Comments | ponderous77: Seven Trials, One Endgame -- Checkmate

ponderous77

Seven Trials, One Endgame -- Checkmate

Mar 11, 2007 20:58

Chapter 16, "Through the Trapdoor." There's so much to say about this I hardly know where to start. So when in doubt, ask a Doctor. In his immortal words:

We open with exam time, and Harry in full Armageddon mode. For the first time we’re really treated to the frustration of having Harry trapped in one kind of story, an adventure-fantasy- ( Read more... )

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anonymous March 24 2007, 08:56:06 UTC

You could also say the Devil's Snare is kind of Diary-y, with its insidious snaring ways. And Harry gets his favorite broomstick in Book 3, the last book where Quidditch is fun. Except 6, it's pretty fun in 6.

I just read this chapter today! Now I'm on Book 2!

ponderous77 March 24 2007, 18:29:51 UTC

Yay, Book 2 ahoy! Well done!

I didn't find Quidditch that fun in HBP; I can't say I even remember it. Wasn't most of it just Harry looking forward to the "Hurray, we won!" post-match hugs with Ginny? As I recall, Harry was so over Quidditch that he considered skipping a match to go stalk Malfoy. Or is that not so much Harry being indifferent to Quidditch as it is Harry being unhealthily obsessed with Draco?