Join hosts Irvin and Sophia and special guests Dr. Beatrice Groves and Dr. Louise Freeman as they discuss the parallels between the Harry Potter and the Cormoran Strike series: Books 5 and 7 edition
In this episode:
- All the DH deaths were foretold!
- Charlotte always gets a “dun dun dun”
- Personal growth for Strike: bringing presents to nephews he doesn’t like!
- Is Leda Strike the Snape of the series?
- Does Irvin like being dramatic?
- Was Charlotte Disarmed or Occluded against?
- Lots of mourning by the sea
- Books 5 and 7 are both very wet
- The killers we can trust!
- What’s the interbook pattern? Wedding bands? Leap frogs? Sine waves?
Resources:
- Book 5 as Prophecy for Book 7 by Sophia Jenkins
- Strike’s Church Going by Beatrice Groves
- Robin Ellacott and the Running Hallows: Potter Echoes in the Most Recent Strike Novel by Louise Freeman
- The Double Wedding Band Model: a Possible New Model for a 10-Part Strike and Ellacott Series by Louise Freeman
- Rings, Double-bands, Stars and Asterisks: Which model works works for a ten-book Cormoran Strike series? by Louise Freeman
- Lethal Black and Leapfrogging: Connections between the Strike & Ellacott Books Four and Six by Louise Freeman
For more from our guests and Irvin’s book:
- Beatrice Groves:
- Louise Freeman:
- @lmf3b on Twitter
- The Farting Sofa Faculty Lounge
- Get Irvin’s book:
Dumbledore: The Life and Lies of Hogwarts’s Renowned Headmaster
Stirling work, Sophia!
There are a lot of other parallels between OotP and DH when you start looking. A couple off the top of my head are: Harry thrust into a leadership position that Hermione/Ron think he’s more prepared for than he himself does; and Harry’s first attempt, and later first successful casting, of the cruciatus.
As usual, I have no further comments, as I don’t have much interest in the Strike books. (As opposed to the Percy Jackson episodes, where I haven’t listened because I don’t want to be spoilered.)
Oh, I really like your point about the Cruciatus casting! That ties in really well to how Book 5 is a harbinger of darker and badder things in Book 7.
The whole Harry-using-the-cruciatus thing has always annoyed me.
I get his book 5 attempt, because he’s got so many conflicting emotions at that point he doesn’t know which way is up. I don’t like it, but I get it.
The book 7 scenario is just badly justified. Harry’s hot-headed, not cold-blooded, and he knows nothing of the Carrow twins (whichever one this is, I can’t tell the difference, which says a lot).
It’s presented as defending McGonagall, but that’s righteous anger again, and it should have been just as ineffective as it was against Bellatrix.
I agree. Like, I get why Harry cast it (he has had a DAY by that point), but I don’t like it. But it shouldn’t have worked, and it was wildly wrong (and out of character) for McG to call it gallant.
100% agree. I always read McGonagall’s comment as being somewhat shocked and unsure how to react (but of course, one never loses one’s cool in front of a student).
I would say there was a degree of “this isn’t the time, but we will be discussing this later, Potter!” except that she then imperios the other twin (again, just no).
Just here to say that I also am NOT a Robin-Strike shipper like Irvin! Love Robin and never really liked Strike as a person. So I got really excited when they introduced Abigail. But alas!
Yes! I’m not alone!!!