When the trio leaves Kreacher for their exploits at the ministry, we have no idea how much he has changed. When Fleur is so intense about the wedding, we see no real emotion, but for one brief moment. Mad-Eye is killed in the chase, but there isn't a toast to this memory. We know instinctively that those things happened in the book, but if you haven't read them, you're going to go WTF? an awful lot. When Tonks tells us she is pregnant, we celebrate! But almost none of that is in the movie. When we see Kreacher turn from a foul house-elf to a fine house-servant, we're happy for him. When Fleur is so happy to be marrying Bill, we're all happy for them both. So when Mad-Eye Moody gets killed so early in the book, a feeling of loss goes with him. And we all celebrated the good times in the book and lamented the bad times. The relationships were both old and new, with a true feeling of family and friendships. It brought in all the old characters, added a few new ones, but basically held together things with bonds of steel. In a few cases, it seemed like she was treating him like a buffoon, but that's a personal opinion, not something that critically could be considered wrong with the book.īut the last book kept elements close together. The one thing, though, that I felt was off in 7 was how she portrayed Hagrid. There are clues in various places in the books, and you just have to marvel at how Jo Rowling tied up all the ends so nicely in the last one. So reading HP and the DH was just something I was enjoying. In a year, I probably get through about 25-30 books. It's not like I don't do anything else, but I do. I read the book about a dozen times in the past few years. Reviewed by Pegapus 7 / 10 Overly melodramatic at times, a roller coaster ride with highs, and lows, but very little middle ground.
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