So!! Who's finished Deathly Hallows??
POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 19:03
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I got my book at 1 am Friday night/Saturday am
(the lines were long at B&N!)
I finished reading at 11 am on Sunday....
I was completely unspoiled (thank heaven)
and I'm STILL feeling kinda depressed.
IMO the body count was too high for a children's book:
killing Harry's pet was cruel (and taking Hedwig's life while she couldn't fight back, but was stuck in a cage was really mean).
I actually loved the book, I really enjoyed having Dumbledore's dark history unfold in such an interesting way...
I cried a lot over Dobby's death... but that didn't compare to how I wept over Fred.
I really felt that killing off Fred was short sighted, because The Adventures of Fred & George was a book we were all dying to read, but no one wants to read about the boy with no future. 
besides, it would have made sense for Percy to die defending his siblings, it would have been a bit cliched, but we would have all been happy about it!
But it is a brilliant book, the fitting end to a great series. I'm glad JKR was able to finish her masterpiece in her own way.
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Originally posted by sab39:
Admittedly Harry didn't see that, but it's well-established in the series that Narcissa's primary concern is for Draco's well-being, and her support of Voldemort is very much secondary to that, a sort of family loyalty without any real passion behind it.
OK, so, I don't question that Narcissa had motivation, I just question how it was presented (Harry's POV and questionable logic). Really, it was just one small example of how the hand of the writer is more present in HP books than I like. I didn't see the character Harry reasoning this out; I saw the author explaining/justifying an important plot twist. It ruined the moment for me.
Again, that's just me, and I regret focusing on it so much. I bow to the overall entertaining-ness of the book, and I'll stop nit-picking now!
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Actually, I think the Malfoys kinda got the thought somewhere in there, that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to help Voldy take over everything just so they could be his bitches.
In fact, that thought right there stickin in my head, it surprises me that certain folk, including much of Slytherin, supported him - cause that would be my house in such a world, and no way in hell I woulda supported him.
Would you ?
Mrs. Malfoy was lookin for a spot in Voldy's back for a knife ever since Voldy sent her son on a blatant suicide mission as retaliation for the Malfoys lack of faith in him - so between the chance to save her son AND stick it to Voldy, you bet she was gonna do exactly what she did.
Didn't surprise me a bit.
-F
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
In fact, that thought right there stickin in my head, it surprises me that certain folk, including much of Slytherin, supported him - cause that would be my house in such a world, and no way in hell I woulda supported him.
Yeah, I was surprised when the Slytherin table completely emptied before the battle. I thought she'd set it up that the Slytherins weren't ALL evil, and maybe a few would stay to fight. Oh well!
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Originally posted by mal4prez:
OK, so, I don't question that Narcissa had motivation, I just question how it was presented (Harry's POV and questionable logic). Really, it was just one small example of how the hand of the writer is more present in HP books than I like. I didn't see the character Harry reasoning this out; I saw the author explaining/justifying an important plot twist. It ruined the moment for me.
No, my point this last time was that Harry was aware of all of this, having seen it both firsthand and in his visions.
Good point on the Slytherins, both of you, I would have thought that at least some would have stayed, though someone (Aberforth, I think) brought up a good point that they had just set free a load of potential hostages, Death Eater children).
By the way, Mary, I'll have some more beer ready in time for D*C. You want me to put a couple of bottles aside for you ? *hugs* (caffeinated candy beer and honey weisen)
~jimi
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Originally posted by mal4prez:
I didn't see the character Harry reasoning this out; I saw the author explaining/justifying an important plot twist. It ruined the moment for me.
I didn't see that Harry needed to reason anything out...
he had no reason to lie to her,
no advantage he could hope for...
he was still just surprised not to be dead.
At least that was the way I saw it.
Harry simply told the truth, and it was Narcissa's decision to lie.
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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
No, my point this last time was that Harry was aware of all of this, having seen it both firsthand and in his visions.
OK, I missed your point - sorry! And surely I wasn't aware of the full situation with Narcissa... I still would'a like it better if, say, she'd just helped him and the explanation came afterwards or something. Whatever!
EDIT: Embers - uh... I never said Harry was lying. I'm criticizing the writer's choice of what she put in that paragraph stating Narcissa's motivations... OK, OK let's all just agree to disagree, all right? So not a big deal. (But I'm not changing my mind LOL!
)Quote:Oh yeah baby!! Did I ever give you feedback on the others? Gorramn fine! The caffeinated stuff rocks! (I like dark beer.) You want some mead?
By the way, Mary, I'll have some more beer ready in time for D*C. You want me to put a couple of bottles aside for you ? *hugs* (caffeinated candy beer and honey weisen)
Um... and on with the HP discussion!
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I would love some mead, any that you want to send me. The last stuff you sent was divine.
~jimi
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OK so , on average, how many times do you each plan to re-read the series?? I'm going for probably 5 or 6 more times per book
"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs
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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
I would love some mead, any that you want to send me. The last stuff you sent was divine.
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