HP7…and the Deathly Hallows
Finally, we’ve caught up a little bit now…Carl’s been sleeping for at least 4 hours at night now so I got to put in some time to reading the last Harry Potter book and finally finished it this morning. (Still haven’t seen the movie though…but that’s okay, I’ll just wait for the DVD) Please if you have not finished reading the book do not read on…I do not intend to give anything away, but I just have some sentiments that I do not want to share with you if you do intend to read it.
Okay, I’ve really been a huge fan of the Harry Potter series since I read the first book. And I was really excited about this last one coming out coz finally I will get to rest my mind from wondering what happened. But quite honestly, I was hugely disappointed with this last one. And yeah I know, leave the writing to the writers. Sorry! I can’t help but feel like the last book being the first plot written did not do justice to the initial books in the series. I felt like the ending was rushed. After Rowling’s amazing work on building up such interesting characters in the book, it’s such a waste that the book ended without giving them enough lines in the book to at least talk about what happened to them. The way the last book was written, I kinda feel like J.K. is so rich already even if this last book is crap people will buy it anyway. I have no complaints about the plot. I give her props for the ingenuity and creativity as she always have been for the storyline, well — except for how Dumbledore’s life was explained in the end, I always thought he was among the best heroes of the story — I didn’t like how his character turned out to be. I was hoping the details could have been better. Also, it kinda seemed like having the epilogue was a poor retreat to not have people ask stories about what happened to the rest of the characters who suffered an ill-fated end and whom she really put into life in prior books because it’s a happy ending anyway. Kind of feels like a diversion to not have more questions asked.
I’m not saying do not read it, I don’t think there is anything I can say to anyone who’s read the first 6 books to not read the last one — coz I know nobody can stop me from reading it either. But I guess I was just expecting something better. Oh well.
Anyway, I’m just so glad I have Carl to keep me busy now. Otherwise, I would probably be itching now thinking what would I be doing now. Actually, I was so excited to get to the last page coz I could not wait to just focus on baby right now. I’ll be uploading some first month pictures of Carl on my next blog.
