In Bulgarian the book will came officially December, 13th. But we already have it in English so I borrow it from a friend of mine. I was pretty surprised how the things developed. I expected that there will bea lot of dead people but this ''blood bath'' was a little cruel for me. I also was pretty surprised that Fred die. I was expecting that somebody from Weasleys will die but I was thinking for Percy, Charlie, Arthur but not for the twins(or one of them). I
felt so sad for Tonks and Lupin too. You
know I was hoping for them to survive.
But I started from the end and this is not right. So let me start again:
Dudley surprised me with his admitting that Harry saved him but we
didn''t find out what he actually saw when the dementors attacked him. But I
knew that Petunia couldn''t express any feelings toward Harry because she was too angry and envy her sister. I felt sorry for Moody but it wasn''t unexpected that he die, I just though that it will be somewhere later in the book. Dumbledore''s will and the refusal of the Minister to give Harry the sword didn''t surprise me at all. I mean that the gifts was surprising but there was logical for him to left them something. For the break in the Ministry I won''t
say anything because it wasn''t been very intriguing for me(sorry). But the silver doe intrigued me very much. Somehow, without any logical reason, I knew it was Snape''s patron. But for Snape I will say more a little bit later. Now back to the forest. I
liked the idea for Potterwatch. It was something different in the monotonous running and hiding. Dobby''s death was touching and I felt
really sad. But I missed the Godric''s Hollow. You know I felt that something is wrong when it became clear that Bathilda knew they were there. But they were under the cloak, how she knew? Like she was seeing them. But I thought that it was stupid from myself to connect this scene with the scene where Ron''s father was attacked in the Ministry so I just shook my head and kept reading. And... you know, I don''t think I have what more to say about this scene.
The battle for Hogwarts was epic and I really liked most of it but somehow I felt so sad because of all who died. I knew this is a war and there couldn''t be some victims but...
Dumbledore''s family story make me feel comfortable with him. You know, I liked Albus but I had the feeling that he is too good, too perfect and it was sort of uncomfortable because he made me feel bad. But now I am finally feeling him as a normal person, not a saint.
The story of the Deathly Hollows was really good but I don''t have what to say about it. Everything is said maybe in the book - the wand that never will harm her master, the stone that give you time to say goodbye to the people you lost and the cloak, that makes you equal to The Death... The all had their place in the story.
So I came to the story of Severus Snape. People''s opinions about him was in the both ends - some of them hated him, others loved him, but I never had such a feeling for him. I didn''t liked him or disliked him, I knew he was from the good guys and I was thinking that he is the most complicated character in the books but that''s all. I also expected that he was in love with Lily and that was the reason Albus to trust him but I wasn''t expected that we will see the story so completely, so intimately and so touching. I really felt sorry for Snape. He lost his love, his best friend and he had to kill the only man who trusted him. He was left alone with the pain. And he needed Harry to understand him and forgive him that''s why he gave him all his memories and not only the one with Dumbledore''s instructions. The way he die watching Harry''s (Lily''s) eyes... I almost cry. He deserved better fate.
The epilogue was really nice but I felta little bitdisappointed. We didn''t understand who is the next Hogwarts'' headmaster, or who is the new Minister, or what the main characterknow. And for 7 books we didn''t understand anything about Minerva McGonagall. She was always there and that''s all. I think she deserved some more attention.
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