DH Review: Chapter Three

[jackiejlh]

I think I'm going to do a chapter by chapter DH opinions/reactions posting thing. Just 'cause I can. I can't promise it will be funny, insightful, or even interesting, but I'm doing it anyway.

I keep getting distracted, so this might take a while. But three chapters in one day isn't too bad, I suppose. :p

Obviously, as it's a DH thing, it

Comments

[ladywhitehart]

This chapter was rather boring and anticlimactic, wasn't it?

YUP, oodles of unrealized potential. Ah, well.

[jackiejlh]

I kept waiting for something from Petunia. After the Howler in OotP, I was figuring she'd admit to something, you know? Give more info on her correspondance with Dumbledore or something. But perhaps fanon has simply convinced me that there was more to it all than there actually was. :(

[fierydream]

Rucksack's a backpack, yeah. I've always thought a rucksack is one of those huge backpacks you use when travelling, but that might not be right.

[larilee]

ruck·sack (rŭk'săk', rʊk'-) pronunciation
n.

A knapsack.

[German : dialectal Ruck, back (from Middle High German rück, ruck, from Old High German hrukki) + Sack, sack (from Middle High German sac, from Old High German, from Latin saccus; see sack1).]


I felt like this was a throwaway chapter. I'd have loved to see the Arthur/Kingsley vs The Dursleys scene more than this, but Dudley actually seemed cool. Dumb, but cool. However, I loved the fact now that he shows he's basically decent, he's no longer fat. For someone who writes about how girls shouldn't be so obsessive about weight issues, Jo certainly demeans and villianizes fat people.

Carriage clock is a small, spring-driven clock, designed for travelling, developed in the early 19th century in France. The case, usually plain or gilt-brass, is rectangular with a carrying handle and often set with glass or more rarely enamel or porcelain panels. A feature of carriage clocks is the platform escapement, sometimes visible through a glazed aperture on the top of the case.