I Read

[ithildin]

I was right, Nin really, really wanted me to finish so she could talk about it, so I read a bit, did chores, read some more, made dinner, read some more, did laundry. You get the idea [g]

So what did I think?


What I really wanted out of this book, I got: Snape was vindicated. Fewer people died than I thought were going to, though I always said one of the twins was going to be killed before the end, and I was right [sniff] Overall, I thought it was a good ending, and I'm very glad she did an epilogue -- Albus Severus! [another sniff]

And that about covers it. I'll leave the blow by blow reaction posts to other people!



Later: Oh, yeah, feel free to leave spoilery comments. And beware that there may be spoilers in the comments, so on and so forth [g]

Comments

[dswdiane.livejournal.com]

Surprise or no surprise--Gah.

Spoilers ahead . . .warning . . .warning . . .

Danger, Will Robinson . . .danger . . .

Not enough Snape in book. Not enough (any) Snape and Harry interaction. Not enough interaction with any of the interesting adults or among the interesting adults. I mean does Tonks say much of anything except to move the action along? I seem to have this vague memory that she used to be a funny and interesting character. Does Lupin even much act like himself? Couldn't there maybe have been at least a little less Harry/Ron/Hermione (/ not implying slash btw) squabbling and whining and chattering and maybe a few chapters at the school between Snape and McGonnagal (sp?) and/or some of the other teachers. Some of Tonks and Lupin being amusing? Maybe a little less of Harry's internal whining and questioning and raging and kvetching and processing and . . .gah . . .enough already of descripions of where the hell they were camping.

And yes, I got it yesterday and finished it yesterday so I must have liked something about it, but it was hardly perfect.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the camping scenes I could have with a lot less of.

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

word.

[fondued-jicama.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a lot of the characters sounded so flat and lifeless, and I think part of it is that it was written like an action flick, without most emotion.