Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Please Use Spoiler Tags

[Swany]

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The ending bothered me, it seemed like she finished it. THen just devided to writr thi on a whim. I would have liked to see what Harry is doing with his life. If he actually ended up being an Auror, if there was still Dark magic or are they now living in a world of fluffy kittens and rainbows. Mostly I wanted to see how George was coping with losing a twin, how the weaslys were coping with losing a son, what it was like for Harry raising his godson at only 17. All that stuff.

"Figure it out yourself" Or is that all the the stuff we'll see on fanfic.net in a few weeks time.

Oh yeah and

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Even though noone liked them, what happend to the dursleys? Did they move bad to Privet Drive?

[Barkworm]

I've just finished it, I thought it was brilliant. The middle part dragged a little and some of the deaths really weren't necessary but overall I'm happy and sad at the same time. Which is a good thing!

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Oh and Snape is my hero! His story was almost exactly as I had guessed.

EDIT: The more I think about it, the more unnecessary all the deaths seem to me.

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Lupin AND Tonks??!! Why??!!

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

EDIT: The more I think about it, the more unnecessary all the deaths seem to me.

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Lupin AND Tonks??!! Why??!!

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Well, I think Lupin was killed so that all of the Marauders would be with Harry when he turned the stone as he entered the Forest. I think Tonks was killed to put little Teddy into the same position as Harry was at an early age; without parents and only with a godfather (although it sounds like he might have been raised by his grandmother). Not that this later bit was expanded on at all.

[PipingPringle]

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I assumed he was raised by his grandmother

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

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Well, I think Lupin was killed so that all of the Marauders would be with Harry when he turned the stone as he entered the Forest. I think Tonks was killed to put little Teddy into the same position as Harry was at an early age; without parents and only with a godfather (although it sounds like he might have been raised by his grandmother). Not that this later bit was expanded on at all.

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I thought of that, too but it doesn't really make it any better. Especially since we don't even know who killed them. Lupin was a fan favourite character, he could have been given a more spectacular death.

[Ra]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

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I thought of that, too but it doesn't really make it any better. Especially since we don't even know who killed them. Lupin was a fan favourite character, he could have been given a more spectacular death.

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I agree. He was loved by many and we never even got to see his death. Or have it described to us like Mad-Eye's death. And I loved Tonks as well, so it just made me feel horrible. And the worst part was that I missed their deaths. It's blink and you miss it stuff. Wormtail got a better death than Lupin in terms of writing.

Now that I think about it...it never was really mentioned how Lupin and Tonks died, did it? Ugh, this is making me feel worse now...

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Ra

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And the worst part was that I missed their deaths. It's blink and you miss it stuff.

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Same thing happened to me. I was still down because of Fred and I just read over it. Then it was mentioned again later and I was like "WHEN?????" I mean Snape's death was already kind of pathetic for a great character like him but Lupin 's...

[Ra]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

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Same thing happened to me. I was still down because of Fred and I just read over it. Then it was mentioned again later and I was like "WHEN?????" I mean Snape's death was already kind of pathetic for a great character like him but Lupin 's...

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I'm just thankful Lupin's death was referenced later, otherwise I would have never known it would have happened. But he really deserved more than a single sentence. Harry was good friends with him, and loved him as a teacher in "Prisoner of Azkaban"...so I was kind of shocked he didn't make more of a deal out of it.

And Snape's death...it's was okay. Like you said, a bit pathetic, but it was okay. I was half expecting him to kill the snake before he died, though. It would have made him seem less...weak, maybe? I don't know...but it would have made him seem stronger to me, at least. At least his death was made up with an excellent chapter on his memories.

[Barkworm]

Yeah, it was a great chapter. It showed him as a true hero.

[Raph's Girl]

Wow....that was an interesting read. J.K sure does love killing people off.

