Is there anyone who didn't quite understand or like Ginny?

[hannah renee.]

Now, I don't hate Ginny, but I didn't like her either.

The truth is, her personality didn't have any substance besides being popular and not crying as easily as other girls. All the other Weasley's were distinctive (Bill and Charlie don't necessarily count). I know HP aren't romance novels, but I just didn't get why Harry was attracted to her and liked her, or she him. They just liked each other. I don't know. lol Please say I'm not alone!

[Michelle]

What buggs me about Ginny is that she is the romantic interest of the hero and we know next to nothing about her and since we see the events through Harry's eyes, it feels like Harry knows next to nothing about her. Yes, the books are not about romance and I wouldn't be so bothered by all this if it wasn't for the epilogue. The epilogue forced the fact that Ginny is the one and only for Harry and that's it. Either show us exactly why we should believe that Harry and Ginny's relationship had a future or don't force the idea at all and let people decide for their own, based on what they read. But Ginny's characterization and presentation in the story was absolutely out of proportion to almost everyone else so wholy important to Harry. We know more not only about Hermione and Ron, but I feel like we know Neville better or Fred and George and most of the bad guys, but a girl that is supposedly the love of Harry's life gets most featured when she's mostly just Harry's fan, then nothing for a long time and then Harry is suddenly obsessed with her, then they break up after a short relationship in a way that makes me worried Ginny didn't entirelly get over her fan-girl phase and then they're married.

[Kristen]

Yeah, I never cared much for her either. I liked her more in the movies, but she was basically a place-holder character for most of the series. When Harry starts to like her, I was going, well, alright then....

[hannah renee.]

Jade wrote: "What buggs me about Ginny is that she is the romantic interest of the hero and we know next to nothing about her and since we see the events through Harry's eyes, it feels like Harry knows next to ..."

I have to agree wholeheartedly with you. You do know more about other characters, even the secondary ones but you don't know or understand anything about the main guy's girlfriend.

[Dramapuppy]

Yeah, I disliked the entire epilogue. Ginny's likable enough, but yeah. She doesn't really have a personality. And Hermione and Ron? No.

[K]

I like Ginny's character and I can see how her and Harry get along and can make a good relationship, but the romance itself was definitely out of no where. It's been a while, but I remember Ginny being pretty much out of the books for a while, then in book 6 Harry sees her kissing someone and suddenly A DRAGON IN HIS CHEST and like... why? There was no build up to him liking her before.

I think in the book even Harry is confused and tries to rationalize his feelings with "Oh its cause she is like a sister to me" but still, even a little bit of them having a few moments together that might have hinted at a budding romance would have made it more believable.

[Carole]

I agree with what you all have said. All that, and the fact that Dan and Bonnie had absolutely NO chemistry really screwed up how we see them as a couple.

[Sparrowlicious]

It's been some years since I read the book so I can't say with certainty if there was enough of Ginny's character present in the books. I guess not?
By the way, a novel doesn't necessarily have to be a romance novel to show how a romantic relationship between two characters develop. They just don't spend too much time on it (to be honest, I've seen books that aren't romance novels pull off better romances than actual romance novels).
So whatever Harry sees in Ginny ... is quite hard to tell for me. I'm quite indifferent about her.

[SeeAmandaRead]

I think Ginny being a Weasley could be a big reason why Harry fancies her. Harry loves the Weasleys. They accepted him into their family as one of their own. Harry had never experienced love from a family before he met the Weasleys. The Weasleys made Harry feel happy, loved, and safe, so I think it makes sense that he would want to be with someone that he associates those feelings with.
I do agree, though, that we don't really know much about Ginny. I felt Harry and Luna had a closer bond even if it was just friendship.

[benita]

tbh i thought (and kinda wished) that harry ended up with hermione (but i do like her with ron). it's just when you read the books and read that she likes him and then suddenly they start going out. she is ron's little sister and aren't there like "rules" about that? haha. anyway, i don't mind them ending up together.

[Anthony]

Yeah, we know nothing about her, she's not even that likable, what with her attacks at Fleur, Gabrielle, Cho (OK, that might be understandable, but not being able to forget about the dislike while a WAR is going on is stupid), Ron, the twins and Hermione. What DOES Harry suddenly see in her after ignoring her for so long? Let's see... why did Harry like Cho? Well, she's a hot girl who likes Quidditch. And why does Harry like Ginevra> Well... she's a hot girl who likes Quidditch! Plus, she's less weepy! That's all there is. Oh, some may think they're connected because they know what it's like to be possessed by Voldemort, but that's like saying Harry should have been with Luna because they both can see Thestrals. (At least Harry had more interaction with Luna.)

[Michelle]

Ria wrote: "Jade wrote: "What buggs me about Ginny is that she is the romantic interest of the hero and we know next to nothing about her and since we see the events through Harry's eyes, it feels like Harry k..."

Yes, for all we know. But that's it, we know absolutely nothing and that's why I don't like the epilogue. I understand the purpose of it, but that doesn't mean I think it should have been there, much less in this form. The epilogue was all about telling instead of showing and I have no idea why we needed to know who married whom and how many children they had, especially since the main relationships presented weren't at all developed in the books itselves. If the epilogue were a premise for another book or at least a short story, it might have worked, because it would have allowed us to see what kind of marriage the characters have and how they work together. None of this happened and it made the epilogue pointless. There was no need for it, except that Rowling felt like she needed to make sure no one will ask her for another HP book. If she used this particular setting for the sake of symetry, it still could have been done differently and in a way that could have actually been a closure with a meaning, not a shipping parade.

[Dramapuppy]

I agree, Jade. I mean, certain ships being realized in their teenage years is one thing, but this…this isn't even the same story. Thanks for telling me NOTHING CHANGED from the end of the last book to now, Rowling… I really needed that… <--sarcasm