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eretriaIt's not a spoiler if I say that it exceeded my expectations, right?
I could have done without the token kiddy chapter (the names, wtf? Rose??) in the end, but JKR wins forever for page 502 and for Snape.
Yes, there were several shouts of I KNEW IT!
Though, damn. I had been prepared to see Snape die, but Fred? Ouch. Probably good we never saw a reaction from George. The rest of the Weasley's reactions were breaking my heart enough as it were.
And, oh, Dobby. Yes, I welled up there.
And oh, Tonks and Lupin. I'm sorry that I didn't cry over you, for I really liked you. But everything was happening so fast that the moment to slow down and mourn we had for Fred and Dobby wasn't there.
Hedwig. :o(
The parallels to the NS regime were pretty obvious this time, weren't they? Well done, though.
And because I'm shallow, I cannot get over that Ron gave Harry a book with sex tips for his birthday. BOYS.
And, ladies, admit it: Who of us wouldn't want Hermione's handbag? I adore you, JKR, I really do.
Ron and the locket had a bit of Frodo and the ring, hadn't it? It nearly killed me seeing him leave, and I all but turned to mush at his return, and his bravery with the sword. Such a bundle of insecurities. Oh, Ron.
OMG, Neville: Vive la resistance! (How hard did I love Neville?)
McGonagall!
Molly!!!
In conclusion, what I liked best about the book: No more black and white. Instead, shades of grey as far as you could see. Excellent.
Should add: I succumbed and took the day off and read, beginning to end, without even glimpsing at the end. It amuses me that I finished precisely at midnight, to someone having fireworks in the area.
And, lo and behold, some papers and websites (sites of e-mail Providers) are already giving away the end. Do they not realise how fucking uncool that is?
I could have done without the token kiddy chapter (the names, wtf? Rose??) in the end, but JKR wins forever for page 502 and for Snape.
Yes, there were several shouts of I KNEW IT!
Though, damn. I had been prepared to see Snape die, but Fred? Ouch. Probably good we never saw a reaction from George. The rest of the Weasley's reactions were breaking my heart enough as it were.
And, oh, Dobby. Yes, I welled up there.
And oh, Tonks and Lupin. I'm sorry that I didn't cry over you, for I really liked you. But everything was happening so fast that the moment to slow down and mourn we had for Fred and Dobby wasn't there.
Hedwig. :o(
The parallels to the NS regime were pretty obvious this time, weren't they? Well done, though.
And because I'm shallow, I cannot get over that Ron gave Harry a book with sex tips for his birthday. BOYS.
And, ladies, admit it: Who of us wouldn't want Hermione's handbag? I adore you, JKR, I really do.
Ron and the locket had a bit of Frodo and the ring, hadn't it? It nearly killed me seeing him leave, and I all but turned to mush at his return, and his bravery with the sword. Such a bundle of insecurities. Oh, Ron.
OMG, Neville: Vive la resistance! (How hard did I love Neville?)
McGonagall!
Molly!!!
In conclusion, what I liked best about the book: No more black and white. Instead, shades of grey as far as you could see. Excellent.
Should add: I succumbed and took the day off and read, beginning to end, without even glimpsing at the end. It amuses me that I finished precisely at midnight, to someone having fireworks in the area.
And, lo and behold, some papers and websites (sites of e-mail Providers) are already giving away the end. Do they not realise how fucking uncool that is?