Is it safe to come out?
Don't hate me too much.
I really didn't like book six.
I mean, I really didn't enjoy it. At all. Which is a terrible shame, because I'm sure it was a good book. I certain recognized that JKR's style has greatly improved. She hadn’t been kidding when she said that this book was meant for an older audience, and her writing reflected that.
Still, if the trade off for more complex and descriptive is we get another book like this, please bring back simple sentences and children's book dialogue. I'd take storytelling over style any day.
I think that is what bothered me second most (never mind first most. Not right now, anyway) was the utter lack of heart-wrenching plot-twisted suspense. JKR's 'trademark twist' was mysteriously absent from this book. The plot, the relationships, the ending. It was all rather predictable. Maybe not from the first chapter, but as you read on everything became instantly clear, usually chapters before Harry or others managed to check on. This is not how it is suppose to work with JKR. The end of the books suppose to make me gasp in shock and awe. I'm suppose to have to re-read the book looking for clues that all seem so obvious now that I know the ending. This time there will be none of that, because I had figured it out way before it had been clearly revealed. And this after waking up at 9am and reading until 11am the next day. If I can do that half unconscious, I can only imagine how easy it must have been for the more alert.
First, there was no great climatic scene. I guess it was where Snape kileld Dumbledore, proving his 'evilness' (though I'd rather like to think that that is up for discussion and I know there will be many easies on Snape in the coming month, as there needs to be) but that was already revealed to us in chapter two. Unless JKR wanted us to think she was lying (and we had little reason to - Snape had taken a very serious vow and had properly excuses himself for every one of his good deeds) then there was no suprise in Snape's evilness nor in Draco's plan. In fact, it seemed as if the entire book was dedicated to proving just how right Harry was, as if making up for all those times in the past when he's been to quick to judge in confuse.
After five years and who knows how many times of accusing Snape of doing the wrong thing he was finally right. Go Potter.
There seemed to be a larger portion of the books dedicated to romance than to Voldemort (who was mysteriously absent during the book but sure managed to kill a lot of people, regardless). Yes, teenagers have odd purgatives, but this is Harry we're talking about and as much as he would love to be normal he simply isn't and isn't going to be any time soon. With Voldemort on the loose and Dumbledore relying so heavily on him you think a majority of the book would have been dedicated towards Harry fighting against evil. Well, screw that. There's quidditch to be played!
Then there was the fact that what plot was presented mostly in expo, which works well for old greek plays but not so much for Harry Potter. Was all that really important for what Dumbeldore already know, anyway? Couldn't most of that have been explained in one meeting at Dumbeldore's office? Yet it was stretched on for no reason other than to try and make the book seem like it contained more plot than it actually did.
Not that I completely hated the book. The first chapter was amazing. The second one... Well, I think I read that in a fanfiction once, though it was nice to see Narcissa acting like that. I even like Slughorn. He was one thing I could clearly identify as JKR's through and through while, on the other hand, certain parts of the book seemed to be marked with more of a fanish feel (for instant, the romance, Malfoy, and Snape).
So now I am completly depressed, because a book I thought would be plot filled ended up having little to no point. *Sigh* Maybe you all have better opinions?
I really didn't like book six.
I mean, I really didn't enjoy it. At all. Which is a terrible shame, because I'm sure it was a good book. I certain recognized that JKR's style has greatly improved. She hadn’t been kidding when she said that this book was meant for an older audience, and her writing reflected that.
Still, if the trade off for more complex and descriptive is we get another book like this, please bring back simple sentences and children's book dialogue. I'd take storytelling over style any day.
I think that is what bothered me second most (never mind first most. Not right now, anyway) was the utter lack of heart-wrenching plot-twisted suspense. JKR's 'trademark twist' was mysteriously absent from this book. The plot, the relationships, the ending. It was all rather predictable. Maybe not from the first chapter, but as you read on everything became instantly clear, usually chapters before Harry or others managed to check on. This is not how it is suppose to work with JKR. The end of the books suppose to make me gasp in shock and awe. I'm suppose to have to re-read the book looking for clues that all seem so obvious now that I know the ending. This time there will be none of that, because I had figured it out way before it had been clearly revealed. And this after waking up at 9am and reading until 11am the next day. If I can do that half unconscious, I can only imagine how easy it must have been for the more alert.
First, there was no great climatic scene. I guess it was where Snape kileld Dumbledore, proving his 'evilness' (though I'd rather like to think that that is up for discussion and I know there will be many easies on Snape in the coming month, as there needs to be) but that was already revealed to us in chapter two. Unless JKR wanted us to think she was lying (and we had little reason to - Snape had taken a very serious vow and had properly excuses himself for every one of his good deeds) then there was no suprise in Snape's evilness nor in Draco's plan. In fact, it seemed as if the entire book was dedicated to proving just how right Harry was, as if making up for all those times in the past when he's been to quick to judge in confuse.
After five years and who knows how many times of accusing Snape of doing the wrong thing he was finally right. Go Potter.
There seemed to be a larger portion of the books dedicated to romance than to Voldemort (who was mysteriously absent during the book but sure managed to kill a lot of people, regardless). Yes, teenagers have odd purgatives, but this is Harry we're talking about and as much as he would love to be normal he simply isn't and isn't going to be any time soon. With Voldemort on the loose and Dumbledore relying so heavily on him you think a majority of the book would have been dedicated towards Harry fighting against evil. Well, screw that. There's quidditch to be played!
Then there was the fact that what plot was presented mostly in expo, which works well for old greek plays but not so much for Harry Potter. Was all that really important for what Dumbeldore already know, anyway? Couldn't most of that have been explained in one meeting at Dumbeldore's office? Yet it was stretched on for no reason other than to try and make the book seem like it contained more plot than it actually did.
Not that I completely hated the book. The first chapter was amazing. The second one... Well, I think I read that in a fanfiction once, though it was nice to see Narcissa acting like that. I even like Slughorn. He was one thing I could clearly identify as JKR's through and through while, on the other hand, certain parts of the book seemed to be marked with more of a fanish feel (for instant, the romance, Malfoy, and Snape).
So now I am completly depressed, because a book I thought would be plot filled ended up having little to no point. *Sigh* Maybe you all have better opinions?