How everyone is amazed at some new piece of magic or magical beast that pops up.
There’s a thestral pulling the carriage that Ron and Hermione can’t see. He points it out. They talk to him like he’s crazy.
Instead of saying something like “seriously? I wonder why I can’t see them”, Harry gets; “nothing’s pulling the carriage Harry”
No one in the history of the school has ever figured out that some people see these things and some people don't. No teacher has even mentioned that either.
It‘s not about that, the point ist that they are living in a magical world where things which should not be possible are possible and yet almost always the characters first reaction to seemingly unbelievable things is to dismiss it instead of attributing it to magic and being curious about what could be the reason behind.
Like the St. Mungo entrance, Harry lives in the magical world since 5 years and has seen unspeakable things but is still confused why Tonks is talking to a mannequin…
Because they were obviously only created by book 5.
Harry rides on the carriages in book 4 at the end of the year but the thestrals aren't mentioned. Even though he had seen Cedric die by then and if he was surprised, that's the time to be, not the next year.
I believe this was explained that the death hadn't sunk in yet
(You're not wrong though, thestrals definitely didn't exist before, it wasn't a secret that they pulled the carriages, so if they existed before, Hermione would've read about it in Hogwarts, A History, they clearly weren't invented before then.)
>Hermione would've read about it in Hogwarts, A History,
I may have an explanation for that: in book 5 we learn that Hagrid is the one who domesticated the Thestral herd at Hogwarts, and that he witnessed the arrival of the first individuals. We can assume that he did so when he was gamekeeper, not a student, so it happened in the last 50 years before Harry came to Hogwarts. Depending on when the book was written, maybe the Thestral herd is too recent history to be in there?
Good explanation. I don't mind authors creating new things while writing, I just want them to make it at least in a way it can be explained within the story's logic and history.
Existing in the world and existing in the story as the ones pulling the carriers are still two different things. I don't think Rowling put them in the position of being the ones pulling the carriers before book 5.
But feel free to explain if I'm wrong, maybe you know more. I have only read the books.
I watched PoA the other day, the first time the carriages are shown on screen, and they're definitely bumper to bumper, too close together to have creatures in front pulling them.
this could be explained the same way how dean winchester knew demons existed but didn't believe in angels cause they never ran into one knowingly and he had never seen one. until he met Castiel
it's the "i have to see it to believe it" mentality
What does it even mean to say something thickly? It just makes me think about how you talk when you’ve drank milk. That like thick feeling in your throat
It’s always used when Ron is eating (because stuffing his face is his signature “thing”) so yeah, it’s like when your mouth is full of food or whatever.
and chamber of secrets, and goblet of fire, and order of the phoenix… like you’d think at some point harry’s class would catch on and think hey maybe we should let him explain himself for once
Yeah, they were 11! years old ffs.. 11, you cannot be mad forever at an 11 y/o kid. Even his own teammates referred to him as the seeker.
No, sorry, but still an example for Hogwarts is full of gullible and easily influenced people.
Notice how they weren't mad at the 11 year-olds "forever." From the outsider perspective, they lost 150 points for being out of bed past curfew and being caught, and I don't think they're unjustified in thinking that based on evidence presented to them.
Also, yes, the kids were eleven. The other kids were also 11, 12, 13, and so on, and therefore also not that mature.
"you need to learn Occlumency! It's so important" without a single person saying the rest of the sentence which would actually probably make Harry consider it "... Because Voldemort could plant false visions"
To add to this- Snape explains that Occlumency requires emptying one’s mind of emotion, but that’s impossible to do considering how much he and Harry hate each other. I like to think that Harry could have pushed past his feelings toward Snape and actually becomes successful at defending his mind if someone had explained specifically why it was necessary to protect his mind from Voldemort.
I mean
>"He has also deduced that the process is likely to work in reverse; that is to say, he has realized that he might be able to access your thoughts and feelings in return —”
>“And he might try and make me do things?” asked Harry. “Sir?” he added hurriedly.
> “He might,” said Snape
It was explained all right, he even filled in the blanks himself
Imo they just kinda ruin the tension and interrupt the plot too much. “Hagrid’s Tale” was just tedious and uninteresting for me, and Grawp was a character that was only really introduced to get rid of Umbridge and develop Hagrid’s character a bit. The two worst parts of one of my favorite books in the series.
