I have started reading Snape: A Definitive Reading by Lorrie Kim...

It's an interesting analysis of the subtleties of Snape's actions and motivations throughout J K Rowling's seven-book series, providing further food for thought.

From the introduction and backcover blurb –

"The Harry Potter series may be named after The Boy Who Lived, but if you want to know the story, keep your eyes fixed on Severus Snape. This hook-nosed, greasy-haired, grumpy character is one of J. K. Rowling's enduring gifts to English literature. He's the archetypal ill-tempered teacher: acerbic, yet horribly, deliciously funny. When he's in a scene, you can't take your eyes off him. Snape is always the story."

Always my favourite character, there's a lot of Snape-bashing in these PC times, but there's no doubt that he taught Harry and his cohort much of use in his own sneaky way. I still love Snape's subversive tactics against Gilderoy Lockhart in Chamber of Secrets so much, and of course it was thanks to Snape that the students leant to use the most useful defensive spell which actually won the day so often, rather than just silly hexes in a safe environment.

So far, highly reccommended! Now on to chapter three, The Prisoner of Azkaban... :-)

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