Deathly Hallows Reaction - Could do Better, Sorry

[kmrhapsody]

No: HPFGUIDX 172549


> > <snip>
> 
> Betsy Hp wrote:
> Wishful thinking I'm afraid.  No healing for the WW.  Where Anne 
> Frank was able to look at the world around her and think, "I know in 
> my heart that people are good" (or words to that effect), JKR 
> apparently looks at the world around her and thinks, "I know in my 
> heart that a quarter of the people out there are evil, half of them 
> are okay, and there's one quarter that's just unquestionably good."
> 
> It's an ugly view of the world in my opinion.  And it cumlminates in 
> a rather ugly book with a rather ugly message.  Yeah.  I'm pretty 
> much done with the series.
> 

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Not to mention that I was kinda surprised that we didn't see more of
an international effort in trying to dismantle the single biggest
threat to the global wizarding world at the time. In GOF we were told
that wizards were -everywhere- and that the governments worked
together as needed. So why was the final battle with Voldemort only
fought with only British teenagers and their adult allies? Especially
if we are going to be teased with characters like Krum coming back
into the fray. I'd hate to relegate his cameo to that of a red herring
for a plot device as I think he had more to offer.

Despite some of these glaring loopholes, I found myself enjoying the
ride much more in this volume than I did in HBP. HBP lowered the bar
on some levels, so perhaps my expectations weren't that high. Then
again, I was doped up on cold medicine the whole time while I read it
so it's also possible that I was a little numb to most everything. 

I'll still rock my Ravenclaw colors regardless.

Much love,

kmrhapsody