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The rawkin':
Aberforth. "YOU BITCH!" Dumbledore background. Neville and Luna. The fast pace, especially later in the novel. Closure.
No Arnold Peasgood; he remains pure. Pure in a characterization sort of way. A very civilitas-esque sort of Mafalda Hopkirk--except for the hair. Erm.
Good times.
Huh?
Why the hell is Grendelwald still alive? Especially in she-should-have-just-called-it-Nuremburg? (I mean, really. She's not even trying with the name; I didn't see the need for it not to be Nuremburg.) I don't suspect that German and Eastern European wizards would be fluffy bunnies, incapable of executing Mr. For the Greater Good. Considering the number of necks that snapped after WWII, I just don't buy it.
Why didn't the Harry blood go boomskii through V.'s body when Harry "died?" I know. So he could come back to life. Otherwise, I don't understand.
The disappointing:
The Epilogue sucked in a bad fan-fic sort of way. I also found it disappointing that after the fall of Voldemort, apparently not much changed in wizarding society or at Hogwarts. I find this rather perplexing, since wars tend to create social change and upheaval. This leads me to believe that the wizarding world is rather idiotic and a slave to rinse-repeats. At least she's set up for another Dark Lord should she feel the need. The same fucked up system is still in place. The juvenile comments by Ron and Harry's child were not mitigated by Harry's I'd-be-proud-if-you-were-Slytherin-but-you-can-choose-Gryffindor-ya-know?
Epilogue so Hollywood. No substance (if there were changes, we couldn't know.) Just fluff.
Snape/Lily. Again, bad fan-fic. Badbadbad.
Remus/Tonks. WTF was that? Their entire presence in the novel was rushed and blundered. (Much like their entire marriage/let's have a baby!) Very unceremonious deaths, along with Mad Eye.
No balls, Rowling. No balls. You should have turned into an automatic weapon, baby.
Hagrid STILL refuses to die. Man, he's worse than CBG!Beria.
Dumbledore should have died a couple of books ago. The entire take over of the Ministry and insta-extreme policies felt super-rushed and not so realistic. Except for what I said above. Maybe it does work like that in the wizarding world. Definitely not in Muggleland.
Overall:
Yeah, yeah. I'm bitching. But I was glad for some closure. Overall, an enjoyable romp for the younger ones, I think. And plenty of mature stuff yet left for the kiddies.