Stupid moments in HBP

Book 6: HP & the Half-Blood Prince Forum

There are certainly some stupid moments in HBP, like when Ginny is being huffy about Fleur in the hospital wing when Dumbledore has just died. Does Fleur really matter when their leader, their headmaster, the greatest wizard of their time, the only man Voldemort ever feared has just been murdered? I thought that was pretty dumb.

M.

Some people, when they go through something that traumatic kind of let their irrational emotions get the best of them. When my grandfather died, I remember getting really mad at my sister over something really trivial. It just happens. Ginny was dumb for having those thoughts, of course, but that really happens when your emotions are going all wild like that.

Okay, maybe that is true. But still, from a literary point of view, it seemed a bit dumb. I maybe alone in this, but it marred my saddened mood and irritated me.

M.

Meh.


I can't really think of any moments I thought were stupid in Half-Blood Prince. There was a part I read the word "slut" in there. Wish I'd remembered what page it was on, because it made me laugh.

I thought that it showed just how real the grief was. She was saddened by what happened to Bill. Dumbledore had died. Harry was with him when he was killed. She needed to focus on something else.

I don't think that that was a stupid moment, but I have a comment on a slightly related note:

Did anyone else think that Hagrid and Grawp's behavior at Dumbledore's funeral was comic relief? The whole funeral scene was incredibly sad and painful, but I smiled when I imagined those two bawling loudly and uncontrolably as everyone else tries to pretend that they're not there.