Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - *****SPOILER THREAD*****

[Shimmer]

It's time y'all.

If you haven't read the book yet, don't go any further in this thread...if you do, it's your own fault.
Debate, discuss, rant, cry, whatever. Please don't post the spoilers in the other DH thread, in case ANYONE hasn't read it yet.
Please keep any discussions w/in the rules of the site, and the TOS, and so...here we go!

 

[Shimmer]

I'll post mine in the a.m., all of my thoughts.

I'm going to bed now.

 

[MissMarley]

I cried through the whole damn book. And Hedwig as the first death? WTF? I think JK Rowling just couldn't figure out what to do with a bird while Harry was traveling the countryside. I was just afraid it would be Hagrid!

 

[Shimmer]

Hedwig's death didn't hit me nearly as hard as Dobby's did. When Harry was burying Dobby and doing it by hand and paying his respects to the little elf who had done so much to protect him, it just killed me.
Fred Weasley's death was hard too; I knew one of the twins would have to bite it, but I was sorry it was him.
Molly. SO IMPRESSED WITH MOLLY.
Neville, so proud of him I cried. Just...go Neville. Finally. Thank God. Truly growing into the man he should have been and could have been all along, given the chance.

Harry's growth through the book (hence the slow first half) was really palpable. Seeing into Voldemort's mind in the book, also palpable. The humanization of Albus Dumbledore killed me.

 

[blueangel1023]

I'm halfway thru the book as we speak. hehe, now I'm anxious to find out the rest (although my friend pretty much finished it in one day) and ruined the ending for me! lol

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

I found the book rather predictable actually ,

Harry potter defeats voldemort - Check
Harry Potter Lives -Check
marry's Ginny Weasley -Check
Ron gets with Hermione- Check

although, all the deaths I didn't see coming but I guess she had to throw in some shockers there, Voldemort Killing snape! what! I certainly didnt see that one coming, I also didnt see snape becoming the headmaster of Hogwarts coming though either. I kind of suspected snape not really being on the "dark side" and just being a spy since a few books ago.

All in all It was a good way to end the series, Not the best harry potter book however. but it was good.

 

[Shimmer]

Well, honestly, the book HAD to end the way it did, because of how the previous stories were written.
Snape, I knew had to be under Dumbledore's orders. I argued with my husband for days and weeks and even the past two years over that.

 

[xIxSkyDancerxIx]

It was predictable that Harry Potter would win.. it is more or less a childrens book in the end. But even if I did know he was going to win.. I was still really glad he did.

The marriages were predictable too but who doesn't love a good happy ending?

i thought Hedwing's dead was SOOO sad!! And when Harry found Mad-Eye's eye on the door.. that was soooo creepy. Snape liking Lily threw me off a little too LoL..

I liked the book.. nice ending

 

[TangoMango]

I cried when Dobby died. I've always liked Dobby, he was so sweet and helpful. The day before, I was looking at a toy version of Dobby and something told me that he would be dying but I ignored it. My intuition was right. Now I want to buy that toy-Dobby! I know most people like Hagrid, but he was one of the few characters that I wouldn't mind if they had died.

The book, at some points, became predictable to me, like Snape loving Lily. Maybe I read too many fanfics, but from OotP, I realized that Snape loved Lily.

The ending let me down so much, it sounded like a fluffy fanfic to me. I wanted more. Oh well, PoA will always be my favourite book, while OotP will always be the book that I throw to floor in anger, no matter how many times I read it.

 

[d_flawless]

thank for this, there was no way i was gonna read the book anyway...and none of my friends would tell me what happened (i hate surprises)

 

[kradge79]

I just finished it today, and yes some parts were predictable, but she has had the entire outline of the story for years, so I guess we all just picked up on it. The entire battle was so engrossing, I didn't want to put it down. I loved the duel between Molly and Bellatrix and Neville beheading Nagini. I also loved the scene when Harry's "dead", talking with Dumbledore at King's Cross. The middle was a bit slow, but it was a great time of character development, especially on Harry and Ron's parts. Overall, I laughed, I cried, and I'm very pleased with the book.

