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In books 2, 3, and 4 I was somehow surprised at how it ended up. With the CofS. I think the Malfoys giving Ginny the book in the very begining and then weaving the tale around it left me clueless until it was revealed who was responsible at the end.
In the prisoner of Azkaban it was tough to guess that Skabbers was the "bad guy" and Sirius Black was trying to save Harry from him.
In GofF there were a number of subplots introduced from the very begining that didn't make any sense till the end. The dark mark at the Quidditch World Cup for example. Ludo Bagman and Crouch as well as the reporter lady and the characters from the other schools all introduced alot of richness and depth as well as threads tied up at the end. Plus the revelation that the cup was a portkey and that Moony had a double was thrilling.
In OofTP I guess I thought the super characters (Mooney, Tonks, the Weasleys, Sirius, even Dumbledore, Mundungus) had a very minimal voice in the novel and instead it focused just on the events at Hogwarts. When Dumbledore revealed he was "behind the DA" and then said Fudge would regret flushing him from his perch this thread was not developed in the least. I thought there would be some articles in the Daily Prophet about the Dumbledore scandal and maybe something about Dumbledore giving hell to the Ministry. The Percy "treason" was left unfinished. Even Luna played no vital role in the novel at all.
Let me also say that I'm bringing this thread up because I was wondering if I was the only one who felt this way. Like I said, maybe I was just expecting something more complex or different.
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