Deathly Hallows Book Discussion **LoTs Of Spoilers**

innerSpaceman · 07-23-2007, 08:31 PM

Whew, I know I'm behind a lot of you ... but that's the fastest I ever read a book in my life! (I had to take time off yesterday to, of all things, take some swankers to see the new Harry Potter movie).

I had the perfect break point today after my lunchtime, no-lunch, pure reading session. I had to go back to the office just after Harry'd been killed. I was all set for my first post here to be "Misery Chastain Cannot Be Dead!"

I generally liked the book, but can't say I loved it. It suffers, for me, from being very jeuvenile in its story. Really just a bunch of close-escapes for Harry and pals, and a denouement of battle action with a wrap-up of all the McGuffins that, naturally, the inventor of the McGuffins can dazzle us with simply by withholding their full story for a number of years.

That said, the book was entertaining ... after a very slow beginning. I liked the twists on the obligatory Dursley opening (very touching scene with Big D) and Burrow opening. But the first few chapters of the trio on the run were a bit of a slog.

After that, of course, pure action ... and the stuff I mentioned above as being jeuvenile was nonetheless tons of fun.

The book was a slaughterhouse of death, as I expected. But I did not expect to be most broken up by the death of Dobby the House Elf. Really moved by that, and by Harry's reaction.

I didn't like the Gringott's bank heist nearly as much as I enjoyed the Ministry infiltration. One undercover act too many, imo. Just as close-call escape after close-call escape wore a little thin.

Though I expected both the revelation that Snape was a good guy all along and some kind of Limbo Conversation with Dead Dumbledore, both were very enjoyable in the book. I was sorry that Snape was absent from the story for practically the entire novel, but he was given so much more juice than many of the other characters I'd have like to have "seen" more of.

I liked that Tonks and Lupin died off-screen ... because it was way more of a shock to me that way. And I thought it was a good off-the-scent thrower ... because I was sure at that point Harry would live, because he'd been made Teddy's Godfather. Made Harry's "death" a few pages later much more of a surprise to me.

Oh, and I liked Deathy Hallows soooo much more than Half-Blood Prince. It's a big win in my game of low expectations.

If J.K. is temped to come back to it after her 15 years of anonymity and fortune-gone ... I want that Snape spin-off!

07-23-2007, 08:31 PM	#11
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Whew, I know I'm behind a lot of you ... but that's the fastest I ever read a book in my life! (I had to take time off yesterday to, of all things, take some swankers to see the new Harry Potter movie). I had the perfect break point today after my lunchtime, no-lunch, pure reading session. I had to go back to the office just after Harry'd been killed. I was all set for my first post here to be "Misery Chastain Cannot Be Dead!" I generally liked the book, but can't say I loved it. It suffers, for me, from being very jeuvenile in its story. Really just a bunch of close-escapes for Harry and pals, and a denouement of battle action with a wrap-up of all the McGuffins that, naturally, the inventor of the McGuffins can dazzle us with simply by withholding their full story for a number of years. That said, the book was entertaining ... after a very slow beginning. I liked the twists on the obligatory Dursley opening (very touching scene with Big D) and Burrow opening. But the first few chapters of the trio on the run were a bit of a slog. After that, of course, pure action ... and the stuff I mentioned above as being jeuvenile was nonetheless tons of fun. The book was a slaughterhouse of death, as I expected. But I did not expect to be most broken up by the death of Dobby the House Elf. Really moved by that, and by Harry's reaction. I didn't like the Gringott's bank heist nearly as much as I enjoyed the Ministry infiltration. One undercover act too many, imo. Just as close-call escape after close-call escape wore a little thin. Though I expected both the revelation that Snape was a good guy all along and some kind of Limbo Conversation with Dead Dumbledore, both were very enjoyable in the book. I was sorry that Snape was absent from the story for practically the entire novel, but he was given so much more juice than many of the other characters I'd have like to have "seen" more of. I liked that Tonks and Lupin died off-screen ... because it was way more of a shock to me that way. And I thought it was a good off-the-scent thrower ... because I was sure at that point Harry would live, because he'd been made Teddy's Godfather. Made Harry's "death" a few pages later much more of a surprise to me. Oh, and I liked Deathy Hallows soooo much more than Half-Blood Prince. It's a big win in my game of low expectations. If J.K. is temped to come back to it after her 15 years of anonymity and fortune-gone ... I want that Snape spin-off!
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