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jamesbeth 's review for:
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
by J.K. Rowling
Five stars, you ask? But of course. And they are not undeserved, nor are they simply the product of my deep-rooted longing for more Harry Potter.
Not-so-secret-secret? I love Ron Weasley. There, I said it. I've loved him for quite some time, since book two, actually, when he reveals his true, faulted nature and admits he is jealous of Harry. I also adore: red hair, for starters, I have for ages; his phobias of spiders; his mother's wraith and girls in general. I also love his movie character. They did well with Ron...I love the visual's funky sweaters and hipster-style hats (and broad shoulders...is that weird? I think he's like twenty in real life...)
I digress, as always, because, of course, Ron is not mentioned in The Tales of Beetle the Bard. Hermoine is, as is Dumbledore, and yes, Harry too--so that nostalgia is quenched, (even if it's only for a few hours...). It's a fast read, and it's hardly Asops Fables--Muggle children won't quote these shorts in school to express that life isn't always fair; nor will Beetle the Bard hold his own for years to come a la Shel Silverstien...buuuuut..here's why they get the full stars:
As always, Rowling does a bang-up job of being a completely capable, fantastically organized and imaginative writer--no, she didn't write her own language like Tolkien, but she's not a linguist, she's a mom with a good sense of imagination--These tales are "reconstructed" by Ms. Hermoine Granger, who translates from the ancient runes (remember, please, Hermoine is the bees knees at ancient runes, even though she has to have a time turner to get there), and the side notes are from Dumbledore himself.
In short: though the tales are entertaining and a fun throw-back to The Dealthly Hollows; the most impressive feat of this short collection is Rowling's ability to mingle past, present and future. For HP obsessives like me, hearing Dumbledore's voice, even to analyze a fairytale, is as comforting as a childhood quilt on a rainy night. It's wonderfully refreshing (who knew?) to hear the "pure blood" Malfoy's ancestory mentioned in the footnotes, and to find out a little extra about the mirror of Arasaid, Nicholas Flemmel and the registration of Animagus and the orgion of the Ministries stringent laws on the subject...
It's called goodreads--this is one. For sure...but I think I have to go re-read all of the now...I miss them so.
Not-so-secret-secret? I love Ron Weasley. There, I said it. I've loved him for quite some time, since book two, actually, when he reveals his true, faulted nature and admits he is jealous of Harry. I also adore: red hair, for starters, I have for ages; his phobias of spiders; his mother's wraith and girls in general. I also love his movie character. They did well with Ron...I love the visual's funky sweaters and hipster-style hats (and broad shoulders...is that weird? I think he's like twenty in real life...)
I digress, as always, because, of course, Ron is not mentioned in The Tales of Beetle the Bard. Hermoine is, as is Dumbledore, and yes, Harry too--so that nostalgia is quenched, (even if it's only for a few hours...). It's a fast read, and it's hardly Asops Fables--Muggle children won't quote these shorts in school to express that life isn't always fair; nor will Beetle the Bard hold his own for years to come a la Shel Silverstien...buuuuut..here's why they get the full stars:
As always, Rowling does a bang-up job of being a completely capable, fantastically organized and imaginative writer--no, she didn't write her own language like Tolkien, but she's not a linguist, she's a mom with a good sense of imagination--These tales are "reconstructed" by Ms. Hermoine Granger, who translates from the ancient runes (remember, please, Hermoine is the bees knees at ancient runes, even though she has to have a time turner to get there), and the side notes are from Dumbledore himself.
In short: though the tales are entertaining and a fun throw-back to The Dealthly Hollows; the most impressive feat of this short collection is Rowling's ability to mingle past, present and future. For HP obsessives like me, hearing Dumbledore's voice, even to analyze a fairytale, is as comforting as a childhood quilt on a rainy night. It's wonderfully refreshing (who knew?) to hear the "pure blood" Malfoy's ancestory mentioned in the footnotes, and to find out a little extra about the mirror of Arasaid, Nicholas Flemmel and the registration of Animagus and the orgion of the Ministries stringent laws on the subject...
It's called goodreads--this is one. For sure...but I think I have to go re-read all of the now...I miss them so.