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Harry Potter 7: For those who've read it... Spoilers!
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So, I’ve read it… actually a few hours ago and slower than I expected. Am I still the first?*?!?
Do not read on if you haven’t and don’t want spoilers…
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Not as much of a ‘bloodbath’ (as JK described it herself) as it could have been: guess it’s probably good for the younger kids reading it that the main characters survived. Though the death count was high and I’m sad about a few that bought it.
Did Harry die? Still debatable I guess! LOL I guess the question that those who wanted to know the ending should have been asking was ‘Is he alive on the last page?’ LOL
Snape’s story was not a surprise to me. I already very strongly suspected he had a thing for Lily and killed Dumbledore on his orders: would have put a bet on it and could link to my speculations on another forum if anyone wants…. still nice to hear the full details. His patronus was a nice twist: when it first appeared I thought it might be Ginny’s.
I thought horcruxes might have been in Albania and the Chamber of Secrets. Well, nearly! LOL
Also one of my personal questions was what was the Ravenclaw ghost? Very satisfactorily answered. *G*
Parts of it felt LOTRish – camping in the woods wearing the horcrux and being affected by it LOL
A lot of it was sort of expected, but so many extras and unexpected slants that it was great!
Anyone else before reading it thought the hallows was a place? LOL
Do not read on if you haven’t and don’t want spoilers…
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Not as much of a ‘bloodbath’ (as JK described it herself) as it could have been: guess it’s probably good for the younger kids reading it that the main characters survived. Though the death count was high and I’m sad about a few that bought it.
Did Harry die? Still debatable I guess! LOL I guess the question that those who wanted to know the ending should have been asking was ‘Is he alive on the last page?’ LOL
Snape’s story was not a surprise to me. I already very strongly suspected he had a thing for Lily and killed Dumbledore on his orders: would have put a bet on it and could link to my speculations on another forum if anyone wants…. still nice to hear the full details. His patronus was a nice twist: when it first appeared I thought it might be Ginny’s.
I thought horcruxes might have been in Albania and the Chamber of Secrets. Well, nearly! LOL
Also one of my personal questions was what was the Ravenclaw ghost? Very satisfactorily answered. *G*
Parts of it felt LOTRish – camping in the woods wearing the horcrux and being affected by it LOL
A lot of it was sort of expected, but so many extras and unexpected slants that it was great!
Anyone else before reading it thought the hallows was a place? LOL
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the *only* thing that got me as being 'wrong' or 'out of place' was in the last chapter, when one of the kids goes on about Remus and Tonks' son snogging (presumably) Bill & Fleurs daughter - now wouldn't young master Lupin be about 19/20 by now, and have left school??
all in all very good
I thought the last chapter was cheesy.
I didn't like Rowling's use of bad language, in that Ron Weasley calls someone a b'stard. This is supposed to be a children's book.
Cos if mummy and daddy are not married.
Morals in the country need to be brought up to scatch.
yours
edwardian gaurdian
I felt the book was a bit drawn out with too much explaining needed to tie up the loose ends. OK for adults, but are kids really going to wade through explanations of "he beat him, not him, and he died through choice so that's different"? But I've just read 600 pages in less than 24 hours so I guess it must be more compelling than I think!
If they've got to the 7th book in the series then I think they can cope *G*
I just loved the last sentence of this last book, an air of satisfied conclusion.
There were no real surprises in it for me, the Snape thing was a bit obvious. Lots of death and bloodthirstyness in this one, I don't know how they'll manage the film when they make it - it won't be a 'U' that's for sure.
I - a supposedly grown up woman - got particularly upset when Hedwig died!
One day, I'll read them all again from beginning to end, JK deserves the fame and fortune she's accrued IMO!
I read the first one, and thought it very poor indeed. Saw 3 of the films, and found them formulaic.
Hard to agree that she "deserves the fame and fortune". Don't get me wrong, she's hit on a winning formula, and good luck to her. She certainly deserves success. But I find it hard to accept that the achievement is worth billions of pounds compared to the really good writers I've read who get no publicity, and probably barely survive. It's not how the market works, I know, but on writing ability/artistic merit, I can't agree that her undoubted talents 'deserve' thousands of times more reward than many others. She deserves reward but it seems disproportionate to me.
The Harry Potter thing became a phenomemon, a craze, and this fuelled the success more than the intrinsic quality.
But I doubt if many on this thread will agree!
I do agree with you on the point of the really good writers etc. I suspect that people have to be in the right place at the right time and catch the market just right as well. The same happens to other artistic type talent like entertainers etc. There is some excellent talent on the club ciruit who just can't seem to get the breaks.
What JK has done though, is to get people/children to read proper books. Some may even get a taste for more and find themselves reading a wider literature. A few years ago, I saw children reading HP avidly, and families are having to buy more than one copy to save the quarreling!!! Now that must be worth something!
I disagree, children don't read because their parents do not encourage them to read and/or provide decent literature for them to read.