As for me... things I liked and didn't like in OotP

[Sue Porter]

No: HPFGUIDX 64804


I agree with all you said - things I didnt like and liked - well 
mostly, but two of my fave things were Fred & Georges exit - what a 
classic!!!!! Plus mcGonagall's line -"it scews the other way" cracked 
me up.
Sue

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alia" <noybycb at y...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Just had to post this somewhere and here works respond away -flames 
> are fine if that really floats your boat.Before you go on, as this 
is 
> a list of what I liked, loved, hated and didn't like, there will 
> obviously be some spoilers. Don't read if you don't know, or want 
to 
> know what kinds of things might be included in such lists. :)
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> Things I HATED:
> 1)That Harry wasn't made a prefect.
> 2)That of all people, RON, was instead (who hasn't done anything 
> except on Harry's coatails).
> 3)The backtracking on how Harry does in classes. Past books have 
only 
> mentioned that Harry did at least moderately well, and certainly 
> better than Ron (never fully stated, but clearly implied) - now she 
> makes a note to say that Harry did only barely passing and just as 
> bad as Ron.
> 4)The bitter unfairness of that cow of a DADA teacher, and of the 
> system that allowed her to do the things she did (the MOM) - This, 
I 
> admit is my very own thing - I had a similar teacher allowed to do 
> similar things (and worse) in my own early school days - it 
stresses 
> me.
> 5)Not knowing (and likely having to wait three years or more) for 
the 
> OWL results.
> 
> Things I didn't really like:
> 1)Sirius dieing. It's not that I can't handle angst, but... I need 
> some redeaming quality to the end of a story, and, the death of 
> Sirius, how it happened, how easily it could have been avoided... 
> Very upsetting. I understand that these things happen, and that 
it's 
> all part of a larger journy that JKR is taking us on - I hope 
> something good will come of this in the remaining books. I don't 
> need, or want an all happy ending, but a glimmer of hope...
> 2)Harry even *trying* the Cruciatus!!! Where the hell did *that* 
come 
> from?!
> 3)Why couldn't Harry see the Thestrals before? We know from what he 
> hears around dementors that he witnessed his mother's death at 
least -
>  the memory of a flash of green that he had even before that 
suggests 
> he might even have *seen* it... if this is deliberate and not 
> a 'flint', I would have liked to have had this explained.
> 4)Maybe I missed it, I was reading it really quickly early, and 
> haven't had time to re-read it (at a conference last weekend), but 
> when did he get the mauraders map back?  Fake Moody had it last 
time 
> I checked.
> 
> Things I liked:
> 1)The interraction with the Dursley's: Harry wanting to listen to 
the 
> news and Vernon not believing him, him sneaking around to hear what 
> is going on...
> 2)Harry being on alert and saving Dudley's sorry hide, whether he 
> deserves it or not.
> 3)The screaming portrait of Sirius' mother. I don't like her - hate 
> her, but the image of a snoozing portrait with fluttering black 
> curtains hiding her, screaming obscenities every time she's 
awakened -
>  it just cracked me up.
> 
> Things I LOVED:
> 1)JKR's continuing brilliant use of language and 'real' myth and 
> history to spin another captivating tale!
> 2)The popular 'rebellion' against that cow Umbridge. Minerva 
shutting 
> her down, Dumbledore fixing it so that even after he's been 'forced 
> out' even the building still recognising him as being in charge and 
> locking her out of his office, even Snape being less than 
> accomodating, nobody helping her undo the twins pranks, or making 
any 
> real effort at catching others for pranking her... loved that.
> 3)That Dumbledore finally admitted that he'd been wrong to keep all 
> this from Harry. It seemed harsh at the time, but I think it'll do 
a 
> lot to help Harry grow - not just to know that Dumbledore isn't 
> perfect, but also to know that Dumbledore *truly* deserves and 
earns 
> his respect by standing up (figuratively) admitting his error and 
> doing what he can to make amends from here out. *That* above all 
> makes him a great man (much less wizard). I hope he burns out his 
> anger, and learns this.
> 
> Alright, that's enough from me. Cheers, all for reading.
> 
> ~Alia