Live Blogging Deathly Hollows
July 22nd 2007 01:20
OK. The whole world has read it already and I have finally laid my hands on Deathly Hollows (which is a story in itself), so I am going to live blog it. I have already finished 3 chapters on the train, so here goes:
This is the first Harry Potter book to have a quotations in front and both, one from Aeshylus and another from William Penn, are beautiful
Chapter One: Voldemort has always been the least skected figure in the book, known more for the teror he inspires in other people than for any of his own characteristics. Finally we see him thinking and in action and he is you friendly neghborhood fascist. Definitely not worthy of the coloring Rowling gave him in prior books. A minor character is killed already. Snape has a snitch in the Order!
Chapter Two: Backstory on Dumbledore introduced rather ingeniously by Rowling. Dumbledore's weaknesses explained. As a chracter makes more sense but at the price of losing his mysterious gloss. I liked the way Rowling is trying to get out of Potter's viewpoint and painting a broader picture of the wizard world here. I also like how she retains scepticism of the ordinary.
Chapter Three: Dudley is elevated to another level. We meet the delicious Diggle again. I can't ebelive how much Rolwing is pandering to the liberal establishment. " Anti-Voldemort movement," " belief in establishment"-- sic. So far, the novel reads as if it was good fan fiction Hasn't gotten any momentum at all.
Chapter Four: The Potter rescue by the Order. Is again ingenious and finally, the book is getting back into the groove. Gred and Forge rescue the novel but the finest line belongs to Fleur! There is a breath-taking chase and two more deaths, this time of characters we care about. Rowling is being merciless!
Chapter Five: OK Hagrid is alive! But someone else is dead! Somehow Rowling can't evoke much emotion at these deaths. She writes these really inane sentences for each character that died, " a consummate survivor," "the link to magical world." as if we don't know what they were. Irritating! And boy, Rowling is pandering to Amnesty kind of crowd big time. Harry won't kill anyone, even if they were attacking him, that's like Voldemort! What's with these superheros. earlier this year, Spiderman becamse all sentimentally cloying and now Harry Potter.
Chapter Six: The trio is preparing for ther adventure. There's more stuff about Horcruxes and I think it's all too pat how they found that out. Accio books?! Ron has developed a nice way of upstaging Harry where Hermione is concerned and it 's all very, Ron. This book is a return to older books where Ron, hermione and the rest of the gang were more picturesuq than Harry. To mae Harry gow, Rolwing kind of sidelined the other characters. Welcome to the gang!
Chapter Seven: A chapter with implications for later on probably. Harry has a nice moment wth Rufus and the thing about the snitch was clever.
Chapter Eight: The wedding. An unexpected guest arrives and he has one of the best lines of the series. There's more about Gridelvald. Oh, no not Grindelvald. This is reading more and more like fan fiction. More backstory from an entirely unimagined angle and have no idea where it is going. The chapter ends on a truly spectacular cliffhanger.
Chapter Nine: Uff, loads and loads of action. Hermione is slowly creeping back into my good books again. The backstory is again being placed wth a lot of coincidence and that's not good for the plot.
Chapter Ten: The first horcrux found. It's all what everyone guessed it would be. Pity, if RAB did not have more of a role than what was sketched here. Rowling panders more to the Brotherhood.
Chapter Eleven: I could have taken the pandering but this is getting too painful. In Kreacher's redemption Rowling lays bare the soul of white-guilt which people give the misnomer of liberalism. The Dumbledore backstory reads more and more like Desperate Housewives.
Chapter Twelve: This reconnaisance by Death Eaters and the counter-reconnaisance by the trio would have been interesting if the fight had any meaning. Rowling is so determined not to let her chracters kills or use force, other words, fight, the whole thing is getting less and less appealing. It reeks of post-modern torture-less warfare the Brotherhood has talked itself into. Goodbye to the concept of good war!along wth other things.
Chapter Thirteen: The trio try out something interesting and almost pull it off. They have got the first horcrux though. The whole Ministry set up has been so many times, it gave me a yawn.
Chapter Fourteen: Interesting chapter on the whole. The trio are coping up well though Hermione has not gottne out of her irritating habits. Harry is peeking into Voldy's mind again. I thought, he would know when Harry was doing that by now. Still, Rowling introduces yet another twist. Wherever this is going , I can't imagine. For the moment I can't think of anything else but Ravenclaw's wand.
