Harry Potter/Deathly Hallows/SPOILERS! - Page 2

Hammer · 22nd July 2007, 11:15pm

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Originally Posted by Witch

haha, it was inevitable harry/ginny ron/hermione would get together though!!

I thought it was a bit shite. I'd have prefered Harry to be off on his own still fighting Dark Magic.

Witch · 22nd July 2007, 11:17pm

but sweetheart the books for KIDS

(i jest) i get what you mean but that would have left it open for sequels and she wanted the 7th to be the last

Hammer · 22nd July 2007, 11:21pm

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Originally Posted by Witch

but sweetheart the books for KIDS

(i jest) i get what you mean but that would have left it open for sequels and she wanted the 7th to be the last

Aye. I know it's a kids book, but so was 'The Amber Spyglass' and that still had me crying like a bairn.
I think that the last book probably showed off Rowling's lack of talent the best of the series - she spent the past two years promising far more then she was ever capable of delivering.

And no, I'm glad that this finished the series. If it had gone on longer it would have ended up dragging and just disappointing people. Endings should be on a high where possible.

Witch · 22nd July 2007, 11:25pm

i get that compared to the last 6 it was a bit of a let down as if she couldnt be bothered and there was a lot of filler material

maybe thats just me though??

Hammer · 22nd July 2007, 11:26pm

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Originally Posted by Witch

i get that compared to the last 6 it was a bit of a let down as if she couldnt be bothered and there was a lot of filler material

maybe thats just me though??

That was exactly what the g/f said to me when she finished it.

Rowling certainly isn't even near Pratchett or other Sci-Fi/Fantasy Authors when it comes to keeping a series going or pleasing fans. Christ, Terry Pratchett has managed to revive Discworld four or five times now.

But then, as I said, Potter is ended and it's the right place for an end. The story shouldn't be adapted and reinvented.

Reno · 22nd July 2007, 11:36pm

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I liked the part where Snape turned on his heel.

Ctrl-V tastic.

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Who was the guy in the room with Dumbledore when Harry was with him?

Are you referring to Kings Cross? The 'Seventh Horcrux' that was inside Harry dying.

Bellatrix not getting slaughtered by Neville (or indeed, a rampaging Neville) was a letdown but made up for it by him pwning the snake

Historic Bongo · 23rd July 2007, 1:46pm

yeh I was kinda waiting for neville to kick bellatrix in the fud tbh

I thought it was good...last chapter pissed me off a bit though
too many screamind fud weans running about and not enough ginnys tits oot

ahh well..I loved it anyway
bit weird that it's all over

katinacooker · 23rd July 2007, 1:49pm

that 19 years later was a bit OTT

book was good tho

Guess · 23rd July 2007, 6:45pm

Read it and loved it as I thought I would.

I'll need to read the lot of them one after another now.

Quiz Bhoy · 23rd July 2007, 7:09pm

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Originally Posted by catinacooker

that 19 years later was a bit OTT

book was good tho

The 19 years later bit was for the weans to show they lived happily ever after and to finalise everything.

Bet she does more books about the world tho, mibbe not about Harry but def about Hogwarts etc

caitlinjae · 23rd July 2007, 10:08pm

I was most pleased with the fact that two of the Weasleys had managed to pick up some swear words, I'm sure parent's will love that

Bit confused about how Hermione modified her parents memory, then went on to say that she had "never done it, but knew the theory" when referring to modifying the Death Eaters memories, but I'm guessing it was a different spell/theory?

Overall a bit disappointed. And I really saw no point in the so-called 'Deathly Hallows'- did they even have to be mentioned? Couldn't we just have Harry trying to find the Horcruxes? OFFT, and clutching at straws when Rowling tried to deem that good old Voldie thought he was the only one to know about the Room of Requirement, heavy flawed and unimaginative.

