Ginny VS Harry / Re: HBP Review in Globe and Mail

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No: HPFGUIDX 135678

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> Julie wrote:
> "According to JKR's interview with Mugglenet/TLC, she is writing
> according to a genre."
> 
> Del replies:
> Agreed, but according to the same interview she also incorporates 
what
> she feels needs to be there:
> 
> > 
> Emerson and Melissa were apparently satisfied with the romance, but
> I'm not. I can't be satisfied with a romance that happens 
*entirely*
> off-screen. Especially not when on the other hand we see Ron and
> Lavender snogging every 5 pages during half the book (or so).
>
Julie now:
I see her use of romance to develop the adolescent character, and I 
think this is why much of it is implied.  Except, of course, for 
the "snogging" (being American, I loved that word!  Conjured a very 
different image than simply "kissing" or "Making out."  It was 
almost like they were trying to suck each other's face off.)  THe 
snogging created tension in the characters that could not have been 
created as well in implication.  However, I don't think we are going 
to get much of the characters romatic fantasies, internal dialogue, 
etc., because this is a fantasy/action book.  I do understand that 
many people want much more of the romance, which is why this fanfic 
is so popular.  I just don't think they are going to be satisfied 
with what they get in this septology.

 
> ----
> 
> <snip>
> Salit wrote:
> "I think Snape is the most complex and interesting
> character in the serie, and I am sure that book 7 will have an
> excellent reason for both DD's trust and Snape's seeming 
treachery."
> 
> Del replies:
> Yes, but what if it *doesn't*? See, THAT is what I am afraid of: 
that
> Snape will be shown to be a very simple character, who either 
always
> worked for LV or simply always played both sides for his own
> advantage, and in both cases DD was simply *wrong* to trust him. 
I'm
> afraid that we might discover that DD had NO good reason to trust
> Snape, that he did it only because he believed in giving second
> chances. I'm afraid to discover that Snape is nowhere as complex 
as I
> think he is, and that DD's death is exactly what it looks like: 
Snape
> finally either showing his true colours or choosing his side.
> 
> Del


Julie now:
Del, I absolutely agree with you here.  I have said through all six 
books that Snape is the most complex character in the series.  If 
the death of DD in book 6 has no mor to it than what we saw, I, too, 
will be incredibly disappointed.