 

[eastsidesunset]

I'm impressed actually. I think it was the best written of all the books. I loved the last books, but this one made the characters seem more..human. I expected loads of people to die, but Dobby? Dobby's death made me cry. Was anyone else surprised at Molly calling Bellatrix a bitch? Because I was all "Go Molly! It's about time she said it"

 

[Krasevayadancer]

The whole snape being good thing really threw me for a loop. Seeing his actions throughout the previous books I honestly would have never thought of him being the way he was.

On the humanization of Dumbledore- I didn't like that as much. Why not keep him as the fallen hero instead of showing his faults. The doubts that Harry was having about dumbledore became my own doubts as I was reading that story.

Otherwise I really did like the book. The deaths of the characters were really sad, but I was appeased because our 3 main characters stayed alive.
Tonks and Lupin dying =

Hedwig and Dobby=

Mad Eye Moody- not so sad about this one.
Fred: That was really upsetting. On snape dying... not so sure how i feel about this one

 

[moonsugar7]

When Hedwig and Madeye died it didnt hit me that hard...but when Dobby died I cried =(. I really liked the story, I felt it had more twists and turns than the other books.

The only thing that was a little 'let down' was the very last "19 years later" chapter. Does anyone else feel like this could have been written better? It just seemed so forced and no feeling behind...dunno could be me.

I'm waiting for my boyfriend to finish the book so we can talk about it.

I'm wondering how the adaptation to movie for this book will go, they cut out so much in OotP, and I don't see how they could edit so much out of this story and it still be good.

 

[Shimmer]

I had to read the epilogue four times to be able to appreciate it. :/

 

[kblakes]

Loved it, loved it, loved it. I can't believe she killed as many as she did. All the deaths made me tear up a little.

I loved the Molly/Bellatrix part. I also like the Dumbledore and Harry talking in the train station scene. So was the crying and flayed infant Riddle's soul? That is what my friend and I were thinking. I loved everything about the book except the epilogue. She could have made it way longer and wrapped it up and given us more details.

 

[CaraAmericana]

Did anyone else feel that rush of excitement when everyone was coming into the Room of Requirement. I mean like everyone EVERYONE showed up for the final battle. Goosebumps! Good book. I found it entriguing from beginning to end.

=( it's over

 

[TangoMango]

Quote:

Originally Posted by kblakes Loved it, loved it, loved it. I can't believe she killed as many as she did. All the deaths made me tear up a little. I loved the Molly/Bellatrix part. I also like the Dumbledore and Harry talking in the train station scene. So was the crying and flayed infant Riddle's soul? That is what my friend and I were thinking. I loved everything about the book except the epilogue. She could have made it way longer and wrapped it up and given us more details.

I believe that the crying infant was the piece of Voldemort's soul that he ended up killing, too. It's description is similar to that of Voldemort's infant body during the graveyard scene in GoF.

 

[nightseye]

I appreciate Snape a lot more after this book. The saddest deaths were Dobby's and Fred's.
I didn't really like how Rowling killed Lupin and Tonks, but it seemed like she brushed off their deaths. My favorite part was the entire battle of Hogwarts and when they were gathering in the Room of Requirement beforehand. Molly and Prof. McGonagall were badass!! The saddest scene for me was when Harry was walking through the forest with the ghosts to meet Voldemort. A good solid ending and a very well written book, I'm sad the series is over.

On a related note, she's writing an 8th book, a sort of encyclopedia of all the characters of Harry Potter...

link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19935372/

 

[kblakes]

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Originally Posted by nightseye I appreciate Snape a lot more after this book. The saddest deaths were Dobby's and Fred's. I didn't really like how Rowling killed Lupin and Tonks, but it seemed like she brushed off their deaths. My favorite part was the entire battle of Hogwarts and when they were gathering in the Room of Requirement beforehand. Molly and Prof. McGonagall were badass!! The saddest scene for me was when Harry was walking through the forest with the ghosts to meet Voldemort. A good solid ending and a very well written book, I'm sad the series is over. On a related note, she's writing an 8th book, a sort of encyclopedia of all the characters of Harry Potter... link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19935372/

Yay! I have so many questions about characters. The forest scene with the ghosts had me crying. I wonder if the girl, Victorie, that Teddy was snogging was Bill and Fleur's daughter? She snuck her in at the end but didn't say who she was other than a relative.