's an interesting read, but Harry quickly becomes a ~~{{quote|~~[[Boring Invincible Hero]] when he stops being mistaken for a huge, powerful badass and actually becomes one. Especially after the story abandons humor to take the serious route}}. Honestly, the story could have been a lot better had it just stuck to the premise. It's still worth a read, however.

** lanky adds: The more the story goes on, the less entertaining it gets, I found. It's an interesting read, but Harry quickly becomes a [[Boring Invincible Hero]] when he stops being mistaken for a huge, powerful badass and actually becomes one. Especially after the story abandons humor to take the serious route. Honestly, the story could have been a lot better had it just stuck to the premise. It's still worth a read, however.

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* Recommended by [[User:Looney Toons]], Seraviel, Dor

* ''Synopsis'': A ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic set in the summer after ''Goblet of Fire''—Harry comes back from Hogwarts to discover the Dursleys have packed up and moved to Australia without telling him, and he must find a way to survive the summer without unnecessarily alarming anyone.

* ''Comments'': Incomplete, and almost certainly a [[Dead Fic]] -- the most recent chapter was posted in November, 2010, and the author hasn't made an appearance in his/her (now defunct) Yahoo group in almost as long.

* ''Comments'': Incomplete, and almost certainly a [[Dead Fic]] -- the most recent chapter was posted in November 2010, and the author hasn't made an appearance in his/her (now defunct) Yahoo group in almost as long.

** What's especially notable about this fic is that the [[Fridge Logic]] employed is never condescending to [[Canon]] and that nobody is vilified -- even the way that Harry's abuse escaped the notice of the Order and the Ministry is covered in an amazingly believable way (one Ministry social worker mistakes Petunia's violent reaction against Magic as protectiveness and shielding Harry from potential Death Eaters!), and once I got over Figg being a full witch and not a squib, my suspension of disbelief has never wavered.

** ''Update, August 2020'': After nearly ten years of inactivity, Wishweaver has revived the story and is rewriting it. The updated version can be found [https://archiveofourown.org/works/25925863/chapters/63012685 here] on [[Archive of Our Own]].