Comments | bimo: As reactions towards Deathly Hallows seem to be rather obligatory these days ;-)

bimo

As reactions towards Deathly Hallows seem to be rather obligatory these days ;-)

Jul 26, 2007 12:16

An interesting but unfortunately exclusively German review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows over at Zeit Online.

( What captured my attention... )

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quiller77 July 26 2007, 16:35:11 UTC

I think Rowling's strength is plot, the weaving of storylines as opposed to pacing and such. It annoyed me that all the bad guys were such annoying stereotypes. The best character in the series (IMO) was Snape, and of course he turned out to be a conflicted good guy of sorts. The baddies, even Voldemort, were stupid, overbearing, over-the-top twits. Not how I like my bad guys, thanks.

bimo July 28 2007, 10:57:15 UTC

The baddies, even Voldemort, were stupid, overbearing, over-the-top twits.

I'm not all that happy with Rowling's "Big Bads", either. For me it's mostly the grey "inbetween" characters that I enjoy and adore. Folks like Cornelius Fudge, that nasty, mean-spirited Weasly aunt, or even Dudley Dursley, who might not be the most pleasant teenager in the world, but whom Rowling nevertheless allowed to finally show some brain activity and capacity for independent thinking.

Oh, and word to what you've said about the weaving of storylines.