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rabidsamfan) wrote2007-07-23 01:05 am
rabidsamfan) wrote2007-07-23 01:05 am
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Because I'm not gonna be able to sleep...
I have to give myself something better to dream about.
Hence,
I liked it, mostly. I've been wandering around the net a little, looking at folks' reactions, and being mildly amused, but my complaints are mostly about what didn't get in there. I expected a bezoar, a cauldron with a thin bottom, and an anagram of "Nitwit, Oddment, Blubber, Tweak" that would turn out to be a vital clue.
Ah, well.
Fortunately, I was so exhausted after picking it up (since I'd slept three hours the night before -- nothing to do with Harry Potter, just insomnia) that I slept before I read. Granted, I got into the tub thinking I'd read the first few chapters there and ended up staying until my toes were little pink prunes, but I didn't fall apart, the chocolates were good but not vital, and the box of kleenex didn't get into play until I tried to talk aobut it.
As the author of "Balance" and "Yet Another Snape Meets the Dursleys Story" I have to say that I particularly loved the beginning, where Harry and Dudley found something to say to each other that needed to be said, and the end, where the battle of/for Hogwarts drew in so many creatures and characters. I'd have liked to see more Slytherins fighting on the "good" side, but Slughorn at least stuck around. And as Jinx points out, the Slytherins are water. They're supposed to flow away.
The escape was well done. Losing Hedwig hurt. Losing Mad Eye didn't. He kinda had to go, really, just because he was the one person in the Order who really could have talked Harry into making a different plan than hunting Horcruxes.
The wedding was... er... well. Hmm. If my son was Harry Potter's best friend and the Ministry was under siege by EVIL(tm) and there was a war on the horizon, I'm not sure I'd gather all myeggs in one basket friends and relations in one place and not expect someone to come along and throw stones. Or grenades.
Hermione's little beaded bag was brilliant. Wish I'd remembered to bookmark the website of the pic where someone's labelled it a Tardis... Loved it that they landed in Tottenham Court Road.
Loved Kreacher. (Gawd, I never thought I'd say that!) They finally figured out that Sirius must have been rotten to the house elf even as a kid/teen, too. Can I say it again? It's not a good thing when your family tree doesn't branch... Sirius was more than a little screwed up even before Azkaban. In fact, Grimmauld Place came off a lot better this time. Harry finding Lily's letter was one of the places which really stuck with me. And the dust Dumbledore... I wonder what Snape said when he visited?
The raid on the Ministry of Magic was very cool. I didn't really regret Mad Eye until Harry found the eye in the door to Umbridge's office.
(Incidentally, as Jinx points out, if Dung sold Umbridge the locket as soon as he could, then Umbridge could have been under the influence of a Horcrux the whole time she was at Hogwarts. I'll have to go back and look at descriptions of her.)
I got a little impatient with the "Harry and Hermione go Camping and Nearly Meet a Woozle" section, mostly because on second consideration it feels like an authorly device to allow enough time to pass for Remus and Tonks to leave behind apuppy godchild for Harry. But I suppose waffling around when you're supposed to be saving the world is a very teenager thing to do... But going to the obvious places should have been...er... obvious. Ron's departure felt forced, but I forgave it for his return. I did love the return of the PutOuter, even if it was under a fancier name.
(and of course, Ron's leaving shows us that the Horcrux influences by magnifiying ones worst tendencies...which brings me back to Umbridge and NO! No! Back you plotbunnies back!)
More tomorrow night. I'll need the distraction.
Hence,
I liked it, mostly. I've been wandering around the net a little, looking at folks' reactions, and being mildly amused, but my complaints are mostly about what didn't get in there. I expected a bezoar, a cauldron with a thin bottom, and an anagram of "Nitwit, Oddment, Blubber, Tweak" that would turn out to be a vital clue.
Ah, well.
Fortunately, I was so exhausted after picking it up (since I'd slept three hours the night before -- nothing to do with Harry Potter, just insomnia) that I slept before I read. Granted, I got into the tub thinking I'd read the first few chapters there and ended up staying until my toes were little pink prunes, but I didn't fall apart, the chocolates were good but not vital, and the box of kleenex didn't get into play until I tried to talk aobut it.
As the author of "Balance" and "Yet Another Snape Meets the Dursleys Story" I have to say that I particularly loved the beginning, where Harry and Dudley found something to say to each other that needed to be said, and the end, where the battle of/for Hogwarts drew in so many creatures and characters. I'd have liked to see more Slytherins fighting on the "good" side, but Slughorn at least stuck around. And as Jinx points out, the Slytherins are water. They're supposed to flow away.
The escape was well done. Losing Hedwig hurt. Losing Mad Eye didn't. He kinda had to go, really, just because he was the one person in the Order who really could have talked Harry into making a different plan than hunting Horcruxes.
The wedding was... er... well. Hmm. If my son was Harry Potter's best friend and the Ministry was under siege by EVIL(tm) and there was a war on the horizon, I'm not sure I'd gather all my
Hermione's little beaded bag was brilliant. Wish I'd remembered to bookmark the website of the pic where someone's labelled it a Tardis... Loved it that they landed in Tottenham Court Road.
Loved Kreacher. (Gawd, I never thought I'd say that!) They finally figured out that Sirius must have been rotten to the house elf even as a kid/teen, too. Can I say it again? It's not a good thing when your family tree doesn't branch... Sirius was more than a little screwed up even before Azkaban. In fact, Grimmauld Place came off a lot better this time. Harry finding Lily's letter was one of the places which really stuck with me. And the dust Dumbledore... I wonder what Snape said when he visited?
The raid on the Ministry of Magic was very cool. I didn't really regret Mad Eye until Harry found the eye in the door to Umbridge's office.
(Incidentally, as Jinx points out, if Dung sold Umbridge the locket as soon as he could, then Umbridge could have been under the influence of a Horcrux the whole time she was at Hogwarts. I'll have to go back and look at descriptions of her.)
I got a little impatient with the "Harry and Hermione go Camping and Nearly Meet a Woozle" section, mostly because on second consideration it feels like an authorly device to allow enough time to pass for Remus and Tonks to leave behind a
(and of course, Ron's leaving shows us that the Horcrux influences by magnifiying ones worst tendencies...which brings me back to Umbridge and NO! No! Back you plotbunnies back!)
More tomorrow night. I'll need the distraction.