Chapter Fifteen: More coincidence. And , Rowling is now channeling Lord of the Rings. The horcrux is making all of them rather tetchity and the trio has just split up. That was unexpected.
Chapter Sixteen: Finally Godric's Hollow makes an appearance. It is concerned wth the backstory but not the abckstory we were expecting. This is all getting very interesting though.
Chapter Seventeen: A highly charged chapter which reproduces the famous scene when Voldy first tried to kill Harry. It is quite simple. Interesting how Rowling made use of parts of this scene in an earlier novel.
Chapter Eighteen: Finally some balance from JKRowling. I had always thought Rowling was a good moralist and she does show some good moral judgement here. The backstory of Dumbledore and Grindelvald takes this book to another level and Harry has more complex feelings for his Headmaster, even after Dumbledore's death. So far, this angle had been the most unexpected surprise of the boook whereas the horcrux chase is turning out be a bit tepid.
Chapter Nineteen: A great chapter where they finally manage to destory the first horcrux. Something, even Dumbledore didn't manage well the first time. it was really very very good. Though, it raises many questions and I hope they will be answered. I would loath of more coincidence!
Chapter Twenty: The trio go to finda new character who is not much of a character. But the chapter ends on a most spine tingling cliffhanger possible! A moment to whistle for!
Chapter Twenty One: One of the most beautiful chapters in the entire series. Rowling nails it wth the fairy tale especially. Adding another layer of complexity for the already big hunt.
Chapter Twenty Two: Deathly Hallows are cool ! Potterwatch rocks! And oh, Rapier!
Chapter Twenty Three: A very scary chapter. I wonder if Rowling forgot if this book will be read by millions of children.
Chapter Twenty Four: I am simply speechless. Rowling is a genius of plotting. Nobody had even a tiniest inkling of what was coming.
Chapter Twenty-Five: Harry is a godfather! they are preparing for the second horcrux capture which as the UK cover suggested is going to happen in Gringotts.
The rest of the book: Well, I couldn't stop finishing the rest of the book. I couldn't interrupt myself for such things as writing a blog until I finished it. What can I say? It is beyond magnificent. She has reserved the best for the last. It took time to get going but once it did it was the BEST. I am too drained to say anything more and I will write a detailed review later until the magic has soaked in me.
This is the first Harry Potter book to have a quotations in front and both, one from Aeshylus and another from William Penn, are beautiful
Chapter One: Voldemort has always been the least skected figure in the book, known more for the teror he inspires in other people than for any of his own characteristics. Finally we see him thinking and in action and he is you friendly neghborhood fascist. Definitely not worthy of the coloring Rowling gave him in prior books. A minor character is killed already. Snape has a snitch in the Order!
Chapter Two: Backstory on Dumbledore introduced rather ingeniously by Rowling. Dumbledore's weaknesses explained. As a chracter makes more sense but at the price of losing his mysterious gloss. I liked the way Rowling is trying to get out of Potter's viewpoint and painting a broader picture of the wizard world here. I also like how she retains scepticism of the ordinary.
Chapter Three: Dudley is elevated to another level. We meet the delicious Diggle again. I can't ebelive how much Rolwing is pandering to the liberal establishment. " Anti-Voldemort movement," " belief in establishment"-- sic. So far, the novel reads as if it was good fan fiction Hasn't gotten any momentum at all.
Chapter Four: The Potter rescue by the Order. Is again ingenious and finally, the book is getting back into the groove. Gred and Forge rescue the novel but the finest line belongs to Fleur! There is a breath-taking chase and two more deaths, this time of characters we care about. Rowling is being merciless!
Chapter Five: OK Hagrid is alive! But someone else is dead! Somehow Rowling can't evoke much emotion at these deaths. She writes these really inane sentences for each character that died, " a consummate survivor," "the link to magical world." as if we don't know what they were. Irritating! And boy, Rowling is pandering to Amnesty kind of crowd big time. Harry won't kill anyone, even if they were attacking him, that's like Voldemort! What's with these superheros. earlier this year, Spiderman becamse all sentimentally cloying and now Harry Potter.
Chapter Six: The trio is preparing for ther adventure. There's more stuff about Horcruxes and I think it's all too pat how they found that out. Accio books?! Ron has developed a nice way of upstaging Harry where Hermione is concerned and it 's all very, Ron. This book is a return to older books where Ron, hermione and the rest of the gang were more picturesuq than Harry. To mae Harry gow, Rolwing kind of sidelined the other characters. Welcome to the gang!
