[HPforGrownups] Where's that Big Reveal in DH?

[Kathryn Lambert]

No: HPFGUIDX 180029

Mike <mcrudele78 at yahoo.com> wrote:          > Katie: 
> I think you're right about many of the characters lacking 
> something, but I don't think it's depth, per se. I think the
> problem is that they are what they seem to be. <snip> 
> 
> But they do lack dimension. I do wish that some people had not
> been what they seemed to be.

Mike:
I do think you've hit on a critical difference here, Katie. DH lacked 
the penultimate or ultimate reveal that made many of the other books 
such enjoyable reads. Granted, this was the final book, we had to get 
more answers than questions. But look at the other books, how JKR 
managed to introduce and reveal a major character's true motives all 
within the timeframe of that book.



<<<snip>>>
  
But, where was the traitor in their midst? Where was the bad 
character turning out to be good, or at least not near as bad as we 
thought he/she was? Not what Harry thought, what we the reader hadn't 
guessed.
   
  ***Katie again:
   
  Yes, darn it! You've got it! That's exactly what left me rather flat with DH. I kept expected "The Moment" when we discover things are not what we thought they were...and that never happened. Everyone lived up to their reputations and expectations...boring. I never realized what it was that left me so flat - you've defined it for me! Thanks!!


  > Katie:
  
<<<snip>>>
   
   Draco - a coward and a jerk. You get my point. I think
> the problem is that JKR misled us into believing that all these
> people would be more than what they seemed...and she just didn't
> deliver. 
   
  
Mike:

  <<<snip>>>


I think it was Draco's story where JKR really dropped the ball.
Draco should have been the big reveal, imo. Draco languished for 
five books, came into his own in book 6, then faded away into 
insignificance in DH. 

I certainly would have traded some camping time for some inside info 
on Draco. In GoF, twice in HBP, and in DH, JKR wrote a Harry-free 
chapter. All were the first chapter(s). Who wouldn't have loved one 
of those in the *middle* of DH taking us to Hogwarts? That would have 
been an ideal time to set Draco up for something better.

   
  ***Katie:  
   
  Ooh, me too. I would have loved to see what was going on at Hogwarts during the camping season, instead of hearing it told to me later. I especially wanted to see what Neville was doing. I just love Neville. 
   
  I did expect more from Draco, also. He turned out to be the exact same kid he was in the Forbidden Forest in PS/SS. Scared, bullying, cowardly, and ultimately, just a lame loser. Bummer. He was built up to be such an important and interesting character and it just didn't happen. It almost did - I almost saw him switching sides and getting a backbone during the Battle of Hogwarts...but he didn't quite make it.  Very disappointing. 
   
  Ah, well. I guess I just have to live with the books the was they are, and love them in spite of DH and it's many flaws. Merry Christmas! : ) Katie


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