Guest post: Arjan’s take on Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
October 13th, 2008
I finally started to read Harry Potter & The deathly hallows (in English) last week and it’s just plain evil. Yesterday it got to the point that I went to work later just so I could read a bit more, luckily for me I’m free to plan my hours. I got home late and finished the last 100 pages without blinking (well at least I think I didn’t).The book starts off just before Harry’s 17th birthday, when all the protective charms around him will lift. Voldemort is out there and growing stronger and searching for Harry to finish what he started all those years ago.So Harry’s got to get away from the Dudley’s house and will be forced to eventually fight Voldemort in one way or another. Dumbledore gave Harry, Ron & Hermione the task to destroy all horcruxes Voldemort made, to weaken him and so they take up this task without telling it to anyone else.
The Potter books have grown along with Harry Potter himself, as he aged and went through the years at Hogwarts he became more serious and so did the books. In the beginning there was the death of Harry’s parents and there were tales of others but it was quite distant. But I would say the turning point of grimness came when the Dementors were used as guards for Hogwards. After this, the story became more and more grim. Wizards you got to care about died, wizards which you thought would remain till the end.
And that’s where the books got really strong because if a book can let beloved characters die and strenghten the story with it, it’s good in my eyes (which doesn’t mean that’s necessary to write a good book). Next to that there were so many mysteries that got slowly unravelled and The Deathly Hallows reveals things that you’d never imagined. It ties up all loose ends and finishes up a 7-book series that was one of the best stories I’ve read so far.
So if you haven’t picked up the last book, or any of the Potter books, go to a store now! The books are surprisingly cheap and well worth it.
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I’m not up to this one yet. My kids are only just coming of age for these books, so we hadn’t gotten into them before.
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Around Goblet of Fire, I made a wager as to whether or not Snape was evil. $25.
Since there may be one or two people who actually haven’t read this yet. I’ll just say that I saw it coming and was correct. He was adamant for years that I was wrong.
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haha that was quite a cool bet though.
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