Here's the death list (I wrote em down as I was reading the book since I have a friend who doesn't wanna read it...just wants to know who dies. )

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Prof. Charity Burbage - Muggle History Teacher. I didn't remember her at all so her death was just a meh
Hedwig the Owl - Gods I was pissed!! Hedwig was one of my fave characters!!!
Mad Eye Moody: Didn't care for the character so I wasn't saddened by his death
Scrimgour: Meh
Dobby: Gah!! I was actually crying when he died. At least he died a hero.
Wormtail: Didn't care for him
Crabbe: meh
Fred Weasley: How rude of her to kill him off
Snape: An honorable death!
Remus and Tonks Lupin: Geesh...for such integral characters their deaths were put in the background. :/
Colin Creevy: Meh
Bellatrix: GOOO Mrs Weasley!! "Not my daughter you bitch!!" Loved it!
Gregorovitch the wand maker: Sad minor character death there
Bathilda: She sounded like an interesting character
Ted Tonks: Darned Snatchers!! I liked him
Dirk Creswell: Didn't know him much but he was likeable
Gornuk: Darned snatchers...those Goblins are funky lookin
Grindelwald: Yes...name an evil man after a Swiss Ski Resort...good idea Rowling...
Nagini the snake: Darned thing killed Snape....deserved to die.
Voldemort: His death was like... "Wait? Did he just?...yea...I guess he did..."
And apperantly 50 other characters....yeesh

And then we have the ending:

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Ok.. 19 years later...fun... Harry is married to Ginny...aww....and they have 3 kids... Lily, James, and Albus Severus. Great of Harry to name his son after Dumbledore and Snape.

Ron and Hermione got together and produced an R and an H of their own.... Rose and Hugo....

And Draco's son... Scorpius?! Im sorry when I hear the name Scorpius I emediatly think of the character in Farscape.

The ending kinda left room for more books. The adventures of Albus Potter!

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There was one thing in the book that confused me. The dates given of the deaths of James and Lily Potter is that of Oct. 1981....but that would have made Harry 27 and not 17!! WTF?! Was that just an error?? I mean come on...he was 11 when the series started in 1997! And Im guessing we're supposed to believe the series is set in the past cuz Teddy Lupin's bio at Wikipedia says he was born in 1998. Weird. [/I]

[Barkworm]

Just because the first book was released in 1997 the story doesn't have to start that year. Rowling actually started writing the first one in 1990.

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

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Tonks Lupin

Who?

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

Just because the first book was released in 1997 the story doesn't have to start that year. Rowling actually started writing the first one in 1990.

Exactly. If you go back to Chamber of Secrets and do the math concerning Nearly Headless Nick's Deathday party you'll see that the story takes place in the early 90s.

[Jo Dawn]

Indeed, the books are in the past, not 'now'.

And I am giddily happy at finishing reading. I thought the deaths weren't at all 'unspectacular'... this was plain out war. Not everything had to be highly overdone. I think it had better impact this way.

There's so much to comment on! I'll have to make multiple posts.

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I thought that Snape's story was fantastic, though not unexpected. I also just assumed that Teddy was raised by the grandmother. It was all wonderfully done, and it was my favorite, possibly, because it was mostly just Ron, Hermione and Harry.. and not alot of the background characters, especially at the beginning. I was totally OK with that!

And who did not just love Ron and Hermione?? Though, I found some of the things to be easily guessed, who cares? It was completely brilliant!


But, of course, we all want more. It's what all great fans (and great authors inspire) want.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

I finished the book on Saturday but I haven't been on here to write anything.

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I have never cried so much through one book. All I kept thinking is why is she killing off all the characters like Hedwig even?! I understand it had to be that way concerning some of the characters by also poor Fred! I just kept thinking "What is George going to do?"
-The book was pretty amazing but now I am thinking how much they are going to have to tone it down for a film, at least I wonder how kids are going to react to all the torturing and blood and deaths happening to their favorite characters.
-The biggest shock for me was that Dumbledore was actually going to die and how well he and Snape played it off.
-Dumbledore's past surprised me a bit and it definitely humanized him.
-I like the Legend of the Deathly Hallows although it all came up kinda quick and it became a bit much with all the Horcrux's.
-Snape's memories really made me sympathize for him and finding out how much he cared for Lilly and in fact for Harry was really touching
-Oh and GO MOLLY! I am so glad she got to kick some butt in the end and speaking of butt kicking way to step up Neville!!

[Tinuvielsdreams]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

Indeed, the books are in the past, not 'now'.

And I am giddily happy at finishing reading. I thought the deaths weren't at all 'unspectacular'... this was plain out war. Not everything had to be highly overdone. I think it had better impact this way.

There's so much to comment on! I'll have to make multiple posts.

