Red's Reviews: Fragments 

Continuation Title: Fragments
Author: Linda Shen
Status: Ongoing
Original Rating: 8.2

     This is a fanfic that I quite honestly stumbled upon. I clicked the wrong 
link on a page I was visiting, and ended up looking at the Fragments title page. 
At the time, I wasn't happy. I bookmarked Fragments and went back to the 
previous page to try again. A week later I revisited Fragments, having seen the 
author post a part of this story to the FFML-R. It was a later chapter, so I 
just read the summary of previous events and read the whole thing at the main 
site. Bonanza!
     Quite simply, Fragments is excellent. Good dialogue, great plot, and lots 
of promise for future chapters.
     Plot: Very good. Slightly (heck, more than slightly) dark in nature, this 
fanfic goes or makes references to things that others in the Ranma world don't, 
and wouldn't dare. I won't mention them here by name, because quite frankly the 
thought of some of them makes me shudder. But oh my goodness, their use in this 
story is just perfect.
     There were some good surprises (for example: Ranma's chosen profession, the 
true nature of the Spring he fell into), and some evil ones (Yuki's dark secret, 
Akane's plight, and what Cologne's prophecy foretold, just to name a few). At 
every turn I found something new to keep me reading. When I got to the end of 
what was available I was actually swearing because I didn't want to stop there.
     Now, as I started reading, I was getting concerned with the fact that the 
story was set twelve years in the future without the necessary backstory. My 
concerns were alleviated when I realized that the story contained frequent 
flashbacks. These flashbacks were timed superbly, telling us just what we needed 
to know of the past when we needed it, hinting at even more intriguing bits to 
come.
     Characters and Characterizations: Excellent. I saw nothing that could 
deviate from even the strictest canonic interpretation of the Ranma cast. I 
could easily believe these characters acting this way given the proper 
circumstances.
     Dialogue: Excellent as well. Intelligent, well written, and fits the 
characters doing the speaking. I could find no faults at all with the spoken 
plots and conversations.
     Story Mechanics: Very good. Good grammar, construction, and story flow. Not 
once did I have to stop and re-read anything because it didn't make sense.

     Overall: Fragments is a fanfic that I would wholeheartedly recommend that 
everyone read. It's easy to read, very entertaining, and just GRABS you by the 
brain and won't let go. I am proud to call myself a Fragments fan. I await 
further chapters with great anticipation.
     Notice that this isn't a very long review?  What else do I need to say?  
Miss out on Fragments and you miss out on a truly great fanfic.