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owens_mom

Wrapped in a Golden Light

Jul 27, 2007 09:21

I can't believe it has been less than a week since I got the book.

I really really loved it, I did. I had quibbles, to be sure, and we all know the flaws, things that didn't work, but to me there was much beauty and sadness and while some things may not have happened as I thought they would play out, I wasn't disappointed by them.

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norton_gale July 27 2007, 17:39:36 UTC

I really liked the book and was thrilled to read it, especially the last few pre-epilogue chapters which I think are up there with JKR's best work, but I chose to focus on criticism in my review as I thought that was a more interesting angle. Plus, I'm a born complainer. :)

owens_mom July 27 2007, 19:02:37 UTC

Yeah, I mean, I have certainly done my share of WTFery with my friends over the book, I'm not saying I didn't have a bad thing to say about it, but as I kept reading comments -- esp. the kind about actual writing, theme, lack of tying things up neatly, etc -- I was like wow, am I just easily pleased?

And certainly, certainly everyone is entitled to their opinion and feelings, but when I'd read stuff like "Snape would never ever harbor so much feeling for Lily after all that time, we have all had first crushes but to last that long and be that significant? No way, never gonna happen, totally stupid/inconceivable/massively retarded/ruined the entire book." I'm like, really? Time to slink off to read it again because apparently I'm the only one that liked it... LOL

norton_gale July 27 2007, 21:10:05 UTC

I enjoyed the Snape/Lily thing - I thought it made a lot of sense, and I just loved "Look...at...me..." :)

People in fandom have high expectations and we all think we could do a better job than JKR, LOL. When I read the first 6 books, I wasn't in the fandom. Now reading the 7th book as a slasher/fanfic writer, I was mostly thinking," Damn, not nearly enough Draco!" though JKR did give us more Draco than we got of a lot of other characters, and even put him in the epilogue. Oh yeah, and he was the true master of the Elder Wand and Harry's heart. So, I'm totally rambling here, but I found it somewhat satisfying on a shippy level yet not as much as HBP. Besides the H/D subtext, though, there was a lot to appreciate about this book, and I do look forward to future reads.

owens_mom July 27 2007, 21:45:38 UTC

Ah, that would make it a lot different, I would think. I wish we could make a fandom wide poll as to when people started reading the books vs. how long into the fic. I didn't get really into it until after HBP, though I'd read a few here and there after OOTP.

norton_gale July 27 2007, 22:28:57 UTC

I got into H/D fandom when I read Irresistible Poison for laughs and instead found myself totally hooked....

owens_mom July 27 2007, 22:56:37 UTC

Oh, that is a great story. Did you see she wrote a new post-DH piece? The first of 3 parts is up...

norton_gale July 27 2007, 23:13:49 UTC

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Do you have a link? I can't remember Rhysenn's LJ username.

It's so much fun to see what people are doing with the new canon! Marcasita just posted a really sweet post-dh fic in Serpentinelion- I think it's called something like Inter-House Tongue Rivalry.

owens_mom July 27 2007, 23:20:29 UTC

Yup: http://iscaris.livejournal.com/

norton_gale July 27 2007, 23:22:16 UTC

Yay! Thanks, I can't wait to read it. I didn't think she wrote H/D anymore. What a treat!

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