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salixbabylon) wrote2007-07-16 08:29 pm
salixbabylon) wrote2007-07-16 08:29 pm
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notes and observations on HP #5
I'm glad I waited to start reading this book until after I saw the movie. The movie was good, and in many ways, actually superior, IMO. This is only my 3rd reading of the text, and I was pleased that a lot of the things that annoyed so much the first 2 times no longer bug me at all...
Things I Noted On This Reading/Mostly Just Incoherent Babble
1) Harry is so angry and angsty and upset that it takes me *hours* to calm down and let go of residual tension when I stop reading. Which means either that JKR has done a magnificent job of bringing me into Harry's head, or that I'm a totally delusional twit who ought to re-learn some lessons about real and not-real. You decide. ;)
2) I am seriously loving Ron in these last two books, and am head-over-heels in love with Neville after this one. Hermione... kind of bugs me, to be honest.
3) Sadly, Severus and Draco are both far less interesting/witty/panty-meltingly-sexy in the books than they are fandom. *le sigh*
4) Umbridge frankly scares me. She's so evil, such a sadist, and she gives me the creeps. It makes my stomach clench, the way she treats the students.
5) Thank Loki for Fred and George. They provide the funniest moments in this book, so clever and just laugh-out-loud amusing, and it's so needed after all the quiet horrors of Umbridge et al.
6)I always wanted Harry to end up with Luna rather than Ginny. I'm still holding out hope that maybe that can happen at the end of #7.
OMG - one more book, to read in 4 days, and then THE END OF THE WORLD!
Things I Noted On This Reading/Mostly Just Incoherent Babble
1) Harry is so angry and angsty and upset that it takes me *hours* to calm down and let go of residual tension when I stop reading. Which means either that JKR has done a magnificent job of bringing me into Harry's head, or that I'm a totally delusional twit who ought to re-learn some lessons about real and not-real. You decide. ;)
2) I am seriously loving Ron in these last two books, and am head-over-heels in love with Neville after this one. Hermione... kind of bugs me, to be honest.
3) Sadly, Severus and Draco are both far less interesting/witty/panty-meltingly-sexy in the books than they are fandom. *le sigh*
4) Umbridge frankly scares me. She's so evil, such a sadist, and she gives me the creeps. It makes my stomach clench, the way she treats the students.
5) Thank Loki for Fred and George. They provide the funniest moments in this book, so clever and just laugh-out-loud amusing, and it's so needed after all the quiet horrors of Umbridge et al.
6)I always wanted Harry to end up with Luna rather than Ginny. I'm still holding out hope that maybe that can happen at the end of #7.
OMG - one more book, to read in 4 days, and then THE END OF THE WORLD!
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BTW - your email bounced, did you see my post about a HP party chez moi on Friday, at my Wanton Hussy LJ? I'll be posting mroe details there.