FINALLY!! I finished Harry Potter book 7! ^o^
OMG I’m left with hardly any questions about this series. This book was so amazing… I thought that my sob fit over Cedric Diggory would be my most epic book crying experience ever. Oh no… Deathly Hallows had me going constantly! As anti climactic as Tonks and Lupin’s deaths were… simply imagining them dead brought tears to my eyes. Harry visiting his parents graves also gave me chills and made me cry… as well as the small image of the house that Harry had been born in all falling apart and dilapidated.
One thing that really got to me though… probably like everybody else… was the Snape stuff. Before this book I was not a Snape fan.... I was pretty indifferent to him and actually downright annoyed after he killed Dumbledore. But his death made me cry… the images in the pensieve were so incredibly emotional and heart breaking. Particularly the part where he is crying in Grimmauld place over Lily’s picture and her letter. To love someone that much and for so long after their death and still be torn to shreds is so very sad… it was such a sad way for him to go.
One thing I was a little confused on was the scene where Snape shows Dumbledore his patronus… and Dumbledore asks “still after all these years?” and Snape replies “always...” I am wondering what that meant. Is Snape’s patronus a doe because Lily’s was a doe and Snape loved her so much that his became the same?
The epilogue was what made me the happiest. I truly feared while reading this book that Harry was going to die… and after all the events in the pensieve I was convinced that that was the outcome and the rest of the book would be sad “after potter’s death epilogue” stuff. It was so wonderful to know that he DIDN’T have to die… and that he was able to have a family with who I wanted him to hook up with so bad! Ginny! I had wanted him to get with her since book one when I saw her adorable childish fangirlness towards him! It was so cute… and Ron and Hermione too!
my only question is… why didn’t they name a kid after Fred? Hugo should have been Fred! Fred’s death caught me by such surprise I couldn’t cry until the Weasley family was mourning him!! ;___;
oh man book 7. Before Andy left for work today I declared that he had to begin reading book 1. He’s fought me on this tooth and claw for a year now… not wanting to read the books and even being quite opposed to watching the movies. But today he saw I was fierce and he could not argue. “When will I have time to read this?!” and I said “well what do you do at lunch?” and he replied “Watching another episode of Death Note probably.” I then told him instead of watching his stupid anime to read Harry Potter. Anime can wait. Potter> Anime. And instead of jumping on Everquest and wasting time accomplishing nothing… how about reading Harry Potter!
I must agree when I read the last book I constantly felt tears welling up in my face, my cheeks burned hot so many times! I was angry at some of the deaths but was happy that Harry was able to live and have a family with Ginny. I liked how she ended the books and thought she did such an excellent job. I hate that their over now though. =[
Posted by sleeping_aeris on 10/18 at 12:25 PMI didn’t really like the last book, especially the epilogue. It felt like a bad fanfic. And death note’s anime is awful, the manga is way better than the last harry potter book.
Posted by kawaii cari on 10/18 at 12:27 PMOh my yes. That entire book was awesome. Now, being a guy, I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of these so-called “tears” that may or may not have welled up in my eyes, so we’ll just say that I had “something in my eye” for a large portion of that book.
As for Snape’s patronus, you have it dead on. Lily’s was a doe (James’ being a buck) and Snapes patronus, with his incredibly strong love for Lily, took the shape of Lily’s patronus. I suppose it was Snapes way of having Lily after a fashion, of having her with him.
Fred’s death caught my by surprise too. As did Hedwigs! I can understand, from a writer’s PoV, why you would kill off the both of them; Percy is the “natural” choice, being the estranged son that no one really gives much of a damn about, and it would have been awkward including Hedwig into the things that Harry did throughout the book, but still....two great supporting characters, one that just up and gets killed early on, the second who dies quite tragically. At least he died laughing though.
I was happy with how she ended it too. Some call it campy, but I think those people can piss off. I like seeing my protagonists get with the girl/guy of their dreams and live in that happily ever after.
