Deathly Hallows.
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icarusJust finished reading Deathly Hallows.
I got my money's worth. I enjoyed every minute of this book.
First comments: Whoo-hoo! Percy! I cheered out loud when he turned up.
The book was different from all the others, kept surprising me, while at the same time hitting all the right emotional notes. It was not an easy feat to pull off and JKR has made me very, very happy.
As for Hermione, I wanted to snog Ron, too. This book has confirmed by love of Ron, Percy, and Snape. Snape still has the best line of the entire series, to Dumbledore after being asked to kill him, the ultra-dry, "Would you like me to kill you now, or would you like a moment to compose your epitaph?" No doubt Alan Rickman is practicing that line in the mirror as we speak.
Then Harry's choice, how hard it was, marching to his death -- got me where I lived.
The magical chess game of who conquered whose wand left me befuddled (I decided, "I'll just take your word for it, Harry," and thought it classic JKR) though I loved the additional detail about how Harry and Voldemort were out on the edges of what even the experts knew about magic.
Yes! More about Dumbledore and his history. His flaws, ambition, and humanity.
I believed Harry's maturing once he, Ron, and Hermione were out on their own. Believed how they had a narrow squeak every time they came out of hiding. Believed that this hunt for horcruxes had them stymied and grasping at straws. I'll never really buy Ginny as Harry's love interest, though I think JKR planned it from OotP on -- but as a Percy/[fill in the blank here] shipper it's not really relevant to me. I enjoyed the Ron/Hermione, though.
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wildernessguru can't believe the bodycount. I'm not surprised though. I knew once she killed Sirius in Order of the Phoenix, all bets were off.
The part that hit me like a gong: When Neville came out of Hogwarts and began describing the horrors at Hogwarts. The casual way he said things is what was awful to Harry.
That's Beg Me For it. That sentence was the whole fic, right there. She's noticed the same thing, that when people survive something horrible, for them it becomes the norm. They are not shocked by it.
Anyhow, disorderly thoughts for now, but I really, really loved Deathly Hallows. She did it justice.
I got my money's worth. I enjoyed every minute of this book.
First comments: Whoo-hoo! Percy! I cheered out loud when he turned up.
The book was different from all the others, kept surprising me, while at the same time hitting all the right emotional notes. It was not an easy feat to pull off and JKR has made me very, very happy.
As for Hermione, I wanted to snog Ron, too. This book has confirmed by love of Ron, Percy, and Snape. Snape still has the best line of the entire series, to Dumbledore after being asked to kill him, the ultra-dry, "Would you like me to kill you now, or would you like a moment to compose your epitaph?" No doubt Alan Rickman is practicing that line in the mirror as we speak.
Then Harry's choice, how hard it was, marching to his death -- got me where I lived.
The magical chess game of who conquered whose wand left me befuddled (I decided, "I'll just take your word for it, Harry," and thought it classic JKR) though I loved the additional detail about how Harry and Voldemort were out on the edges of what even the experts knew about magic.
Yes! More about Dumbledore and his history. His flaws, ambition, and humanity.
I believed Harry's maturing once he, Ron, and Hermione were out on their own. Believed how they had a narrow squeak every time they came out of hiding. Believed that this hunt for horcruxes had them stymied and grasping at straws. I'll never really buy Ginny as Harry's love interest, though I think JKR planned it from OotP on -- but as a Percy/[fill in the blank here] shipper it's not really relevant to me. I enjoyed the Ron/Hermione, though.
wildernessguru can't believe the bodycount. I'm not surprised though. I knew once she killed Sirius in Order of the Phoenix, all bets were off. The part that hit me like a gong: When Neville came out of Hogwarts and began describing the horrors at Hogwarts. The casual way he said things is what was awful to Harry.
That's Beg Me For it. That sentence was the whole fic, right there. She's noticed the same thing, that when people survive something horrible, for them it becomes the norm. They are not shocked by it.
Anyhow, disorderly thoughts for now, but I really, really loved Deathly Hallows. She did it justice.
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Date: 2007-07-22 09:12 pm (UTC)colin's death did make me sad..