--- "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must disagree. I was somewhat disappointed in #5. > The plot was > sort-of pointless, if you think about it. The great > mystery of who > would die was pretty obvious to me. And for both my > wife and > myself, there was ZERO emotional reaction when the > death did happen. > > I do like how the books are becoming more mature and > sophisticated > as Rowling has gone on. I wonder how much of that > is intentional or > just a result of her maturing as a writer. > > Now that the kids are 16 or so, I've been wondering > if there is some > sort of anti-sex hex at Hogwarts! There must be! > > - jmh
I have to admit that I _was_ a little surprised by who died. I thought right up until the final battle that it would be Hagrid - and by the time the battle started I was too caught up in it to even remember that someonme was supposed to die. I agree that it didn't, for some reason, have much emotional resonance for me either - not the death, anyways, although much else that Harry goes through does, often enough. MINOR SPOILERS! MINOR SPOILERS! MINOR SPOILERS! There. I don't know about the anti-sex hex. There was a vague implication of it during Book 4 (Fleur and what's-his-name, Roger Davies or something, were at least snogging away in the rose bushes after the dance). 16 is still pretty young. I know that's supposedly the median age for first sexual activity in the US, but, still, that seems young. I doubt that there will be any by other than implication during the books. I rather imagine that Harry's going to end up with Ginny Weasley, who will only be 16 at the _end_ of the 7th book as well. Although who knows, of course? My favorite moment in the book, though, by a lot, is the Minister of Magic's (I'm forgetting his name) attempt to arrest Dumbledore. "I know you were a very good auror ?????, but if you try to arrest me, I'm afraid that I'll have to hurt you." That setup was so perfect. For the first time we saw why Voldemort was _afraid_ of Dumbledore - that he was more than a kindly old geezer running a high school. I loved that - the action sequence, fine, it was good to see what Dumbledore is capable of, but that was, to me, far more effective. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
