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Diego Ribeiro _iego_ibeiro_ima — *** SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 *** FIRST AUDIOBOOK HEARING *** i was much more drawn in to the narrative this time around. i'm not as hard on rowling. while i think my initial criticisms are fair (and, as you'll see in my Deathly Hallows review i still wish certain elements had been introduced eariler in the series for optimal psychological prep and narrative cohesion), this time i was struck by how carefully rowling was crafting her character psychologies. severus snape is one of the best, most complex, most puzzling and worthwhile characters in fiction i've ever confronted. he's a fantastic mass of contradictions that WORK. really, rowling's mind is a very, very interesting place. NOTE ON THE NARRATION: i have already mentioned how AMAZING jim dale is as a narrator and voice actor. already acknowledging rowling's series as a masterpiece, i wonder how much deeper i was able to delve into the story this time around because dale's mastery of his own craft helped get me there. his positive effect on this tale cannot be overstated. *** APRIL 26, 2007 *** FIRST REVIEW *** FIRST READ JULY 2005 *** The narrative tone continued to mature with Harry, as did Dumbledore's expectation of his protege, providing a fresh, suspenseful continuation of the beloved Harry Potter series. By the sixth book, Rowling has largely abandoned independent plot and is clearly intent on creating continuity and dramatic build-up for book seven's conclusion. Unfortunately, her foundation for the resolution feels rushed at times. While Rowling claims that she knew the saga's outcome in great detail from the beginning, such a glut of information -- and the sudden introduction of the critical horcruxes -- feels like she's playing catch-up because, as she put it so many times in pre–book seven interviews, she didn't want readers to feel like book-seven resolutions were pulled out of thin air or were "cheats." While no one could have predicted the massive success of this series, I am left wishing Rowling's editing were stronger and specifically that she had hinted at major story elements earlier to elevate the story continuity to the level of the brilliant Potter'verse concept. That said, the horcruxes were an inspired and cohesive addition to (and explanation of) Voldemort's tale, and revelation of his history showed off Rowling at her best -- the creator of a flawed, explicable, coherent villain. Yet I confess that the first time I read this I found Dumbledore so altered in tone that for many months I insisted that he was under an Imperius Curse or was some villain drinking Polyjuice Potion. One could argue, in light of information from book seven, that Dumbledore was legitimately a changed man, but it came off as incoherent characterization to me.

Roxana Soledad _oxana_oledad — In the beginning it feels like many other Stephen King books: plenty of blood and gore, lots of people dying, crazy events that would never happen in real life. I can't complain about that; it's what I love about King. It gets two stars because it quickly deteriorates. King should not have written about computer stuff. He explains what is going on like I would talk about computers with my parents, except it seems like even he doesn't know what he's talking about. The zombies are cool in the beginning, too. They start out as zombies should be: killing and eating lots of people. Then they start to work together, which of course is fine. After all, why couldn't they be smart enough to do that? But then they "reboot" every night (I really wish I could punch that pompous kid in the face for pretending he knows anything about computers) and do weird stuff. Did I also mention the ending was awful? What happened to you, Stephen?