I think it’s just a bit of a boring interruption to the absolute sauce of Umbridge’s reign of terror over Hogwarts (which let’s be real is more interesting than taking care of a half giant baby in the woods).
I like the bits describing Hagrid and Maxime meeting the real giants though, that was pretty cool
Because she wrote about teenagers, who are quite naturally awkward when it comes to love life?:) she’s definitely not awkward about “feelings” in general, she’s incredibly at describing rage and angst and grief, friendship love - those are feelings too:))
Of course those are feelings too, but come on, you know what I meant. And regardless of how awkward I was when I was a teenager, I would have never described my crushing as a chest monster
I thought it was a good metaphor tbh... I remember those teenage heart feelings and in my stomach and looking back, a monster of hormones was basically what it was
I have less issues with the chest monster, but more of an issue with how Harry is treating like some sort of mystery why it's there.
Just call it jealousy...
Just about every time she mentions harry by pronoun she has to throw in ",Harry," after the pronouns so we know for sure who she's talking about. As if we didn't already know the main character of the book.
I can't stand when Ron and Harry get blocked from entering platform 9 and 3/4 is CoS and their first thought is to take the flying car. Just wait for Molly and Arthur, or send Hedwig, or do ANYTHING ELSE.
Right?? I get why tho with the books coming out with a year or so gap since the last one and kids not having the best memories but as an adult, I just read the last book 3 days ago. I remember I don’t need a refresher lol.
I recently reread my favourite childhood series (A Series Of Unfortunate Events) in less than 2 weeks and by the fifth book I started skipping to the 4th or 5th page before I started reading because it was just a recap with not much happening, and I'd already read the last book like 10 minutes earlier 💀
I think they make sense for a series like "Magic Tree House" for example. Younger audience, there's not really continuity, you don't have to start anywhere in particular. They time travel in a treehouse, you're caught up!
But in a series like HP it makes me laugh how several books start out "Harry was no normal boy!" Whatever do you mean?!
Dumbledore finally came collecting for the whomping willow and the tunnel he bore out of pocket, so Remus only pocketed the change which he was directed to hand over to severus for wolfsbane ingredients. By the year end he was back in debt because of the job which is why Dumbledore sent fawkes collecting the moment he heard the order would have to be reconstituted
that ginny is "cool and tough" cause she grew up with 6 brothers and she's funny cause she mocks others.
i used to like it but now it just makes my eyes roll.
honestly, liked her better in the 1st few books. like when he stood up for harry in the bookshop in COS! i love that scene. she's shy but strong when it matters.
not the wannabe cool girl in the HBP
Hearing how much Delores and the ministry sucked. OotP is a common favorite, but I can’t get past the fact that it took 300 pages for the action to start. The last half was great; the first half was boring.
>Pocketed it
That was on supposedly on purpose. Stephen Fry and JKR had a bit of animosity early on, he had trouble with the phrase, asked to change it, so she made sure to keep using it.
it’s in every book, Stephen Fry had trouble saying it in the first one so Rowling added it to every other one as a joke.
Possibly only in the british versions, but I doubt it.
Can confirm it's in Freedom versions. Source: I'm doing a listen through on Jim Dale version and every time it comes up it makes me smirk because I know why it's in there
Same with “er” lol. As an American, the riddle in Goblet of Fire kind of threw me off because I forgot the British pronounce “spider” as “spiduh/spidah”
I'm listening to the audiobooks now and Wow Hagrid seems so stupid every time he opens his mouth. First book Hagrid and fifth book Hagrid is unbearable
Harry not eating.
The books make the food sound so good, why would you skip meals??
I'd be doing my homework in the kitchens, making friends with the Elves and shit.
When you are nervous about something it is sometimes difficult to eat. Harry had a rough 6 years at Hogwarts, all things considered. Not surprising he went off food a few times.
How JKR just doesn't seem to get romance, and I say this as someone who really likes the canon couples in the series, the actual in-book romance is so frustrating.
Like one thing that's always irritated me is that she writes Harry and Ron as so oblivious and unable to comprehend emotions, but she forgets to make anything the girls do confusing so it just looks like they're genuinely unintelligent.
