Sirius' exit

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 75239

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "biggladolaf" 
<biggladolaf at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jeffl1965" <jeffl1965 at h...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> >   Dunno if he really died. If he did, then JRK has little respect for 
> > him, since his death was due to his carelessness, and that's not the 
> > way I would think he'd die. Plus, it appears that he went into the 
> > veil alive, since he wasn't hit with an unforgivable, if I recall the 
> > colors correctly. Somehow I think that the mirror he gave Harry will 
> > hold some secrets for him later. JMHO.
> 
> 
> Yeah. Sirius's death sort of bothers me too. He just sort of 
> tripped and fell and landed wrong. I've only read OotP once and I 
> hate to sound like a heretic, but I didnt think it was that good.
> I liked the parts about Professor Umbridge and the corrupt Ministry 
> of Magic and the yellow press, but overall it was kind of incoherent, 
> I think. I was also really disappointed with the cliche "big fight scene" at 
> the end,featuring a bunch of underdeveloped characters like Tonks.
> Even Ginny and Neville and Luna were confusing. There must have been 
> 10 or 20 people in that place, all blasting away with wands. Plus the 
> whole prophecy problem could have been solved a lot easier. I'm 
> reading the whole series again from the beginning, maybe OotP will be 
> better the second time around.

I agree with you. It was way too dark, and Harry and a few others 
seemed OOC to me. The death was a let down, and wasn't handled the 
way it should've been. Sirius' death seemed a total waste, and not 
the way he should've died.  I haven't tried to re-read it yet, 
because it left such a bad impression on me the first time. And now 
that I;ve seen that JRK took so long because she was writing another 
book, under an alias really rubs me the wrong way. This book does 
seem thrown together, without much thought at all. One thing that was 
good, was at least now we know why Arthur was going to the prison. 
That was something that had bothered me from the beginning, since why 
would he need to go there, and now we know. Also, I'm curious about 
all these family ties. Will we be getting another shock later? The 
Harry/Voldie link is too obvious and again, due to JKR's hurry to 
finish the book, Dumbledore didn't keep his word to Harry about 
explaining everything. That was also an oversite on her part that is 
tacky.

   As for Luna, she's got me concerned. She seems to know a lot about 
things, and seems to think Harry stupid for not knowing them, just 
like her comment about the veil leads me to believe that Sirius is in 
some kind of limbo since she acts like hearing the voices is quite 
normal. Makes you go hmmmm....


  Jeff