Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[musuko]

Okay, this is for people who've read the book to say what you want to say, without screwing it up for anyone. If you haven't read the book and don't want it spoiled, don't look at the comments.

Comments

[musuko]

To kick things off, I love Neville Longbottom.

Anyone who, in his situation, with his past, would be overjoyed at seeing his friend for whom he has suffered and persevere in the task given him even after his own apparent defeat and proof of the death of that friend is more than amazing.

[goodkingnerdnor]

Her editor needs to be shot.

All I have to say to defend that is "Merry-faced thief"

[musuko]

I agree that she could have done better on the descriptions of some of the characters she introduced for the first time in this book, Gindelwald undoubtably included, but overall I still say it's very well written. I would have loved to see more of that character.

[goodkingnerdnor]

I... I have no words. The story concept is ok, the world creation and attention to detail are spectacular, but her writing is, and always has been, sub par in my personal opinion.

[musuko]

bah, i like her style.

[flyfenario]

I completely enjoyed the book...from the look into Dumbledore's flaws to the redemption of Snape. I, too loved Neville's part. To live into the legacy left by his parents was awesome. Loved the parts with Dobby and Kreacher. Loved the return of Ron. I was quite fond of the end and loved that Harry named his middle child Albus Severus.

Ethan is now a total Harry Potter fan (he is in the 7th chapter of book 5 on audio) and I am glad to know that he is a character that I would like my son to emulate.

[musuko]

yeah, that is a neat thing. the way that snape and kreacher were written was great.

i never did think hermione had it right before with her free the house elves thing, but i also thought it was crappy the way kreacher was treated, both because it's horrible to treat someone that way, but also unwise, considering that he had such open access to the order, yet retained alligence to the dark wizards.

[greenlifechild]

I'd love to know how Neville retrieved Godric's sword from the goblins. I think that would be an interesting story. Otherwise, I was completely satisfied with the book. I wasn't sure she was going to be able to wrap up the entire story in one book, but she managed that perfectly.

[musuko]

if she hadn't already set a pattern of 1 book/year, i'm guessing she probably would have made this two books. there was plenty of content there for two, if not more.

bjforester made another good point the other day on unexplained things: since harry saw prof. quirrel (sp?) die in book 1, why didn't he see the thestrals earlier?

[fairey_queen]

I was thinking that it went back to the whole "whoever really needed the sword would find it" thing. So since Neville promised he would kill the snake, he just pulled it out. Thats just my idea on that...