Harry Potter
Jul. 25th, 2007 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
figmentI borrowed the book from someone who bought it on the first night. I got it on Monday around 5 PM, and finished it last night around 9 PM, without interrupting sleep or work too much to do so. I enjoyed the read. I am now going through and reading all of your spoiler-y posts. Thanks for putting them behind cuts.
I have to admit, though, that I am disappointed in the fact that Rowling made it end in such a ... predictable way. The Great Hero has to sacrifice himself willingly for the sins of all to destroy the Great Evil, but then is resurrected due to the selflessness and purity of his sacrifice. I mean, yeah, it's classic, but we've also been reading that story for thousands of years. I hoped for a slightly more original ending.
Other than that, I did enjoy the book. I liked the development of the earlier less-than-heroic characters of Luna and Neville; I liked how they became really important.
I thought the initial abandonment of Ron - how he left Harry and Hermione - was a bit predictable and lame. I mean, it seems like Harry and Ron have some big fight practically every book. Or there's some fight between at least two of the three of them. And then they get back together, of course, because they're Best Friends Forever.
I was a little surprised and disappointed that she killed off Mad-Eye so quickly. To balance that, though, I liked the section on Snape's memories. I was honestly probably saddest at Dobby's death. Poor ol' brave misfit Dobby.
Overall ... the book ended reasonably well, and tied up the series. But it didn't affect me deeply and emotionally as I thought it would. I didn't cry once.
I have to admit, though, that I am disappointed in the fact that Rowling made it end in such a ... predictable way. The Great Hero has to sacrifice himself willingly for the sins of all to destroy the Great Evil, but then is resurrected due to the selflessness and purity of his sacrifice. I mean, yeah, it's classic, but we've also been reading that story for thousands of years. I hoped for a slightly more original ending.
Other than that, I did enjoy the book. I liked the development of the earlier less-than-heroic characters of Luna and Neville; I liked how they became really important.
I thought the initial abandonment of Ron - how he left Harry and Hermione - was a bit predictable and lame. I mean, it seems like Harry and Ron have some big fight practically every book. Or there's some fight between at least two of the three of them. And then they get back together, of course, because they're Best Friends Forever.
I was a little surprised and disappointed that she killed off Mad-Eye so quickly. To balance that, though, I liked the section on Snape's memories. I was honestly probably saddest at Dobby's death. Poor ol' brave misfit Dobby.
Overall ... the book ended reasonably well, and tied up the series. But it didn't affect me deeply and emotionally as I thought it would. I didn't cry once.
