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July 16th, 2005
01:35 pm - Spatch's Snarky Spoiler-Free Synopsis of the First Half of the New Harry Potter
Exposition, exposition, exposition, exposition, angst, exposition, angst, angst, angst, angst and exposition, exposition and angst, angsty exposition, angst disguised as exposition, exposition leading to angst, and every now and then a tiny smidgen of this cracking great idea which I think would serve Ms. Rowling well to pursue further: the concept that there's this school of magic and wizards and witches go there to learn it and stuff.
It's funny -- when the tone shifts to the adolescent soap-opera angst, I keep wishing we'd get back to the big overarcing storyline; when we get tons of exposition in one large brick, I keep wondering when we'll find out a bit more about who snogged whom and where. I guess that means it's decent enough if I want to keep reading further, but mostly I'm doing a full-on press through the text just so I get the OMG SPOILER STUFF out of the way. Of course, this is being done in the vain hopes that if I know What Really Happened, I won't have to identify with and endure the whining of everybody else who hasn't gotten to it yet. I don't think these hopes are greatly founded, however.
I should count my blessings, at least: For one, Harry's not hollering IN ALL CAPS CAUSE HE'S ANGRY AND ANGSTY AND STUFF!! every few paragraphs. I do hope some nice editor told Ms. Rowling to keep that kinda shit way down for the sixth book. It's almost enough to make me forget that horrid cutting subplot in the last one. Christ, lady, that was the stuff of piss-poor fanfic and you know it.
But I think once this is over I'm going to have to go back and at least read the first book and marvel at just what it was that captured our imaginations in the first place. However, there was one brief passage that was just very nicely done, that struck me right then and there, and once this whole collective brou-ha-ha dies down I may just share it with you.
Anyway. Pass the seltzer please, I've got several chapters to go.
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I should count my blessings, at least: For one, Harry's not hollering IN ALL CAPS CAUSE HE'S ANGRY AND ANGSTY AND STUFF!! every few paragraphs. I do hope some nice editor told Ms. Rowling to keep that kinda shit way down for the sixth book
I dunno, that didn't bother me as much as it seems to have bothered a lot of people...he was fifteen, and he'd just been through yet another horribly traumatic experience of losing someone he loved, and he has an enormous amount of responsibility, which he's just now beginning to figure out. I think the current book shows him growing up quite a lot. But I won't spoil anything. ;)
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