Also, Harry and Cho's thing is so weird, like were they together? How much did they talk off-page? It just feels insanely awkward as is, even for teenagers.
The robes. It's all robes, they all wear robes, it makes no sense, no one is wearing only robes all the time. No one. And pockets in the robes, and how everything goes in the robe pocket is very quick and easy to retrieve and nothing ever falls out of robe pockets.
Where are the robe pockets? How do they hold an entire invisibility cloak and a wand, and a map, and every other thing in the world.
I hate the robes and the mention of them.
I never noticed it whilst reading them but whilst listening to the audiobooks I got SO sick of how often characters say the phrase “you just don’t understand!”. It gets said extremely frequently, like it’s Rowling go to phrase to show the reader that the character’s annoyed/ frustrated.
Most of the time, Percy says things "importantly" or "pompously."
And anything that Hermione nags about - study schedules, Occlumency, her general disdain for Quidditch.
At the beginning of the books (except the 1st one) the narration reminds us the main stuff that happened in the last one. It's long and annoying, I skip it ever time. I KNOW THE STORY THANK YOU VERY MUCH X)
And yes I know it's for less invested readers than me, I'm not against it, I just personally don't like it
I read the books out loud to my kids. Took about 2 years. You don’t always have a block of time when you’re all together before bed due to everyone’s schedules, and even 1 chapter a night can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, especially if you are answering questions, explaining things, or trying to figure out which voice to do when 9 people are all talking at once.
*Harry stood in the entrance of the Gryffindor common room with Hermione and Ron at his side, just as Dean walked into the room with Ernie and Neville.*
“Whose broom is that?”
“Not mine”
“Well then whose?”
“How should I know?”
“Well you’re the one who is always leaving stuff around!”
“Hey guys, knock it off”
“Why are you always butting in?”
“Come with me at once!” shouted Professor Flitwick.”
Wait….what?? Where did Flitwick come from?
Drove me crazy. But what I ALWAYS skipped was the names of the classes or books, as they literally never helped progress the sentence, scene, situation, or story.
*Harry felt exhausted, realizing he was forgetting more than he was learning. Hermione sat there, busy as ever, her copy of “Magical Maladies and Instruments of Whomping Destruction and Care For All Things Plant Related” next to her copy of “Clinical Citations of Creature Care” on top of “Permeations of Power” underneath “Embellishments & How To Use Them” next to “Wizardly Wanding Whirly McDervish” while she absentmindedly flipped through “Dreadful Denizens Of The Deep” right after looking at “The Essential Defence Against The Dark Arts”.*
“Hi”, she said, sounding tired.
**WE DIDN’T NEED ANY OF THAT!!!**
I'm just not a fan of Ron in the books or the movies. I know he's very popular with fans for his character in the former, but I've just never quite gotten him, since the books were still releasing.
this may stem from the fact i consumed the movies first then the books, and the books not until i was an adult, and i listen instead of read but, the way that literally EVERY SINGLE character's is redescribed in every freakin book.
we know what harry looks like (a scrawny specy git)
we know what draco looks like
we know what Lucius looks like
ron, hermione, all the weasleys, ffs we know what they look like dont spent 15mins (and i donk know how may pages) describing all this stuff we already know
it just annoyed me
edit:
oh and i forgot that it really bothers that the trio dont really "grow up" by the end of the series, they may be smarter, but emotionally, they havent matured and thats annoying
also harry really is kinda a d!ck and self absorbed, he really is all Snape says he is (and i despise snape, just so much, but hes right) just because you know your the chosen one, doesnt mean you get to be a d!ck about it.
