I think this will always be my favorite HP book. I like GoF more and more as I get older in an appreciative sense with how it takes the series down a I think this will always be my favorite HP book. I like GoF more and more as I get older in an appreciative sense with how it takes the series down a darker road, but this one just blew me away and is what solidified my love for the series. Between Lupin (one of my all time favorite fictional characters, from any book/series) and the backstory of the Marauders and the amazing constructed time-turner sequence, not to mention the development of the Trio's dynamic, PoA is flawless, in my eyes....more
I don't know, maybe I'd have to be a kid to appreciate this more. I really liked the beginning, and found Hazel very relatable (as I'm sure many otherI don't know, maybe I'd have to be a kid to appreciate this more. I really liked the beginning, and found Hazel very relatable (as I'm sure many other readers will, regardless of age). But the journey in the woods felt very repetitive, and I know the writing was styled to sound dreamy, storybook-ish, but to me it just drew me out of Hazel's POV more than I would have liked.
I also felt that Hazel didn't necessarily grow much by the end. Yes, she got her friend back and took huge steps to do it, but there wasn't much to show that she'd gained a new confidence in herself, outside of her friendship with Jack, and that kind of bothered me....more
Sixth or seventh time I've reread it, and still crying when Cedric dies. :[Sixth or seventh time I've reread it, and still crying when Cedric dies. :[...more
I just adored this. It was honest and sweet without being preachy.
I really liked that even though Jason did logically approach a lot of situations (tI just adored this. It was honest and sweet without being preachy.
I really liked that even though Jason did logically approach a lot of situations (the way most autistics do), including his writing - the way he perceived letters, words, etc - his talent lay in a "creative" field. Which is not often something I see applied to fictional autistic characters, and it was something I could certainly appreciate as a fellow logical creative sort (though not autistic, myself).
I liked how aware he was of everything too, and that he was shown not as some automaton but as a person with feelings. Perhaps that was due to the couple years of therapy he has, but I hate reading autistics as these people in their "own worlds" that have zero clue to the neurotypical world. Clicking squawking flapping robots with no individuality and ripped from a textbook. Jason was more than perfectly aware that he was different and didn't approach life "normally" but just didn't know *why* what made him different was so wrong or horrible or not acceptable.
And his relationships with Rebecca, Aaron and especially his little brother Jeremy were particularly touching. It's so easy to make the autistic child the victim with no support, and sadly this can be the case, but it was nice to see the other side, that there are kind, patient and accepting people out there, people that, as Jason used to describe how love felt, he felt safe around even if he did have his doubts at times.
I'm really glad I gave this book a chance, as I'm so cautious about picking up books about Autism/Asperger's syndrome....more
This was not at all what I was expecting. It wasn't bad, it was just stale and relatively anticlimactic. I was expecting this to go out with a bang a This was not at all what I was expecting. It wasn't bad, it was just stale and relatively anticlimactic. I was expecting this to go out with a bang and it was more of a womp....more
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