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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student  |
So, the book came out about a week ago.
How many of you have read it (or are reading it) so far, and what do you think? In this topic you can discuss anything you'd like about the book, without the need of putting SPOILER-tags in place. If you are reading this topic, be aware of spoilers! _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Tallepyon - Student 
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Quote: Liked the book, but Hermione never fails to p*** me off.
"Oh, you're not doing what I tell you, even when I keep nagging you and reminding you. So I'm going to sulk." -.- All 3 of them were whiny little bi***es the whole time, which was a bit irritating. |
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Raziel Anjelis - Student 
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Liked the book, but Hermione never fails to p*** me off.
"Oh, you're not doing what I tell you, even when I keep nagging you and reminding you. So I'm going to sulk." -.- _______________ Proud owner of El Vee For's 200th Comment, and Wicek's 2600th comment  DaMi3N's 400th, Trad Redav's 666th.
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Lian Del Rey - Student 
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I'm also going to go with the whole, "His ending was anti-climactic," thing. It was tense. It was shocking! It was the moment that all other moments lead up to! The final battle against Voldemort!!!
*Pause* lolwut? _______________ slorp |
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Wilbur Spoons - Student 
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Well I guessed at the Sorting Hat, but... well, its pretty ambiguous. |
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Tallepyon - Student
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Quote: I really loved the entire series, and ok there are a few moments here and there that make you say 'Whu?' but I am sad to see the back of them.
One thing I need to ask about the Deadly Hallows though is where the hell did Neville get the sword of Gryffindor from? The flaming sorting hat on top of his head I believe. I do think that part was pretty bad a**. Neville stood up to the most powerful wizard and taught him a lesson. This comment was edited by Tallepyon on Aug 31 2007 05:10pm. |
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Wilbur Spoons - Student
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I really loved the entire series, and ok there are a few moments here and there that make you say 'Whu?' but I am sad to see the back of them.
One thing I need to ask about the Deadly Hallows though is where the hell did Neville get the sword of Gryffindor from? |
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Pete - Student 
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anyway what the fuk is a hallow it sound more like a greeting than a deadly monster _______________ practice makes perfect but nobody's perfect so why practice? that's the excuse i tell my mum when she asks me to revise for an exam XD |
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Pete - Student 
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I think the ycould make the book cover a bit more coulourful and less cra[ and gay like it is
hermoine looks like she havin sex on it and ron looks like he is spasticated it wouldn't kill em to make the front cover a bit more interesting Xp _______________ practice makes perfect but nobody's perfect so why practice? that's the excuse i tell my mum when she asks me to revise for an exam XD |
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Rosie - Student 
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Quote: - at the beginning hermione transforms into harry after taking polyjuice potion. she remarks that harry's eyesight is poor. why does she, or other people, never mention something more like "hey, would you look at that, i've got a PENIS!" (yes i'm nitpicking
 ) Rofl at that! I loved the book looooooved it, I'm sad it's over. I'll probably reread the whole serie when I forget exactly what happened in every book. I also thought the part when they were running around the forest camping was boring but at least she managed to convey the feeling they felt. And I got a LOTR feel with the locket (was it a locket or what was it? I forgot ).
I loved the part when Harry accepts that he has to die and I cried when he used the stone to bring forth his parents, Tonks, Lupin and Sirius. Errrr...what else.....nup. That's all
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Mic Den Octela - Student 
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Pros? Really good book, great final entry, nice explanations and I love the way everything fits together neatly. Am reading back through all the books again, i like all the little bits you wouldnt have noticed before.
