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 Member 423 Level 39.65 Mar 2006 
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I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Member 43 Level 18.48 Mar 2006
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Just like Harry relived the night his parents died when he was attacked in the Prisoner of Azkaban, Dudley had to "see" something that made him react the way he did. I too am curious as to what Dudley was so afraid of. I could have sworn that she said we would find out. Maybe it's in there somewhere and I just didn't see it. I'll have to try and read it closer when I go through it a second time. Also, agreeing with everyone about the ending. Harry, Hermione, Ginny and Ron are not the only characters that I care about. By the end of the book, their futures were obvious. I want to know about some of the characters whose futures were more ambiguous. I was speaking idiomatically.  |
Member 792 Level 16.30 Mar 2006
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When I first finished the book, I thought it was really good. Looking back at it, the book could have been a bit longer. For the character's she didn't kill off, she could have given them a bit more time. I mean, Luna Lovegood was a somewhat important character in Book Five. Dropped like a rock. She even sent Ron away for a couple chapters. Did she not want to write lines for him? I thought the epilogue was even worse. She could have given a bit more or just not given us one. I would have actually preferred to have not an epilogue. All I got was that Ron and Hermione are married and so are Ron and Ginny. And they have kids and can't name them really well. (Hugo and everyone's already mentioned Albus Serverus). Nothing about what they do, which irked me the most. Rowling gave us a tease, which as everyone person with a functional sex organ knows, is far more terrible than nothing. Although, killing characters left and right was a nice touch. Shows the abject cruelty of war. I don't know how they're going to make this movie PG-13. On one hand, I'd prefer to see a rated R version. Overall, a decent way to close off the series, but I'd expected a bit more. The Deathly Hallows aspect felt a bit forced, but I enjoyed it more than I thought it was. However, the book felt like a really large collaborative fanfiction, picking up themes here and there. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Member 8 Level 26.84 Feb 2006
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Or put your spoilers in the other Deathly Hallows thread because for some reason there are two.
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?  |
Member 666 Level 50.98 Mar 2006
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Why not just go ahead and merge both, and label the thread as one containing spoilers?
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 423 Level 39.65 Mar 2006
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A thought just came to me about Harry and why the dementors affected he more than other people (based on a revelation from book 7):
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Just a thought I wanted to put out there. Most amazing jew boots |
Member 121 Level 17.12 Mar 2006
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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Member 266 Level 32.27 Mar 2006
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Spoiler:
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?  |
Member 792 Level 16.30 Mar 2006
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Member 85 Level 27.73 Mar 2006
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I only have one thing to say about this book.
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What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?
<@a_lurker> I like zeal better than guru.
<@a_lurker> There, I said it, I'm not taking it back. |
Member 666 Level 50.98 Mar 2006
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Spoiler:
FELIPE NO |
Member 423 Level 39.65 Mar 2006
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Thanks for the link. I don't usually read things like that, but glad to see I'm not the only one to have had that thought, even if I'm somewhat late to the party.
 On another note, I just read this comment from someone and to my mind makes a lot of sense (and also explains the importance of the Deathly Hallows): Spoiler:
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Member 1088 Level 32.83 Mar 2006
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Spoiler:
Jam it back in, in the dark.  { :: ~ Air - the 1000th Summer ~ :: } :: That sea went on forever, into the blue distance :: * That road went on forever, continuing straight ahead * ~ : Summer comes again, shining silver : ~ : When I close my eyes, suddenly I can see that day's blue sky : |
Member 1161 Level 21.66 Mar 2006
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JK Rowling, in an interview with the Today Show, talked about the future professions of the characters after the events of the books:
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There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Member 1088 Level 32.83 Mar 2006
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Well at least she told us in one way or another... She should put these on her site as well though...
Thanks for the link! This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. { :: ~ Air - the 1000th Summer ~ :: } :: That sea went on forever, into the blue distance :: * That road went on forever, continuing straight ahead * ~ : Summer comes again, shining silver : ~ : When I close my eyes, suddenly I can see that day's blue sky :
Last edited by Kairi Li; Jul 26, 2007 at 09:31 PM.
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Member 12 Level 35.70 Feb 2006
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One thing I missed out on: All the previous books had a fairly good recap of the previous happenings at the beginning, this one didn't really have much. It sprinkled things throughout the book, saying that Harry learned something "last year", but I missed getting a good recap. I haven't read HBP since the week it came out.
There was a little too much description of what was going on in the middle. I pretty much knew what she was going to write before she wrote it with regards to what happened whenever Harry and Hermione moved from place to place.
