Why down on all the characters?

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 179297

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Irene Mikhlin 
<irene_mikhlin at ...> wrote:
>
> Jeanette wrote:
> 
> 
>   Is it because we invested a lot of time and emotion on the story 
and 
> feel cheated either that it is over or that it didn't end in the 
way we 
> wanted?
 
> Irene:
> 
> For me it's not because it didn't end in the way I wanted. I was 
pretty sure it was not going to, it didn't stop me from enjoying the 
first six books.
> I didn't expect it to end my way, but I (reasonably?) expected it 
to end in a way consistent with the story and the world which 
appeared to be incredibly rich.
> I'm so bitter and disappointed because it did not. Contrived plot 
devices, stupid hallows that jumped at us out of nowhere, plot 
holes, aborted or reversed character development, the world itself 
is not consistent and does not appear to be that well thought-out as 
it seemed.
> All that on a purely technical level. The morality of the story is 
another bag of disappointment altogether. 


Marianne:

I knew after SIrius's death in OoP that the series wouldn't end the 
way I wanted ;-). But, I certainly wanted to find out how the story 
would play out.  And, reading the whole series without thinking too 
deeply about inconsistencies doesn't lessen my enjoyment of them. 
It's when I do think about some aspects of the story, or read what 
other people have thought about things, that some of the 
inconsistencies become, well, irritating. Minor things like JKR's 
maths issues or Lupin not turning into a werewolf until the moon 
comes out from behind a cloud I can gloss over.  But some plot holes 
stretch belief and are jarring for me, the reader.  And I agree with 
Irene, that the moral messages that I found in the DH to tie 
everything up were a big let-down.  

Marianne