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The Obligatory Harry Potter Post
I can't believe she killed ....
Just kidding. Actually, I can. The cries of sorrow and disbelief from rabid Potter fans all over the world easily allowed me to guess the person Most Likely To Die. The identity of the Half-Blood Prince, the namesake of the latest book from Rowling, also came as no surprise. Let's see... which adult in the series is good at potions? Well, duh.
On a more serious note, while I appreciated the plot twists and advancement (honestly, she needs to write faster), the various romantic entanglements in Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince didn't sit quite well with me. In fact, as I prudishly informed Intrepidette, these hormonally charged scenes in the story remind me of a Mills and Boon story, and mental images of heroes ripping off clothes and heroines getting ravished are probably inappropriate while reading about the exploits of Potter and Co. And no, I don't have a one track mind (I'm pretty sure it's dual-tracked at the very least), but heroes ripping off clothes and heroines getting ravished are what I associate with descriptions like "vertical wrestling match" and "thrashing around like a pair of eels". Hormone city anyone?
On a more serious note, Rowling moves further and further from her original style in Book One and Two with this book. Rereading her earliest installments, I can't help but experience a sense of wonder and innocence. Those are all but gone now, replaced by a gloomy and dangerous landscape. While there is no doubt that the series are good novels by themselves, I wonder if Potter can manage the immortality of predecessors like Aslan and Wonka, a battle that is sure to outlast the final showdown with Voldemort.
Filed under: Books, Entertainment
Just kidding. Actually, I can. The cries of sorrow and disbelief from rabid Potter fans all over the world easily allowed me to guess the person Most Likely To Die. The identity of the Half-Blood Prince, the namesake of the latest book from Rowling, also came as no surprise. Let's see... which adult in the series is good at potions? Well, duh.
On a more serious note, while I appreciated the plot twists and advancement (honestly, she needs to write faster), the various romantic entanglements in Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince didn't sit quite well with me. In fact, as I prudishly informed Intrepidette, these hormonally charged scenes in the story remind me of a Mills and Boon story, and mental images of heroes ripping off clothes and heroines getting ravished are probably inappropriate while reading about the exploits of Potter and Co. And no, I don't have a one track mind (I'm pretty sure it's dual-tracked at the very least), but heroes ripping off clothes and heroines getting ravished are what I associate with descriptions like "vertical wrestling match" and "thrashing around like a pair of eels". Hormone city anyone?
On a more serious note, Rowling moves further and further from her original style in Book One and Two with this book. Rereading her earliest installments, I can't help but experience a sense of wonder and innocence. Those are all but gone now, replaced by a gloomy and dangerous landscape. While there is no doubt that the series are good novels by themselves, I wonder if Potter can manage the immortality of predecessors like Aslan and Wonka, a battle that is sure to outlast the final showdown with Voldemort.
Filed under: Books, Entertainment
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