Harry Potter, the last book
Yes, I has it. Yes, I has read it.
Got it at 12:04 am. Got home at 12:27. Was done reading at 4:25 am. I love Saturdays.
Cutting because I know people still have not read it.
First of all, let's discuss the deaths. Some were done well, some were not.
1. Charity Burbage. Waste of time. Just a "Look! I is evil!" posturing bit.
2. Moody. There was enough build-up; we knew someone would be lost. It was sad, but it was well done and acceptable.
3. Scrimgour. "I am not evil but I am not good!" "Oh noes! We doesn't like you! You is keeping a valuable historical artifact from a teenaged boy who is known to run off to have silly adventures and might lose it!" Poof. Dead. What??? His death was awkward, to say the least.
4 Dobby. Wow. Him I did not expect to die. That made me very sad, but at least it made sense. He died as he'd lived, dramatic, brave, and never worried about himself. I'm glad Harry dug the grave out manually. Dobby deserved that.
5. Bathilda Bagshot. Weird, but it would make a good trap. Was Rita Skeeter involved somehow? She was there most recently. I don't get how Nagini would be inside a body. Sure, she's more intelligent because she's got a bit of Voldemort's soul in her, but to make her some sort of reverse-Animagus? I don't get it.
6. Ted Tonks and Dirk Cresswell. I'm sorry, but they died so Voldemort could capture a Gringotts goblin? Huh? Why? The stuff was in the safe. There was no reason to worry about it. Gringotts goblins are known for being reliable. Stupid.
7. Wormtail. Pointless. Absolutely pointless. I sincerely doubt at the moment Voldemort return from the dead he was going "hm. Wormtail might turn on me. I should booby-trap this arm."
8. Fred Weasley. Knew it. I knew that at least one twin would die. They're the comic relief; if at least one didn't die, then the book have been more fun. Can't risk that, ya know. I think it's worse that only one died. Poor George. Somehow I think it would have been better for the two of them to go out together in a laughing blaze of glory. I wish Fred hadn't died.
9. Lupin and Tonks. This was the worst What The?? moment in the book. "Oh look, people mourning Fred. And oh, more bodies. No worries, it's just Lupin, the last of my dad's friends and his wife. Means their son will be an orphan. But I don't really care. I'll just keep going." Stupid. Wasteful. GAH. ~hugs poor Lupin~
10. Colin Creevey. Why? So it would be more dramatic when a little body was found?
11. Severus Snape. Knew that was coming too. Voldemort did give a reason for it, to gain control of the wand, but... Wish it hadn't happened.
Other Stuff:
Yay to Percy reconciling with his family.
Yay to a pretty wedding.
Boo to the last Harry and Lupin scene with Lupin being a coward. Poor Lupin.
Yay to Narcissa saving Harry. I liked that touch.
Question: I thought someone we didn't expect would do magic in this book. I didn't notice anything.
Boo to Peeves not being used. One of my friends has had a theory from the start that Peeves had to be important. After all, why would they tolerate a Poltergeist if not? I thought, thanks to similiarities in the name Peverel, that poof, we had a connection. But nothing happened.
Yay to McGonagall's army of desks. If that had been guarding the Sorcerer's Stone... oh well. Very cool!
Yay also to the castle defenses. I enjoyed how the suits of armor went to help.
The book was much better than the last one even with the sappy epilogue. The wasted deaths didn't drag down something that, thank heavens, was not mopey/angsty like book 6.
Got it at 12:04 am. Got home at 12:27. Was done reading at 4:25 am. I love Saturdays.
Cutting because I know people still have not read it.
First of all, let's discuss the deaths. Some were done well, some were not.
1. Charity Burbage. Waste of time. Just a "Look! I is evil!" posturing bit.
2. Moody. There was enough build-up; we knew someone would be lost. It was sad, but it was well done and acceptable.
3. Scrimgour. "I am not evil but I am not good!" "Oh noes! We doesn't like you! You is keeping a valuable historical artifact from a teenaged boy who is known to run off to have silly adventures and might lose it!" Poof. Dead. What??? His death was awkward, to say the least.
4 Dobby. Wow. Him I did not expect to die. That made me very sad, but at least it made sense. He died as he'd lived, dramatic, brave, and never worried about himself. I'm glad Harry dug the grave out manually. Dobby deserved that.
5. Bathilda Bagshot. Weird, but it would make a good trap. Was Rita Skeeter involved somehow? She was there most recently. I don't get how Nagini would be inside a body. Sure, she's more intelligent because she's got a bit of Voldemort's soul in her, but to make her some sort of reverse-Animagus? I don't get it.
6. Ted Tonks and Dirk Cresswell. I'm sorry, but they died so Voldemort could capture a Gringotts goblin? Huh? Why? The stuff was in the safe. There was no reason to worry about it. Gringotts goblins are known for being reliable. Stupid.
7. Wormtail. Pointless. Absolutely pointless. I sincerely doubt at the moment Voldemort return from the dead he was going "hm. Wormtail might turn on me. I should booby-trap this arm."
8. Fred Weasley. Knew it. I knew that at least one twin would die. They're the comic relief; if at least one didn't die, then the book have been more fun. Can't risk that, ya know. I think it's worse that only one died. Poor George. Somehow I think it would have been better for the two of them to go out together in a laughing blaze of glory. I wish Fred hadn't died.
9. Lupin and Tonks. This was the worst What The?? moment in the book. "Oh look, people mourning Fred. And oh, more bodies. No worries, it's just Lupin, the last of my dad's friends and his wife. Means their son will be an orphan. But I don't really care. I'll just keep going." Stupid. Wasteful. GAH. ~hugs poor Lupin~
10. Colin Creevey. Why? So it would be more dramatic when a little body was found?
11. Severus Snape. Knew that was coming too. Voldemort did give a reason for it, to gain control of the wand, but... Wish it hadn't happened.
Other Stuff:
Yay to Percy reconciling with his family.
Yay to a pretty wedding.
Boo to the last Harry and Lupin scene with Lupin being a coward. Poor Lupin.
Yay to Narcissa saving Harry. I liked that touch.
Question: I thought someone we didn't expect would do magic in this book. I didn't notice anything.
Boo to Peeves not being used. One of my friends has had a theory from the start that Peeves had to be important. After all, why would they tolerate a Poltergeist if not? I thought, thanks to similiarities in the name Peverel, that poof, we had a connection. But nothing happened.
Yay to McGonagall's army of desks. If that had been guarding the Sorcerer's Stone... oh well. Very cool!
Yay also to the castle defenses. I enjoyed how the suits of armor went to help.
The book was much better than the last one even with the sappy epilogue. The wasted deaths didn't drag down something that, thank heavens, was not mopey/angsty like book 6.