Posted by quor on 10/18 at 12:46 PMI think poor Doby’s death hit me like a ton of bricks as well as Fred’s. Hedwig’s death was like losing the last thing that linked him to childhood and set him on the path he’d have to walk. It was a hard book to swallow sometimes but i was very glad to see where it ended up. I’ll miss those characters very much, but i truly enjoyed the trip. I’m glad you got to walk the road with me…
Posted by amaniwolf on 10/18 at 12:59 PMFINALLY, omg. I’m so sick of people bitching about the last book. It’s nice to finally find someone who loved it as much as I did.
I burst into tears when I saw Tonks and Lupin were dead because of little Teddy! :( I was like “NOOO, THAT’S NOT FAIR!” And when Hedwig died and Dobby and just . . . gahhhh. :(
I loved the epilogue. People complain that it was fanficcy but . . . well, it was a children’s novel.
And wars always end with people getting married and having kids, even (especially!) in real life. Why wouldn’t people want to get together after Voldemort was dead?
Ron and Hermione was what made the book for me, though. I’ve been a R/Hr shipper since like . . . Goblet of Fire and I was soooo happy to see them get together!!
BTW:
“Is Snape’s patronus a doe because Lily’s was a doe and Snape loved her so much that his became the same?”
Right you are.This is my favorite book of the series. I think it was a love-or-hate book, really, because I know for many it will also be their least favorite.
Posted by nekonezume on 10/18 at 02:16 PMI completely agree with you on all parts of what you said there. I cried a decent few times during the book. However, like quite a few people, I didn’t like the epilogue. I felt it wasn’t enough. I felt that it didn’t really portray how life was, and I wanted to read more about what happened afterwards, not just have Ginny and him ushering his new family onto the Hogwarts train. I felt it could have been a little more detailed. Especially the ending sentence. “All was good” What way is that to end off a series that has millions upon millions of copies sold, per year? It to me left itself open for her to begin to write about the kids now, or at the least, what Harry and the crew were up to now, with being out of school and all. No offence to people who wanted Harry to be alive, but she may have been able to end it better in my opinion of she had of killed him off. Now, I am not saying that because I wanted to see him dead, but I read alot, and I’m just not satisfied with the ending that she had given the series.
Posted by mgohac on 10/20 at 05:59 PMI thought Deadly hollows was great ^_^
I hope they don’t leave tomuch if they make a movie. anyway the book is always better. I’m more into swords and armor more then magic. but magic is always cool. I also like death note manga and anime. I hope the movie comes on DVD. FYI my favorite charater in harry potter has to be Ron wessly. I relate to him along with narto, Daffy and Donald duck, ichigo of bleach and Inuyasha.Uthardar
( well i should go study for my test)
Posted by uthardar on 10/21 at 09:52 AMOmg, i HATED this book. When Hermione started talking about how Voldemort had to feel remorse to put his sould back together, i seriously thought there was something there. But something so anti-climactic as “as bad guy died, the good guy won” pissed me off. It was so predictable. And there were even points in the book where i was bored and like, “okay, they’re in a forest for 50 billion chapters, get on with the story”
Don’t get me started on the stupid epilogue.
^_^ glad you enjoyed and finished it!
Posted by sephysoldier7 on 11/07 at 06:41 AMI LOVED the book...Finished it in a day and a half after receiving it (which was at a Harry Potter Midnight Party at Barnes & Noble XD). All the books are magnificent...Of them all, I STILL have to say Goblet of Fire is my favorite. ^^
Deathly Hallows, in some places, seemed rushed, and I was like “WHAT” when I heard they weren’t going to be in school (but then I understood...No Dumbledore, and if McGonagall doesn’t take over, then who will?), and the Epilogue was predictable. I fully support the Ron/Hermione with kids, but I was never, EVER, a fan of Harry/Ginny with kids. I didn’t like it. XD They have some wicked names for kids, though. “Albus Severus Potter.”Posted by arab57g on 02/11 at 01:51 PM
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