Deathly Hallows: My Review (SPOILERS!)

[jytuarte]

No: HPFGUIDX 172409

Phyllis:

> But I suppose Rowling
> would chalk that up to all of the pure-blood families being related
> at some point in their family trees (and continuing into the
> present - take Ted Tonks Jr. seeing off cousin Victoire on the
> Hogwarts Express, whom he apparently is dating).

<big snip>

> And lots of hints that things JKR said would be significant never
> came up or were answered - what James and Lily did for a living was
> supposed to be important; how James got all of the money he passed
> on to Harry was also supposed to be important; some of the teachers
> were married, but she couldn't tell us which ones because it would
> give too much away. Etc.



I also thought about previous mentions re: the significance of what
James and Lily did for a living and how they acquired their wealth,
and consequently was a little disappointed when that wasn't covered.
One small point, I got the impression that Victoire was cousin to
Harry/Ginny's and Ron/Hermione's kids through the Weasleys, i.e.
Bill's and Fleur's daughter, not cousin to Teddy (he was not a
blood relation of the Weasley's - just Harry's godson).  I could
obviously be wrong (I just based my assumption on the French name),
but at least my interpretation wouldn't have cousins "snogging".
Thanks for all the insights, Phyl.is!

jytuarte