Comments | madlori: Signing off for a bit

madlori

Signing off for a bit

Jul 16, 2005 11:09

Well, I've been up for 27 hours now. Book is read.

Please see my full HBP comments here.Basically, I thought the book was terrific. It far exceeded my expectations ( Read more... )

hp: books, fandom: wank, fandom: shipping

Comments 9

cadey July 16 2005, 15:19:42 UTC

Word.

forgiveninasong July 16 2005, 16:33:12 UTC

It's not about the ship, in the end though, is it?

For me...that wasn't why I liked the series...liked the books...

Yeah, I'm shocked at stuff, but I liked the book.

Yeah...just finished it about 20 mins ago and can't speak properly.

bunny_wabit July 16 2005, 17:05:27 UTC

I've not had the chance to even get past Chapter 15 yet, and I am actually liking it - despite the things I'm being forced to read on portkey while moderating there. Your analysis of the book is quite good, and I've gotten a few requests from members to compile up a list of good analysis like that and post them OR to link to them.

If it's okay with you, would you like to post on Portkey's Forums about this ?

Thanks
NAPPA
* plunging into Chapter 15... *

madlori July 16 2005, 18:45:55 UTC

I was going to but it says you need a PASSWORD to get into them and me know not what that might be.

bunny_wabit July 16 2005, 21:29:18 UTC

It's "prince" without the quote marks. It's on the description of the forum. Let me know if you need something else.

NAPPA

galigad July 16 2005, 17:56:31 UTC

I hope you won't mind my quoting portions of your wonderful analysis in my own LJ, even though I have to disagree with you on whether I liked HBP or not.

My major issue with HBP lies more in the way it was written and put together. Unfortunately, to my mind, the "romance" aspects did not have the same care and craftsmanship that were given to what you pointed out was the central theme of the book- that of Harry being mentored by Dumbledore to become the hero he should be.

Given the emphasis in OotP and HBP on love as "the power he knows not," I found the rather shallow development of the romance aspects (granted, they are 'teenage relationships') a jarring counterpoint to the care and development given to the 'central' theme of HBP.

Which leads me to wonder whether all this jazz about 'the power he knows not' as being *the* red herring in the books.

But thank you very much for your very insightful comments on the book as a whole.

gil

divajess July 17 2005, 00:15:34 UTC

thank you...I am right there with you. I love shipping, but that's not the reason why I love the books. Plus, completely implausible ships exist without any canon to back them up, but that doesn't stop people from enjoying them, now does it? Grrr...the backlash against the ship plotlines is really annoying the crap out of me, but I just have to keep a rational head about it or I'm just as bad, ya know?
That is one thing I have always loved about your PoA series...Harry and Hermione don't really have much basis in canon, but you make them getting together PLAUSIBLE. It has good reasons to happen. It is a natural progression of their relationship. It doesn't mean either of them love Ron any less, or Ginny. You were able to make it real in my head, even though I'm a Ron/Hermione girl first. You didn't try to tie it to little crumbs of misinterpreted canon, you just made it work in a real life sort of sense. I don't think I've ever given you feedback on that, but excellent job. :)

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divajess July 18 2005, 13:48:55 UTC

Thanks :)

d'oh!!...PoA...I so had the books on my mind. Everyone obviously knows that I meant PoU. *is retarded* Apparently all my available brainpower is going to theorizing about what will happen in book 7.