[HPforGrownups] Epilogue (was Re: Ron and Parseltongue)

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 183336

bboyminn:
So, in the final book, I think she fixed her eyes on the
goal line, and plowed straight toward it.

Shelley:
Yes, I agree with this analysis, and that it way I think this last book
suffers so.

CJ:
While I felt the book suffered for exactly the opposite reason. HBP was 
a 672-page cliffhanger setting the reader up for an expected mad Horcrux 
hunt. But what we get instead in DH is a long but ultimately pointless 
diversion through the Deathly Hallows plot line -- anything but "plowing 
straight toward the goal", IMHO. Eliminating the Hallows from DH would 
have resulted in a shorter, faster, more-evenly-paced story, freed us 
from long, boring chapters of the Trio wandering around waiting for 
Harry to finally make up his mind to do what we were expecting him to do 
in the first place, and allowed JKR plenty of room to tie up many of the 
dropped plotlines. Oh, and actually allowed for Horcruxes to be 
destroyed *on page*.

Instead, the only contribution the Hallows plot line makes to the book 
is a long, rambling monologue by Harry at the end that made anything but 
sense.

--CJ