Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Oh. My. God.
(This entry probably will be edited a bazillion times, seeing that I certainly forgot something important.)
Oh. My. God.
After all these years... It's OVER. *whimpers*
First of all: the book was bloody, effin' brilliant! I haven't enjoyed reading a HP book that much since, since, since - PoA? Ever, perhaps? I don't know. Fact is that I loved it from the very start to its furious ending. It was like reading one big, epic, extremely well-written fanfic: the dark setting, Voldemort taking over the ministry, the entire war scenario... that's what I use to like and look for in HP fanfic. And now it was actually in the book and I was/am ecstatic.
Moreover, JKR finally managed the fine balance between plot and number of pages again. Quantity does not equal quality. It's a simple thing, but she seemed to have forgotten that while writing the previous two books.
I won't bother talking much about the cheesy epilogue here, although it really wasn't that horrible as everyone's saying. The only thing that annoys me about it is that I can't pretend Harry ditched Ginny for Draco in the end. (Sry, I really don't like H/G, it's too... smooth.) Oh, and the last sentence: All was well. = fail. Can't be said any other way. Even "And they lived happily ever after" would've been a better choice.
What else...?
1. I think we can all agree on the fact that Neville and Molly = FTW. Abso-fucking-lutely. I always kind of suspected that Mrs. Weasley had it in her (though it was still a very pleasant surprise), but I never would've dreamed that Neville would become this awesome!
"I'll join you when hell freezes over - Dumbledore's Army!" (And that part actually made me feel all warm and proud inside. *sighs*)
"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" <3
2. Oh, and Kreacher. Kreacher! Poor thing! I hated the little jerk after Sirius' death, but now I can't help loving him to bits and pieces. That story about Regulus was heartbreaking. *sniffs* (Btw: Regulus ftw!)
3. Ron was brilliant in this book. Annoying in the beginning, but overall brilliant. Brave and clever and proving that he's not just a simple sidekick. (And he got together with Hermione, AT LAST.)
4. OMG Fred! And Remus! And after he got a little son! *starts weeping*
I actually wailed when I read the parts about them. Seperating the twins is an absolute no-no. Either kill them both together or not at all. But only taking one? That's just too cruel. And Remus... I seriously expected him to survive. It would have fit into JKR's scheme of making Lupin suffer survivor's guilt all the time. The only one left of the Marauders. The only one who sees the group fall apart, always a helpless observer.
5. I'm not very happy about the role given to the Malfoy family in this book. They act like cowards most of the times they are mentioned. When they are mentioned at all.
However, I loved the random fact that Harry was using Draco's wand after his own got broken. Random, but relevant. <3
And this particular scene made me go all AWWW:
"Is Draco alive? Is he in the castle?" [...]
"Yes," he breathed back.
I love, love, love it. It gave me chills, honestly. It was so... fanon. (For a brief moment it totally reminded of KimRay's HP fics.) And I was positively surprised at how much Lucius actually cares for his son. Narcissa, yes - but Lucius? Never would've guessed.
6. Luna's room: awwww. So lovely.
7. Is it just me or did Rowling really go for the whole WW II / Nazi-regime thing this time? That Muggle-Born Registration Comission was just... well. You know what I mean. Then again, there have always been loads of parallels in that certain matter.
8. Snape. Snape. I can't say that I'm hugely surprised nor that I'm utterly devastated about his death. You could see that coming, really. The ending of book 6 was way too fishy for it to be as simple as "Snape is teh ev0l". I'm no Snape-fangirl. He does have his cool moments in the book and the movies, but overall, I don't care all that much about him. Yet, this quote:
"After all this time? - Always."
Awwwww. Heartbreakingly sweet.
9. But the most heartbreaking scene ever? When Harry is about to face his own death. I'm not that much of a Harry fangirl, but oh God. He was so brave. And the Marauders - united, after all this time.
"I am about to die."
"You've been so brave."
"Does it hurt? - Dying? Not at all. Quicker and easier than falling asleep." (*points at new icon, btw*)
"You'll stay with me? - Until the very end."
I didn't even realize how fucking intense that scene is until I had already finished the book and was looking for DH icons. And then there were all these quotes and I seriously started to cry.
Actually, I didn't even realise how intense the entire book was. I was all excited about finishing reading it that I couldn't even progress what was happening. After that, however, I couldn't stop myself from crying.
One big point of criticism, however: there's all the preaching of equalitly, of treating everyone the same way, of not lumping everything and everyone together. And what does JKR? Stereotypes, all over the entire book! *huffs*
For example: we all know Crabbe and Goyle weren't meant to be the sharpest tools in the box, but - that stupid? Or Draco still acting like the eleven-year-old brat he used to be when one would think he's had a change of mind after the happenings in the previous school year? And Hogwarts is about to be attacked by Voldemort and not one single Slytherin is ready to fight for their school? Not ONE? And half of Gryffindor-table volunteers?
Like hell, my dear JKR. I think it's time for you to take to heart what you've been trying to tell other people all the time: do not think in stereotypes. Just because pupils are in Gryffindor, it doesn't make them a suicidal lot that wishes to die in combat. And just because pupils are in Slytherin doesn't mean they're all selfish Death Eater brats. There might be some who simply don't have any other choice. And - believe it or not - there actually might be some who would like to fight for Hogwarts.
Oh well, whatever. It's not like it'd be of any use, now that the book is finished. *whimpers again*
Am I the only one who feels so empty right now? (And almost always starts cryring when she sees icons with DH-quotes?)