Cons? The final few pages were written as though she had instantly invented perpetual motion and wanted to get away from writing ASAP. Either way... WAY TO GO JK! _______________ -Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown) |
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Senor Hat - Student 
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Quote: Weird, that was my favorite part of the book probably. I think it would have destroyed the whole moral of the book if they had had a real fight. Harry hadn't even finished his schooling, so it wouldn't have made any sense for him to be able to compete with Voldemorts powers. Instead he beat him with his wits. The whole scene leading up to Voldemort's death was top notch IMO, with all the different races and groups putting aside their differences to beat the ass of some Death Eaters. And the conversation between Harry and Voldy leading up to his death was great. I agree, I really liked that part. _______________ I have beaten The Internet. The end guy was hard. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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Quote: - the final fight between harry and voldemort was just plain disappointing. i was expecting some sort of clash of the titans, or something very unexpected to happen to the elder wand as the duel progressed, but the whole thing lasted about two seconds. two curses shot at each other, one backfires and bad guy dies. hardly epic and a crappy way to finish what we as the audience knew had long been in the making for literally ten years. Weird, that was my favorite part of the book probably. I think it would have destroyed the whole moral of the book if they had had a real fight. Harry hadn't even finished his schooling, so it wouldn't have made any sense for him to be able to compete with Voldemorts powers. Instead he beat him with his wits. The whole scene leading up to Voldemort's death was top notch IMO, with all the different races and groups putting aside their differences to beat the ass of some Death Eaters. And the conversation between Harry and Voldy leading up to his death was great. _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy This comment was edited by DarthMike on Aug 12 2007 12:58am. |
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xAnAtOs - Student |
finished it a few hours ago. few points off the top of my head:
- the snape chapter was i think the most interesting out of the whole book and really tied together a lot of loose ends, not to mention that after seven books i finally liked the guy for more than his "i'm-a-bad-mutha" demeanour. - the chapters where harry ron and hermione were just roaming around from one campsite to another for months on end got a little boring and tedious after a while. at that point of the book i was wondering whether it would ever get exciting and found myself grumbling about what an anti-climax this last book was. - the whole idea of the deathly hallows, to me, was kind of unnecessary and altogether distracted and detracted from the exciting quest for the horcruxes. the book could have done without them. although admittedly, without them, we wouldn't have found out about harry's ancestry and dumbledore's past, both of which i was curious about. - the final fight between harry and voldemort was just plain disappointing. i was expecting some sort of clash of the titans, or something very unexpected to happen to the elder wand as the duel progressed, but the whole thing lasted about two seconds. two curses shot at each other, one backfires and bad guy dies. hardly epic and a crappy way to finish what we as the audience knew had long been in the making for literally ten years. - probably could have done a little more with draco malfoy in the end, but even without, i think the point was made clear as someones already said. he is grateful that harry and co. saved his life and so they are no longer enemies, but not exactly best friends either. - i thought it was a little strange that jk rowling made no mention of george at all after fred died, since that was the breaking apart of the most comical team of the series. i dont know what i was expecting really, maybe some mention of george's grief? of the breaking apart of the weasley family? it just felt weird that they'd mention mr and mrs weasleys tears, but not fred's "other half". - remus we saw again when harry used the resurrection stone, but i take it tonks was not too important a character to really have been mentioned after her death? - the final chapter i also found a little disconcerting. i get the reasoning behind it, i get how they wanted to finish off the series with thoughts of the new generation and the peaceful world they now live in because of harry and the others, but it felt wrong. to me the harry potter series was always about harry etc as teenagers themselves, their times in hogwarts. the focus was always on them. once their children are off to hogwarts, they're put on the backburner and so the focus shifts. i get it, that's the whole point, but i still didn't like it. - at the beginning hermione transforms into harry after taking polyjuice potion. she remarks that harry's eyesight is poor. why does she, or other people, never mention something more like "hey, would you look at that, i've got a PENIS!" (yes i'm nitpicking )
*edited for jac's pleasure _______________ Brother to Luke Skywalker and (SKX) Dark Blade 
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Siren_Mintaka - Student 
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Quote: The chapter on Snape was perfect IMO
Definitely. It explained a lot about Snape, and to an extent why Petunia was so appalled by magic. It also revealed that " that boy" who Petunia overheard telling Lily about the Dementors was actually Severus and not James. Quote: Yea I was half-expecting Draco and Harry to end up being friends in the epilogue. But she didn't say much about that.
