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Ok, so i finally finished the Harry Potter book, and after reading sarah's LJ, I thought I'd post my own on what i read...
Right, well first of all, the two deaths - Snape and Fred. I'm not going to say they both weren't very sad, I just thought that not much time was spent on them for me to get too emotional. Fair enough, all that chapter about Snape's memories and how he loved Lilly all along was very sad, but I guessed that was coming and I always thought Snape would die being a tragic hero after all. It was nice to hear how he had protected Harry for all this time though, for Lilly, but then found out that he had to die in the end anyway. I think i would have been more sad if Harry had found all this out before Snape died, then Snape had sacrificed himself to save Harry while Harry knew about it, if you get what I mean. I think that was Harry would have been more upset at the actual time.
And Fred, it was so quick and Harry seemed to grieve for such a short time that it kind of felt like an injustice. It was very sad again but in a way I had hoped that the two characters would have been a bit more 'major'. I mean, I suppose the only ones more major that it could have been were Hermione, Ron and Harry, but although I loved Fred and George, I don't think I would miss them all too much, apart from their jokes and pranks. I would have been much more upset if it was Ginny, Neville or Hagrid.
Harry's death - I had guessed all along that exactly this would happen: Harry would have to kill himself to kill Voldemort. I just didnt understand why Harry couldnt have put up a bit of a fight first, and then let Voldy kill him. And the whole thing with Dumbledore, I thought a bit cheesy but I suppose it was a good way of explaining everything. I also thought it was a bit out of character for Dumbldore to just keep harry alive for all that time, and then to want him to die, but I suppose if there was no other way, I just wish Dumbledore had told Harry, it seemed more like something he would.
Hedwig and Dobb's deaths were also very sad. I think i felt more upset over Dobby than i did over Fred or Snape because a lot of time and grief was put into his death. Harry digging Dobby's grave made me quite upset, and I think i expected something of that sort for Fred and Snape too, not digging a grave, but some of form of physical show of grief. I am very very upset that hedwig died, she had been Harry's friend for all that time he had been stuck at Privat Drive, and then she was just killed off so quickly.
The tent bussiness did drag on for me for quite some time. I got a bit bored in fact. It seemed that all they were doing was sitting in a tent, getting caught, having some great idea about what to do next, doing it then getting caught and sitting in a tent again. I was glad when Ron left and then came back because it brightened it up a bit. I loved the visit to Luna's dad's though. Very sad to think he was only trying to get Luna back. I hadn't really liked Luna before now, but i really like her in this book for some reason.
I missed Hogwarts in this book too a bit. I know they finally had the battle there at the end, which I thought worked really well as a place to have it, but all through the book I was like 'I hope Hogwarts comes into it somewhere' because when you think of Harry Potter you think of Hogwarts and all the fun they had there. It kind of makes you wish it was all real because it sounds like such a fun school, an all the jokes and pranks and things they got up to were fun. It also makes me want to go back and read the first few books again so I can read about tha time when it was all fun and just a couple of things happened.
Overall it was a good book again and it kept me hooked. I just think that they were gone for such a long time and they only managed to find most of the Horcruxes at the end. Oh and the Gringotts thing was good too. Double crossing Gobblins lol. I am pleased with how it all ended (minus the epilogue because that was very cheesy) and I think she did a good job and lived up to most peoples expectation - she had a lot of pressure! I think my favourite book will still be the 6th, but this one might grow on me if I decide to read it again.
Oh and I almost forgot, I did NOT like the bit about wearing the locket. It was sooo something from LOTR, and it pissed me off a bit because I already JK had stolen a lot of her ideas from that that she could have left this bit out. I mean why didnt harry just put the locket in his pouch thing, then at leats only he would be able to get it out again. And the burning of his skin where he was wearing it...grr!
Hehe all in all though I think it was very good! Well done JK!
Right, well first of all, the two deaths - Snape and Fred. I'm not going to say they both weren't very sad, I just thought that not much time was spent on them for me to get too emotional. Fair enough, all that chapter about Snape's memories and how he loved Lilly all along was very sad, but I guessed that was coming and I always thought Snape would die being a tragic hero after all. It was nice to hear how he had protected Harry for all this time though, for Lilly, but then found out that he had to die in the end anyway. I think i would have been more sad if Harry had found all this out before Snape died, then Snape had sacrificed himself to save Harry while Harry knew about it, if you get what I mean. I think that was Harry would have been more upset at the actual time.
And Fred, it was so quick and Harry seemed to grieve for such a short time that it kind of felt like an injustice. It was very sad again but in a way I had hoped that the two characters would have been a bit more 'major'. I mean, I suppose the only ones more major that it could have been were Hermione, Ron and Harry, but although I loved Fred and George, I don't think I would miss them all too much, apart from their jokes and pranks. I would have been much more upset if it was Ginny, Neville or Hagrid.
Harry's death - I had guessed all along that exactly this would happen: Harry would have to kill himself to kill Voldemort. I just didnt understand why Harry couldnt have put up a bit of a fight first, and then let Voldy kill him. And the whole thing with Dumbledore, I thought a bit cheesy but I suppose it was a good way of explaining everything. I also thought it was a bit out of character for Dumbldore to just keep harry alive for all that time, and then to want him to die, but I suppose if there was no other way, I just wish Dumbledore had told Harry, it seemed more like something he would.
Hedwig and Dobb's deaths were also very sad. I think i felt more upset over Dobby than i did over Fred or Snape because a lot of time and grief was put into his death. Harry digging Dobby's grave made me quite upset, and I think i expected something of that sort for Fred and Snape too, not digging a grave, but some of form of physical show of grief. I am very very upset that hedwig died, she had been Harry's friend for all that time he had been stuck at Privat Drive, and then she was just killed off so quickly.
The tent bussiness did drag on for me for quite some time. I got a bit bored in fact. It seemed that all they were doing was sitting in a tent, getting caught, having some great idea about what to do next, doing it then getting caught and sitting in a tent again. I was glad when Ron left and then came back because it brightened it up a bit. I loved the visit to Luna's dad's though. Very sad to think he was only trying to get Luna back. I hadn't really liked Luna before now, but i really like her in this book for some reason.
I missed Hogwarts in this book too a bit. I know they finally had the battle there at the end, which I thought worked really well as a place to have it, but all through the book I was like 'I hope Hogwarts comes into it somewhere' because when you think of Harry Potter you think of Hogwarts and all the fun they had there. It kind of makes you wish it was all real because it sounds like such a fun school, an all the jokes and pranks and things they got up to were fun. It also makes me want to go back and read the first few books again so I can read about tha time when it was all fun and just a couple of things happened.
Overall it was a good book again and it kept me hooked. I just think that they were gone for such a long time and they only managed to find most of the Horcruxes at the end. Oh and the Gringotts thing was good too. Double crossing Gobblins lol. I am pleased with how it all ended (minus the epilogue because that was very cheesy) and I think she did a good job and lived up to most peoples expectation - she had a lot of pressure! I think my favourite book will still be the 6th, but this one might grow on me if I decide to read it again.
Oh and I almost forgot, I did NOT like the bit about wearing the locket. It was sooo something from LOTR, and it pissed me off a bit because I already JK had stolen a lot of her ideas from that that she could have left this bit out. I mean why didnt harry just put the locket in his pouch thing, then at leats only he would be able to get it out again. And the burning of his skin where he was wearing it...grr!
Hehe all in all though I think it was very good! Well done JK!