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

[duch3ss25]

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Originally Posted by kblakes Yay! 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.

You're correct on this. Teddy is Lupin's son while Victoire is Bill & Fleur's eldest daughter.

JKR talked further about the characters as well as the epilogue of the book on her interview w/ Meredith Viera. And yes, I'm excited to her writing a book about all the characters.

 

[ductapemyheartt]

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Originally Posted by 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.

i agree.
goodness.

molly was awesome. she killed BELLATRIX. i mean, c'mon molly, you go girl!
my favourite line was: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
ahahahahahaha.

and dobby, i teared up so much.

 

[TangoMango]

In an interview with Meredith Viera, JK said that Luna is the wizarding world's equivalent of a naturalist. She travels around for strange creatures, but she has learned to accept that her father lied to her about some of the craetures' existence.

JK still hasn't mentioned anything about George yet!

On July 30th, 9:00 am EST, she will be having a live chat and you can submit questions now, if you aren't available then. If anyone's interested, I'll try to find the link.

 

[ductapemyheartt]

oh gosh, this book was amazing.

i COULD NOT STOP crying during the part when he was walking to the forest and we think he is walking to his death. especially when everyone comes back with the stone and he asks his mom to stay with him. it just made me feel so bad for him. i guess we always think nothing can defeat harry and then, at this moment, we realise he is in fact vulnerable and so freakin brave! i mean, he was walking to his death, with dignity.

and moody! WHAT THE HECK?
that was soooo early. i suppose after moody we realise that this is serious. that the book is going to be serious. i mean, who would have thought moody would die like that?

 

[ductapemyheartt]

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.


really?
i was surprised. i thought many many more would have died!
i was so nervous one was going to be ron or hermione...

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

I was kind of surprised to see the words "Effing" and "Bitch" in this book considering its (with the exception of us grown up children) mostly kids who are reading it.

 

[redambition]

some of the plot twists (like harry being an accidental horcrux) were easy to pick.

it was still a most enjoyable read. i was not too fond of the (kind of) happy ending, but as it's a kid's book i can't complain.

i was ripped apart when dobby dies. so sad! and then both lupin and tonks...

 

[prinzessin784]

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Originally Posted by MxAxC-_ATTACK I was kind of surprised to see the words "Effing" and "Bitch" in this book considering its (with the exception of us grown up children) mostly kids who are reading it.

I think it's appropriate. The series starts out as a book for 11 year olds. Harry is 11. In book 2, he is 12, and it is age appropriate for 12 year olds. As Harry grows older, so does the content of the books. In DH he is 17 - plenty old enough to use such language. It's the responsibility of parents to make sure their kids read age-appropriate material. The swears would be much less upsetting than the death and destruction, as well as the concepts of self-sacrifice, love, honor, and others that run throughout the book.

 

[TeaCup]

Its so funny. When I was in line to get it (From 9.30 to 1 am) I kept saying, "Hmmm. I think Snape and Lily got it on..." I wasn't right, but I damn close! haha.

Also, at our book premiere people were breakdancing to Harry Potter raps.

The whole Deathly Hallow thing felt very well written, yet crappy plot to me. As did the epilouge. It was a decent book, but you know because of the epilouge that there will be another series of books. It's just...yeah.

I loved Tonks and Remus. I've been pulling for them since we first met Tonks. I was like "YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Someone for Remmy!"

 

[n_c]

Absolutely loved the book! I agree though, the epilogue could have been better. The only part that got me was Remus and Tonks...poor Teddy...

 

[coachkitten]

I thought this book was so well written. I just could not put it down.

I was so sad when Hedwig died. I was convinced that he was coming back until the very end to save the day!!

I just wish that it wasn't over!

 

[SingFrAbsoltion]

I didn't like this book that much. But sometimes I need to read something twice to really appreciate it so..who knows.

And for some reason I knew the whole Snape/Lily thing was coming.

And did anyone else get the feeling that J.K. was trying to make her writing more "mature" and failed miserably? I mean when I was reading some of it it was like what the hell are you talking about? It's almost like she used this book as a transition to writing adult books like she wanted to? I think the quality of her writing went downhill.

 

[XShear]

I loved it all. From beginning till the last chapter. Honestly, I could very well of did without the "Nineteen Years Later" bit, but I just pretended that she didn't write it.

I am surprised that she killed that many characters ... I believe I was the only sad one about Mad-Eye kicking the can. But, after his death ... you knew that this book meant business.

Almost better than GoF. Maybe, not quite sure yet.

 

[JGmac]

I thought it was just ok during my first read - but I just finished the book for the second time, and I really enjoyed it a lot more. I think the fact that I wasn't rushing through it trying to see if Harry died really allowed me to pick up the little bits and clues that JKR left for us to find.

I wish that she would have talked more about wandlore before this book - I think it was a fascinating plot twist, and I enjoyed it, but it would have felt less contrived had it appeared in previous books.

