[HPforGrownups] Re: Grow up Harry! (What HBP was lacking...)

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 158550

Rijl:

Harry seems to get over Sirius's death easier than he did Cedric's. Not that
I wanted a lot
of angst over it, but I thought he'd still be grieving.

Harry is all of sudden "Dumbledore's man" Those two didn't leave book five
on great
terms, and at the opening of HBP, all is well. I guess there's some male
bonding over
shared pensieve diving, but that relationship wasn't really explored or
explained.

Harry and Ginny happened pretty fast. I didn't expect lots of fluff from
JKR, but after Harry
slowly realizes his feelings, all of sudden they just kiss. It's like a bad
movie where the
characters just stare smoldering stares and then suddenly are at each other
tearing clothes
sucking face. Couples getting together in the real world TALK, don't they?
And at the end,
Harry just throws that away (for Ginny's own good) and she accepts it. WHAT?

Lynda:

I thought Harry not screaming throughout the entire book was a sign of his
maturation process...but that's just me. I was also not surprised that he
became "Dumbledore's man".  Again that maturation process.  He was able to
grieve without pouring his anger out on all and sundry.  As for Harry and
Ginny...that was anything but sudden.  Harry starts noticing her almost as
soon as he arrives at the Dursleys in the summer.  And as for Ginny
accepting it, well the story isn't finished yet, is it.  I'm eagerly
awaiting the final installment and I don't think Ginny's given up on Harry.

If anything, I thought Harry's maturation was a little too fast in this
book.  In his time it was a very short time from the end of OOP to the
beginning of HBP.  And after all, the boy was only 16 throughout the book.
16 year old boys are not known for their maturity as a general rule.

Lynda


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