tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380804.post2660841286799901489..comments2023-09-19T19:45:50.854+12:00Comments on Spanblather: Harry Potter and the Final BookSpanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16896745511007816190noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380804.post-71089991686643119702007-07-28T15:49:00.000+12:002007-07-28T15:49:00.000+12:00Hookay, here we go.1. What was with all that faff...Hookay, here we go.<BR/><BR/>1. What was with all that faffing around apparating about the place for months? I mean sure, maybe they had to do that for the plot, but did I have to read it in almost real time? <BR/><BR/>2. Is it just me or is Rowling writing repetitive set pieces - in particular at the end of the book we have Dumbledore, kind-of ressurected in a manner that made no sense, to do the now too familiar long explanatory passage. And to think I was wondering who she would get to do that after killing him off last time. I really should have known that she would simply kill Harry, then have he and Dumbledore have the conversation in the afterlife, then bring Harry back to life. Sheesh.<BR/><BR/>3. Harry is a horcrux, despite the fact that Voldemort didn't actively set out to create one, although in the previous book Dumbledore told Harry that he believed Voldemort would create his final, seventh, horcrux <B>deliberately</B> when he killed Harry. And of course Harry is the only horcrux that doesn't need to be destroyed in a manner that mangles him all up. Bit too convenient that.<BR/><BR/>4. The epilogue was a nice idea but badly executed. It was basically just telling us that HG/RW shippers were right, as were those plugging for Harry and Ginny, and they all breed. It didn't need such a confusing passage (lots of children called by names of other previous characters) and it gave you no sense of Harry, Hermione, Ron or Ginny as adults who must surely have evolved somewhat in 19 years.<BR/><BR/>5. My favourite bit was the stuff around Snape's memories. He is such a good character and it was great to see him develop into it, even if it was a bit pat the way Rowling did it with the Pensieve. <BR/><BR/>OK, I'm going to stop now and do something else before my disappointment becomes my defining characteristic.Spanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896745511007816190noreply@blogger.com