 

[moondream]

Being the Snape "fan girl" that I've been since getting into the whole Harry Potter thing, I'm so happy that Rowling really dug into Snape's history and gave him even more dept. I just knew it though, I knew that Snape had had deep feelings for Lily since OotP and I knew that Dumbledore had arranged for Snape to kill him when the time came. Some people I came across thought anyone who still liked Snape after HBP was loopy, but I only had faith in Snape the whole time! Though I almost wanted to stop reading after he died, but the penseive bit really made up for it.

It was rather sad that certain characters died. I must say that I was really proud of how Neville turned out (compared to how he used to be earlier in the series), and I really liked the ending a lot. This is my favorite book in the series by far.

 

[CantAffordMAC]

Hedwigs death really didn't bother me.i don't think it ever really hit me that Harry might've considered her SOOO close to him. But yeah I didn't think too much of that.

Mad eye dying was kinda sad...again he still wasnt a MAJOR MAJOR character IMO

fred's death was crazy just because he is a Weasley. Again, he never really touched my heart or anything...but it was sad.

To be honest snape's death was crazy to me...maybe in my heart I always knew he was good...in a bad way. his death was sad.

Rowling had to kill off some good, but unmajor characters....so maybe thats why none of these deaths really hurt me. the whole time i was expecting either ron or hermione or Hagrid to die, but so glad they didn't!

I loved the adventure of the book, all of the secrets we found out, and the loose ends that got tied up. I liked that Dumbledore seemed more like a human rather than a God (everyone has secrets). I hated how Harry snapped at Lupin for no reason...everyone was risking their lives for Harry (which Lupin actually ended up doing) and it didn't seem like Harry really GOT that. people had been risking their lives for his since he was a baby and his parents did so, and all he can do is cry about dumbledore not leaving him any clues.

I loved the Snape/Lily Potter story....that was probably my favorite part in the whole book. Snape was always a love-to-hate kinda guy...but he kept his word. I probably would've liked to see the order of the pheonix members fighting voldemort/death eaters rather than a bunch of random hogwarts students and everyone else just having a bloodbath. but oh well.

On wikipedia they have all of the futures of the main characters...like their jobs and lives. i dunno...it kinda seems to me like Rowling is hinting at more books--not about Harry but maybe one of his (or ron and hermione's) kids. I'm not sure, but I don't see the point.

 

[Shimmer]

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Originally Posted by CantAffordMAC I loved the adventure of the book, all of the secrets we found out, and the loose ends that got tied up. I liked that Dumbledore seemed more like a human rather than a God (everyone has secrets). I hated how Harry snapped at Lupin for no reason...everyone was risking their lives for Harry (which Lupin actually ended up doing) and it didn't seem like Harry really GOT that. people had been risking their lives for his since he was a baby and his parents did so, and all he can do is cry about dumbledore not leaving him any clues.

I think the reason Harry snapped at Lupin was because Lupin was running away from the responsibility of protecting his family, something Harry's parents never did.
He GOT it, I think, but I don't think he could bear to see Lupin running away from his unborn child, and misplacing the loyalty he should have had to his wife and child.

 

[CantAffordMAC]

dobbys death....gave me that knot in my throat when you're trying so hard not to cry. LoL dobby was just...the best. *sigh* i'm tearing up now! lol im such a dork but it broke my heart. I liked that harry dug his grave by hand and felt such grief.

i felt bad that lupin and tonks died after getting married and just having a baby. that was sad.
When Harry was walking to his death in the forest....I think a little piece of me died lol. The fact that everyone was surrounding him and helping him "face his death" just felt good but felt so sad that he was actually gonna go and die. I couldn't believe it when the chapter ended...

the 19 years later chapter DID seem kind of forced...like "ron and hermione got married and had 2 kids, harry and ginny got married and had 3 kids and named them after everyone who ever helped Harry out...the end" but its good to know they all lived happily ever after

 

[CantAffordMAC]

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Originally Posted by Shimmer I think the reason Harry snapped at Lupin was because Lupin was running away from the responsibility of protecting his family, something Harry's parents never did. He GOT it, I think, but I don't think he could bear to see Lupin running away from his unborn child, and misplacing the loyalty he should have had to his wife and child.

maybe...
I dunno. Harry was snappy throughout the whole book. That just pissed me off. As much as I love Harry, he can be an arrogant prick sometimes

I can understand he had basically the wizard world on his shoulders, and HE was the chosen one, the one who had to finish the job of killing Voldemort, but its like...smell the coffee Harry. Its like he just need to take a day off and get his thoughts together, because like I said....almost every single person made it their top priority to save his ass and help him in any way necessary...and here he is yelling at Lupin, yelling to the skies @ Dumbledore, screaming at Ron.

sigh...just upset me thats all. I don't like seeing peoples good deeds and hard work go unappreciated lol

 

[Shimmer]

understandable.