[HPforGrownups] Why do I love OOTP so much?

[Tonya Minton]

No: HPFGUIDX 127783

On 4/18/05, bbkkyy55 <bbkkyy55 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Why do I love OOTP so much?
> 
> I'm the type who is always second guessing myself, testing to
> make sure I made the right decision.  So after reading so many 
> comments about how OOTP was someone's most unfavorite of the HP 
> series, I have to ask myself, "Why, if I had to toss all but one HP 
> book, would that be the one I kept.  I'm the only one I know who 
> LOOOOOVED OOTP.  Is there something wrong with my judgement?  What 
> did I like about it?
> 
> 1.  Dudley Demented: I like the way Harry is so irritated when Dudley 
> and his gang torment the neighborhood kids.  I love the way Harry 
> picks a fight with Dudley, but when the dementors come, he
> doesn't even think twice about coming to the rescue.  He even 
> practically carries Dudley home.  Harry is just sooooo cool.
> 
> 2.  I love his temper tantrums at Grimmauld Place and in DD's
> office.
> 
> 3.  I love his anguish over whether he bit Mr. W, and the way he 
> hides away at Grimmauld Place to keep from infecting the others.
> 
> 4.  I love the way he handles his hearing at the MOM.
> 
> 5.  I love the way he befriends Luna.
> 
> 6.  I love the way he handles detention and that evil quill and 
> Umbridge.
> 
> 7.  I love the scene in the Hogshead where they organize the DA.
> 
> 8.  I love the DA and the way he turns out to be a great teacher.
> 
> 9.  I suffer with him at being so left out by DD and the Order when 
> he instinctively knows he is the center of the LV crisis.  
> 
> 10.  His scene at the lake at the end of the book breaks my heart.
> 
> 11.  I love everything about it, except the Giants and Gramp.  Oh and 
> the cleaning of Grimmauld place gets a little tedious.
> 
> Why do I love this pathos so much?  Am I nuts?  Doesn't anyone
> out there love OOTP the best?  
> 
> Bonnie 
> 
> 
Now Tonya,

I feel his pain when he losses his Godfather.

I love how his defiance of Umbridge grows and during OWLS when he
sends his patronus at her.  LOVE THAT!!

Tonya