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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Berandor" data-source="post: 3099169" data-attributes="member: 225">I was disappointed only in the most recent book; Order of the Phoenix was alright (I still think Prisoner and Goblet are the best), but Half-Blood Prince didn't grab me at all until maybe a hundred or so pages before the end.[sblock]There was too little happening during the school year that had any significance. It was just drawn-out "waiting for the shoe to drop", to me. And then it went almost too quickly. [/sblock]Also, I was disappointed in the story resolution and certain portrayals.[sblock]Dumbledore dying gives me the impression that she's pretty much following Campbell here, with mentors dying and the young hero finding his own way. It also seems pretty obvious to me that Harry himself is the final receptacle of Vodemort's soul, and I wonder if/how JKR will go about not killing Harry at the end (of course, at the moment I'm fairly sure she will kill Harry, or let Harry kill himself to stop you-know-who).Finally, Harry's righteousness grates on me. In the end, when he's telling Ginny off, I was really annoyed and I can only hope that he'll be punished for it. I mean, who is he to tell Ginny what she wants or doesn't want to endure as his girlfriend? Doesn't she have any say about it? I just hope that Ginny isn't hurt for disobeying her man and Ron has to save Hermione in the end.[/sblock]As to Snape, I hope he turns out alright. It certainly seems that way to me, kind of blatantly so, which means I'm dreading that I'm wrong.And is it just me, or does anybody else now picture Snape as Alan Rickman? It's almost automatic when I read about him.</blockquote>

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