And as much as I may have cried my eyes out, I still think that a main, main character should have died. The book was dull and barely tolerable during the middle stretch when nothing seemed to happen. The more I reread the potter books, the more I notice that Harry is infact, an unbelievably average wizard. Indeed, after the half-blood prince I had no idea how Harry was meant to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes- if Dumbledore hadn't found the locket, taken Harry there, used magic to find the opening, to find the boat, drive away the bodies etc there's no chance in hell Harry could have done it, even with Hermione's help. ALSO, why not tell others what they were doing? What if they were all killed, and no-one knew how to defeat him? Seems stupid to me, and glory hunting. With the help of more experienced, better trained wizards, chances are the Horcruxes could have been found and destroyed more effectively.

Anyway, I'll carry on my ranting later. DisappointedXcore

ally.h · 23rd July 2007, 10:50pm

she uses the word crumpled FAR TOO MUCH.

kudos for use of Voldy at one point though.

this all happened in 1998 though?! very confused.

but overall great. i cried a bit when dobby died - that was worse than dumbledore. especially since i thought it was him in gringotts on the cover crouched behind harry, and therefore he was immune at least till gringotts appeared.

al.

Seph · 24th July 2007, 6:58am

Proper shite ending IMO.

Touchy-feely kids shite that I was expecting. Harry dies, but then he doesn't. Then Voldemort dies in a square go - because he's scared of love - and everything falls into its lovely fucking place.

As expected.

Reno · 24th July 2007, 7:40am

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Originally Posted by evilglamcaitlin

Bit confused about how Hermione modified her parents memory, then went on to say that she had "never done it, but knew the theory"

It's Hermione, she's a smartass

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And as much as I may have cried my eyes out, I still think that a main, main character should have died.

If you're referring to just this book then I would say, at a pinch, Snape and obv Voldemort were to the two big 'main' ones to die, with Mad-Eye and whatnot just under them.

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Originally Posted by evilglamcaitlin

The book was dull and barely tolerable during the middle stretch when nothing seemed to happen. The more I reread the potter books, the more I notice that Harry is infact, an unbelievably average wizard. Indeed, after the half-blood prince I had no idea how Harry was meant to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes- if Dumbledore hadn't found the locket, taken Harry there, used magic to find the opening, to find the boat, drive away the bodies etc there's no chance in hell Harry could have done it, even with Hermione's help.

Snape summed him up, and I'll go with it becaue he's awesome, and a bastard. a fine combination

'He's mediocre to the last and has simply fought his way out of a number of spots by sheer luck and even more talented friends'. I guess that she made him like this on purpose to make his quest seem all but impossible (and of course, ''love conquers all'' etc)

Though it would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Dumbledore hadn't succeeded in destroying the ring.

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Originally Posted by evilglamcaitlin

ALSO, why not tell others what they were doing? What if they were all killed, and no-one knew how to defeat him? Seems stupid to me, and glory hunting. With the help of more experienced, better trained wizards, chances are the Horcruxes could have been found and destroyed more effectively.

X-Files core here in 'trust no one'. Maybe.

Wicked · 24th July 2007, 8:41am

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Originally Posted by Reno

It's Hermione, she's a smartass

I think her point was Hermione said (when she altered the minds of the death eaters) that she had never done it before. But she obviously had. She'd changed her parents memories.

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If you're referring to just this book then I would say, at a pinch, Snape and obv Voldemort were to the two big 'main' ones to die, with Mad-Eye and whatnot just under them.

If you count Moody, you have to count Lupin. Although Fred was in more of it than both of them

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Snape summed him up, and I'll go with it becaue he's awesome, and a bastard. a fine combination

'He's mediocre to the last and has simply fought his way out of a number of spots by sheer luck and even more talented friends'. I guess that she made him like this on purpose to make his quest seem all but impossible (and of course, ''love conquers all'' etc)

Though it would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Dumbledore hadn't succeeded in destroying the ring.

Maybe him being average was the point? Maybe the fact that even though he was average, he could pull all that off? Message for kids or whatever

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X-Files core here in 'trust no one'. Maybe.

Wasnt it kinda explained why they werent to tell anyone? I cant really remember.