I loved the book. Snape's vindication (well, sort of) wasn't a surprise to me, but I had no solid predictions as to how the final showdown would play out, except that Voldy would die. I didn't like how Ron and Hermione run off to get the Basilisk teeth to destroy the cup horcrux, and we don't see any of it. It felt almost as if JK finished writing up to the point where Harry had seen the diadem horcrux destroyed, and then realized she hadn't created a method for them to destroy the cup horcrux, so she just threw in there that Ron and Hermione had run off and taken care of it. Ending was great. If done well, that final book is going to make a freaking awesome movie. Oh, and I'm glad that Snape died before his story was explained. I can't imagine a scenario when Snape explained to Harry that he was basically on his side the whole time and even went so far as to help Harry several times...without seeming entirely hostile. I mean, he still detested Harry and his view that he was just like his dad probably hadn't changed much. So the pensieve was the natural way to wrap all that up nicely.
Two facts about me and the 7th Book: 1. I got on TV because I was first in line and got interviewed by several newspapers. 2. I finished the book in 5 hours and 42 minutes. An unrelated fact: 1. I'm a Harry Potter fanatic. Right, about the book itself: Spoiler I'd just bought the CD version of the book with Stephen Fry and was surprised at what I've missed the first time reading it, and I just love it how everything just comes back on itself. Dirk Cresswell, Griphook, Ted Tonks, Andromeda, Yaxley are all examples at how small the wizarding world is. Also, the revelation of Dumbledore's past plus the Deathly Hallows were hte key thing that serperated it from fan-fiction, which often revolved around stories woven with the past books. I LOVE THIS BOOK.
I read the first three books aloud to my kids, so my man card actually EXPANDS by being a HP fan Great book and series - the way she played the Snape question was masterful - I thought Harry would die in the end, but was glad he didn't. Minor quibbles: I thought Hagrid would play a bigger role and it didn't make sense that he wasn't killed in the forest. Neville should have killed Bellatrix, not Mrs. Weasley. I thought the epilogue was weak. It should have been the immediate aftermath of Voldemort's defeat, not 19 years later. But if you have to go 19 years later, Neville should have been Minister of Magic and/or Hermione should have been Headmaster of Hogwarts. That is all.
Death is not as biting in Harry Potters world as it is in ours, it seems to me when sombody dies you can have their picture framed and ta-da you can talk to them again. How many times did harry get to talk to his mum and dad 3-4 times,also there is a confort knowing that there is life after death. In our world Their are people who bleave in it, but their is no air tight way that we can prove it. As for my self I hope their is.
Death is not as biting in Harry Potters world as it is in ours. It seems to me when somebody dies you can have their picture framed and ta-da you can talk to them again. How many times did Harry get to talk to his mum and dad 3-4 times, Also there is a comfort knowing that there is life after death. In our world Their are people who believe in it, but their is no air tight way that we can prove it. As for my self I hope their is.
Did anyone else have a problem with Harry using the forbidden curses not once, but twice with seemingly no repercussions? He frequently used Imperio in Gringotts and later on used Crucio against one of the Carrows. I mean, if he does it and then is scolded or punished for it or somehow shows remorse, that is one thing, but it is just kind of glossed over. The only one he didn't actually cast was the Killing Curse.
Ya know...amazingly enough...you're wrong about my name. I had this name a LONG time before Harry Potter came out. It was the name of the dorm I lived in in college and I couldn't think of anything else hence...the name. Dorm = Grainger, I'm a guy...therefore...GraingerGuy.
I thought the curses were no longer illegal after Voldemort took over the ministry? Wasn't the new DADA teacher using them in class (though that might not be too far off from what the fake Moody did in GoF)? Just finished the book last night since I got behind on my re-reading of the series and was only on PoA when my copy arrived in the mail. Count me among those who were a little disappointed in Ginny's role in the book...I thought she should have had a bigger part in the outcome. I was also surprised that Harry was able to go past her when he was in the Great Hall and instead grabbed Ron and Hermione to talk to. She's his great love and he hasn't really been able to spend any time with her in eight months or so and he wants to talk to his buddies instead? Ehh... I KNEW that Snape was going to wind up being a good guy...or at the very least having killed Dumbledore on his orders. There's not way that Dumbledore would have pleaded for his life at the top of the Astronomy Tower. Of course, I had no idea the reason Snape was helping Dumbledore. I can get behind it, though. Overall, a very enjoyable book and I'm sad that the series has ended. No more Dark Tower series, no more Harry Potter...sigh.
Yup. I figured that even if they weren't "illegal" per se, there'd be at least some ethical repercussions. I figured they were "unforgivable" for a reason. Wrong was I.
