Posted by Dinah on July 11, 2007, at 1:01:00
In reply to Re: who is evil?, posted by caraher on July 11, 2007, at 0:17:05
I'm not as interested in the romantic pairings so much as the character insights they reveal. Particularly Harry and Ginny. That pairing works on so many levels. I've always been struck by how out of place Harry had felt in his entire life, with Hogwarts and Ron's house as the only true homes he'd known. Ginny has to be so much more than a smart, pretty capable young lady to Harry. She probably embodies the Burrow, and love and warmth to Harry. And I suppose the spirit of Gryffindor and Hogwarts too.
I do like the shadings of moral ambiguity in the story. It's not quite as obvious as in A Series of Unfortunate Events. But it is there. Although I'm a bit confunded by the insistence on the power of love as the greatest of the mysteries. And the absence of any darker side to that particular mystery.
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