Rowling, JK - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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oyceterI just finished the new Harry Potter... managed to get my hands on it yesterday after someone took pity and lent it to me.
Wow, now I wish I had taken longer to read it. And I'm glad I didn't turn out to be spoiled... I accidently clicked on a cut tag one day and could have sworn it implied Snape was going to die. I amused the boy greatly about my wild speculations too. So when's the next one coming out?
I was greatly proud of my girl Hermione, and of Ron being prefect and winning the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor. And I loved seeing more of Snape's past, and the greying of Harry's dad. Except... the last scene, at the train station, it suddenly occured to me that Lupin's the last of the gang really. And that made me sad.
Still want to see more of Harry's dad and mom and the history thereof. Am very excited about the second war starting. Surprisingly, I didn't think this book was that dark. I mean, they went through dark times, definitely, but they still felt like teenagers to me, worried about lots of things, like school and their love lives, and that made me happy. Actually, it's reminding me more and more of Buffy -- prophecies, seven years worth of series, the juxtaposition of the funny and light and the dark and scary.
Not many deep thoughts right now. Strangely, I found myself more scared and sad at the end of Goblet than in this one. I think because that was the first time Rowling killed off a semi-major character -- you knew that was going to change the series and that no one was really immune anymore. And the bringing back Voldemort scenes in that one were creepy as all hell. I finished that at two in the morning and didn't want to sleep for fear of seeing red eyes in a white face. The prophecy also didn't surprise me that much, I mean, who else in a series called "Harry Potter" would kill Voldemort?
Loved the DA, enjoyed hating Umbridge and the fear of totalitarian governments and the like and censorship and all those real life issues. I also liked the fact that Dumbledore didn't make Hermione look stupid for SPEW and the hints at a better, less racist wizarding world, because the constant laughing at house elves and at Hermione's quest to be nice to them really bugged me -- how could they yell at people for calling Hermione a mudblood and still say house elves were just born to be slaves?
Desperately waiting for the next one now!
Links:
-![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
rilina's review
- my reread
Wow, now I wish I had taken longer to read it. And I'm glad I didn't turn out to be spoiled... I accidently clicked on a cut tag one day and could have sworn it implied Snape was going to die. I amused the boy greatly about my wild speculations too. So when's the next one coming out?
I was greatly proud of my girl Hermione, and of Ron being prefect and winning the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor. And I loved seeing more of Snape's past, and the greying of Harry's dad. Except... the last scene, at the train station, it suddenly occured to me that Lupin's the last of the gang really. And that made me sad.
Still want to see more of Harry's dad and mom and the history thereof. Am very excited about the second war starting. Surprisingly, I didn't think this book was that dark. I mean, they went through dark times, definitely, but they still felt like teenagers to me, worried about lots of things, like school and their love lives, and that made me happy. Actually, it's reminding me more and more of Buffy -- prophecies, seven years worth of series, the juxtaposition of the funny and light and the dark and scary.
Not many deep thoughts right now. Strangely, I found myself more scared and sad at the end of Goblet than in this one. I think because that was the first time Rowling killed off a semi-major character -- you knew that was going to change the series and that no one was really immune anymore. And the bringing back Voldemort scenes in that one were creepy as all hell. I finished that at two in the morning and didn't want to sleep for fear of seeing red eyes in a white face. The prophecy also didn't surprise me that much, I mean, who else in a series called "Harry Potter" would kill Voldemort?
Loved the DA, enjoyed hating Umbridge and the fear of totalitarian governments and the like and censorship and all those real life issues. I also liked the fact that Dumbledore didn't make Hermione look stupid for SPEW and the hints at a better, less racist wizarding world, because the constant laughing at house elves and at Hermione's quest to be nice to them really bugged me -- how could they yell at people for calling Hermione a mudblood and still say house elves were just born to be slaves?
Desperately waiting for the next one now!
Links:
-
rilina's review- my reread
HP: 1984
Mon, Jun. 30th, 2003 05:46 am (UTC)