[HPforGrownups] Harry Potter and the Endless Camping Trip (a new perspective)

[doliesl at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 173319

I had a really hard time struggling through the first 500 pages. 
The endless camping trip dawned on me how really lacking and not-interesting-enough Trio as characters on their own. It made me realize what made this series extraordinary fun to read were trio's reaction and interaction with the school and other endearing/more interesting supporting characters.  Yeah I know it's nature of the story and plot requirement or realism of waiting-in-war of whatever, still doesn't make all those camping trips and trio-alone not boring. Maybe JKR as a mediocre fantasy/adventure stories writer contribute much of it feeling lackluster.  When the story got back to Hogwarts and Neville fill them in what happened in the school, I was thinking "geez I wished the camera was with Neville all these times instead."

D.



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