Harry Potter: Days 2 and 3

Day Two, Part Two: Page 3 - Chapter 5

By page 30, there have been two mentions of Harry’s “bright green eye.” Why do I need to know his eye is bright green? And why only one eye? Surely I would have remembered Harry Potter having only one eye, green or otherwise.

Day Three: Chapter 6 - 14.5

Things are picking up. Three action-packed fights fly by. We lose a few characters, and even though one’s an animal, I barely flinch because I don’t really remember either of them. (But thank goodness Harry doesn’t have a pet puppy.)

The rapid death rate makes me suspect J.K. Rowling is trimming detritus in an effort to wrap up this series within a reasonable page length. As it is, my wrist is already in pain from holding the book and I think longingly of Stephen King’s serialized Green Mile, which I never read, but admired from a distance because of its portability.

Posted by: ssjane | August 2, 2007 | 10:40 pm
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