Hey everyone I'm back after a 3 month break. I got caught up in my knitting and did less reading I really have no excuse.
I will try to post once a week as I said last time but I make no promises especially if I get caught up in my knitting again.
Summary: Alright, the penultimate chapter, the climax and the denouement. Last we left our hero he had just discovered the culprit, the man behind the plot to steal the stone. Ron and Hermione have gone back up to the main castle to send Hedwig to Dumbledore and go to the hospital wing respectively so it's just Harry and Quirrel. Quirrel uses magic to bind Harry in rope so he can't escape andtries to get the stone from the mirror, he is unsuccessful. Voldemort prompts him to "use the boy" to find the stone hidden in the mirror. So he drag Harry before the mirror of Erised and he fabricates a story about shaking hands with Dumbledore "I've won the house cup for Gryffindor" But the stone appeared in his pocket when he looked in the mirror because the only one who could retrieve the stone from the mirror is the one who "wanted to find it but not use it" A semi-battle ensues in which Quirrelmort attempts to get the stone from Harry but because of his mother's sacrifice Quirrel can't touch him. Quirrel disintegrates, Harry nearly dies and the next time we see him he's in the hospital wing. Dumbledore comes to see him and tells him that he has spoken to the Flamels and the stone has subsequently been destroyed (very unfortunate). the4 book ends with Dumbledore awarding some last minute points to Gryffindor for what Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville did and Gryffindor wins the house cup. HArry's on his way home and he remarks that he's going to "have a lot of fun this summer, Dudley doesn't know I'm not allowed to use magic outside school."
Review: This chater was very good and it shows harry meeting Voldemort for the 2nd time and winning. Whatreally gets me is the efficiency of the Hogwarts gossip mill. "What happened in the dungeon between you and professor Quirrel is, of course, a complete secret, so natural, the whole school knows." But Dumbledore made a grave mistake. I get that he wanted to give Harry the chance to face his parents killer, but not at the expense of his life. Both Harry and Ron (Harry moreso) nearly died trying to get to the stone and then facing Voldemort and then Dumbledore, having narrowly missed Hermione's owl, comes flying in at the last minute to save him. Overall it's a very good chapter and a wonderful book but that did bother me a little. The defenses around the stone weren't very difficulty to get past (3 eleven year olds managed it, in a fairly short amount of time). Also, you'd think Nicolas Flamel would object to Dumbledore using his stone to lure Voldemort to Hogwarts, granted he tried to break into Gringotts for it first but after that why would the Flamels consent to give it to Dumbledore to keep safe, why not keep it safe in a secure area in their home in the middle of nowhere. Anyway that's just me.
So that concludes bok one, the next time we start Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets...ooh.
I will try to update next week and attempt to keep it consistent but I make no promises.
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