Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows SPOILERS!!

[emi]

Yeah, Harry Potter 7 came out last night...
I just thought there should be a thread where we can share thoughts and stuff.
Erm, So..I got it at midnight, with friends-we dressed up as Moony Wormtail Padfoot and Prongs- and there was like a countdown,and then when we finished glitter and stuff shot out from somewhere.
So, we all got back to my house and read all night...well, 3 of my friends fell asleep after about chapter 9, I stayed up until I had finished the book and then I fell asleep, and the final friend just...didn't sleep, because she was reading-but shes a SLOOOOW reader. She was on page 130 something, and I had finished.

Aaaaand, I finished it in 4 and 1/2 hours. Beat that!

I'll do a review about it later..

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Kaz: Can't believe I've been waiting 10 years for a book that ended with such cheese!

[Cassie]

Yeah, I agree it was cheesy but so many fans would've been upset if things hadn't worked out that way.

I loved the whole book, it was thoroughly entertaining (though depressing in many places)

One thing annoys me though, the more I think about it, some stuff really doesn't make sense and she hasn't tied up all the loose ends... Least she's settled the "who does Hermione love?" debate once and for all - that one was getting tiring.

[Jenno]

I've just finished it and I have to say OMFG it was so fantastic...APART FROM THE SODDING ENDING. UGH SO CHEESY! I feel so betrayed!

And I cried...a lot...throughout...I'm so emotionally drained, lmao.

I'm going to actually go to sleep now...

[Steve]

I was most upset when Dobby died more than anyone else!!

[Jenno]

Haha me too Steve. I cried so much when they buried him.

[Steve]

I kno!! I think it was good they buried him non magically so to speak haha

[Jenno]

*bottom lip wobble*

I cried at a lot of it actually. I cried when Harry looked at Snape's memories in the pensieve too. And the last 3 chapters. Basically. I'm such a loser.

[crazeball]

cassie said:

Least she's settled the "who does Hermione love?" debate once and for all - that one was getting tiring.

There was never any question there really, was there ;D

I liked the book, but honestly that epilogue sounded like it came straight out of a fanfic (not that I've ever read HP fanfic, the thought is just... WRONG!)

[emi]

*guilty look* I cried when:
Dobby died.
Fred died
Percy redeemed himself
Hedwig died
Ron and Hermione FINALLY kissed (bottem of page 502. R/H FINALLY becomes Canon!)
When Snape died
When he looked at Snapes memory
When Harry was walking with his parents, Sirius and Lupin (and I was thinking today-wouldn't Those You've Known from Spring Awakening be a REALLY GOOD backing track for that part? *sings* 'Those you've known, and lost still walk behind you...' okay, sorry. anyhoo, back to the point)
When Harry was talking to Dumbledore - what WAS that creepy half dead baby thingy?
When Hagrid was sobbing over Harrys body
and, even though it was kind of a lame way to go-when Voldemort died. Though, how easy it was could be meant to represent just how weak he actually was, and that he was constantly hiding and relying on his horcruxes, so in reality he was just a frail old man......or maybe she just wanted to hurry up the ending and couldn't be arsed writing a huge Harry/Voldemort fight scene. Whatever.
And, the epilouge was rushed, cheesy, fan ficy (yes, I read HP Fanfics...Don't look at me like that, some AREN'T BAD!!) and just generally crappy. She didn't even bother telling us how Fleur and Bill was, or GEORGE. WITHOUT FRED. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW GEORGE COPED WITHOUT FRED. And what about Luna? I just would have liked to have known what Harry's 'crew' ended up like, You know, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, George, Luna, Neville. (add extra Weaslys according to taste. Simmer until boil.) Or what anybody did as a job? DID Harry and Ron end up becoming an auror? What about Draco? And Hermione and Ginny?
And having Harry's kids as James, Lilly and Albus Severus was SOOOOO Cheesy, it smelt. Seriously. And what about Sirius and Remus? Don't THEY get named? And come on, James being a pranker, Lilly having red hair and (no doubt-) Harry's eyes? just HOW cheesy?? I'm a little pissed that for a book I've been waiting for since I was about 7, I'm suprised the epilouge was so crap.

[Cassie]

crazeball said:

cassie said:

Least she's settled the "who does Hermione love?" debate once and for all - that one was getting tiring.

There was never any question there really, was there ;D

I know, but it cleared it up for all of the delusional Harry/Hermione shippers who never gave in.

Ooo and Emi, JKR's going to produce an encyclopedia of all of the characters' back stories, what happened to the surviving characters etc so that'll probably answer your questions.

[charliemonster]

I thought that final chapter was totaly uneccarsary! It would have been better if it had been left open so that everyone can use their imagination on how they think it should end.

[teffi]

I was so depressed readin this whole story and yes i agree that the epilogue was cheesy n could have been done so much better, but honestly i was happy there was kind of a happy ending after the deaths.

also what the hell was she thinking killin lupin and Tonks, i think not, they r amazing and also i loved when snaped died the last thing he said was look at me. It was so like ' awww bless'

i was reading it and i kept saying out load like yay remus and tonks got married, yay shes married ect everything bout them in the story and i had to explain to webby who they were every single time i mentiond them.

I was so depressed when hedwig and dobby died.

Lastly i loved how which ever twin lost a ear (i neva remember whos who) started making jokes about it as soon as his twin arrived.

I miss it now, cant wait for next thing in the whole series like the encyclopedia