Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
For the first time EVAR, I resisted the spoiler cuts and didn't look at anything until the day I had the book in my hands.
Anyway, I don't have much to say on this, I guess. I don't see how so many people are upset with it -- it's possibly my favorite so far, and it was fast-paced and engaging. I finished it in about four hours.
- I had a WTF moment when Ron walked out on Harry and Hermione. And his whole behavior before that, too.
- I didn't call the doe being Snape's Patronus. Some people did, but it didn't even occur to me.
- Neville FTW. \o/ Way to step up and BE A MAN. :D
- Harry and Ginny? ._.
- I loved when Hogwarts took up arms. It's not my school, but I really got this sense of pride as all the teachers and the remaining students decided to give up a good fight.
- Hm. Dumbledore...not much to say on him. Apparently I'm like all the other people who never envisioned him as anything but the wise, old man he appeared to be.
- I loved the Deathly Hallows idea.
- Why, Snape, why? I liked that his death was senseless (as he was not the master of the freaking wand, anyway), but his method of death...eh. JKR hasn't ever been too good with her deaths.
- I didn't cry when he died (it went by so fast, oh my god), but couldn't help myself during the flashbacks. Looks like the Snape/Lily theory was right, guys. I never would've thought that they'd have met each other at such a young age, though. For some reason, it just never occurred to me.
- I ROFL'd at Snape complaining to Dumbledore about Harry.
- I also ROFL'd when Snape said, "Would you like me to do it now? Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?" Oh, god, that was SO typical Snape. ILU. D: It's like his fallback.
- Another of my LOL points was when Dumbledore said to Snape, "But this is touching, Severus. Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?"
- AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE DOE. OH MY GOD, THE DOE.
- The funny thing about the polyjuiced Potters was that, well, wasn't there that one fic where Voldemort was defeated because they had an army of Potters? :D
- Also, <3 at Kreacher and his army of house-elves.
- The epilogue was awful. HORRIBLE. I think the only part that I really needed to know was when Harry mentioned Snape, and then I awwwed so badly that my brother looked at me sideways.
<3
I've said this already, but JKR exceeded my expectations. I half-expected her to ruin the entire thing, but I really enjoyed the book.
Anyway, I don't have much to say on this, I guess. I don't see how so many people are upset with it -- it's possibly my favorite so far, and it was fast-paced and engaging. I finished it in about four hours.
- I had a WTF moment when Ron walked out on Harry and Hermione. And his whole behavior before that, too.
- I didn't call the doe being Snape's Patronus. Some people did, but it didn't even occur to me.
- Neville FTW. \o/ Way to step up and BE A MAN. :D
- Harry and Ginny? ._.
- I loved when Hogwarts took up arms. It's not my school, but I really got this sense of pride as all the teachers and the remaining students decided to give up a good fight.
- Hm. Dumbledore...not much to say on him. Apparently I'm like all the other people who never envisioned him as anything but the wise, old man he appeared to be.
- I loved the Deathly Hallows idea.
- Why, Snape, why? I liked that his death was senseless (as he was not the master of the freaking wand, anyway), but his method of death...eh. JKR hasn't ever been too good with her deaths.
- I didn't cry when he died (it went by so fast, oh my god), but couldn't help myself during the flashbacks. Looks like the Snape/Lily theory was right, guys. I never would've thought that they'd have met each other at such a young age, though. For some reason, it just never occurred to me.
- I ROFL'd at Snape complaining to Dumbledore about Harry.
- I also ROFL'd when Snape said, "Would you like me to do it now? Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?" Oh, god, that was SO typical Snape. ILU. D: It's like his fallback.
- Another of my LOL points was when Dumbledore said to Snape, "But this is touching, Severus. Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?"
- AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE DOE. OH MY GOD, THE DOE.
- The funny thing about the polyjuiced Potters was that, well, wasn't there that one fic where Voldemort was defeated because they had an army of Potters? :D
- Also, <3 at Kreacher and his army of house-elves.
- The epilogue was awful. HORRIBLE. I think the only part that I really needed to know was when Harry mentioned Snape, and then I awwwed so badly that my brother looked at me sideways.
<3
I've said this already, but JKR exceeded my expectations. I half-expected her to ruin the entire thing, but I really enjoyed the book.