Finished this morning at 3:15 am. Absolutely amazing. Every loose thread neatly tied up, deaths were hard but bearable, and enough things to make you go "hmmmm" and "well, OF COURSE!"
Completely happy, and the best part is that the epilogue makes it so the series isn't "dead"; you can go back and read it again and again without feeling futile, if you know what I mean. Sort of like the James Herriot books -- it takes on a feeling of a history rather than something happening in current time, and I'll bet small things will be fraught with meaning now when I reread it.
I always knew Snape was a good guy. I figured as much when it came out a couple of years ago that when they started the first movie, Jo took Alan Rickman aside and made him one of the few people who actually knew more than the general public because she wanted him to portray Snape in a certain way.
I also read 3 weeks ago that when they were making the movie for OOTP, that Kreacher (as the house elves keep getting the shaft, much like in the wizarding world) was to be cut out of OOTP the movie and Jo made them put Kreacher back in, so I knew that he had a lot to do in book 7. I liked his redemption as well.
Yeah, I loved it. I actually really hated the Epilogue. I thought it smacked of bad fanfic and was un-necessary, but I think she did that for her younger fans, so I'm ok with her adding it. And speaking of bad fanfic, the one god thing about the Epilogue is that the fanfic writers are in a corner now! Hahahahahaha...
Back in June 2006 my father placed three online bets on DH with the website where he does his sports betting - 1)Harry would Live, 2) Neville would die and 3) "Any Other Weasley" (other than Ron) would die. My Dad is a very slow reader and I was refusing to tell him what happened in the book, but with the betting company, apparently so as not to spoil the fans, the bets won't pay off until Monday. So I told him only one thing - I said "Well Dad, you're winning money and you're losing money."
So of the deaths, you know which one had me sobbing for about 15 minutes? Dobby. That death got me more than any of the others. And Hedwig right behind that. But I cried for most of the book, but I cry at the drop of a hat.
You know, seriously, I actually had less sympathy for Snape after having it all explained to me. He was obsessed with Lily, and he was still a very bad and evil guy. Truly. He only was on Dumbledore's side out of revenge.
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Completely happy, and the best part is that the epilogue makes it so the series isn't "dead"; you can go back and read it again and again without feeling futile, if you know what I mean. Sort of like the James Herriot books -- it takes on a feeling of a history rather than something happening in current time, and I'll bet small things will be fraught with meaning now when I reread it.
LOVED how she wove Snape and his doings into it!!
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I also read 3 weeks ago that when they were making the movie for OOTP, that Kreacher (as the house elves keep getting the shaft, much like in the wizarding world) was to be cut out of OOTP the movie and Jo made them put Kreacher back in, so I knew that he had a lot to do in book 7. I liked his redemption as well.
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Back in June 2006 my father placed three online bets on DH with the website where he does his sports betting - 1)Harry would Live, 2) Neville would die and 3) "Any Other Weasley" (other than Ron) would die. My Dad is a very slow reader and I was refusing to tell him what happened in the book, but with the betting company, apparently so as not to spoil the fans, the bets won't pay off until Monday. So I told him only one thing - I said "Well Dad, you're winning money and you're losing money."
So of the deaths, you know which one had me sobbing for about 15 minutes? Dobby. That death got me more than any of the others. And Hedwig right behind that. But I cried for most of the book, but I cry at the drop of a hat.
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Just finished. Loved it.
and i did cry like crazy all the time till A started growling that JKR went on a crazy killing spree heh
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I mostly loved it - cried a lot with joy and sadness.
My poor, poor Snape. :( That was the worst for me.
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I'm trying to picture A growling. :)
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