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[teaberryblue]

Someone needs to teach Rowling how to arc a story.

The good parts of this one were really good, but I felt like I was reading the last chapter of all the other books, where Dumbledore sits down and explains things to Harry...only it lasted 652 pages.

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[leisaie.livejournal.com]

Perhaps because I'm a terrible storyteller, I spared exactly no thought on HBP's exposition or arc. Mostly I was just too busy laughing, crying, and pacing alternatively and, at the end, simultaneously.

I have a feeling a lot of people will dislike this book. As such, I will prepare myself to defend it.

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

I thought it was incredibly, incredibly boring.

[leisaie.livejournal.com]

You've crushed my pretensions about defending it early, which is probably good. At this point, all I can hope is that everyone else will stop liking it as well, and it will be "my book" again — the book I loved before it was popular.

Only stupid people remain unwaveringly loyal, but I can live with stupidity easier than without Harry. My healthy sense of melodrama should keep me afloat.