And we even get those 5 people and only learn the profession of Neville? Give me a break. I mean, consider what an important character Hogwarts was. I mean, they basically destroyed the entire thing in the final 150 pages...was it rebuilt? Exactly the same? Did they make new things? Do you use magic to rebuild a castle? What about the older people in the book? Harry's only 46 or 47 at the end, so, surely, most everyone is still around. And how is the ministry run? Etc., etc.. I felt cheated at the end. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Member 1088 Level 32.83 Mar 2006
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Her responses to all that she was shooting for “nebulous,” something “poetic.” She wanted the readers to feel as if they were looking at Platform 9¾ through the mist, unable to make out exactly who was there and who was not.
As from the link Stop Sign posted above. Still, I say "meh" to that. I was speaking idiomatically. { :: ~ Air - the 1000th Summer ~ :: } :: That sea went on forever, into the blue distance :: * That road went on forever, continuing straight ahead * ~ : Summer comes again, shining silver : ~ : When I close my eyes, suddenly I can see that day's blue sky : |
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Member 4460 Level 13.04 Apr 2006
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JK said she might be doing an "encyclopedia" with more details, donating the proceeds to charity. So maybe you'll get your fix. Apparently Dean had some great backstory that never came out.
Despite being a fan of detailed epilogues, I thought what she did was enough. You just get a little snapshot of what life is like after. Elegant. We don't need the details of the new laws on house elf reform or what happens to each and every character. I DO think one or two lines on Luna should've been sidled into the epilogue, though. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
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Member 10944 Level 1.86 Aug 2006
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man....i hated snape for the longest time, but after this book, dang....he's awesome
FELIPE NO |
Member 12 Level 35.70 Feb 2006
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I'm not the hugest fan or anything, but I won't be very happy if I have to pick up some encyclopedia to fill in the gaps that should have been in the books. Some bizarre reference-like book shouldn't be part of the canon.
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Member 377 Level 20.83 Mar 2006
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I finished the book a few weeks ago after probably reading half of it in one night. I liked it, I didn't think the ending was amazing but I wouldn't say it was a bad ending. I agree with what's been said about the epilogue, it should've contained a bit more information other than 'hey look, they all shacked up and made babies'. Other than that, I personally loved the chapter that covered Snape's story, it made his death heart breaking; especially when he said "Look at me". And so much death! Saying that, I really thought one of the main 3 would die - so I was quite surprised that she didn't kill any of them off. Saying that I was quite surprised at the happy ending, but then I remembered that it is a childrens story essentially.
Overall, I liked it, it was an enjoyable read and a good ending. I'm just praying that there isn't a spin off series. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 42 Level 42.28 Mar 2006
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This just out: Dumbledore is gay.
I'm a little stunned, though it's not unsurprising that any author would say something about a major character after-the-fact that could cause an uproar. That Harry Potter's mentor and primary father-figure in the world is a homosexual will no doubt only be important to the adult readers, and the whiny-pants that are clinically opposed to homosexuality, especially homosexual parenting. (And, no, I didn't see the thread in General Discussion. That one should be merged into this thread, IMO.) There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Member 666 Level 50.98 Mar 2006
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Sort of brings a new light into what ol' Rita's been writing about Dumby and Harry, doesn't it?
 This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Member 1088 Level 32.83 Mar 2006
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On one hand, I like knowing more facts about our characters in the series. I just hope kids won't listen to their Homophobic parents....
But on the other hand, anyone bummed out that Rowling needs to do press conferences to shed more light into the characters? I still feel that book 7 would have been alot better if we also saw what was going on with the other characters, like maybe set in Neveille's point of view or something. I feel that a good writer should be able to put more information and development into their final book, I'm sure fans won't care if its a little thicker if it means a better closure. I mean god, you don't find out crucial information like THIS big piece of news from DVD commentaries, do you? Some subtle language from let say, Dumbledore telling Harry why he and Grim had falling out would have hinted as to what his feelings were, instead we have to hear it through a news website. And if you're going to go for vague epilouge, why destroy the fan's imaginations of what happened to their fav characters (fanfic though they may be) with more press conferences telling us what happended? You can't have it both ways. You either make it ambigous so we can imagine what happened to everyone, or you give us more details IN THE BOOK, not some after release commentary. Anyone share similar feelings on this? I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? { :: ~ Air - the 1000th Summer ~ :: } :: That sea went on forever, into the blue distance :: * That road went on forever, continuing straight ahead * ~ : Summer comes again, shining silver : ~ : When I close my eyes, suddenly I can see that day's blue sky :
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