First of all: the book was bloody, effin' brilliant! I haven't enjoyed reading a HP book that much since, since, since - PoA? Ever, perhaps? I don't know. Fact is that I loved it from the very start to its furious ending. It was like reading one big, epic, extremely well-written fanfic: the dark setting, Voldemort taking over the ministry, the entire war scenario... that's what I use to like and look for in HP fanfic. And now it was actually in the book and I was/am ecstatic.
Moreover, JKR finally managed the fine balance between plot and number of pages again. Quantity does not equal quality. It's a simple thing, but she seemed to have forgotten that while writing the previous two books.
I won't bother talking much about the cheesy epilogue here, although it really wasn't that horrible as everyone's saying. The only thing that annoys me about it is that I can't pretend Harry ditched Ginny for Draco in the end. (Sry, I really don't like H/G, it's too... smooth.) Oh, and the last sentence: All was well. = fail. Can't be said any other way. Even "And they lived happily ever after" would've been a better choice.
What else...?
1. I think we can all agree on the fact that Neville and Molly = FTW. Abso-fucking-lutely. I always kind of suspected that Mrs. Weasley had it in her (though it was still a very pleasant surprise), but I never would've dreamed that Neville would become this awesome!
"I'll join you when hell freezes over - Dumbledore's Army!" (And that part actually made me feel all warm and proud inside. *sighs*)
"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" <3
2. Oh, and Kreacher. Kreacher! Poor thing! I hated the little jerk after Sirius' death, but now I can't help loving him to bits and pieces. That story about Regulus was heartbreaking. *sniffs* (Btw: Regulus ftw!)
3. Ron was brilliant in this book. Annoying in the beginning, but overall brilliant. Brave and clever and proving that he's not just a simple sidekick. (And he got together with Hermione, AT LAST.)
4. OMG Fred! And Remus! And after he got a little son! *starts weeping*
I actually wailed when I read the parts about them. Seperating the twins is an absolute no-no. Either kill them both together or not at all. But only taking one? That's just too cruel. And Remus... I seriously expected him to survive. It would have fit into JKR's scheme of making Lupin suffer survivor's guilt all the time. The only one left of the Marauders. The only one who sees the group fall apart, always a helpless observer.
5. I'm not very happy about the role given to the Malfoy family in this book. They act like cowards most of the times they are mentioned. When they are mentioned at all.
However, I loved the random fact that Harry was using Draco's wand after his own got broken. Random, but relevant. <3
And this particular scene made me go all AWWW:
"Is Draco alive? Is he in the castle?" [...]
"Yes," he breathed back.
I love, love, love it. It gave me chills, honestly. It was so... fanon. (For a brief moment it totally reminded of KimRay's HP fics.) And I was positively surprised at how much Lucius actually cares for his son. Narcissa, yes - but Lucius? Never would've guessed.
6. Luna's room: awwww. So lovely.
7. Is it just me or did Rowling really go for the whole WW II / Nazi-regime thing this time? That Muggle-Born Registration Comission was just... well. You know what I mean. Then again, there have always been loads of parallels in that certain matter.
8. Snape. Snape. I can't say that I'm hugely surprised nor that I'm utterly devastated about his death. You could see that coming, really. The ending of book 6 was way too fishy for it to be as simple as "Snape is teh ev0l". I'm no Snape-fangirl. He does have his cool moments in the book and the movies, but overall, I don't care all that much about him. Yet, this quote:
"After all this time? - Always."
Awwwww. Heartbreakingly sweet.
9. But the most heartbreaking scene ever? When Harry is about to face his own death. I'm not that much of a Harry fangirl, but oh God. He was so brave. And the Marauders - united, after all this time.
"I am about to die."
"You've been so brave."
"Does it hurt? - Dying? Not at all. Quicker and easier than falling asleep." (*points at new icon, btw*)
"You'll stay with me? - Until the very end."
I didn't even realize how fucking intense that scene is until I had already finished the book and was looking for DH icons. And then there were all these quotes and I seriously started to cry.
Actually, I didn't even realise how intense the entire book was. I was all excited about finishing reading it that I couldn't even progress what was happening. After that, however, I couldn't stop myself from crying.
One big point of criticism, however: there's all the preaching of equalitly, of treating everyone the same way, of not lumping everything and everyone together. And what does JKR? Stereotypes, all over the entire book! *huffs*
For example: we all know Crabbe and Goyle weren't meant to be the sharpest tools in the box, but - that stupid? Or Draco still acting like the eleven-year-old brat he used to be when one would think he's had a change of mind after the happenings in the previous school year? And Hogwarts is about to be attacked by Voldemort and not one single Slytherin is ready to fight for their school? Not ONE? And half of Gryffindor-table volunteers?
Like hell, my dear JKR. I think it's time for you to take to heart what you've been trying to tell other people all the time: do not think in stereotypes. Just because pupils are in Gryffindor, it doesn't make them a suicidal lot that wishes to die in combat. And just because pupils are in Slytherin doesn't mean they're all selfish Death Eater brats. There might be some who simply don't have any other choice. And - believe it or not - there actually might be some who would like to fight for Hogwarts.
Oh well, whatever. It's not like it'd be of any use, now that the book is finished. *whimpers again*
Am I the only one who feels so empty right now? (And almost always starts cryring when she sees icons with DH-quotes?)
(This entry probably will be edited a bazillion times, seeing that I certainly forgot something important.)
