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Just Finished HP6
One word: brilliant. I know I always say this, but this is honestly my favorite of all of them. I can see why others might not like it, but I love it.
***SPOILER WARNING***
This one was definitely unique from all the others. For one, there was no little intro on Harry Potter and who he was. For another, this book's ending is definitely the most crucial since HP4. I'd say MORE crucial, even, if it weren't for the fact that Voldemort comes BACK in the end of HP4. In this one, though, Dumbledore, the only one Voldemort ever feared, dies. Harry is finally left to his own defenses. He knows how to kill Voldemort. Snape's true alliances are revealed. Hogwarts might REALLY close (instead of its closing just being discussed, like in HP2), and either way, Harry's not going to come back, Hermione and Ron most probably with him. I love it....
DUMBLEDORE'S DEATH: I was expecting this, even though I didn't want it to happen. I always knew that, for the series to seem complete and Harry's growing up to be finished, he would have to face Voldemort alone. Without Dumbledore, who has always been there as a barrier between Harry and the bad things. As Rowling herself says at the end of the book, there is no one to protect Harry now. He's on his own.
I LOVE Dumbledore as a character, and in this book, he had his greatest amount of appearances and seemed more REAL and HUMAN than in all the other books, even more so--I think--than in the end of the 5th book. Those scenes with Harry feeding him the potion and then in the Astronomy Tower... Pure brilliance. Even though you're expecting the death, you're still hurt DEEPLY by it and it's just SO freaking effective and sad. Just the way it was written, with the "Severus, please..." and the first note of pleading in his voice. God, I loved it. Honestly I think the most touching parts of ALL of the Harry Potter books are the parts from the potion to Harry being beside Dumbledore's dead body at the foot of the tower.
SNAPE: I know there are people out there who hate this turn of events, but I personally love Snape having been on Voldemort's side all the time. It shows that even Dumbledore, the wisest and greatest of them all, could make mistakes. And such a huge one that cost him his life... It puts a whole new spin on most everything ("The Half-Blood Prince, all the events involving Snape, the deaths, etc.) and it's done in such a way that, even with all the hints and clues (such as the chap. in which he makes the Oath[Vow?] to Narcissa), it still comes as a surprise. Again, the whole "Severus, please" scene and the expression on Snape's face and how callously he kills Dumbledore... *Fangirls JKR*
SNAPE/VOLDEMORT: I love this parallel, one that is pointed out by JKR herself. Lord Voldemort/Half-Blood Prince. Both brilliant (just look at Snape's potions book). Both with a muggle dad and witch mum. Both obsessed with the Dark Arts and evil. Both tricksters, fooling others into believing they're good while in reality they're evil. Both after the Defense Against the Dark Arts Job. Snape is like a more personal, toned down version of Voldemort. It makes both of their characters that much clearer, once the shock of him being evil wears off.
DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS POSITION: Again, this teacher only lasted one year before leaving. The curse remains. Apparently, Voldemort knew what he was doing. This is a tiny thing, but it's still a bit of ironic amusement.
I was a bit disappointed by the lack of Luna and Remus in this novel, but it's understandable. It's realistic that Harry wouldn't keep THAT in touch with Luna. And besides, he didn't keep in touch with Remus. But still... I would've liked to see more of them. At least the scenes they WERE in were extremely effective. Also, Harry didn't seem to be mourning Sirius quite as much as he should have been, but I think it was on that realistic side of the fine line. He still couldn't really talk about him.
Everyone is ordered to read this book. It's just... beyond words good. My new favorite novel, better than QOTD I think at the moment.
***SPOILER WARNING***
This one was definitely unique from all the others. For one, there was no little intro on Harry Potter and who he was. For another, this book's ending is definitely the most crucial since HP4. I'd say MORE crucial, even, if it weren't for the fact that Voldemort comes BACK in the end of HP4. In this one, though, Dumbledore, the only one Voldemort ever feared, dies. Harry is finally left to his own defenses. He knows how to kill Voldemort. Snape's true alliances are revealed. Hogwarts might REALLY close (instead of its closing just being discussed, like in HP2), and either way, Harry's not going to come back, Hermione and Ron most probably with him. I love it....
