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wombat929 's review for:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling
Having recently re-read HP 6 in preparation for the movie, I found myself struggling to remember exactly what happens at the end of the story. Seeing as the next movies are more than a year away, I decided to re-read HP 7. Some thoughts below–SPOILERS AHEAD:
* I enjoyed the book quite a bit on the second reading. Knowing the general outline of the plot gave me a bit more leisure to savor it. In particular, I wasn’t frustrated with the ages of camping Harry and his buddies do in the first half.
* I've been thinking about how they might make it into two movies. On one hand, I can see why this would make a good two-part movie, as it has lots of good short sequences that need telling in the overall story. On the other hand, I think it’s really all about the Benjamins.
* This book has some excellent action sequences. I think the opening battle of the many Potters and the closing Battle of Hogwarts are both amazing. And the fall of Fred hit me right between the eyes, again.
* I found some of the metaphyiscal stuff at the end a bit hokey this time around — having Dumbledore visit Harry in King’s Cross station and exposition the story along is a bit of a cheat, but since we haven’t seen ol’ Dumby for the whole book, we’re happy to see him.
* Why oh why couldn’t we see Dolores Umbridge and Rita Skeeter get their comeuppances?
* This time around I read the British version, which Jenny’s dad brought us from a trip to the U.K. I don’t remember the other book well enough to spot the differences.
* I still don’t know what a Hallow is. I understand what the objects in the book were, but I don’t know why they were called Hallows. Correction: The Google definition function tells me they’re relics. Since the eponymous relics in this book belonged to Death, they are the Deathly Hallows. Sure, that works.
* Moments I can’t wait to see in the movie: escape from the Malfoy Manor, Hagrid carrying Harry’s corpse toward Hogwarts, Snape’s big death scene, Molly Weasley versus Bellatrix.
As an aside, looking at the Harry Potter wiki, I see that the series took place in the early 1990s, and ended in 1998. Interesting. All this stems from two dates provided in the text, Nearly Headless Nick’s death (and subsequent 500th deathiversary) and the dates on Harry’s parents’ tombstones.
* I enjoyed the book quite a bit on the second reading. Knowing the general outline of the plot gave me a bit more leisure to savor it. In particular, I wasn’t frustrated with the ages of camping Harry and his buddies do in the first half.
* I've been thinking about how they might make it into two movies. On one hand, I can see why this would make a good two-part movie, as it has lots of good short sequences that need telling in the overall story. On the other hand, I think it’s really all about the Benjamins.
* This book has some excellent action sequences. I think the opening battle of the many Potters and the closing Battle of Hogwarts are both amazing. And the fall of Fred hit me right between the eyes, again.
* I found some of the metaphyiscal stuff at the end a bit hokey this time around — having Dumbledore visit Harry in King’s Cross station and exposition the story along is a bit of a cheat, but since we haven’t seen ol’ Dumby for the whole book, we’re happy to see him.
* Why oh why couldn’t we see Dolores Umbridge and Rita Skeeter get their comeuppances?
* This time around I read the British version, which Jenny’s dad brought us from a trip to the U.K. I don’t remember the other book well enough to spot the differences.
* I still don’t know what a Hallow is. I understand what the objects in the book were, but I don’t know why they were called Hallows. Correction: The Google definition function tells me they’re relics. Since the eponymous relics in this book belonged to Death, they are the Deathly Hallows. Sure, that works.
* Moments I can’t wait to see in the movie: escape from the Malfoy Manor, Hagrid carrying Harry’s corpse toward Hogwarts, Snape’s big death scene, Molly Weasley versus Bellatrix.
As an aside, looking at the Harry Potter wiki, I see that the series took place in the early 1990s, and ended in 1998. Interesting. All this stems from two dates provided in the text, Nearly Headless Nick’s death (and subsequent 500th deathiversary) and the dates on Harry’s parents’ tombstones.