Harry Potter and the Order of Slip-ups
I'd have to say that the editors at Scholastic have surpassed their previous
record this time. I've noticed the following inconsistencies after only one and
one-quarter readings.
Harry Potter SPOILERS
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- Prefects can't take away House points? I'm too lazy to look it up but
didn't Percy do just that in a previous book? Or was he Head Boy at the
time? - And speaking of prefects, if Dumbledore picks them,
then why did he pick Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson? Isn't there anyone less obviously
evli in Slytherin? - And how did James Potter become Head Boy
(ref Hagrid, early in Book 1) without being a prefect
first? - And since when is Hermione good at interpreting
other people's emotions? - Why couldn't Harry see thestrals
before? He was there when his parents died, and possibly when Quirrel
did. - And most important of all, even if you accept that
Harry, Ron, and Hermione could all forget that Snape was part of the Order, how
could Harry forget that Sirius gave him a package JUST IN CASE HE NEEDED TO
CONTACT HIM???? If Harry had opened the mirror earlier the entire episode at the
Ministry could have been avoided! How do you forget something like that right
while you're frantically trying to figure out how to contact a
person?
None of which, of course, will prevent my enjoying
the book over several future rereadings or keep me from preordering Book 6 as soon
as it's up on Amazon.
Posted by dichroic at June 22, 2003 03:43 PM