OoP: My review (SPOILERS!)

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> Ah, so Figg is a Squib. Explains a lot. Mundungus is a
> disurbing little crook, hmm? 

> 
> Gods almighty, I think Tonks is one of my new favorite
> characters. A Metamorphagus? That's cooler than an
> Animagus. Almost. I hope JKR does more with her. The
> fanfic writers are gonna love adding that to the
> repetoire. I also love the real Moody. He's kinda
> cuddly, in that polar bear way. And Lupin, back and
> better than ever. I also like Luna Lovegood. She seems
> sweet, in that messed up kind of way. 
I loved all of the new characters in the OoP!  Tonks is definitely a 
new favorite of mine, too.  And Luna.  She had such a major role in 
this book; I wonder what her role in the other books are going to be?


> Black, brother to a Death Eater? Family of wizards who
> supported Voldemort? Who'd have thunk it? And a cousin
> of Narsiscia--well, like he said, wanting your kids to
> be purebloods leads to ickky inbreeding and crap.
> Kreacher was disturbing...
Everthing about Siruis in this book tied up so many questions I had 
about him.  No wonder the good guys all thought Sirius was a 
traitor!  With a family like that, how in the world didn't he turn 
out like Lucius?  And will Ron find out that he's distantly related 
to Draco?  Very interesting...




> Fudge was an a**hole. Plain and simple. Messing with
> Harry to save his own a**... And Percy...dear god, I
> hate to see what happens when someone takes the air
> out of him. 
I really expected this of his character.  At the end of the last 
book, he was in such a state of denial.  And I think Percy has the 
makings of a death eater.  He wants power, he's willing to toss his 
family aside for it just like Ron said he would.  The OoP is getting 
new members - Tonk, the Weasleys - someone has to become a death 
eater.

 
> Speaking of Harry, that boy's got a temper and a hero
> complex. I love him, but he's got both, no denying
> this. He didn't need to get so p*ssed off at everyone,
> he didn't need to sulk around, and he didn't need to
> shoot his mouth off so much. And he didn't need to
> throw it in the face of everyone that he fought
> Voldemort. But then again, he is only 15...
OK, I think Harry had a right to get so pissed off at everyone and 
to sulk so much.  I think it fit in perfectly with the ending of 
GoF.  He'd just been forced to watch a friend murdered, been 
tortured for fun, and nearly killed.  I don't think anyone would be 
happy after that.  Plus, no one is telling him a thing and are 
treating him like a young child.  Come on, a man who's wanted him 
dead all his life is gaining strength, he's probably expecting an 
attack at any moment.  I think this book did a very good job showing 
that even though the adults had Harry's best interests at heart, 
leaving him out of the loop had fatal results.  

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> I DESPISE UMBRIDGE. SHe was a pompous, overbearing,
> sadistic, prejudiced fucking b**h, who overregulated
> to cover the Ministry's a** and f**ed with Harry
> because she could, and while I don't think she
> deserved everything she got--No, wait, she f**ed with
> McGonnagal and Hagrid and had Dumbledore put out cause
> she had a stick in her a**. I do. Anyways, I think she
> set herself up for a fall on her toady a** that shook
> a continent. I thought there could be no worst teacher
> than Lockhart, but I have been proved wrong. 
Completely agree!  She was evil, evil, evil.   She was definitely 
one of the people who agreed with Crouch's way of fighting Voldemort 
15 years ago.  If she's not a death eater, what does that say about 
most wizards?  She's goet the second highest job in the wizarding 
community, and she has such a low opinion of "half-breeds" and 
such.  Wow.  I was stunned, and it left me thinking that people like 
the Weasley's are very rare in the wizarding world.


> James and Sirius were pricks in school. They picked on
> Snape just cause he was there. That's absolutely
> horrible. The way Lily defended Snape also sets up a
> lot of stuff that can fall either way. 
They did seem like jerks, but we don't know the whole story.  I 
can't help remembering the third book.  Snape had told Dumbledore 
something like "remember that Sirius tried to kill me?"  
Dumbledore's attitude (his short response and such) makes me think 
there's more to that story than meets the eye.  Where were Snapes' 
Slytherin friends?  We know he hung around with a group of people 
that ended up as death eaters; where were they?  And Snapes reaction 
to Lily's help: calling her a "filthy little mudblood"?  She's 
trying to help, and he insults her.  Lily's actions were great.  I 
hope we get to see more memories with her in them.  I think Harry's 
much more like her than James.  I wonder if that is the eye 
connection?  The idea that the eyes are the window into a person's 
soul, and the fact that Harry has his mother's eyes shows that he 
inherited her personality as well?  Hmmm...  I really think there's 
more going on the the James/Snape rivalry.  





> Why is it that when Cho finally gets a personality,
> it's a stupid one? Geez, if she started bawling about
> Cedric or acting like a b**h once more I was going to
> take a foot to her. Don't expect me to ever
> incorporate that into my fics. Goddess...
OK, I'm happy that Cho's personality isn't the best.  I think Harry 
finally saw his crush for what it was: a crush based on her looks 
alone.  Who hasn't had one at the age of 13?  I'm glad he finally 
grew out of it.  And I'm glad we got to see Cho crying and asking 
about Cedric.  



> Fred and George, leaving with a flourish and a style
> that can only be descibed by HOT D*MN! And I'm glad
> they're suceeding with their joke shop. 
Oh, yeah.  Priceless.  Too bad they didn't make even more mayhem!  
The fireworks were great.  The swamp and their exit from school were 
great.  But I wish we could have seen more of it!  I love that 
Peeves gave them a salute as they left.  How great was that.  




> Ron and Hermione, Prefects? Rock! Well, at least
> Dumbledore explained why he didn't make Harry one..and
> he was d*mn right. 
Hmm, I thought it a little bit of a stretch that Ron was made a 
prefect and not another Griffindor boy.  Dumbledore was right for 
not making Harry one.  And most of the students thought he was 
unhinged for more than half the year, how effective could he have 
been?

 
> Speaking of which...holy dragon breath, that was
> horrible! My gods, of all the people who could have
> bit it...Sirius. Sirius died because Harry had to play
> the hero and not check the facts first. Everyone's
> favorite doggy has bought the farm, and it sucked so
> hard that I had to set the book to the side and have
> Brent hug me. But I hate to say it--Sirius's death may
> be the thing to force Harry to grow up. He's been
> playing at this for too long without realizing it. 
After Harry looked at the picture of the old OoP, I had a feeling 
that either Sirius or Lupin would die in this book.  It seemed like 
half of the people in the original group are dead or insane.  And 
Sirius got more and more reckless as the book went on.  After I 
finished the book, I slapped myself in the head for not thinking of 
Siruis before I got OoP!  He makes the trio call him Snuffles.  A 
little bit close to snuffed it?