Comments on: Harry Potter laid to rest

By: Library Lady

Library Lady — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:42:01 +0000

Wrote about this a while back. Jo Rowling is a first class psychologist–she killed off enough characters for pathos, but managed to do it in ways that gave consolation–Tonks and Lupin have a kid, there’s one Weasley twin left, etc. She also managed to do it pretty unemotionally–the scene with Snape should’ve been a LOT more dramatic!
And yes, I see movie script all over this one–can’t you hear the John Williams music as the train pulls out of the station and the camera rises up in the last scene?

BTW–I HATED number 6. I am currently listening to the books on tape–Jim Dale does a great job with them–but I am planning on jumping right over #6. The “romance” scenes alone make me want to gag…

Very nice blog. And GREAT Thursday 13 headers!!!

By: samulli

samulli — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:55:54 +0000

No, that header is fairly recent. I did have another one over New Year’s, though. Did you see that one?
But I agree, the RSS reader takes away a lot of the individuality of the blogs we read. I try to pop in to my regular haunts more often.

I know what you mean about HP getting less exciting with every book. I really loved the first 2 or 3 books, but from then on it was just another series. There were way too many characters and sidestories introduced and my main problem was that the whole story was taking itself way too seriously. I can’t stand that. It’s just a story after all. I guess in a couple of years I might even re-read them, but for me the spark went out of it a long while ago. The last book was really quite good, though. Just not extraordinary anymore, like the first one was back in the days…

By: Harlekwin

Harlekwin — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:04:54 +0000

I like your new header. Please don’t tell me it’s been up there for weeks and I’ve missed it. I really need to pop in from the Google Reader instead of just staying there, I miss too much.

Once the movies started coming out I gave up on the books. I found myself getting bored with them as the characters aged. I know, that’s when they’re supposed to become more interesting. I think it was all the myriad other characters and situations that had to be followed that began bogging me down. Good for you that you got through all of them.

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By: samulli

samulli — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:35:41 +0000

Yeah, well, as I said I am not much of a fan of the movies, so I won’t be holding my breath. I’m sure I’ll catch it on tv sometime.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:31:22 +0000

I agree, I could see the movie scenes but it will be a good movie!

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:24:30 +0000

I read the book last year a week after the hype started. I’d say, with so many characters dead, it was indeed overkill. But still can’t wait for the movie — I’ve read somewhere that it’s going to be split into two parts.