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bokbadok


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Finished last night. Awesome, awesome ending. I was so worried that the end would be disappointing. And by the end, I mean the resolution of the whole Hallows-Horcrux thing. The epilogue was weak and unnecessary, imo. It felt a bit anticlimactic. But hey.

I wept at three points in the book: the death of dobby, the Prince's Tale (the unsung hero, who played his double agent role soooo well, only to die unrewarded, and when Harry realized that the only way to defeat voldemort was to allow himself to be killed by him. The description of his emotional turmoil as he made his decision and walked to the forest was quite powerful. Love love love the scene with Harry and Dumbledore in limbo. Even though I had hoped that Dumbledore would somehow cheat death, that scene provided what I was craving: Dumbledore and harry reunited as friends, all the secrets revealed at last, and the promise that they would see each other again someday.

The beautiful irony that Voldemort, by using Harry's blood to re-form his body in the cemetery (bk 4), in essence made himself a horcrux for Harry was pure genius on Rowling's part. As long as Voldemort lived, Harry couldn't be killed. Even if the Elder Wand had been fully under Voldy's control and had "killed" Harry the second time, he could have come back... and again, ad infitum. Now that would have messed with Voldy's mind even worse, which would have been funny, but probably overkill, so it's just as well she didn't do that.

I also loved how Harry's sacrifice extended his mother's love protection to all the people fighting voldemort, in that he couldn't permanently bind them. The savior theme was so strong at the end of this book, I loved that.

IMO, the book/series couldn't have ended any better. Kudos to Rowling for her staying power and amazing creativity.

Rowling left the door open for more story though. Harry is godfather to Teddy Lupin, who was also orphaned in infancy....

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http://www.harrypotterfanzone.com/fusion/fullnews.php?id=2066

I read this article last night. It's JK answering some of the questions put to her by fans...

I agree with you bok, it was especially good... especially when Dumbledore revealed the last Horcrux...

--Ray

-- Edited by rayb at 09:20, 2007-07-31

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arbilad wrote:

I just hope that posting without the spoiler tag in this thread now that everyone has had sufficient time to read the book will be looked upon more kindly than wearing white before labor day.

I particularly like how to enter the Ravenclaw common room you needed to solve a puzzle. That seems so Ravenclawish.


you wear white after labor day?! jawdrop.gif


I had such a hankering that Dumbledore would be back in book 7.  The series couldn't end without him answering all of the questions.  Although what I loved was that you could see how much Harry matured, in that he was able to answer far more questions and be the same mysterious essense as Dumbledore toward the end.  I'm a huge fan of progression, so I love that it happened so well in HP.


What I wonder, is what will happen to Fred and George's business?  Do you think Lee Jordan will be the partner?  I can't imagine all of that genius being thrown away.  (by the way, have any of you wondered what Fred and George would say if they encountered the muggle candy "Pop Rocks"?  I think they'd love it and be able to come up with a much better wizarding version.)


I, too, was noticing the linkage between Teddy's case and Harry's case.  Do you think Harry and Ginny raised him?  Or who?




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read the link to the last article, JK answers a couple of the questions you ask. Namely she says that Ron went on to join George in Weasley's Wizardly Wheezes... and that Teddy's grandma raised him.

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Thanks for sharing that link Ray. Some good info there.

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yeah! I followed that link right afterward and ended up taking a little bit longer of a lunch break...luckily I was planning on staying late on Friday anyway (I work 4 days of 9 hours and Friday's are just 4, so I could leave at 11, but if stuff needs to be done I just get OT). Now I can just make up the time I was reading about HP. Speaking of which...lunch is over. ttyl!

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