"Welsh Dog" <welshdog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:41:04 -0500, "BubblyBabs" <ng@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
>>"DaveD" <davedn1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>I was just wondering how long the trio were in the MoM when they retook
>>>the
>>>locket from Umbridge? It's just that the way I read it, they seem to be
>>>there for quite some time, but polyjuice wears off after an hour and
they
>>>don't mention taking any with them (a bit difficult for Hermione to sip
>>>some in the middle of the hearing, sitting next to Umbridge)...
>
>>That ****tion of the book was so stupid I can't even think about the
little
>>details... Another stupid part of the book - the Gringotts Bank
>>break-in...
>>Another stupid part of the book - the neverending camping trip...
>
> And yet I loved it all. In fact My two favourite books are PS and
> DH... the rest are just fillers by comparison! :)
>
> Of all of them DH is far and away the best written.
>
> Welshdog
Yes, I agree - it reminds me of Stephen Spielberg films like the Indiana
Jones series: you just start getting your breath back after one action
scene
only to launch straight into another. And even when you know how it's
going
to work out, as in the (admittedly-too-far-fetched) visit to the MoM,
Gringotts, and back to Hogwarts, still it manages to somehow keep you in
suspense, doubtful of a successful outcome until you finish the chapter.
And the chapter near the end in Dd's office, when Harry learns he has to
die, is amazing - I still get teary and emotional, with JKR's references
to
his heart, beating extra fast as if to make up for the fact it's about to
stop, to be cut short in its prime. I'm sure literary critics can pull it
to
pieces, but to an unpretentious muggle like me, it's quite brilliant.
DaveD
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