tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post3884316294240095058..comments2023-10-19T20:24:30.761+08:00Comments on Orpheus Sings the Guitar Electric: BOOKS | Done with Harry Potter 7darkorpheushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565452271408221461noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post-22049228254003745442007-07-29T17:32:00.000+08:002007-07-29T17:32:00.000+08:00**POSSIBLE SPOILERS***Better put this up - just in...<B>**POSSIBLE SPOILERS***</B><BR/><B>Better put this up - just in case ;p</B><BR/><BR/><B>Nymeth</B>: I'm glad the book was about to make me feel this teary though. :)<BR/><BR/><B>imani</B> Which parts made you do the embarrassing jigs? The final battle? It was grand, and Percy - Perfect Prefect Percy - one of the many good touches. And Mrs Weasley. Oh, don't tick off this Mommy!<BR/><BR/>I agree with you on the Slytherin House. Couldn't we have some heroic Slytherin students? But there was a tiny redeeming statement Harry made at the end, remember? Does that count? <BR/><BR/>How can she NOT consider Snape a Hero? Argh! My lovely Snape. So little to do, but I've always enjoyed reading his dialogues with Alan Rickman's voice in my head.<BR/><BR/>I liked what one of the Wesley Twins said about "... faster than Snape running away from shampoo." :)<BR/><BR/><B>Chris</B> I guess I have to deal with the ambiguity of Dumbledore. But I like the character of Aberforth, and how Dumbledore himself sort of admit his unpolished brother was the better man.<BR/><BR/>You know, Chris - I'm skeptical about the companion book. May just be a money-spinner.darkorpheushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565452271408221461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post-44194533108393885712007-07-29T04:42:00.000+08:002007-07-29T04:42:00.000+08:00Great thoughts on the book! I love what she did wi...Great thoughts on the book! I love what she did with Dumbledore in this book. This whole book had a theme of no one being entirely good or entirely bad and I enjoyed that.<BR/><BR/>Without spoiling anything, Snape's story pissed me off too...I wanted more...he deserved more.<BR/><BR/>I agree...it ended well, let's leave it at that. Though I wouldn't mind seeing the companion book that she's considering doing.chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post-8328349268341350642007-07-29T01:35:00.000+08:002007-07-29T01:35:00.000+08:00Definitely. As it was I was shrieking in my room a...Definitely. As it was I was shrieking in my room and pumping my first into air, doing embarrassing jigs and random moments.<BR/><BR/>I loved what she did with Dumbledore's character. I love that he was so fallible and morally sidetracked in his youth. It makes the Dumbledore in the first 6 books so much more worthy of admiration and loyalty, IMO.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if this counts as a spoiler but I'm still, STILL, pissed at how Rowling dealt with Slytherin house. I thought it was a huge double standard to redeem so many characters in the book but completely write off every member of the house when it had its chance to shine. Horrible. Really makes me ambivalent about the Sorting Hat now.<BR/><BR/>I can't remember which article I saw it in but Rowling balked at considering Snape a "hero", and said he was still a terrible person, or something like that, which is probably why he did not get the lift in the book you wanted.Imanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647980707788075258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post-27880250939537274672007-07-28T23:15:00.000+08:002007-07-28T23:15:00.000+08:00Had I been in a public place when reading the last...Had I been in a public place when reading the last few chapters, the very same thing would have happened to me.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.com