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#1 The Journalist

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Posted 21 July 2007 - 03:46 AM

So, in case anyone somehow didn't know this already, the last Potter book is out.

I managed to snag one despite having no preorder. Thank you, Moony!

Anyway, off to read.

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Posted 21 July 2007 - 01:46 PM

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Posted 21 July 2007 - 09:05 PM

snape kills dumpledore

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Posted 21 July 2007 - 11:13 PM

They have huge piles of them all over Albuquerque, kinda' makes me wonder about what the big fuss about the preordering was.

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Posted 21 July 2007 - 11:32 PM

So far... its depressing.

Can you imagine if I was deranged?

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Posted 22 July 2007 - 01:33 AM

I knew he was a Vulcan all along.

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#7 vecoriwen

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Posted 22 July 2007 - 02:20 AM

That is highly illogical.

Can you imagine if I was deranged?

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Posted 22 July 2007 - 07:05 AM

Well I bought it at half past midnight, walked through the rain from the BBQ I was at, then came back with it.

Woke up Saturday afternoon, and read the whole thing in one sitting.

Was really good, but not for the faint hearted! It is very very sad, lots of death and depression from very early on. To be honest, not sure where she got the whole 'Two characters die' bit from. So prepare yourself for heartache.

I cried, and have no shame in admitting it! Several times, truth be told.

Slight spoiler follows:

Spoiler

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#9 moonunit4eva

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Posted 22 July 2007 - 01:52 PM

Went to the B&N release party which was loads of fun.. (We had to wait around for 2-3 hours in a bookstore, so Vec and I read up on "Knowing Your Body: For Girls/For Boys") But finally having that book in my hands was pure magic in itself. I started reading yesterday at 10, and finished at 1am. I can't believe it took 15 hours! So much for that 8 hour theory...

Amazing book.. I simply couldn't put it down. And even though it was much darker and, as Veccy puts it, depressing.. it is still my favorite so far. The ending was wonderful. Although, I'd like to hear some opinions on the epilogue. WARNING: SPOILERS!

Favorite quote that I immediately remember:

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And also..

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Posted 22 July 2007 - 02:32 PM

Spoiler

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#11 moonunit4eva

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Posted 22 July 2007 - 07:22 PM

Seriously! I couldn't believe it.. I had to re-read it several times before I actually took it in. Even Sirius had a better death. But I guess Dumbledore's was more along those lines too.

I'm surprised I wasn't more saddened by

Spoiler

*sigh*

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#12 Lektor

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 12:31 PM

Spoiler

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#13 moonunit4eva

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 12:59 PM

There are no more plot points! It's over!!

I thought there was more of a parallel between Harry and Ginny to James and Lily.

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 02:06 PM

One of my favorite quotes (from near the end, be forewarned):

(and paraphrased)

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<3'd the book.

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 02:29 PM

moonunit4eva, on Jul 23 2007, 06:59 PM, said:

There are no more plot points! It's over!!

I thought there was more of a parallel between Harry and Ginny to James and Lily.

How so?

She has said in an interview over here that she wouldn't be against doing some more books in a few years. She was extremely upset with the thought of never writing one again, I thought.

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#16 moonunit4eva

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 03:50 PM

There are no more books..

I would be okay with a "Lily, Snape, Lupin, James, etc." book or two. It'd be fun to know more about them. But I can hardly imagine it taking off like the other stories. It'd be sort of like Lyra's Oxford and His Dark Materials.

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 04:07 PM

My favorite line:

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Overall, I found Deathly Hallows very disappointing. Not as bad as Order of the Phoenix, but probably the next worst. And I'm not just being a Negative Nancy here. I loved the sixth book. It ended with powerful bleak suspense, but DH simply fizzled.

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 04:39 PM

dude3, on Jul 23 2007, 02:07 PM, said:

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INTELLECT: By convention there is sweetness, by convention bitterness, by convention color, in reality only atoms and the void.

SENSES: Foolish intellect! Do you seek to overthrow us, while it is from us that you take your evidence?

#19 moonunit4eva

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 04:44 PM

I was a bit confused by that myself at first. But that is also what I got from it.

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 05:03 PM

I was in the Caribbean for the release, so I only just finished reading it.

I wish one of the Big Three had actually died. Personally, I was rooting for Ron to get himself killed. I've never liked the whole Hermione-Ron thing. In my mind, it was always Harry-Hermione.

Oh, and please...... the Death Stick? Can there be a worse name for a wand?

but those are just details, I still loved the book.

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#21 moonunit4eva

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 05:05 PM

I was a huge Harry-Hermione lover until about the sixth book. I sort of gave up. But there was always that hope that Ron would die and Harry would take over, so to speak. But I've really come to like Ron's character over the last few books.

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still my favorite, and has been for a long long time. Needless to say I was pretty heartbroken.

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 05:31 PM

Veritus Dartarion, on Jul 23 2007, 03:39 PM, said:

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That's what I assumed too.

Seriously guys, yes there were (fairly) gaping plot holes, but it was still a good ending for the series. No complaints here.

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