With his very first sneer, Draco Malfoy is established as the school bully of the Harry Potter series. But how did Draco become so detestable? What was inherited from his parents, and what is unique to him among the Malfoy clan? And what was he thinking all those times when he picked fights with Harry, Ron, or Hermione?
Malfoy analyzes Draco throughout his seven years at Hogwarts, as his role in the series grew in prominence. At the same time, Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy have their own stories play out, forever scheming and plotting to advance the family’s interests… even when they’re in conflict with each other.
Bestselling author Irvin Khaytman dives deep into the Malfoys’ deeds to answer the two central questions about Draco that remain after Deathly Hallows: Is he redeemable? And was he redeemed?
Another great deep-dive into the Harry Potter world! This is about the Malfoy Family but of course specifically Draco and his arc throughout the series. I love these closer looks and character analysis. I want to take all the referenced essays and make a reference book, lol.
I will say in some regards, Khaytman gets too wordy and stays on a particular point a bit too long and other points he doesn't go quite deep enough. Sometimes it was too surface level without anything thougt-provoking.
As a Ravendorpuff with a hardly noticeable, slightly parselled-tongue, I love this growing body of great HP analysis books! Khaytman also has one about Dumbledore and Lorrie Kim has one on Snape. These three texts, IMO, are the essential three to read if you like this stuff. As a fan who never read the fan-sites or other variants of the HP internet community’s years of thoughts & essays, these books have read them for me and curated it all to the most refined, discernible positions 🤓🤘🧐