impression and question raised by HBP

a_fabrefr Fabre.a at caramail.com
Wed Jul 20 10:58:23 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 133436

First I must say that I have really enjoyed HBP for me in take place 
about the best HP. In fact I find it better than OOTP more centered 
with a great storyline . And I was really shocked by the death of 
Dumbledore at Snape hand but I foud in this scene the same shock that 
in COS when I learned that Ginny was posseded.

A quick collection of thought :

Voldemort past, I find it really interresting to see voldermortpast , 
A just minor critic it seems that he was always marred, I would just 
have see a moment where a choice would have offered to him.

Snape : Hard to say my first reaction was God he is really evil, 
butmy second thought was it's all covert, so I wait till the next 
book to learn the truth.

Dumbledore death: quite shocking but expected, just for the sake of 
the story Dumbledore has to go on order that Harry has a little 
challenge (let's face the ende of OOTP with Dumbledore coming as the 
cavalry make that in order to build tension he has to be removed of 
the scene). And I really like the interaction between he and Harry

The years in fact when we look back this years was really cool in 
Hogwarth after the really hard years in OOTP, I like this change of 
pace.

Quidditch : It's me or the quidditch play a very little part in Harry 
now.

Snape : If the potion books is Snape's I wonder how the magic 
communoty can keep the basic book for such a long time with so many 
flaws

Horcruxe : a good idea on a narrative level I just Hope that the next 
volume will not be a treasure quest

Weasley and Fleur: I really like the Fleur and Bill interaction, but 
I found the Weasley (at least Molly and Ginny) really hatefull for 
they comportment toward Fleur. We can assume that Bill is really in 
love with Fleur so that his mother try to destroy his couple and more 
try to arrange a wedding with someone else is completly scaring. 
Ginny giving a cruel nickname, making fun of Fleur toward and in her 
back and in the end after real act of love of Fleur just barely 
accepting her. All that I found really strange for such an open 
minded familly and really frightening by his xenophobic face.

Ginny : I really don't like her in this volume, from her comportment 
toward Fleur, to all the accent put on her perfection. I've just one 
hope that the break-up in the end is for real because I can't see 
Harry going with her.

Speaking of Ship, let me say I'm a H/H shipper, but I can stand other 
(except H/G which I found more compelling before HBP that after 
discovered his real personality)

Bill and Fleur : I really enjoyed it

Tonk and Remus : quite surprised and I must admit don't really see 
where he goes (at last in term of narrative structure), but otherwise 
great

Harry and Ginny : In fact I found quite in Harry character to fall 
quickly for Ginny, It remind me a lot of Cho and Harry. Harry has a 
quickly crush toward Cho after he find her attractive , it was just 
delayed because of Cedric. But as I've said the character of Ginny 
was marred for me in HBP.

Ron and Levander : Quite believable I found no real love sustained it 
just lust and was quickly over, the necklace was funny and the same 
time real it looks like thousand short lived  love story in college. 

Ron and Hermione : I've never be able to understand the logic of 
their pairing but I can live with it (even if I favour H/H) few thing 
to say about it

A note to Luna: her few appareance were Gold and I like her joy when 
Harry invite her to the Ball

So that's my thought about HBP, really enjoyed reading and wait for 
the next one

Alexandre

PS : my first language is French so forget errors










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