She didn't say much about that because she didn't really need to. I think that Draco was grateful that Harry saved his life, and although they weren't really friends, they stopped hating each other because of it Draco did a lot of growing up in the series, and I personally think that he changed a lot. I've been thinking about his wife at King's Cross in the epilogue.. to be honest, I think that he might have given up the " Toujours Pur" philosophy of the pureblood's and his mother's family, and maybe even have married a muggle-born witch. I know I'm sort of expecting a lot, but I'm allowed to my own opinion on that. At least until J.K. Rowling decides to prove me wrong by writing something else on it. - Rin _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed, and cofounder of the Wii! Triumvirate! Quote: In the words of Old Ben, "Not as retarded or as stupid as a public, but an elegant community for a more civilized age." - Jedi_Pimp
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Axion - Student 
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Quote: The chapter on Snape was perfect IMO
Agreed, I was so not expecting that plot twist. I kinda sat there for a few moments in disbelief. :B _______________ Axion - Yeah. |
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LEO2033 - Student 
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The chapter on Snape was perfect IMO _______________ Katan's Music Bruver
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Senor Hat - Student
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Quote: Yeah I didnt see what killing of Lupin and Tonks added to the story, two of my favourite characters killed off in the backround - not happy,
Agreed. Did she REALLY have to kill off Fred though?! Fred and George were my two favourite in the books. Quite the opposite of happy when I read that bit. _______________ I have beaten The Internet. The end guy was hard. |
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Maher - Jedi Knight 
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Quote: She also said the last word would be "scar", which it wasn't. Yea he didn't die. Which is understandable, Rowling probably stood to lose millions if she had killed him. At least he *thought* he was going to die accepted it, which is almost the same. I think the Christ metaphor is still there, after all, he came back to life also.
Well about the Last Chapter/Chapters of Deathly Hallows... Before Rowling started to write whole Harry Potter book serie, She wrote firstly the end of it... True Quote: I truely hated some of the death in the book. I mean.. Hedwig, Fred, Tonks and Lupin.. Damn it! =( Truely made me sobb..
Same here...=( but chapter - 19 years later was just brilliant, It softed the bitter... Like seeing the whole new generation... Scorpion, Severus, Albus, James...etc _______________ Still here | My Lightsaber This comment was edited by Maher on Aug 08 2007 09:15am. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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Yea I was half-expecting Draco and Harry to end up being friends in the epilogue. But she didn't say much about that. As for Harry not using the killing curse, I think that was a good idea. Would have been wrong for him to have to of used it. _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Rogue - Student 
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Yeah I didnt see what killing of Lupin and Tonks added to the story, two of my favourite characters killed off in the backround - not happy, but the two things about the book that annoyed me the most is how harry didnt use the killing curse on ANYONE and how draco malfoy just walks away like nothing ever happened. _______________ I was a child when I joined the JA...scary. This comment was edited by Rogue on Aug 07 2007 11:17pm. |
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DarthMike - Student
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Quote: She also said the last word would be "scar", which it wasn't. Yea he didn't die. Which is understandable, Rowling probably stood to lose millions if she had killed him. At least he *thought* he was going to die accepted it, which is almost the same. I think the Christ metaphor is still there, after all, he came back to life also.
Well about the Last Chapter/Chapters of Deathly Hallows... Before Rowling started to write whole Harry Potter book serie, She wrote firstly the end of it... _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy This comment was edited by DarthMike on Aug 07 2007 10:10pm. |
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Elessar - Student 
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I truely hated some of the death in the book. I mean.. Hedwig, Fred, Tonks and Lupin.. Damn it! =( Truely made me sobb.. Though the deathly hallows weren't exactly the most important things in the book, I think that she wrote a pretty impressive and outstanding book. A worthy closure to the series.
Though i have to say that there were way too many children at the end.. XD _______________ The Senatu philosophy: every JKA player is essentially a baboon who likes to hit stuff . -Senatu brother to Buster and Dracolich. -Proud owner of Draco's 50th, 99th, Degor's 500th and Maher's 3519th comment! -Proud owner of the last word in the everlasting conversations with Maher. |
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Maher - Jedi Knight 
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Quote: Yea he didn't die. Which is understandable, Rowling probably stood to lose millions if she had killed him. At least he *thought* he was going to die accepted it, which is almost the same. I think the Christ metaphor is still there, after all, he came back to life also.
Well about the Last Chapter/Chapters of Deathly Hallows... Before Rowling started to write whole Harry Potter book serie, She wrote firstly the end of it... _______________ Still here | My Lightsaber |
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DarthMike - Student
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Yea he didn't die. Which is understandable, Rowling probably stood to lose millions if she had killed him. At least he *thought* he was going to die accepted it, which is almost the same. I think the Christ metaphor is still there, after all, he came back to life also. _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy This comment was edited by DarthMike on Aug 07 2007 06:23am. |
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Maher - Jedi Knight
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Well... Harry Potter didn't die! So It wrecked my theory...
After all JK Rowling gave new meaning for Chosen One... _______________ Still here | My Lightsaber |
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