DUMBLEDORE'S DEATH: I was expecting this, even though I didn't want it to happen. I always knew that, for the series to seem complete and Harry's growing up to be finished, he would have to face Voldemort alone. Without Dumbledore, who has always been there as a barrier between Harry and the bad things. As Rowling herself says at the end of the book, there is no one to protect Harry now. He's on his own.
I LOVE Dumbledore as a character, and in this book, he had his greatest amount of appearances and seemed more REAL and HUMAN than in all the other books, even more so--I think--than in the end of the 5th book. Those scenes with Harry feeding him the potion and then in the Astronomy Tower... Pure brilliance. Even though you're expecting the death, you're still hurt DEEPLY by it and it's just SO freaking effective and sad. Just the way it was written, with the "Severus, please..." and the first note of pleading in his voice. God, I loved it. Honestly I think the most touching parts of ALL of the Harry Potter books are the parts from the potion to Harry being beside Dumbledore's dead body at the foot of the tower.
SNAPE: I know there are people out there who hate this turn of events, but I personally love Snape having been on Voldemort's side all the time. It shows that even Dumbledore, the wisest and greatest of them all, could make mistakes. And such a huge one that cost him his life... It puts a whole new spin on most everything ("The Half-Blood Prince, all the events involving Snape, the deaths, etc.) and it's done in such a way that, even with all the hints and clues (such as the chap. in which he makes the Oath[Vow?] to Narcissa), it still comes as a surprise. Again, the whole "Severus, please" scene and the expression on Snape's face and how callously he kills Dumbledore... *Fangirls JKR*
SNAPE/VOLDEMORT: I love this parallel, one that is pointed out by JKR herself. Lord Voldemort/Half-Blood Prince. Both brilliant (just look at Snape's potions book). Both with a muggle dad and witch mum. Both obsessed with the Dark Arts and evil. Both tricksters, fooling others into believing they're good while in reality they're evil. Both after the Defense Against the Dark Arts Job. Snape is like a more personal, toned down version of Voldemort. It makes both of their characters that much clearer, once the shock of him being evil wears off.
DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS POSITION: Again, this teacher only lasted one year before leaving. The curse remains. Apparently, Voldemort knew what he was doing. This is a tiny thing, but it's still a bit of ironic amusement.
I was a bit disappointed by the lack of Luna and Remus in this novel, but it's understandable. It's realistic that Harry wouldn't keep THAT in touch with Luna. And besides, he didn't keep in touch with Remus. But still... I would've liked to see more of them. At least the scenes they WERE in were extremely effective. Also, Harry didn't seem to be mourning Sirius quite as much as he should have been, but I think it was on that realistic side of the fine line. He still couldn't really talk about him.
Everyone is ordered to read this book. It's just... beyond words good. My new favorite novel, better than QOTD I think at the moment.
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I agree totally with you about Dumbledore's human-ness. All this time, Harry has been trying to tell him about Snape, and not once...
*shakes head* Wow. Just...just...you got the nail right on the head there. That's a whole nother thing to take into consideration, too. Harry's ability to love will supposedly be what makes him victorious over Voldemort, yet love and blind trust was what was Dumbledore's downfall... >
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Yeah, that was most certainly the point. I was waiting for SOMETHING like that, because just as love is what gives Harry a one-up over Voldy, it's also a weakness. It was exploited in HP4 (lake, Ron and Fleur's li'l sis), and now it's been exploited in Harry. But I think Dumbledore pointed out Voldy's (U know I'd get Avada Kedavra'ed for that O.o) weaknesses WITHOUT love very well.
God, now I'm getting mental images of Harry pulling a New from the 3rd Matrix movie and sacrificing himself... -_-" If he does, I'll cry.
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~phew that was long, Angela~
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