Deathly Hallows Reviews
Its been 12 hours since Deathly Hallows has been out...have you finished reading it yet?
What did you think!?!?
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I have headache from reading the last three books in the last five days, but I liked it a lot. It was hard to put down and I thought most of my questions were answered. I will have to read it again, of course, but my husband and I were sharing a copy and taking turns reading.
Finished it last night and loved it -- powerful & poignant! After Chapter 23 I couldn't stop reading.
I think Rowling grew as a writer over the series, but it's really impressive how well things tied together and how the books became deeper as the characters aged.
Now I can go back to having a life -- doing something with spare time other than reading HP.
I'm happy the series is over. Rowling filled in many of the blanks that were puzzling me... I was surprised at who was redeemed and who wasn't.
Help, I'm having a senior moment! I can't remember what happened to Crookshanks! Anyone remember?????
I reviewed Books 1-6 in depth to prepare for Book 7. A downside of this was that I didn't finish the book as quickly as I had hoped, and feared "Deathreaders," those people who read it and were indiscreet in their discussion of it. I commend all those brave souls who finished and kept their dicussions amongst themselves--that must have been difficult. As it turned out, it was a Muggle who inadvertently let slip to me some very important information by way of a casual comment on "Potter- mania," and so alas, the suspense at the end was not as taut as it could have been. All that aside, I'm glad I took my time and re-read the books right before delving into "7"! It not only got me reacquainted with the myriad of characters and plot lines, It gave me a chance to formulate some ideas for possible plot twists and resolutions. Rowling did a good job of revisiting plot devices from some of the very early books, and elaborating on things merely hinted at earlier. Some of my hopes were validated, but some fears confirmed as well.
For a small example, and DON'T READ ON IF you really DON'T WANT to know, stemmed from my appreciation of Fred and George Weasley. They brought such needed comic relief from some fairly dark and chilling situations, especially in the latter books. They also exuded such confidence, fierce loyalty--and though their bravery boarded on recklessness, it was bravery nonetheless. I was reminded of Mercutio in Hamlet, and look what happened to him. Uh,oh, I though, suspicious of both of the twins coming out alive from this episode. I was more confident about Ron still being there at the end.
Yeah, what did happen to Crookshanks?
Sorry! In my last comment, I meant to say "Romeo and Juliet" rather than "Hamlet."
It's been quite more than 12 hours, now, more like 2 weeks, but I've been telling everyone I know who's finished Bk 7 about the HP Blog. As this post is still open for comments, I'm going to add some more.
Now that it's over, I find myself missing the characters! Even Snape! ;-) Truth be told, he was one of my favorite characters, and I know people as well as I that could identify with his perdicament of conflicting emotions and loyalties. In ways, he reminded me of another tragic hero, Sydney Carton, in "a Tale of Two Cities." Both brilliant but disaffected, in need of some good grooming tips, each man, out of love for a kind-hearted woman (each whose name began with "L"), ****Spoiler Comment**** gave his life to help keep safe a loved one of the woman he loved, despite how he felt about the person he was saving. 'Twas a far, far, better thing Snape did than he had ever done!
I was sort of expecting this outcome, and, as I saw by a previous post in this blog, that others were predicting sacrifice and redemption for Snape.
But just in case Rowling decided to go a totally different way with the last book, I was also contemplating huge plot twists, including that of Snape coming out of hiding to conquer everyone, including Harry and Voldemort, becoming the most powerful wizard of all time, creating all kinds of new conflict, and in so doing, setting up the premise of the next 7 books!
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