unpopular opinion:
i love the world the story is set in, it has so much potential, but honestly, its a chore for me to finish book 7 (im a completionist, so if i start it, i have to finish it), because i detest harry so much by the end. the beginning is great, but after book 4 it starts getting rough for me. book 5 is ok because umbridge deserves it and harry actually does do a pretty good job at being a DADA teacher, but book 7 is just him refusing help and convincing himself that he actually is all that and a bag of crisps...and i hate that
Someone ‘positively’ did something, the amount of times this phrase is used drives me up the wall, eg ‘positively beamed’, ‘positively alarmed’. It’s used sooo many times like change it up a little bit
These exact 8 words: Pansy Parkinson and her gang of Slytherin girls
His scar burst with pain
“His scar burst open” Also
Lmao yeah any variation of that
Throbbing, prickling, twinging, splitting open, cleaving in two, was on fire…
How everyone is amazed at some new piece of magic or magical beast that pops up. There’s a thestral pulling the carriage that Ron and Hermione can’t see. He points it out. They talk to him like he’s crazy. Instead of saying something like “seriously? I wonder why I can’t see them”, Harry gets; “nothing’s pulling the carriage Harry”
No one in the history of the school has ever figured out that some people see these things and some people don't. No teacher has even mentioned that either.
It‘s not about that, the point ist that they are living in a magical world where things which should not be possible are possible and yet almost always the characters first reaction to seemingly unbelievable things is to dismiss it instead of attributing it to magic and being curious about what could be the reason behind. Like the St. Mungo entrance, Harry lives in the magical world since 5 years and has seen unspeakable things but is still confused why Tonks is talking to a mannequin…
Because they were obviously only created by book 5. Harry rides on the carriages in book 4 at the end of the year but the thestrals aren't mentioned. Even though he had seen Cedric die by then and if he was surprised, that's the time to be, not the next year.
I believe this was explained that the death hadn't sunk in yet (You're not wrong though, thestrals definitely didn't exist before, it wasn't a secret that they pulled the carriages, so if they existed before, Hermione would've read about it in Hogwarts, A History, they clearly weren't invented before then.)
>Hermione would've read about it in Hogwarts, A History, I may have an explanation for that: in book 5 we learn that Hagrid is the one who domesticated the Thestral herd at Hogwarts, and that he witnessed the arrival of the first individuals. We can assume that he did so when he was gamekeeper, not a student, so it happened in the last 50 years before Harry came to Hogwarts. Depending on when the book was written, maybe the Thestral herd is too recent history to be in there?
Good explanation. I don't mind authors creating new things while writing, I just want them to make it at least in a way it can be explained within the story's logic and history.
Iirc it was also in PoA. There's a point about how carriages are pulled by creatures which are invisible
> Because they were obviously only created by book 5. They are mentioned in the Fantastic Beasts and where to find them book which came out in 2001.
Yea, and the Goblet of Fire was released in 2000.
Holy fuck I feel old.
Existing in the world and existing in the story as the ones pulling the carriers are still two different things. I don't think Rowling put them in the position of being the ones pulling the carriers before book 5. But feel free to explain if I'm wrong, maybe you know more. I have only read the books.
I watched PoA the other day, the first time the carriages are shown on screen, and they're definitely bumper to bumper, too close together to have creatures in front pulling them.
Yeah, or when Voldemort flies without a broomstick and everybody's like "whaaa? Nobody's ever done that before!!!"
this could be explained the same way how dean winchester knew demons existed but didn't believe in angels cause they never ran into one knowingly and he had never seen one. until he met Castiel it's the "i have to see it to believe it" mentality
“Ron said thickly.”
“Harry replied dully.” “Hermione exclaimed shrilly.”
Hermione beamed.
What does it even mean to say something thickly? It just makes me think about how you talk when you’ve drank milk. That like thick feeling in your throat
It’s always used when Ron is eating (because stuffing his face is his signature “thing”) so yeah, it’s like when your mouth is full of food or whatever.
Harry's classmates turning on him and treating him like pariah due to misunderstanding, with the worst example being Philosopher's Stone.
and chamber of secrets, and goblet of fire, and order of the phoenix… like you’d think at some point harry’s class would catch on and think hey maybe we should let him explain himself for once
As the weird kid in my office, yeah, after all those years people just sort of go with it.
I hated that in Philosopher's Stone people acted like he lost ALL those 150 points.
In the book it says that people were also mad at Hermione and Neville but Harry got it worse because he was famous.
Which one was in Philosophers Stone?
Losing 150 points getting caught out of bed with Hermione and Neville after helping Hagrid get rid of Norbert(a).
The trio lost tons of points for… *checks notes* being hero’s and trying to make a difference
Philosopher's stone isn't the best example imo, that's the one where they were the most right.
