Finished.

[effervescible]

I considered spacing the reading of OotP out (to me, that means finishing in two days instead of one) but I really wanted to get discussing with people so I sat up and read the last three hundred pages in bed tonight.



I am heartbroken. Totally. Sirius was one of my absolute favorite characters, possibly the most favorite--Prisoner of Azkaban has been my favorite of the books since it came out (and remains so). I enjoyed this book. I will read it again. But right now I just want to chuck it against the wall and deny that it's true. Twelve years in prison and a year stuck in a house--it's not fair.

Yeah, I know that's partly the point. And I know it's a good thing that J.K. Rowling's writing is strong enough that I (and many others, I'm sure) can be affected like this. But right now...this just bites.

At least I can console myself with tidbits of future Ron/Hermione. Don't think the line about Harry thinking her haranguing of Ron was much like Molly's bugging of Arthur escaped my notice. And at the end of this one, I find myself with an odd interest in Harry/Ginny. Not really a renewed interest because I never liked it that much before--but After the End made me like it and the fact that Ginny has gotten over Harry and if they were to get together now, it'd be beyond a silly youthful hero-worship crush...I like that.

There's much about this book to be sifted through and digested and I'm sure I'll enjoy it and eagerly await the next book, but for a little bit I'm going to go back to bits of the first Harry Potter fic I ever truly enjoyed and pretend that Sirius is safe.

Comments

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

I'm in denial myself - Sirius was one of my favourite characters and I refuse to believe he's truly dead until I see a body. (But, the prospect of having to wait years for the final two books to come out...) *sighs* Though there was pleanty of Sirius/Remus subtext in the book...so I'm consoling myself with that.

[ursamajor]

re h/g: *nods* i can see it better now that ginny's had a chance to do more than gawk at harry and be possessed by voldemort. i'm glad she got a good chance to shine in OOTP, and that harry's circle of true allies seems to be expanding beyond ron/hermione (who are his year), and beyond gryffindor. all that's needed is to expand inter-House unity to include members of slytherin, and that should happen in book 6.

er, what was i talking about? ships, yeah, ships. :)

in after the end, ginny standing in as the "love" part of the expecto sacrificum disturbed me a bit, because it seemed to be rooted in the "hero worship," so the development of the h/g relationship there felt a bit artificial at first. with book 5 under our belts now, ginny's maturing feels like it would lead more naturally to an equal h/g relationship, especially now that she can work with him on his level.

re ron/hermione: hee. i love that ron still gets jealous of her writing to viktor krum ;)

[kudzita.livejournal.com]

Okay...
-extremely miffed about Sirius, because like you, PoA is my favorite,
-not too pleased about the lack of R/H, but at least Cho's out of the way, and
-dang, this was a depressing book. :P

[zelamenomiko.livejournal.com]

The one thing I keep wondering is what's going to happen in the next two books (no, I haven't read OOTP yet, but I knew all about it a while ago). If Rowling keeps taking away things that makes Harry happy (i.e. Sirius and the Quidditch team, etc) then what the Hell is he going to have at the end of the final book?