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Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
dantesparadise:
--- Quote from: Me Grimlock King on September 19, 2011, 04:21:23 PM ---Was thinking about this the other day. Lea says that she is tempted to end this "charade" (forget what she calls it) and tell Harry he killed himself. Eternal Silence (iirc) is the one who says no you can't tell him (again paraphrasing). Why would he do this? What purpose would it serve? I think it would make more sense if Eternal Silence was the proxy for Uriel here. Since he's running the long con through the whole book. Unless he has clued in Mab, Demonreach and others in on this journey of Harry's soul.
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Eternal Silence was Demonreach's proxy not Uriel, Uriel's proxy was Capt Murphy. Uriel wanted Harry to reach the answer on his own and Demonreach and Mab had an agreement with Uriel most likely to leave Harry alone until he could reach a WILLFUL decision of his own future.
WhoWalksBehind:
--- Quote from: huangjimmy108 on September 03, 2011, 02:00:26 PM ---First, I did say that it is what I think personally.
Secondly, I say he is lazy in terms of magical achievement only. I really think he could have put wards on his home at least after a demon trash his apartment in Storm front. But no, he have to wait until he started a war with the vampire first and according to the book he only started to put serius wards there after an attempt have been made for his life. As though the vampire would ignore the wizard who started the war in the first place!
He probably could have make that armored coat earlier, Maybe he would need more time and effort to make it so, but he could probably done it. I mean, only one year have pass since Death mask the last time the coat haven't been spelled. That coat was Susan's last significant gift and he just put those protection after Anna Valmont stole and return it to him.
I do not mean to imply that Harry is uncaring, As you correctly stated above, he is very, very caring. But still. He got Bob for crying out loud. and you want me to believe that he can't do those things before hand?
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Ya you are right.. he probably should have done all those things earlier than he did. But, (and this is a big but) if he did there would not be the gradual escalation of power that we have seen throughout the books. If he started out doin that stuff we as the reader wouldn't get the satisfaction of watching the "little guy" overcome and take down the "uber powered bad guy." Look at dragon ball z for example...
It would be overpowered good guy squishing the wimpy bad guy. it is kind of the same thing as using cheat codes in a video game. Ya its fun to roll through the game as an unstoppable force, but it's more satisfying to beat it on hard without the cheat codes.
Bob is a spirit of intellect, but he is similair to the intellectus Harry shares whith Demonreach (when he is on the island). Bob doesn't tell Harry information unless Harry knows to ask the questions. So it took those things you talked about to happen to him before he knew the right questions to ask himself and Bob.. Also he had to mature and gain more control/experience before he could do the improved shield bracelet, wards and all that good stuff.
Arjan:
Did Uriel not get realize that captain Murphy was also protecting his daughter? If he did he would not have been be surprised by his actions.
Or was he not surprised and was that exactly the reason why he let Captain Murphy handle things?
Compass Rose:
It seems to me that in this book Harry is starting to really THINK about what he's doing, about the situation(s) he gets into, and looking/planning more than a few minutes into the future. I expect he'll still rush off half - cocked into bad situations, but perhaps not as often. Eventually, if he continues learning and thinking, he'll have the knowledge, skill sets and experience to truly be able to use the vast amounts of power he seemingly can tap in a far more effective and efficient manner.
There were parts of this book that made me cringe, like Murphy's reactions to Harry's telling her about locating Areside's gang. I can understand WHY she has changed, and suspect this is going to be a fairly major continuing character thread for a while. I just hate seeing the character turning into a less likable, less ... Well, noble isn't quite the word I want, more like she was willing to try to see the good in even not-so-good folks. More able to see shades of gray in life, in people, and not mostly in terms of black and white, you're either good or evil, once you'vevbeen turnedvto evil there is no turning back...hope this makes some sense, I know I'm not being as clear as I'd like.
Yeah, there are ghosts / spirits I wish Harry would have encountered, but you can't have everything. As far as folks reacting to finding out Harry is still alive, well, that just makes the wait for the next book that much more...excruciating! Perhaps not the best book in the series, but even the not-best of such a grat series is still pretty damn good. And there were some really great moments in this book, too. I especially enjoyed 'meeting' the reaper / angel of death that was guarding Father Forthill - or rather, guarding his soul. Seeing the growth and maturity Mortimer has experienced was a pleasant surprise, as well as meeting Sir Stuart and the fact Uriel was able to 'heal' him and more or less take him into his service. The Mollyprise was an imaginative detail I would never have expected. And the whole scene of Harry's 'rebirth' and the three way argument / discussion between him, Mab and Deathreach was fantastic.
Yeah, I really liked the book and yep, it's due for a re-read after I go back and read the st of the series again so I can see more of the places where various plot and character threads are intertwining and weaving such a sumptuous story...
Compass Rose:
Sorry, I tried to go back and edit out some of the typos in the above, but my iPad won't let me. *sigh*
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