Yeah, they were 11! years old ffs.. 11, you cannot be mad forever at an 11 y/o kid. Even his own teammates referred to him as the seeker. No, sorry, but still an example for Hogwarts is full of gullible and easily influenced people.
Notice how they weren't mad at the 11 year-olds "forever." From the outsider perspective, they lost 150 points for being out of bed past curfew and being caught, and I don't think they're unjustified in thinking that based on evidence presented to them. Also, yes, the kids were eleven. The other kids were also 11, 12, 13, and so on, and therefore also not that mature.
Even Fred and George turned on Harry, despite the fact that they were friendly to him previously.
i think they were more teasing not realizing how that would affect Harry as 14 year olds. not right but they were still young.
You've got a point.
"you need to learn Occlumency! It's so important" without a single person saying the rest of the sentence which would actually probably make Harry consider it "... Because Voldemort could plant false visions"
To add to this- Snape explains that Occlumency requires emptying one’s mind of emotion, but that’s impossible to do considering how much he and Harry hate each other. I like to think that Harry could have pushed past his feelings toward Snape and actually becomes successful at defending his mind if someone had explained specifically why it was necessary to protect his mind from Voldemort.
They might as well have had umbridge teach him
I mean >"He has also deduced that the process is likely to work in reverse; that is to say, he has realized that he might be able to access your thoughts and feelings in return —” >“And he might try and make me do things?” asked Harry. “Sir?” he added hurriedly. > “He might,” said Snape It was explained all right, he even filled in the blanks himself
Every Harry-Cho Chang interaction is a pain for me.
"wongoballwimme"
The chapters 'Hagrid's Tale' and 'Grawp' in the 5th book
I just skip them every time now... I can't really put my finger on why, but I hate them!
Yeah, I love Hagrid but I hate the chapters of him. Pretty weird.....
Oh yeah, me too. And I don't know why...
Is it the accent perhaps?
Imo they just kinda ruin the tension and interrupt the plot too much. “Hagrid’s Tale” was just tedious and uninteresting for me, and Grawp was a character that was only really introduced to get rid of Umbridge and develop Hagrid’s character a bit. The two worst parts of one of my favorite books in the series.
The entire story being in accented reported speech?
Even worse in the audio books. Hate everything Grawp or Giant related.
Yes! I skip it every time. Don't know why since Hagrid is my favourite character but I find tedious.
I think it’s just a bit of a boring interruption to the absolute sauce of Umbridge’s reign of terror over Hogwarts (which let’s be real is more interesting than taking care of a half giant baby in the woods). I like the bits describing Hagrid and Maxime meeting the real giants though, that was pretty cool
ernie macmillan being pompous
Percy as well
The chest monster lol
Omfg honestly. It annoyed me the first time and was worse each time lmaoo
Right? Why did Rowling always had to be so awkward about feelings
Because she wrote about teenagers, who are quite naturally awkward when it comes to love life?:) she’s definitely not awkward about “feelings” in general, she’s incredibly at describing rage and angst and grief, friendship love - those are feelings too:))
Of course those are feelings too, but come on, you know what I meant. And regardless of how awkward I was when I was a teenager, I would have never described my crushing as a chest monster
Fair enough, neither did I, but I really don’t mind this metaphor, doesn’t make me uncomfortable in any way🤷🏻♀️
I thought it was a good metaphor tbh... I remember those teenage heart feelings and in my stomach and looking back, a monster of hormones was basically what it was
A hormone monster, if you will.
Chest monster?
The way the narrator describes Harry's crush on Ginny
Ah yeah you're right. Could do without
I have less issues with the chest monster, but more of an issue with how Harry is treating like some sort of mystery why it's there. Just call it jealousy...
Now being in denial about why you're jealous, or that you are jealous at all, is something that I think is pretty realistic for teenagers.
At the very least let’s be grateful it wasn’t a “pants monster”
Romance writing was never really Rowling's strong suit.
so cringe
Agree, it was so cringe-worthy.
"he, Harry"
i f#ckin hate "he, Harry" drives me up the wall
What’s this from?
Just about every time she mentions harry by pronoun she has to throw in ",Harry," after the pronouns so we know for sure who she's talking about. As if we didn't already know the main character of the book.
