Originally Posted By jasmine7 I just finished it a few minutes ago, and I loved it. Dobby's & Fred's deaths made me cry, and I was heartbroken at the thought of Remus & Tonks dying, leaving that poor little baby an orphan, just like Harry. I couldn't have asked for a better ending, though.
Originally Posted By Moderation Thank you Jo for delivering the goods. Wow. I liked that the epilogue was short and sweet. I like that Snape wasn't a bad guy, but that his death was not heroic and unlooked for. I like that Neville was Neville.
Originally Posted By smedley I finished it yesterday evening, I loved it, but would also have liked a little more detail between the ending and the epilogue, not essential as said before, it just would have been quite nice.. I suppose it does leave a gap if she ever did want to go back to it though...
Originally Posted By smedley Oh and the scene with Dobby was probably the closest I've ever come to crying whilst reading a book!!
Originally Posted By smedley ACK!! Dobbie even, see gone to pieces again lol!! I was touched by Fred's death too, but for some reason less so by Tonks and Lupin, yet they had been characters I felt close to through the other books they have appeared in.... Strange....
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall I also liked how Harry become the godfather of Teddy, that was cute. I was kinda sad about Hedwig, cuz she was really his friend away from hogwarts when he was at the dursleys. Dudley kinda was a little moved to see Harry go. Go Mrs. Weasley!!!! Giving it to Bella! I was pleasantly shocked at that "scene" Albus Severus Potter (awwwwwwww)
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Best "Here comes the cavalry" moment: Kreacher bursting through the kitchen door with all the house elves. Why did they use knives though? Don't they have pretty strong magic?
Originally Posted By Labuda GREAT freakin' book! Oh man, I can't wait to see in a few years how this translates to film!
Originally Posted By sherrytodd LOVED IT! Finished last night at 2:20am. Mad Moody's and Dobbie's deaths I was kind of prepared for as I was waiting for someone to die, but Fred, Remus and Tonks kind of took me by surprise as it felt so sad to me to leave behind a twin and a new baby.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I avoided this whole thread until I finished reading the book. I am one who can ever stand spoilers of any kind. (I was miffed several weeks ago when I walked into Barnes and Noble and saw what the cover looked like. LOL!) All I can say is WOW! I totally loved it. It took me 2 days to read it because Mark was off in the evenings and its so rare to have him home I didn't want to waste time reading. But I was DEVOURING the book while he was at work. I had several misty eyed moments while reading. I was worried because something with so much build up can never be as good as you want it to be. But this was. It surpassed my expectations. I loved every minute of reading it. <<Loved it. I want to reread the whole series again now.>> 2/3 I totally agree. In fact I've started to re-read the first book just last night. LOL! I've also got Mark reading them. I made him watch all the movies with me earlier this year so he'd be ready for OOTP. (He's seen the first movie when it came out but nothing since then.) Well he really started to get into the movies and now he just finished the first book last night... And then started the second one. LOL! ~Beth
Originally Posted By Shooba The finale of this book should be fantasic in a movie, it's certainly more epic than anything else in the series. One thing missing from this book was the sense of fun and whimsy present in the others. The other books always featured fun things like Quidditch, flying cars, imaginative creatures & plants, etc. This book cuts right to the chase and is pretty intense the whole way through. I loved reading it, but I feel more emotionally drained than by the other books. Wonder how younger readers are reacting. The epilogue felt a little incomplete. A few more details would have been nice. One of Harry's kids sharing Snape's name was the most touching part for me.
Originally Posted By dsnykid I finished the book on Saturday but we were out at the cabin and I just wanted to come back and read everybody's comments... it was driving Rob nuts, I'm sure. It was not my favourite book.... I haven't figured out why yet, but it left me feeling unsatisfied... I cried out when Fred died and was tearing up when Lupin and Tonks died. I thought Kreacher was hilarious and was one of the good parts of the book. The epilogue was disappointing, Rob and I talked about it last night and both of us wanted to know things like, had they moved into 12 Grimmauld Place? What happened to Kreacher? What were there Jobs - did Harry become an Auror like he had always wanted too? stuff like that. My favourite books are still 3 and 5, I guess
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove The foreboding tone of the book got to me...I felt like I was being surrounded by dementors...up until the very end, of course. Cannot WAIT to see them do justice to the final battle in the movie.
Originally Posted By Tink2002 dsnykid... I agree with you. And are we ever in the minority! With her other books I'm able to immediately picture the scenes in my mind - part of her brilliance is in describing with vivid detail these amazing places. I could not do that with most of this book, I felt she wasn't 100% there for this one...I think she is done (for at least while) - JMHO. I was also left with many unanswered questions and the ending epilogue just seemed to "pat" for me - too different from the style of the rest of the book. Now, I did enjoy this book, really. But I was disappointed, and it is not my favorite of the series. Geez, I'm going to miss Hogwarts.
Originally Posted By dsnykid Tink2002 - I'm glad I'm not the only one I think one reason why I didn't like this book as much is I had read a fan book two weeks ago called Harry Potter and the Seventh Horcrux... very much not a Rowling book but it focuses on Ginny and Harry and how his love for her drives his search for the Horcruxes. I don't have the link but if you're interested you can google it or I can send you the file... It's just under 700 pages.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo JKR herself said that she knew there would be readers who didn't like the book. I don't think she was as worried about universal appeal as she was about telling the finale the way she wanted to. I'm glad she didn't spare the readers with a lot of levity. The story is about dealing with death, which is painful. Dobby's death and how Harry reacts to it is the catalyst for the entire ending. I'm watching my 9 year old son read it. Unlike the other books, he can only go through 75 pages or so and he has to stop and do something else. He hasn't gotten to Dobby's death yet and I'm expecting him to really be upset at that part. He just loves that character.
Originally Posted By FaMulan Did anyone else have the feeling after Ron left that eventually Harry would be alone? I was sure Hermoine would give up on him as well. I'm glad it didn't turn out that way. Saturday evening, we went to a party and I was reeling from being 89 pages into the book and having suffered the first three losses (the Firebolt, Hedwig and Moody). Wow, what a ride.
Originally Posted By Shooba I got the impression that the frequent fights the three had (in all the books, not just this one) was because Harry is a Horcrux (just like the locket had that effect on them). Or maybe they were just kids being kids. One thing I would have liked was for the Malfoy's to get their comeuppance. Yeah, they helped Harry in the end, but purely for selfish reasons.
Originally Posted By hammertime What no tears over Crabbe? I actually thought Malfoy was going to get it but it seems like the Malfoy clan seems to have some heart afterall. I cried when dobby died. So sad. I really liked the final scene with Harry and Lord voldemort. I love how Harry overcame Lord voldemort with his "signature" spell and how he called him Tom instead of Voldermort. There were so many good parts to this book that I could write for ever. Needless to say I'm starting to read the book again as I went through it so fast I'm sure I missed some parts of it.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda I finished it about 2 hours ago, and thought it was a very good book. Maybe not her best, but good. While I agree, I would have liked more information in the Epilogue, I'm glad JK included something. Most authors probably wouldn't have. I had several moments of wet eye near the end. I was happy to see that I was right about Snape. And glad to see that Harry and Ginny named a son after both Dumbledore and Snape.