Chapter Seven: A chapter with implications for later on probably. Harry has a nice moment wth Rufus and the thing about the snitch was clever.
Chapter Eight: The wedding. An unexpected guest arrives and he has one of the best lines of the series. There's more about Gridelvald. Oh, no not Grindelvald. This is reading more and more like fan fiction. More backstory from an entirely unimagined angle and have no idea where it is going. The chapter ends on a truly spectacular cliffhanger.
Chapter Nine: Uff, loads and loads of action. Hermione is slowly creeping back into my good books again. The backstory is again being placed wth a lot of coincidence and that's not good for the plot.
Chapter Ten: The first horcrux found. It's all what everyone guessed it would be. Pity, if RAB did not have more of a role than what was sketched here. Rowling panders more to the Brotherhood.
Chapter Eleven: I could have taken the pandering but this is getting too painful. In Kreacher's redemption Rowling lays bare the soul of white-guilt which people give the misnomer of liberalism. The Dumbledore backstory reads more and more like Desperate Housewives.
Chapter Twelve: This reconnaisance by Death Eaters and the counter-reconnaisance by the trio would have been interesting if the fight had any meaning. Rowling is so determined not to let her chracters kills or use force, other words, fight, the whole thing is getting less and less appealing. It reeks of post-modern torture-less warfare the Brotherhood has talked itself into. Goodbye to the concept of good war!along wth other things.
Chapter Thirteen: The trio try out something interesting and almost pull it off. They have got the first horcrux though. The whole Ministry set up has been so many times, it gave me a yawn.
Chapter Fourteen: Interesting chapter on the whole. The trio are coping up well though Hermione has not gottne out of her irritating habits. Harry is peeking into Voldy's mind again. I thought, he would know when Harry was doing that by now. Still, Rowling introduces yet another twist. Wherever this is going , I can't imagine. For the moment I can't think of anything else but Ravenclaw's wand.
Chapter Fifteen: More coincidence. And , Rowling is now channeling Lord of the Rings. The horcrux is making all of them rather tetchity and the trio has just split up. That was unexpected.
Chapter Sixteen: Finally Godric's Hollow makes an appearance. It is concerned wth the backstory but not the abckstory we were expecting. This is all getting very interesting though.
Chapter Seventeen: A highly charged chapter which reproduces the famous scene when Voldy first tried to kill Harry. It is quite simple. Interesting how Rowling made use of parts of this scene in an earlier novel.
Chapter Eighteen: Finally some balance from JKRowling. I had always thought Rowling was a good moralist and she does show some good moral judgement here. The backstory of Dumbledore and Grindelvald takes this book to another level and Harry has more complex feelings for his Headmaster, even after Dumbledore's death. So far, this angle had been the most unexpected surprise of the boook whereas the horcrux chase is turning out be a bit tepid.
Chapter Nineteen: A great chapter where they finally manage to destory the first horcrux. Something, even Dumbledore didn't manage well the first time. it was really very very good. Though, it raises many questions and I hope they will be answered. I would loath of more coincidence!
Chapter Twenty: The trio go to finda new character who is not much of a character. But the chapter ends on a most spine tingling cliffhanger possible! A moment to whistle for!
Chapter Twenty One: One of the most beautiful chapters in the entire series. Rowling nails it wth the fairy tale especially. Adding another layer of complexity for the already big hunt.
Chapter Twenty Two: Deathly Hallows are cool ! Potterwatch rocks! And oh, Rapier!
Chapter Twenty Three: A very scary chapter. I wonder if Rowling forgot if this book will be read by millions of children.
Chapter Twenty Four: I am simply speechless. Rowling is a genius of plotting. Nobody had even a tiniest inkling of what was coming.
Chapter Twenty-Five: Harry is a godfather! they are preparing for the second horcrux capture which as the UK cover suggested is going to happen in Gringotts.
The rest of the book: Well, I couldn't stop finishing the rest of the book. I couldn't interrupt myself for such things as writing a blog until I finished it. What can I say? It is beyond magnificent. She has reserved the best for the last. It took time to get going but once it did it was the BEST. I am too drained to say anything more and I will write a detailed review later until the magic has soaked in me.
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