1. I think it pretty much has to be real. The only way it's fake is if the publishers and Rowling are in on it. (Have you read one of the other fake versions? It starts like this: Harry slunk warily along the footpath, his head slightly bowed, eye’s darting up and down the street, glancing every now and then left and right. .... RIGHT.
2. There was quite a lot of infodumping. At least this time it was a little more dramatic than it has been in past books-- instead of just "P.S., I loved your mom," we actually got to SEE some bits. And the bits that we didn't-- well, it will be fun to see fandom go back and actually *dramatize* all the events that were merely infodumped in DH, so.
3. I think the ending suffered a bit from the fact that it all has to be from Harry's POV-- it's hard to write an epic war story that's about hundreds of complicated things going on and not be able to go into anyone else's POV. But, otherwise I liked it.
4. I started my other comment with a kind of disclaimer about how I'm really only a casual HP fan and I didn't really have any "this ABSOLUTELY MUST happen or I will be TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED" type of expectations, but I realize now that this is clearly a lie, because if Neville had not had his MOMENT OF BADASSERY then I think there would have been a little emptiness inside me that nothing could ever fill. ;) I admit it, the only bit that actually had me shrieking, clutching the arms of my chair, going "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD," was Neville killing Nagini. FUCKING AWESOME.
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1. I think it pretty much has to be real. The only way it's fake is if the publishers and Rowling are in on it. (Have you read one of the other fake versions? It starts like this: Harry slunk warily along the footpath, his head slightly bowed, eye’s darting up and down the street, glancing every now and then left and right. .... RIGHT.
2. There was quite a lot of infodumping. At least this time it was a little more dramatic than it has been in past books-- instead of just "P.S., I loved your mom," we actually got to SEE some bits. And the bits that we didn't-- well, it will be fun to see fandom go back and actually *dramatize* all the events that were merely infodumped in DH, so.
3. I think the ending suffered a bit from the fact that it all has to be from Harry's POV-- it's hard to write an epic war story that's about hundreds of complicated things going on and not be able to go into anyone else's POV. But, otherwise I liked it.
4. I started my other comment with a kind of disclaimer about how I'm really only a casual HP fan and I didn't really have any "this ABSOLUTELY MUST happen or I will be TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED" type of expectations, but I realize now that this is clearly a lie, because if Neville had not had his MOMENT OF BADASSERY then I think there would have been a little emptiness inside me that nothing could ever fill. ;) I admit it, the only bit that actually had me shrieking, clutching the arms of my chair, going "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD," was Neville killing Nagini. FUCKING AWESOME.