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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Reaction Thread - SPOILERS!!!!
me | 7/21/2007 | me

Posted on 07/21/2007 5:18:11 PM PDT by JenB

So you finally know what happens to Harry. All our questions are answered. Or not. What are your reactions? Whose death hurt the most? Do you want more, and about whom?

SPOILERS are ok on this thread! You have been warned!

Wow. It's over.


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: harrypotter
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To: Accygirl

Seek, and ye shall find.

But your link doesn’t reveal anything less mature than comments about the books by people who haven’t read them.


1,401 posted on 07/26/2007 5:28:13 PM PDT by js1138
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To: caseinpoint
I enjoyed spending a few hours without having to fuss about mortgages, garbage days, running out of toilet paper or the latest gasoline hike. May she live long and prosper.

Exactly! I too am a casual fan, never seen the movies, loved the books and enjoy the discussions, but not at the depth that many seem to enjoy. I have no informed opinion about existentialism, don't claim any credentials as a literary critic, and I haven't read any Lord of the Rings books. I therefore skim over about 30% of the posts on any Harry Poster thread. Your post really hits the mark.

1,402 posted on 07/26/2007 5:28:24 PM PDT by GraceCoolidge
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To: Accygirl

No, there are plenty of people on this thread with whom I disagree to one degree or another... whereas you and ‘neoliberalnot’ are the only trolls I’ve observed.


1,403 posted on 07/26/2007 5:29:16 PM PDT by Sloth (The GOP is to DemonRats in politics as Michael Jackson is to Jeffrey Dahmer in babysitting.)
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To: Dianna
I find the fact that fourteen/fifteen year olds cannot even skim the surface of a book and even articulate a theme from a book that brodcasts it as loudly as HP very disturbing and speaks very poorly of American culture. I expect most fourteen/ fifteen year olds to be able to understand Shakespeare.
1,404 posted on 07/26/2007 5:31:03 PM PDT by Accygirl
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To: Tanniker Smith

Or it could be read one per year?? A seven year old would probably find Harry Potter a challenge... So it’s something that a parent and child could read together... Four or five pages before bed a night perhaps??


1,405 posted on 07/26/2007 5:33:03 PM PDT by Accygirl
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To: Sloth
Actually, I’ve read most people seem to be speaking very glowingly of the book.. Unfortunately, I’ve found that many hardcore fans cannot accept any criticism of their favorite book, movie, T.V. show, etc.
1,406 posted on 07/26/2007 5:35:25 PM PDT by Accygirl
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To: js1138

Actually... That was on the front page of the website in the comments section... I’d expect an author/ web creator in his/ her late teens/ early twenties to be able to coherently articulate his/ her opinions about a book. I think that the comments and web postings give a better taste of the average HP fan.

As for the books, I’ve read all of them (the last two the weekend they came out). I’ve always like HP and found the Half Blood Prince to be very moving; however, I thought that the last book didn’t live up to the former ones. The ending was ridiculous... Additionally, the plot meandered quite a bit and there was too little Hogwarts for my taste.. There were also parts I liked... The Forest Again had me in tears, and some of the darker chapters (i.e. the ones in the Ministry) were really blood boiling...


1,407 posted on 07/26/2007 5:47:42 PM PDT by Accygirl
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To: r9etb
I have no idea who took the role of the blind French girl, though.

Colin Creevy.

Oh yes, that's brilliant! ;-)

1,408 posted on 07/26/2007 6:06:34 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Sloth

The politically correct term is “Thread Dementor.”


1,409 posted on 07/26/2007 6:09:10 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: Accygirl
As for the books, I’ve read all of them (the last two the weekend they came out). I’ve always like HP and found the Half Blood Prince to be very moving; however, I thought that the last book didn’t live up to the former ones. The ending was ridiculous... Additionally, the plot meandered quite a bit and there was too little Hogwarts for my taste.. There were also parts I liked... The Forest Again had me in tears, and some of the darker chapters (i.e. the ones in the Ministry) were really blood boiling...

That's a post I can respect.

I don't agree with your thoughts on not enough Hogwart's, the ending being lame. I preferred OotP, and thought DH was a fine ending to the septology. But those are things that are minor matters of taste...

1,410 posted on 07/26/2007 6:11:09 PM PDT by null and void (We are a Nation of Laws... IGNORED Laws...)
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To: JohnBovenmyer
but she didn't and LV really didn't need such a feature.

Sure he would. What if someone drank half of it and died or went insane. It'd refill back to the top for the next person. It would seem to be a practical precaution.

1,411 posted on 07/26/2007 6:15:22 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a Muggle when I married her.)
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To: Accygirl
Oh, and I think the meandering was necessary to set the 'what do we do now?' lost tone that one feels in such situations.

It's no 40 years wandering in the desert, but...

1,412 posted on 07/26/2007 6:17:12 PM PDT by null and void (We are a Nation of Laws... IGNORED Laws...)
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To: Accygirl
Why would Rowlings be any different

Yawn... trolling again?

1,413 posted on 07/26/2007 6:17:15 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Accygirl
I thought that Ginny was actually used pretty effectively in Book 2.

Yeah, I would've liked to have seen more of her in the film version. Had I creative control, I would've rewritten the film to tell the story in a better way for the medium rather than following the book so closely. The story should've followed Ginny a little more so we could've seen what was happening to her. It wouldn't really have been giving much away -- most knew what was coming. And only the people who had read the book in advance noticed Lucius dropping the diary into Ginny's cauldron. (There wasn't even a flashback when Harry realized it.)

1,414 posted on 07/26/2007 6:18:39 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a Muggle when I married her.)
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To: Accygirl

If I enjoyed a series (even as a kid), I don’t think I’d wait a year for the next installment if it was availalbe now. I don’t think seven-year-olds would have too much of a problem with the first book other than its length. It’s very big for a first or second grader. Second graders start reading more chapter books, but Sorceror’s stone is a pretty long book by that yardstick. On the other hand, in the first book, many of the chapters read like little mini-adventures on their own. That was the one thing that amused me about the story: what I thought was just going to be a series of misadventures in the school all tied together in one way or another at the end of the book. She got me.


1,415 posted on 07/26/2007 6:24:23 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a Muggle when I married her.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Good point. I’d not thought it through as far as I’d thought. Thanks!


1,416 posted on 07/26/2007 6:29:19 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (JimRob Lovegood can help.)
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To: wolfinator

Actually, 1998. The book starts in 1997 but goes thru the entire school year.

Went into my local Walmart at 4pm on the 21st and they had plenty left right by the book section. I needed to buy some other stuff anyway. No problems.

My biggest peeve was that none of the Slytherins stepped up to fight Voldemort. C’mon, they’re not ALL supposed to be bad.


1,417 posted on 07/26/2007 8:27:13 PM PDT by TheRealDBear
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To: Steelerfan; Tax-chick; EmilyGeiger; JenB
I wonder if Hermione wound up working with her father-in-law Arthur in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office. I would suspect that she, being Muggle-born, would be a great help in that office.
1,418 posted on 07/26/2007 8:28:24 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

When did we get sent to the Backroom?


1,419 posted on 07/26/2007 8:40:04 PM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB
Hmm, I didn't notice we had. Paging back through my browser's history, it looks like it happened sometime after post 1413 and before post 1416.

Dang... sorry if I contributed to that.

1,420 posted on 07/26/2007 8:46:32 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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