Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- CAUTION THERE ARE SPOLIERS IN HERE!!!

[Giselle]

I finished it on Sunday. Yes, I spent the day reading Harry Potter

After reading about Snape, I felt so bad for hating him. The only reason he didn't like Harry was because of his obvious similarities to James Potter. That was heartbreaking!

Anywho, I don't think Harry being the Horcrux was the thing that saved his life. I'm pretty sure it was when Voldemort took his blood ("blood of the enemy") during the Triwizard Cup to gain physical life. Just as Voldemort could not die while pieces of him were in Harry, Harry could not die when pieces of himself were in Voldemort.

I totally expected Neville to do something outrageously heroic, but I'm disappointed that he's professor of HERBOLOGY. Come onnnn, he should at least be the professor of defense against the dark arts!! And it took me awhile to understand how Draco was the true master of the Elder Wand until somebody explained it to me (Draco disarmed Dumbledore and was thus the real true master of the wand).

[mrspunkysmom]

It's late and I'll comment later, but you might want to read the interivew with JKR with Meredith Viera. It answers a lot of questions, esp about the epilogue. The link I provide goes to mugglenet and it has links to the msnbc interviews.

JKR interivews

[smokey the elder]

I just finished it this morning! It definitely reinforced the idea that no one (except perhaps "You Know Who") was totally good or totally evil. I felt sorry for Snape, who turned out to have a lot more courage than expected. I was blown away when I found out that the doe was Snape's patronus!

[slleipnir]

I thought it was way to predictable. I guessed pretty much everything that happened. I knew snape would end up good, I knew a lot of characters would die, I figured harry was a horocrux etc

[mrspunkysmom]

Well, JKR did leave clues all over the place. The only outcomes left hanging were Harry's, Ron's, and Hermione's fate and the fate of Voldemort. One of the interviews had her using the word "scar" as the last word of the book, leaving one wondering if Voldemort were really dead. I'm glad she changed it. Harry has indeed had enough trouble in his short life.

As for Neville being professor of Herbology: it is what he loves. That doesn't mean that he still can't hex someone. I would like to see some short stories about the rebuilding or overhaul of Hogwarts. Did the three have to finish their last year or were they exempted?

You really need to read the interivews. At first she was going to give the fates and careers of many that were involved. It looked like a list. So she changed the ending. In the interviews she gives hints about what some fo the characters are doing. She is probably going to publish an Encyclopedia.

Cool!

Dumbledore couldn't wear the ring because of the curse Voldemort had put on it after making it a horcrux. The ring wasn't yet a horcrux when Marvolo had it.

Oops, good point.

[Karen]

I liked the ending, though I was surprised that I did. The epilogues, while a little "too much," probably was necessary to forestall a million letters saying "then what?" It seemed a little too "happily ever after," but these are meant to be children's books, after all.

[Suki Wingy]

Well- I'm a teensy bit dissapointed. I don't like the way or style it was written, but I do like WHAT happened. I've always thought the series "grew Up" with the kids like me who were 8 or so when Sorceres Stone came out, but DH was back to the same reading level as SS or CoS. Turns out that I correctly predicted the Hermione/Ron and Harry/Ginny relationships, plus the fact that the Malfoys would back out. I'm actually a proud Slytherin myself. I now find try and ask myself WWLD? (What would Luna do?) whenever I don't know what to do. I love her character.
Although I must have re-read several parts over at least 4 times. I cried when Tonks and Lupin died. *tear* Poor Fred too.... (I did smile really big when I read Neville becoming the Herbology teacher.

On a happier note, what house is everyone in?
CLICK HERE TO SORT
I ranked
1. Slytherin
2. Ravenclaw
3. Gryffindor
4. Hufflepuff

[Miss Z]

I was a little disappointed I have to admit. I know I'm not a fan of JKR's writing style, but I thought the plot was a little weak at times and the link between Harry and Voldemort's mind was over-used, in my opinion. The ending was a little predictable, although I would never have guessed all those things in Dumbledore's past.

It was worth reading just to find out how it all ended, I suppose.

And I'm 94% Ravenclaw, 86% Gryffindor, 73% Slytherin and 70% Hufflepuff.

[-Pickle-]

i didnt really like it. i thought the epilogue seemed like JK Rowling thought "oh dear i have to have some more lines so i dont have to edit i know harry + Ginny and hermione and ron fall in love the end" it seemed way too OTT. like rowling had lost interest in it almost.

[Uabassoon]

I totally expected Neville to do something outrageously heroic, but I'm disappointed that he's professor of HERBOLOGY. Come onnnn, he should at least be the professor of defense against the dark arts!!

I was happy to see Neville as a professor of herbology. That's what he loved, throughout the series the books mention how great he is at it and how much he loves it. In my mind I always pictures Neville holding a plant while he was walking around. While he did learn defense against the dark arts, it wasn't something that came natural to him the way herbology did.