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*is listening to HP7 audio book*
Hell, that man is such a genious <3
Can't wait to get to the part containing the two German sentences *snickers*
The Plot
- Overall, I liked the story a lot better, compared to HBP. There were hardly any slow/boring parts, I totally approve of all the action and I thought the whole "travelling" idea was pretty neat.
- Of course, I, like everyone else older than seven and/or with more than two braincells, spotted the gazillion of political references. The whole Muggle-Born Registration Commission aspect was so Holocaust, it made me cringe. But it fit.
- The Lupin/Tonks thing, however, annoyed me to death. If having a child between a human and a werewolf is such a bad idea, then don't have one, for fuck's sake. This was either Tonks being all "I don't care about the consequences, I just love Remus so much" or - and this seems a lot more likely to me looking at her feeble and awkward attempts at romance - JKR being old-fashioned and conservative. "If it happens, it happens". Yuck.
- Also, what's with nearly all the women becoming mothers and housewives? And I thought the wizarding world was better than ours *sulks*
- Speaking of romance: Dear JKR, if you ever decide to write another novel... just leave it out, alright? I'm not saying I could do it any better, but the whole Harry/Ginny thingy was just... nah.
The Dead
- JKR said that two main characters die. Now which of the nine does she consider major? I suppose it's Fred and Snape. Well, for me, they're all more or less on the same level, importance-wise. Also, 50+ died during the Hogwarts battle - What is this? Bloody Hamlet? XD
- For some reason, the deaths of Hedwig and Dobby touched me a lot more than that of Mad-Eye. I'm not sure what to think about Lupin since he intended to leave his family behind. Tonks made me sad, too. Poor Teddy's an orpan now. And then, Fred.... That was just... terrible. The twins have always been among my favourite characters, especially since OotP: And now? I mean, it was sorta foreshadowed with the ear incindent, but... *wipes eyes*
- Snape's death was described a little too quickly, but it was still a touching scene. Probably my favourite ever, in any of the books.
The Ending
- In general, the last sixty pages were pretty good. The revelation of Snape's true intentions really got me, and when Harry found out he indeed was supposed to die, I hated Dumbledore. When it comes to identifying with the characters and feeling their rage and fear, DH beats OotP. Which I wouldn't have thought was possible. Good job there.
- BTW, am I the only one who was reminded of The Matrix while reading that imaginary King's Cross part? O_o
The Epilogue
- No. Just, y'know, no. That thing is... I tell you what. Let's just not talk about it, 'kay? For now, I'll just mentally cut off the book after the last regular chapter.
And now?
- Well, I hope JKR won't give in to whatever pressure fans/the media/the economy will doubtlessly put onto her from now on. I don't think I'd like a series of "Harry Potter's Children and...". However, a kind of encyclopedia would be pure awesome.
Whoo, this turned out slightly longer than I thought. Well, who cares? =) *starts working on newspaper article, waiting for people to contradict her review* ^_~
BTW, the German title for the book has been set. It will be called "Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes" (it had been mistranslated before because nobody was sure whether the 'hallows' were supposed to be people or things. Well, now we know ^_~) and it will be released on October 27. Poor translator. He was only allowed to start after the book had been released. Someone's got a heckload of work ahead of him now O_o
Hell, that man is such a genious <3
Can't wait to get to the part containing the two German sentences *snickers*
The Plot
- Overall, I liked the story a lot better, compared to HBP. There were hardly any slow/boring parts, I totally approve of all the action and I thought the whole "travelling" idea was pretty neat.
- Of course, I, like everyone else older than seven and/or with more than two braincells, spotted the gazillion of political references. The whole Muggle-Born Registration Commission aspect was so Holocaust, it made me cringe. But it fit.
- The Lupin/Tonks thing, however, annoyed me to death. If having a child between a human and a werewolf is such a bad idea, then don't have one, for fuck's sake. This was either Tonks being all "I don't care about the consequences, I just love Remus so much" or - and this seems a lot more likely to me looking at her feeble and awkward attempts at romance - JKR being old-fashioned and conservative. "If it happens, it happens". Yuck.
- Also, what's with nearly all the women becoming mothers and housewives? And I thought the wizarding world was better than ours *sulks*
- Speaking of romance: Dear JKR, if you ever decide to write another novel... just leave it out, alright? I'm not saying I could do it any better, but the whole Harry/Ginny thingy was just... nah.
The Dead
- JKR said that two main characters die. Now which of the nine does she consider major? I suppose it's Fred and Snape. Well, for me, they're all more or less on the same level, importance-wise. Also, 50+ died during the Hogwarts battle - What is this? Bloody Hamlet? XD
- For some reason, the deaths of Hedwig and Dobby touched me a lot more than that of Mad-Eye. I'm not sure what to think about Lupin since he intended to leave his family behind. Tonks made me sad, too. Poor Teddy's an orpan now. And then, Fred.... That was just... terrible. The twins have always been among my favourite characters, especially since OotP: And now? I mean, it was sorta foreshadowed with the ear incindent, but... *wipes eyes*
- Snape's death was described a little too quickly, but it was still a touching scene. Probably my favourite ever, in any of the books.
