Saturday, July 28, 2007
11:12 pm
I have just finished the last Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hallows (yes, I'm slow. I know. Long story. I'll explain later), and I am very indignant about some parts.
How can Draco have a receding hairline?!
That is abominable! A crime, you hear?!
And really, there were too many deaths in this last book that I had no choice but to agree with WY that JKR was writing a novel-styled funeral.
Some weren't even necessary!
Yet, I somehow found humour in some tense parts of the story.
After all, it's not every day you get to hear McGonagall shout "Charge!" while herding a flock of stampeding desks.
There were just SO many Harry/Draco hints throughout the book that I had to stop myself from laughing or making up some crazy innuendos about them so that I can move on to the next word.
For goodness' sake, they were almost as canon as Sirius/Remus!
Damn, speaking of those two, it's just one more thing I don't want to be reminded of for the time being.
And I was expecting more interaction between Harry and Draco by the looks of how those deliciously slashy hints were dumped in dollops all through the book!
Maybe in some sort of strange re-enactment of the moment when Draco asked for Harry's hand in marriage friendship those many years ago, only this time he would accept it instead of brushing it off in Ron's defence. Or perhaps Draco having an epiphany and thus decided to join in the final battle beside Harry, beside every other person retaliating against old Voldie and therefore bestowing them a tentative truce... Or this... or that...
Grr... Need... more... FANFICTION!
But overall, it was okay.
There was the usual twists in the plot of course. I had two minor twists in one page towards the end, mind you.
Plus some other details and twists from the prior six books were resolved so that's fine with me.
Oh, I've just realised something.
There are just enough swear-words in Deathly Hallows that made me wonder if this is still a children's book.
Watch out for Molly Weasley's singular use of vulgarities near the end of the battle.
Regarding my unexpected slow reading speed...
Really, I could finish the book in hours, but you have to understand that I had been reading in secret because (a) If my sister found out that I had the last Harry Potter book, she'd want to read it and (b) If my mother found out that I had the last Harry Potter book, she'd want me to let my sister read it.
Why am I avoiding the above two scenarios?
You see, the book isn't mine. It's KY's. And knowing how my sister reads all sort of materials with a lack of tenderness and care, I wouldn't lend her any of my precious novels, much less one that belonged to someone else.
Hence my regretfully shortened reading time, which was further shortened by my fear of being found out whenever anyone walked near my room.
Whew.
Now that I'm done with the last book, I can safely check my Yahoo! mail, which I had been ignoring for the past week in case I accidentally read any spoilers that members of the Yahoo! Groups (Reyndor and HPCoF2) that I belong to will definitely send.
Although I had spoilt that part about Draco's Dreadful Declining Hair Mass and the first death (that relates to Harry himself) accidentally myself. The first had me cursing at my own stupidity and then brought forward my decision to leave off my Yahoo! mail until I had finished Deathly Hallows.
All right, time for some serious (Sirius? Right, I have to stop myself from creating lame puns) slash fanfictions.