Harry Potter Challenge: Epic Fail (for me)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication date: June 2003
ISBN: 9780439358071
Source: Library audiobook

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication date: July 2006
ISBN: 9780439785969
Source: Library audiobook

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication date: July 2007
ISBN: 9780545139700
Source: Library audiobook

Well, as you might have guessed, I did not finish the Harry Potter challenge.  In fact, I'm in the middle of listening to #5 and #6, but haven't even gotten to #7.  However, my husband managed to finish just in time (ok, it was about 40 minutes after midnight, but I figure that's close enough).  The last three books he'll discuss all in one post.  Here's what he has to say:

HP5:
Likes: Despite the fact that the students are given a terrible defense against the dark arts teacher, they become more independent and essentially take matters into their own hands, teaching themselves defense.  I also like how we start to glimpse the connection between Harry and Voldemort - how Harry can see and feel what Voldemort does, feeling things through his scar.  It's a good foreshadowing for future book contents.  A favorite quote:

You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style... p 623

Dislikes: I hate that Harry was way too angry all the time - seeming to lose his temper all the time.  Basically, he was a brat.

HP6:
Likes: This is the book where things begin to come together, finally.  How Voldemort was able to return to a body and how he started making horcruxes.  She explains how it is that the killing curse kills other people, but didn't finish Voldemort off at once.

Dislikes: I thought it was stupid when Harry used the spell from the half-blood Prince that he honestly had no idea what it would do [Sectumsempra].  Talk about stupid. 

HP7:
Likes: I enjoyed the action-packed plot - it is interesting and intriguing all the time.  Everything is finally tied up and we feel that things come to a completion, a quite satisfying ending.  I especially liked how Rowling kept Harry from stooping to the use of the killing curse, despite how convenient it might have been.

Dislikes: I felt sad about all of the deaths, especially characters we came to know and love, but I suppose it was a part of the story.

Overall ratings: ***** (for all three)

What's your favorite thing about rereading the Harry Potter series?

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