I had to glance at Wikipedia to even faintly remember what the Deathly Hallows were or signified. Yeah, very very tacked on and pointless. Maybe suited for the plot of a computer game -- find the magic objects and rescue the princess, or whatever! The horcrux plot was wretched in the same way.
Most of the books have pacing problems, but DH really took it to an extreme. Camping... honestly...
I wouldn't say I really liked HBP, but I was not unhappy after I read it (that I recall). I love Slughorn, so that made up for a lot in my eyes. I didn't find the Tom Riddle stuff dull personally. I probably gave HBP a bit of a pass at the time, too, because it felt very incomplete so I took it that it needed Book 7 to be finished and decided not to judge until I read the whole thing. :P
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Most of the books have pacing problems, but DH really took it to an extreme. Camping... honestly...
I wouldn't say I really liked HBP, but I was not unhappy after I read it (that I recall). I love Slughorn, so that made up for a lot in my eyes. I didn't find the Tom Riddle stuff dull personally. I probably gave HBP a bit of a pass at the time, too, because it felt very incomplete so I took it that it needed Book 7 to be finished and decided not to judge until I read the whole thing. :P