Finished the Book!
Lots of spoilers!!
So hmm the book was a bit different than I thought it would be. First of all I thought there was more mystery to the whole plot. Especially the night Harry's parents died. I thought they used time or something mysterious. I guess the only thing mysterious was Snape asking Voldermort not to kill Lily.
I have to say I don't feel completely satisfied over this book which makes me pretty upset. Maybe I expected too much. I expected Snape to die more heroically first of all. He didn't even fight back! Come on, is that really Snape? I'd think he'd try and kill some snake! He didn't know Harry was there, what if he didn't see him to tell him that most important information? I had visions of him dying rescuing Harry but then again no one in these books has really died a heroes death. I guess Snape wouldn't be any different. It's too bad. I still think he would have fought back more than that! A powerful wizard like him couldn't see this coming? I don't know...
In Snape's memories we finally see that he loved Lily. Why I'm not sure. She certainly didn't seem lovable. I figured there would be more to the story. Something with James as well. Like maybe James stole Lily away. He certainly didn't seem nice in OoTP where he was practically threatening Lily to go out with him. Though I suppose he could have convinced himself that that's how it happened. He probably did. It just doesn't seem realistic to have loved someone all your life when they never loved you back. Or maybe she was the only person who showed him any sort of love. Sad thought that. :( I suppose that's what JKR wanted. It was all very sad. Sad how he died and how he was used. Very very sad actually. *sigh* I guess I'm working through all of the feelings of it right now.
Otherwise it did seem a bit too easy how they got all of the Horcruxes. I thought it might be a bit more difficult. I suppose Harry was lucky someone else got Slytherins locket out, the hardest one by far. The other 2 were in public places so Voldermort trusted on that. But anyway, it was pretty exciting though.
I liked getting Dumbledore's back story finally. I wondered if we ever would but we did. I also liked the battle at Hogwarts overall. It was cool seeing everyone gathered in one place. And Percy came back, hurray! It's too bad about Fred dying. :( I wondered if Ron was going to die from past books there have been hints. Maybe JKR thought that would be too cruel though.
I thought the final final battle between Harry and Voldermort might be more epic. Perhaps with wandless magic or something like that. The US cover was very misleading! That didn't look like the Great Hall at all! What was she thinking? And the whole wandlore was also confusing. I couldn't keep up with the wands anymore!
There were hints in the 3rd movie dvd extra's of a graveyard at Hogwarts. I never saw that! Also the night Harry's parents died seemed more built up than it should. There were also hints that someone would show magic late in life. It just seems to me that everything hasn't been explained...
The epilogue...it read like bad fanfiction I'm sorry! I thought it would be different, a narration of all of the characters and there jobs and who they married and so forth. But the Albus Severus part was pretty touching. At least Harry finally realized Snape's true character.
I seem to be complaining a lot. I guess I expected too much perhaps. I liked the whole plot and feel of the book but there seems to be some missing plot holes and a lack of characterization. Does anyone else feel this way? I've seen a few other people say things like that. Maybe I'll like it better when I read it again. I don't feel like I've wasted my life at least reading Harry Potter lol.
So hmm the book was a bit different than I thought it would be. First of all I thought there was more mystery to the whole plot. Especially the night Harry's parents died. I thought they used time or something mysterious. I guess the only thing mysterious was Snape asking Voldermort not to kill Lily.
I have to say I don't feel completely satisfied over this book which makes me pretty upset. Maybe I expected too much. I expected Snape to die more heroically first of all. He didn't even fight back! Come on, is that really Snape? I'd think he'd try and kill some snake! He didn't know Harry was there, what if he didn't see him to tell him that most important information? I had visions of him dying rescuing Harry but then again no one in these books has really died a heroes death. I guess Snape wouldn't be any different. It's too bad. I still think he would have fought back more than that! A powerful wizard like him couldn't see this coming? I don't know...
In Snape's memories we finally see that he loved Lily. Why I'm not sure. She certainly didn't seem lovable. I figured there would be more to the story. Something with James as well. Like maybe James stole Lily away. He certainly didn't seem nice in OoTP where he was practically threatening Lily to go out with him. Though I suppose he could have convinced himself that that's how it happened. He probably did. It just doesn't seem realistic to have loved someone all your life when they never loved you back. Or maybe she was the only person who showed him any sort of love. Sad thought that. :( I suppose that's what JKR wanted. It was all very sad. Sad how he died and how he was used. Very very sad actually. *sigh* I guess I'm working through all of the feelings of it right now.
Otherwise it did seem a bit too easy how they got all of the Horcruxes. I thought it might be a bit more difficult. I suppose Harry was lucky someone else got Slytherins locket out, the hardest one by far. The other 2 were in public places so Voldermort trusted on that. But anyway, it was pretty exciting though.
I liked getting Dumbledore's back story finally. I wondered if we ever would but we did. I also liked the battle at Hogwarts overall. It was cool seeing everyone gathered in one place. And Percy came back, hurray! It's too bad about Fred dying. :( I wondered if Ron was going to die from past books there have been hints. Maybe JKR thought that would be too cruel though.
I thought the final final battle between Harry and Voldermort might be more epic. Perhaps with wandless magic or something like that. The US cover was very misleading! That didn't look like the Great Hall at all! What was she thinking? And the whole wandlore was also confusing. I couldn't keep up with the wands anymore!
There were hints in the 3rd movie dvd extra's of a graveyard at Hogwarts. I never saw that! Also the night Harry's parents died seemed more built up than it should. There were also hints that someone would show magic late in life. It just seems to me that everything hasn't been explained...
The epilogue...it read like bad fanfiction I'm sorry! I thought it would be different, a narration of all of the characters and there jobs and who they married and so forth. But the Albus Severus part was pretty touching. At least Harry finally realized Snape's true character.
I seem to be complaining a lot. I guess I expected too much perhaps. I liked the whole plot and feel of the book but there seems to be some missing plot holes and a lack of characterization. Does anyone else feel this way? I've seen a few other people say things like that. Maybe I'll like it better when I read it again. I don't feel like I've wasted my life at least reading Harry Potter lol.