The Ending
- In general, the last sixty pages were pretty good. The revelation of Snape's true intentions really got me, and when Harry found out he indeed was supposed to die, I hated Dumbledore. When it comes to identifying with the characters and feeling their rage and fear, DH beats OotP. Which I wouldn't have thought was possible. Good job there.
- BTW, am I the only one who was reminded of The Matrix while reading that imaginary King's Cross part? O_o
The Epilogue
- No. Just, y'know, no. That thing is... I tell you what. Let's just not talk about it, 'kay? For now, I'll just mentally cut off the book after the last regular chapter.
And now?
- Well, I hope JKR won't give in to whatever pressure fans/the media/the economy will doubtlessly put onto her from now on. I don't think I'd like a series of "Harry Potter's Children and...". However, a kind of encyclopedia would be pure awesome.
Whoo, this turned out slightly longer than I thought. Well, who cares? =) *starts working on newspaper article, waiting for people to contradict her review* ^_~
BTW, the German title for the book has been set. It will be called "Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes" (it had been mistranslated before because nobody was sure whether the 'hallows' were supposed to be people or things. Well, now we know ^_~) and it will be released on October 27. Poor translator. He was only allowed to start after the book had been released. Someone's got a heckload of work ahead of him now O_o
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I don't know... all the people died so... fast... like not that it's not really happening... but still... you never really think it WOULD happen... Moody's death for example... like Bill coming over saying: he's dead... touched faces... and that's it... Dobby was pretty sad though...
And Fred dying just sucked... because they were so great... especially with the ear thing *LOL* that was a little macabre but still great ^^
I cried during the "walking-to-voldemort"-thing... that was just soooooooo touching for me.. with his parents, and Sirius and all...
That Snape was a nice guy after all, was still good.. although I really REALLY didn't like him... but beeing in love with Lily and for such a long time... I felt so sorry for him... and I understand why he "hated" Harry so much... SORT OF XD (looking like is father and all...)
I don't want follow-ups either... the epilogue did for me ^^ Lexicon is ok, but nothing more plotwise...
Although I'm REALLY curious WHAT she will write after HP... IF she writes something.... (with 700 million € on the side she can like.. try EVERYTHING and FAIL everything just for the sake of it... XD.... oh my... I want money too... -_-)
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Well, I cried more or less during the last sixty pages or so. I know, I sometimes come across as being cold and calculating, but I'm not. Not at all. Hell, when there's something sentimental around, I'm the first person in the room to start howling ;)
Although I'm REALLY curious WHAT she will write after HP... IF she writes something.... (with 700 million € on the side she can like.. try EVERYTHING and FAIL everything just for the sake of it... XD.... oh my... I want money too... -_-)
I wouldn't like to swap places with her, really. I mean, it won't be easy for her to do something - anything - else now or ever again. It'd just be compared to HP, and let's face it, she won't be able to repeat that. It's kinda like Falco and his number-one-hit in America. He'd never been able to do it again. Same here, except that JKR will probably not die on some tropical island.
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Overall, I liked the story a lot better, compared to HBP. There were hardly any slow/boring parts, I totally approve of all the action and I thought the whole "travelling" idea was pretty neat.
Ah, we differ. I found this book lacking in the writing department. It just felt hollow (no pun intended) compared to the previous books. Some things were glossed over and while other things were over described which didn't need to be. Maybe it's just me.
The Lupin/Tonks thing, however, annoyed me to death.
That whole thing between them made me cringe a lot. I really liked her fanciful character in the OOTP book a hell of a lot better than her sulking in HPP and her lovesick and stupid in this one.
Speaking of romance: Dear JKR, if you ever decide to write another novel... just leave it out, alright? I'm not saying I could do it any better, but the whole Harry/Ginny thingy was just... nah.
Thank you. The whole Harry/Ginny love story was forced from the very beginning. I figured he'd grow up and find someone different but no. Personally I'd rather him with Hermione as I don't really like Ron that much.
JKR said that two main characters die. Now which of the nine does she consider major?
It's funny, but I don't considering anyone a main character unless it's Hermione, Ron, or Harry. Everyone else is support in my mind. *shrugs shoulders*
For some reason, the deaths of Hedwig and Dobby touched me a lot more than that of Mad-Eye.
Me too. Mad Eye was never that close to Harry anyway. I mean the only time he was, he was an impostor.
Snape's death was described a little too quickly
I agree. Considering how important of scene it turned out to be, you'd think she could have spared another 50-100 words to describe it better.
when Harry found out he indeed was supposed to die, I hated Dumbledore
Me too. I figured he really was like his bitter brother described him as. In fact, I was totally fooled into thinking Harry was dead when that chapter started. I was so sure she was going to kill him and make him into this sort of Christ-like figure.
No. Just, y'know, no. That thing is... I tell you what. Let's just not talk about it, 'kay? For now, I'll just mentally cut off the book after the last regular chapter.
Hell yes! It wasn't needed in the slightest and it totally felt tacked on at the last moment. Probably to please all those fanfic fans out there. It was so surgery that my teeth hurt just reading it.