actual thoughts on Deathly Hallows
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seldearI loved it!
It will never be as loved as my favourite of the books, Prisoner of Azkaban, but it's still a great ending to the series.
the good stuff
The trio's adventures hunting horcruxes were awesome, and the final battle in Hogwarts? BRILLIANT!
Neville as the leader of the DA! Neville killing Nagini! The DA having rebelled against Snape and making trouble! McGonagall and the teachers going into the fray.
McGonagall charming the desks and the suits of armour to join in the fray!
Luna rocks my socks. I love how she totally "gets" Harry and his state of mind: "I'd want some time alone, if it were me."
(Yes, I am a total Harry/Luna 'shipper.)
The opening section (before the horcrux hunt) were great: so much humour - especially from the Weasley twins! Oh George. Oh Fred. *loves you both*
I loved the way the Ron/Hermione relationship changed, but also the whole part with the trio, living cheek-by-jowl, growing frustrated and annoyed, intimate and distant by turns, but always together. The Trio rocks - and if Harry is the focal point and Hermione the brains, then Ron's surely the heart and anchor of the three - without him, both Harry and Hermione find it difficult to connect with each other.
Plus, Voldemort ships H/Hr! *dies laughing*
the not-so-good stuff
I had issues, of course.
The book is "packed full of jam" as Vala Mal Doran would say. I sorta felt that there were so many events crammed, jammed, and sometimes rammed in there, occasionally gracelessly, that there was never time to breathe.
And the repetition of "go in somewhere dangerous, everything goes bad, get the hell out of there" got a bit wearisome after a while: the Ministry of Magic, Malfoy Manor, Gringotts, Hogwarts...
On the whole, though, it was worth the wait and the fuss and the flutter.
I'm not sure how much wank there'll be: part of the wankiness after Half-Blood Prince was that there was still one volume to go - nothing was set in stone. (And even if it was, stone can be broken!)
But now, and with the epilogue, it's a lot more difficult for people to go off their wank about it.
*goes back and reads HBP again*
It will never be as loved as my favourite of the books, Prisoner of Azkaban, but it's still a great ending to the series.
the good stuff
The trio's adventures hunting horcruxes were awesome, and the final battle in Hogwarts? BRILLIANT!
Neville as the leader of the DA! Neville killing Nagini! The DA having rebelled against Snape and making trouble! McGonagall and the teachers going into the fray.
McGonagall charming the desks and the suits of armour to join in the fray!
Luna rocks my socks. I love how she totally "gets" Harry and his state of mind: "I'd want some time alone, if it were me."
(Yes, I am a total Harry/Luna 'shipper.)
The opening section (before the horcrux hunt) were great: so much humour - especially from the Weasley twins! Oh George. Oh Fred. *loves you both*
I loved the way the Ron/Hermione relationship changed, but also the whole part with the trio, living cheek-by-jowl, growing frustrated and annoyed, intimate and distant by turns, but always together. The Trio rocks - and if Harry is the focal point and Hermione the brains, then Ron's surely the heart and anchor of the three - without him, both Harry and Hermione find it difficult to connect with each other.
Plus, Voldemort ships H/Hr! *dies laughing*
the not-so-good stuff
I had issues, of course.
The book is "packed full of jam" as Vala Mal Doran would say. I sorta felt that there were so many events crammed, jammed, and sometimes rammed in there, occasionally gracelessly, that there was never time to breathe.
And the repetition of "go in somewhere dangerous, everything goes bad, get the hell out of there" got a bit wearisome after a while: the Ministry of Magic, Malfoy Manor, Gringotts, Hogwarts...
On the whole, though, it was worth the wait and the fuss and the flutter.
I'm not sure how much wank there'll be: part of the wankiness after Half-Blood Prince was that there was still one volume to go - nothing was set in stone. (And even if it was, stone can be broken!)
But now, and with the epilogue, it's a lot more difficult for people to go off their wank about it.
*goes back and reads HBP again*
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Date: 2007-07-22 11:48 am (UTC)But Remus/Tonks was both sad and sweet. :(