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I thought that Snape's story was fantastic, though not unexpected. I also just assumed that Teddy was raised by the grandmother. It was all wonderfully done, and it was my favorite, possibly, because it was mostly just Ron, Hermione and Harry.. and not alot of the background characters, especially at the beginning. I was totally OK with that!


And who did not just love Ron and Hermione?? Though, I found some of the things to be easily guessed, who cares? It was completely brilliant!


But, of course, we all want more. It's what all great fans (and great authors inspire) want.

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The Teddy issue confused me a bit but I didn't think of Grandma because after all she did loose her husband didn't she? He was killed in the quest to hunt down the wizards who weren't pureblood?

I LOVED Harry's reaction to Ron and Hermione's kiss, "Does it have to be now?" LMAO

I wasn't sure that I found the Epilogue that neccessary, I think I would have like it to be less time between. Of course she left it wide open for some blanks to be filled...anyone else think maybe???

[Courk]

Finished it today. Loved it. I didn't want to finish it, so as slow of a reader as I already am, I slowed myself down even more to absorb everything.

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I cried my eyes out reading "Where the Red Fern Grows" years ago. It's the only other time I cried at a book, and then I only cried at the end over one event. Then I read HP7.

I cried when Fred died. It was the middle of the night and I couldn't go any further. I read the next page to make sure it was true, then went to sleep. I was afraid of who would die next and I didn't want to have to deal with that right then on top of Fred's death. As others have said, poor George! Although I was consoled a bit later when George and Lee Jordan are working together -- they're close friends, too, and I see them as mischief partners, so it's not like George is all alone.

Since I went to bed, the deaths weren't stacked up as much. I had recovered some from Fred's death when I read about Tonks and Lupin. I just finished, but I already can't remember -- what was Harry doing when he saw Tonks and Lupin? Wasn't he heading up to the pensieve? Maybe he was so focused on his task, and so tired and numb from everything that had already happened, that he couldn't really take it at the time and couldn't really apply more thought to their deaths.

I cried through a good portion of the end of the book, especially Harry's I've-got-to-go-die thoughts. I think there was a 50-page span where I had to keep wiping my eyes. I've never read so many moments in one book that made me cry. I think once the water started flowing, it was harder to stop.

Snape's story was so heart-wrenching. For a while my brother and I have been trying to figure out who had the saddest life. Harry's an obvious candidate, with the dead parents and godfather, and the constant threat of death. I favored Sirius, what with having his family hate him, his best friend betrayed and himself framed, spending I can't remember how long in Azkaban, and unable to protect Harry like I think he wanted. Neville was the third choice, having parents tortured into insanity. I now think Snape had quite possibly the saddest life. From the brief glimpse we got, it doesn't seem his parents were the best. He loved Lily beyond anything else, and it tore him up knowing that she was in danger and knowing that it wasn't stopped -- and it was his fault. You read the book, you know how sad that was.

I agree that the epilogue could have been less than 19 years in the future. I think 5 or 10 years would have been fine. I hope George has a son named Fred.

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Tinuvielsdreams

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-Snape's memories really made me sympathize for him and finding out how much he cared for Lilly and in fact for Harry was really touching

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I just loved the fact that Snape's last wish was to look into Harry's eyes. Even his very last thoughts were of Lily.

[Dr. Doom]

Well everything wrapped up rather nicely, didn't it?

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I was almost in tears when Dobby died, but that was the worst of it for me, I think. I spent the whole time reading terrified that one of the big three would croak

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

Well everything wrapped up rather nicely, didn't it?

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I was almost in tears when Dobby died, but that was the worst of it for me, I think. I spent the whole time reading terrified that one of the big three would croak

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Yea.. I cried the most over Dobby and a bit over Hedwig. But I was on pins and needles the entire time wondering who'd be next. Near the end I at one point thought Hagrid had been killed by those Spiders...but breathed a sigh of releif when Harry spotted him chained in the forest.

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

Well everything wrapped up rather nicely, didn't it?

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I was almost in tears when Dobby died, but that was the worst of it for me, I think. I spent the whole time reading terrified that one of the big three would croak

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I accidentally read a fake spoiler which said that Ron would die and I was hoping all way through that he wouldn't. When Fred died I felt relieved for a split second but it was nevertheless the worst death to me.