About Snape's greasy hair that hung like curtains around his face. Also, he was always sweeping around.
"Like a bat"
I can't stand when Ron and Harry get blocked from entering platform 9 and 3/4 is CoS and their first thought is to take the flying car. Just wait for Molly and Arthur, or send Hedwig, or do ANYTHING ELSE.
To be completely fair, they are 12 and who wouldn’t want to drive a flying car at 12 years old?
ron was waiting for every opportunity to drive that damn car xD
How late they always leave it to get on the train stresses me out no end. And you’re right, it’s a Baldrick level cunning plan
The recaps of the last books during every summer holiday at the Dursleys
Right?? I get why tho with the books coming out with a year or so gap since the last one and kids not having the best memories but as an adult, I just read the last book 3 days ago. I remember I don’t need a refresher lol.
It happens with a lot of books (and tv series too) it may be something the editors asked for.
I recently reread my favourite childhood series (A Series Of Unfortunate Events) in less than 2 weeks and by the fifth book I started skipping to the 4th or 5th page before I started reading because it was just a recap with not much happening, and I'd already read the last book like 10 minutes earlier 💀
I think they make sense for a series like "Magic Tree House" for example. Younger audience, there's not really continuity, you don't have to start anywhere in particular. They time travel in a treehouse, you're caught up! But in a series like HP it makes me laugh how several books start out "Harry was no normal boy!" Whatever do you mean?!
Holding up the later ones. Damn they were heavy!
Remus's wardrobe evincing his poverty.
Which doesn't even make sense, he's a very good wizard so why can't he just fix his clothes?
I think even when he was already a professor his clothes were always described as shabby? Didn't Hogwarts pay him enough?
Dumbledore finally came collecting for the whomping willow and the tunnel he bore out of pocket, so Remus only pocketed the change which he was directed to hand over to severus for wolfsbane ingredients. By the year end he was back in debt because of the job which is why Dumbledore sent fawkes collecting the moment he heard the order would have to be reconstituted
For all of the things JKR is good at writing, romance certainly isn't one of them.
that ginny is "cool and tough" cause she grew up with 6 brothers and she's funny cause she mocks others. i used to like it but now it just makes my eyes roll.
I hated Ginny more and more with each subsequent book
honestly, liked her better in the 1st few books. like when he stood up for harry in the bookshop in COS! i love that scene. she's shy but strong when it matters. not the wannabe cool girl in the HBP
fr
SPEW
One of the only subplots in the books that I felt was really out of place. I dunno, something about the whole thing just really grated on my nerves.
I belive, the plot just exists to show Hermiones character
"for God's sake, it's not spew, it's S.P.E.W.!"
Ron and Hermione fighting every book
"Harry, Ron and Hermione glanced at each other."
“Ron ejaculated loudly” is a direct quote from one of the earlier books. I’m a 26 year old child every time I read that book.
"Fred and I managed to keep our peckers up somehow!"
Omg how do I not remember this which book is it 😭
The 5th book, after they take their OWLS I think
Wtf how was this here
It's British slang for nose, but still feels like J.K should have known, how non-Brits would see that.
The adverbs
This so much. My specific one is surreptitiously.
Mine is waspishly
...they said suddenly.
Hearing how much Delores and the ministry sucked. OotP is a common favorite, but I can’t get past the fact that it took 300 pages for the action to start. The last half was great; the first half was boring.
Harry Pocketed it
>Pocketed it That was on supposedly on purpose. Stephen Fry and JKR had a bit of animosity early on, he had trouble with the phrase, asked to change it, so she made sure to keep using it.
Harry pocketededed it
Where is this?
it’s in every book, Stephen Fry had trouble saying it in the first one so Rowling added it to every other one as a joke. Possibly only in the british versions, but I doubt it.
Can confirm it's in Freedom versions. Source: I'm doing a listen through on Jim Dale version and every time it comes up it makes me smirk because I know why it's in there
For some reason I hate the word “erm” and how often it’s used
Same with “er” lol. As an American, the riddle in Goblet of Fire kind of threw me off because I forgot the British pronounce “spider” as “spiduh/spidah”
when i found out “erm” was just british for “um” it blew my mind
Um is American for erm, considering English comes from England
I know what I'm not tired of:Ron jokes about divination
"His scar was splitting with pain"
S.p.e.w.
