[HPforGrownups] Deathly Hallows: My Review (SPOILERS!)

[P J]

No: HPFGUIDX 172518





Ali:
 
> >In the end, I feel like JKR wanted me to believe that "Snape turned good for> the love of a woman," but what I felt was that this man decide to *switch> sides* for his own purposes. He didn't turn good; he bargained with> Voldemort to save Lily first. Had it worked out that Lily was saved, I> doubt that Snape would've worked for Dumbledore. Working for good didn't> make him any less evil. Pah. (Yes, start sending the flames my way. I> accept that my view is entirely unpopular.)
 
 
PJ replies:
 
No flames from this direction!  As far as I'm concerned, you're right!  JKR didn't show us DDM, ESE or even, my choice of OFH. 
As Colebiancardi so aptly phrased it, what we got was a really gross and disgusting LILY!Snape.  And I'm sorry, but this particular 
LILY!Snape is nothing more than a stalker who confuses obscession for love.  There was NOTHING heroic about that slime at all.  He was pathetic.
 
Yes he worked for Dumbledore but at heart he was a death eater.  He did not share the values of the Order and only wanted LV to 
die because he'd killed Lily.
 
I found it poetic that JKR had both Snape and LV repeat the same error when it came to understanding human emotional responses.  Snape 
expected Lily to be grateful to him for saving her life (had she been spared), totally ignoring the fact that he'd been a main contributor to the death of both her husband and son.   LV expected Snape to just "get over it" and find another woman... Neither man had a clue.
 
I sort of liked the book but there were huge parts of it that really sucked... All those "I'm bored, let's find a Horcrux" moments in the woods, the 
whole evil Dumbledore section and especially, the ending.   I don't care how many kids Ginny had.  I wanted to know important stuff like who worked where (Did Harry ever fullfil his wish to become an Auror?), who became headmaster of Hogwarts and who raised Tonk's son? :)
 
PJ
 
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