The Half Blood Prince
Jul. 18th, 2005 07:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weaktwosThe Read:Wait ratio for Harry Potter books is wickedly slow.
I finished the book just prior to 3am this morning. Ugh.
I liked it, I liked it a lot. I'm very sad at some of the results, but overall very, very pleased.-I enjoyed the little tale of Apparition lessons as a lovely comparison to driver's training. And the fact that Ron flunked due to half an eyebrow not apparating was hilarious.
-It was about time for Ron/Hermione, and Ginny/Potter. Ginny was made for Potter, and still is. If he thinks going to succeed in keeping Ginny out of his business, I think he'll be mistaken. Plus, this goes against some advice Dumbledore was oft to give him: the difference between Voldie and Potter is that Potter can love. Plus, I'm fairly certain that Ginny can upstage hell's fury on a dime. Go-head, Ginny.
-I loved the relationship between Potter and Dumbledore, of course. And I should have realize that anyone who becomes a parental figure to Potter is marked for death.
-Snape might be next. Perhaps. I don't believe he's a true death-eater. As others have said, I think Dumbledore anticipated a point where Snape would have to show his allegiance to the death-eaters and Voldemort to pull this battle off. And given that the Half-Blood Prince has been helping Potter this year, I think their relationship will be quite interesting in book 7. Harry's little twinkling of compassion for Snape, as well as the nagging remembrance that Dumbledore trusted Snape to the end will prove to be key.
-Draco. He may have not killed Dumbledore, but he's still a prick. After all, he busted Potter's nose quite nicely and left him in the train. Sure, he's not a killer, yet. But I think had his hesitation was as much a fear of dying at the hands of Dumbledore versus dying at the hands of Voldemort. If Draco was facing a lesser enemy, I'm thinking he would have killed such an enemy with far less hesitation.
I finished the book just prior to 3am this morning. Ugh.
I liked it, I liked it a lot. I'm very sad at some of the results, but overall very, very pleased.-I enjoyed the little tale of Apparition lessons as a lovely comparison to driver's training. And the fact that Ron flunked due to half an eyebrow not apparating was hilarious.
-It was about time for Ron/Hermione, and Ginny/Potter. Ginny was made for Potter, and still is. If he thinks going to succeed in keeping Ginny out of his business, I think he'll be mistaken. Plus, this goes against some advice Dumbledore was oft to give him: the difference between Voldie and Potter is that Potter can love. Plus, I'm fairly certain that Ginny can upstage hell's fury on a dime. Go-head, Ginny.
-I loved the relationship between Potter and Dumbledore, of course. And I should have realize that anyone who becomes a parental figure to Potter is marked for death.
-Snape might be next. Perhaps. I don't believe he's a true death-eater. As others have said, I think Dumbledore anticipated a point where Snape would have to show his allegiance to the death-eaters and Voldemort to pull this battle off. And given that the Half-Blood Prince has been helping Potter this year, I think their relationship will be quite interesting in book 7. Harry's little twinkling of compassion for Snape, as well as the nagging remembrance that Dumbledore trusted Snape to the end will prove to be key.
-Draco. He may have not killed Dumbledore, but he's still a prick. After all, he busted Potter's nose quite nicely and left him in the train. Sure, he's not a killer, yet. But I think had his hesitation was as much a fear of dying at the hands of Dumbledore versus dying at the hands of Voldemort. If Draco was facing a lesser enemy, I'm thinking he would have killed such an enemy with far less hesitation.
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Date: 2005-07-19 08:32 am (UTC)I do agree that Potter doesn't appear ready. However, if Ron, Hermione, and Ginny join forces, and they really should, I think they will make quite an imposing force.
I was rather bummed that J.K. took the Spiderman route. It really is silly for someone to protect someone from love who doesn't want to be protected from it. Now, I wonder what member of the Order of the Phoenix we will be "properly introduced" to in book 7, as Rowling hinted. Part of me thinks that we were never properly introduced to Snape.