harry potter and the deathly hallows 1 year to go

Surely her editors could have helped her build tension with more devices than the use of ellipses and dashes? And craft fight dialogue that sounds a bit less like it belongs in a comic book? True, none of these flaws is fatal to a fan's enjoyment. Rowling is better at comedy than at fight scenes, and Hallows has less humor and more combat than any of the preceding books.

Hallows doesn't contain the extraneous scenes found in, say, Goblet of Fire, but the momentum is uneven.

For once some puckered seams trouble the surface of the storytelling is Harry now using forbidden spells? How many Horcruxes are there? It's hard not to wish that the editors had done their jobs more actively. Without the Hogwarts school year to supply structure, the plot can meander, and Harry himself is tempted to go on an altogether different search. Perhaps readers know too well the rules of Rowling's magical universe, a universe she has constructed with extraordinary thoroughness and care.As the ending of the previous book suggested, Hallows revolves around Harry, Ron and Hermione's quest for the rest of the Horcruxes into which Voldemort has poured his soul. And yet the revelations don't pack as much of a punch the moments of genuine astonishment or grief that mark every other book in the series go missing here. Who else has sustained such an intricate, endlessly inventive plot over seven thick volumes and so constantly surprised her readers with twists, well-laid traps and Purloined Letter style tricks? Hallows continues the tradition, both with sly feats of legerdemain and with several altogether new, unexpected elements. It would seem churlish to review the Harry Potter series finale with something less than overwhelming enthusiasm after all, there's no one like Rowling.

Harry potter and the deathly hallows 1 year to go