OoP: My review (SPOILERS!)

[M.Clifford]

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> > > Gods almighty, I think Tonks is one of my new
> > favorite
> > > characters. 
Valky: Tonks!!! Rules!!!
I loved Luna a little too. She was quirky, a good spice to the mix a 
brain to rival Hermione. 
I am seeing a small leaning to the imaginative verus logical mind 
debate in this situation. Until now no merit had been attributed to 
the imaginative mind that Hermione couldnt supercede with her logic, 
now we have a whole new kettle of fish to intrigue us. Perfect 10 JK

Someone else said regarding Luna's future character development:
 > I hope it's a good one. She seems like she's got a
> sense of lost innocence about her. I hope she's
> developed more. 
> 
Valky says: She proved Hermione wrong how many times?
Shes not all fairies is she, really. She has much to achieve in 
future books I am sure.

<snip S.s.sirius :-( i..it's too painful> 

> 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. 
 And I think Percy has the makings of a death eater.  
> 
> True...Seems like Evil!Percy might be the first to
> fall. He tossed his whole family to the side just to
> get a little prestege. 

Valky:
Percy hmmm we'll have to wait and see his reaction.
Yes I am absolutely beyond doubt that LV will offer him power that 
may be irresistable.
After all Fudge has little left to provide in terms of prestige.
He's a right old mullet isn't he.


Valky:
Yes, I just wanted to say that I was not aggrieved of Harry's temper 
in the slightest. Perfectly normal reactions given the circumstance.
I don't think he has a hero complex. IMHO  

 
> 
> > Completely agree!  She was evil, evil, evil
> 
Valky on Dolores:
She delighted to perform the crutiatus, went completely power mad in 
Hogwarts... poisoned honey oooh too nice a description.
I hope there is no redemption for her although she may not be 
entirely evil, her actions were too despicable for words. Imagine 
attacking Hagrid and Macgonagall the way she did, I would be appalled 
if she was redeemed. Disrespectful self-righteous.....mumble mumble...
It unscrews the other way....hahaha It gave us due cause to endear 
old Macgonagall to us though didnt it.
Gosh she was great in OOP. 
> > They did seem like jerks, but we don't know the
> > whole story.  
> > Where were Snapes' 
> > Slytherin friends?  We know he hung around with a
> > group of people 
> > that ended up as death eaters; where were they

Valky on Snape:
Death Eaters...friends..... same sentence. Oxymoron.
Snape was on his own against James, after all what power was to be 
gained by standing up to the most popular and talented boy in the 
school. 


Hmm...I dunno. James seemed to act like the essestial
> "cool kid"...I mean, he said he picked on Severus
> simply because he was there. 

Valky on James:
I am seeing a parallel that Harry was fated to encounter. He was 
disgusted by his fathers behaviour, as he should have been his own.
Harry was shown a sincere insight into his own arrogance through this 
encounter, and was, as expected, unable to fully comprehend the 
truth. The nearest person to give a true insight was Lupin. He did 
his best to show Harry he was judging his own faults in his father 
but at 15 even with the abilities of introspection that Harry 
possesses, You cannot see for looking.
I, for one, think that this particular part of the story has 
incredibly realistic overtones. 
> 
> I hope we get to see more of Lily, especially
> Angry!Lily. She's good--and the fact she's not the
> fifth Maurauder makes it better. 
> 
Valky on Lily:
We were all very proud of Lily.
There is some naivety on her part mentioned by Lupin later in the 
book. We should not go ahead looking for perfection in Lily. 
 
> > OK, I'm happy that Cho's personality isn't the best.

Valky on Cho:
I am not disappointed in the way the story developed. I didnt expect 
or believe Cho would be ditzy and shallow. Still, I was satisfied 
with it. It was tingly for a while to share the Harry/Cho butterflies.

> 
> > 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.  
> 
> Wonderful! And he listened! I alos love the teachers
> not helping Umbridge one bit. Especially the whole "It
> unscrews the other way" line. Priceless! 
> 
Valky on Fred and George:
There is now an even bigger challenge for Ron than Head Boy and 
Prefect or Captain of Quidditch.
He will be hard pressed to attain an exit as indelible as that one.




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