Harry Potter 'stretched his legs' review by Harold Bloom

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Bloom confused himself. It was not 'stretched his legs' but rather 'stretched his/her/their/ hands'. It happens about six times or so, including 3 times between pages 85 and 92, including twice in page 85.

Also, 'clap the hand to shoulder/head/mouth' happens some five times too.

''shake/shook'' hands happens about 11 times.

''Shook/shake his head'' happens 9 times.

I took a random great book - Heart of Darkness - for comparison.

''shake/shook hands'': 5 times, one of which is far from a cliche (it shays 'I shook hands with this miracle.');

''shake/shook head'': 1 time;

hands clapping: hands are clapped four times, none of which are in the same context; the verb is enriched by being applied to teeth once;

arms are stretched once, hands none. The word 'stretcher' appears some ten-fifteen times, but it's a noun, and such concrete nouns are permissible, since they actually refer to objective things which cannot be named otherwise.