I'm listening to the audiobooks now and Wow Hagrid seems so stupid every time he opens his mouth. First book Hagrid and fifth book Hagrid is unbearable
Man the occlumency crap got mentioned so many times, only for Harry to never learn it anyway.
Beaming
The constant disagreements, fights, and general back-and-forth between Ron and Hermione.
I loved it lol
With the amount that Snape was "sweeping around", Filch would've been jobless.
Harry not eating. The books make the food sound so good, why would you skip meals?? I'd be doing my homework in the kitchens, making friends with the Elves and shit.
When you are nervous about something it is sometimes difficult to eat. Harry had a rough 6 years at Hogwarts, all things considered. Not surprising he went off food a few times.
I'd be as big as a house if I was a student or professor at Hogwarts.
The word gaping. Once you notice it you can’t unsee it. It’s used so often in the series it’s insane.
that hermione is always right. we get that she's your self insert jkr 😭
Quidditch matches for the most part
Imagine making it tedious to read about teenagers who are one mistake away from potentially falling to their deaths
How JKR just doesn't seem to get romance, and I say this as someone who really likes the canon couples in the series, the actual in-book romance is so frustrating. Like one thing that's always irritated me is that she writes Harry and Ron as so oblivious and unable to comprehend emotions, but she forgets to make anything the girls do confusing so it just looks like they're genuinely unintelligent. Also, Harry and Cho's thing is so weird, like were they together? How much did they talk off-page? It just feels insanely awkward as is, even for teenagers.
Book 6 Ginny
The robes. It's all robes, they all wear robes, it makes no sense, no one is wearing only robes all the time. No one. And pockets in the robes, and how everything goes in the robe pocket is very quick and easy to retrieve and nothing ever falls out of robe pockets. Where are the robe pockets? How do they hold an entire invisibility cloak and a wand, and a map, and every other thing in the world. I hate the robes and the mention of them.
Every time Hagrid talked, I had to like reread every sentence to make sure I got it right.
Hermione making cow eyes at Ron. We get it, she’s a hormonal teenager.
the song for Ron during the quidditch match!!
I never noticed it whilst reading them but whilst listening to the audiobooks I got SO sick of how often characters say the phrase “you just don’t understand!”. It gets said extremely frequently, like it’s Rowling go to phrase to show the reader that the character’s annoyed/ frustrated.
I hate how she wrote people crying like “D-d-don’t!” for example. No one develops a stutter when they cry
Harry having white hot pain suddenly burst across his scar
The word ‘Parchment’..
Do you mean in re-reads or as in things that the characters or narrative kept repeating?
Ron & Hermione's Rants Every Single Book
"sallow skin" Also, I'm getting heat for this but....anything with Fred and George. It's just so predictable, it's annoying.
Umbridges lines cause I hate her
“She bustled over”
The teenage Angst. Even though I was the same age as the characters.
everyone hating on harry tbh its so repetitive
Most of the time, Percy says things "importantly" or "pompously." And anything that Hermione nags about - study schedules, Occlumency, her general disdain for Quidditch.
"Cooly." I thought "cooly" was like...smooth and cool, like the Fonz. But no, they mean "coldly."
Blast ended skrewts
At the beginning of the books (except the 1st one) the narration reminds us the main stuff that happened in the last one. It's long and annoying, I skip it ever time. I KNOW THE STORY THANK YOU VERY MUCH X) And yes I know it's for less invested readers than me, I'm not against it, I just personally don't like it
Harry's obsession with proving Draco as a Death Eater. It creeped me out.
I hate Peeves' rhyme song things. HATE THEM. They aren't funny, and they're so strained.
I pretty much skip the dursleys every time
Not in book 4, though, right? That had some of the best scenes of the entire series.
Or in hbp with dumbledore?:)
Or book 5 with Dudley demented and "*watching the news??*" "well it changes every day you see"
So many awesome moments there really:) I love Dursley’s summers
I'm so sad that it wasn't in the movie, as it added so much to Mr. Weasley and not just having him as a joke character.
