Like more than a few of you, I'm sure, I went with some friends to the midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I last night
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I felt like Rowling was all "Last book, I can kill whoever I like!" and started doing so with wild abandon.
See, I know some people say that, but it really never felt that way to me. The way some of the deaths were handled could've been a little less...crammed in (Tonks and Lupin could've at least gotten killed where we could actually see it, I mean, jesus), but the book alwats made it clear to me this whole thing where was a war going on. An epic war. People are going to be dying left and right and yes, even people you know. Not just Nameless Extras no. 1-247.
Hedwig's death in partcular, what with Harry's wand getting broken later on, it read as very symbolic to me. He was losing a lot of the things he first got when he was introduced to magic. It cemented the idea that his childhood, his innocence was over. He was no longer a boy wizard - he was a young man who could no longer depend on adults there to tell him what to do and protect him (because for all the single handed heroism Harry has carried out throughout the first six books, there still has always been an adult there to back him up, aide him or perform a last-minute rescue if needed) but had to fight his battles truly with his own strength.
I didn't read Book 7 except for the first time but I guess it must have made a really big impression on me because I basically remembered exactly what was going to come as it happened. So I was constantly on the edge of my seat for the next part ^_^
Glad to hear the Malfoy's are back too!
Oh yeah - the Malfoys as a family unit and especially Draco have a fairly prominant storyline going on throughout Book 7. It's not as big in the first part of the book, so I was glad they still managed to properly foreshawdow that by including them.
See, I know some people say that, but it really never felt that way to me. The way some of the deaths were handled could've been a little less...crammed in (Tonks and Lupin could've at least gotten killed where we could actually see it, I mean, jesus), but the book alwats made it clear to me this whole thing where was a war going on. An epic war. People are going to be dying left and right and yes, even people you know. Not just Nameless Extras no. 1-247.
Hedwig's death in partcular, what with Harry's wand getting broken later on, it read as very symbolic to me. He was losing a lot of the things he first got when he was introduced to magic. It cemented the idea that his childhood, his innocence was over. He was no longer a boy wizard - he was a young man who could no longer depend on adults there to tell him what to do and protect him (because for all the single handed heroism Harry has carried out throughout the first six books, there still has always been an adult there to back him up, aide him or perform a last-minute rescue if needed) but had to fight his battles truly with his own strength.
I didn't read Book 7 except for the first time but I guess it must have made a really big impression on me because I basically remembered exactly what was going to come as it happened. So I was constantly on the edge of my seat for the next part ^_^
Glad to hear the Malfoy's are back too!
Oh yeah - the Malfoys as a family unit and especially Draco have a fairly prominant storyline going on throughout Book 7. It's not as big in the first part of the book, so I was glad they still managed to properly foreshawdow that by including them.
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