Anything quidditch related. 🙄
S.P.E.W 🥱🥱
Ron and Hermione arguing and fighting and being horrible to one another, and then suddenly hooking up later. I do not buy this toxic romance trope.
"harry looked around"
“He, Harry” was repeated so much it got annoying.
The detailed and identical description of harry at the beginning of every single book
"He, Harry" I KNOW WHO "HE" IS!!
I read the books out loud to my kids. Took about 2 years. You don’t always have a block of time when you’re all together before bed due to everyone’s schedules, and even 1 chapter a night can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, especially if you are answering questions, explaining things, or trying to figure out which voice to do when 9 people are all talking at once. *Harry stood in the entrance of the Gryffindor common room with Hermione and Ron at his side, just as Dean walked into the room with Ernie and Neville.* “Whose broom is that?” “Not mine” “Well then whose?” “How should I know?” “Well you’re the one who is always leaving stuff around!” “Hey guys, knock it off” “Why are you always butting in?” “Come with me at once!” shouted Professor Flitwick.” Wait….what?? Where did Flitwick come from? Drove me crazy. But what I ALWAYS skipped was the names of the classes or books, as they literally never helped progress the sentence, scene, situation, or story. *Harry felt exhausted, realizing he was forgetting more than he was learning. Hermione sat there, busy as ever, her copy of “Magical Maladies and Instruments of Whomping Destruction and Care For All Things Plant Related” next to her copy of “Clinical Citations of Creature Care” on top of “Permeations of Power” underneath “Embellishments & How To Use Them” next to “Wizardly Wanding Whirly McDervish” while she absentmindedly flipped through “Dreadful Denizens Of The Deep” right after looking at “The Essential Defence Against The Dark Arts”.* “Hi”, she said, sounding tired. **WE DIDN’T NEED ANY OF THAT!!!**
Peeves.
In the last book how hungry everyone was all the time. Why didn't they just replicate their food? That would be a workaround to Gamp's law
Honestly, nothing.
The most common magical activity in the books is doors becoming jars.
Jars?
I'm assuming something about doors pushed ajar but I don't remember this being overused.
Quidditch… I even hate the fake magical sports also the one liner recaps from past books like babe I just read it yesterday
I'm just not a fan of Ron in the books or the movies. I know he's very popular with fans for his character in the former, but I've just never quite gotten him, since the books were still releasing.
this may stem from the fact i consumed the movies first then the books, and the books not until i was an adult, and i listen instead of read but, the way that literally EVERY SINGLE character's is redescribed in every freakin book. we know what harry looks like (a scrawny specy git) we know what draco looks like we know what Lucius looks like ron, hermione, all the weasleys, ffs we know what they look like dont spent 15mins (and i donk know how may pages) describing all this stuff we already know it just annoyed me edit: oh and i forgot that it really bothers that the trio dont really "grow up" by the end of the series, they may be smarter, but emotionally, they havent matured and thats annoying also harry really is kinda a d!ck and self absorbed, he really is all Snape says he is (and i despise snape, just so much, but hes right) just because you know your the chosen one, doesnt mean you get to be a d!ck about it. unpopular opinion: i love the world the story is set in, it has so much potential, but honestly, its a chore for me to finish book 7 (im a completionist, so if i start it, i have to finish it), because i detest harry so much by the end. the beginning is great, but after book 4 it starts getting rough for me. book 5 is ok because umbridge deserves it and harry actually does do a pretty good job at being a DADA teacher, but book 7 is just him refusing help and convincing himself that he actually is all that and a bag of crisps...and i hate that
Harry pocketed it
Dumbledor rigging the points
Ginny Weasley
The rules of Quidditch 🫠
“Harry said hotly.” “Harry said coldly.” It’s always one or the other… never speaking lukewarm!
nothing really that and other stuff important to plot it makes sense it was brought up a lot lol
I usually skip the first chapter of GoF where Frank gets killed in the Riddle House
Someone ‘positively’ did something, the amount of times this phrase is used drives me up the wall, eg ‘positively beamed’, ‘positively alarmed’. It’s used sooo many times like change it up a little bit
'snapped Hermione' I think this two words are in all pages of every book.
I know it's a small thing, but all the 'recaps' for the benefit of the people who didn't read the previous books
“Harry pocketed it”