How can I put it into words?
Spoiler alert! I have hidden this post, but if you really want to read it (and if I've done this works the way I meant it to) you can read it by highlighting the page.
I just finished it. I keep thinking I should write a true review, but I don't think I could do it justice. So you're just going to get my thought vomit that comes spewing forth in the aftermath. If you haven't read any of the book, some of it won't even make sense. Can't be helped.
Harry loses. And wins. And dies. And lives. The final battle was more fantastic than I could have imagined.
I cried, I really did, in the chapter where Harry realizes he has to die, finds the ring, and summons all the people he loved who have died: his parents, Sirius, and another (who I won't mention at the moment). And he asks them, "Will it hurt?" I just wept. And I cried when I saw what Harry named his second son (confused yet? Finish the book!)
Neville! What a hero. Severus Snape. I knew my guesses were right, but boy, Rowling sure kept me anxious until the end.
Dumbledore. A man of many secrets, and with his own share of failings. But a wiser, truer wizard never was.
Draco...unbelievable. Got far more than he deserved.
I still have questions that need answering. Who raised Teddy? In the end it doesn't seem like Harry did, though he should have since he was his godfather. Maybe he was just too young in the beginning, so Teddy went with...his grandmother? Also, Rowling said once there was a Squib or non-wizard who was able to do magic later in life, but I couldn't see who that was.
A final word in parting: rest in peace, Hedwig, Mad-Eye Moody, Dobby, Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora "Tonks" Lupin.
edited later to add...The more I think about Snape, the sadder I am for him. Harry had his mother's eyes. What was the last thing Snape said? He said to Harry "Look at me." He wanted her eyes to be the last thing he saw!!!
When I started reading this series 10 years ago, I had no idea how far I would get pulled in to it. It was "just kiddie lit", very good kiddie lit to be sure, but even then I had no idea how good. I have to say it: Jo Rowling is masterful. She is a story weaver of the highest order. Anyone now who says they "don't get they hype" of Harry Potter is missing the point (and probably has not even read the first chapter of Sorcerer's Stone). It's not hype. This story will endure.
I just finished it. I keep thinking I should write a true review, but I don't think I could do it justice. So you're just going to get my thought vomit that comes spewing forth in the aftermath. If you haven't read any of the book, some of it won't even make sense. Can't be helped.
Harry loses. And wins. And dies. And lives. The final battle was more fantastic than I could have imagined.
I cried, I really did, in the chapter where Harry realizes he has to die, finds the ring, and summons all the people he loved who have died: his parents, Sirius, and another (who I won't mention at the moment). And he asks them, "Will it hurt?" I just wept. And I cried when I saw what Harry named his second son (confused yet? Finish the book!)
Neville! What a hero. Severus Snape. I knew my guesses were right, but boy, Rowling sure kept me anxious until the end.
Dumbledore. A man of many secrets, and with his own share of failings. But a wiser, truer wizard never was.
Draco...unbelievable. Got far more than he deserved.
I still have questions that need answering. Who raised Teddy? In the end it doesn't seem like Harry did, though he should have since he was his godfather. Maybe he was just too young in the beginning, so Teddy went with...his grandmother? Also, Rowling said once there was a Squib or non-wizard who was able to do magic later in life, but I couldn't see who that was.
A final word in parting: rest in peace, Hedwig, Mad-Eye Moody, Dobby, Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora "Tonks" Lupin.
edited later to add...The more I think about Snape, the sadder I am for him. Harry had his mother's eyes. What was the last thing Snape said? He said to Harry "Look at me." He wanted her eyes to be the last thing he saw!!!
When I started reading this series 10 years ago, I had no idea how far I would get pulled in to it. It was "just kiddie lit", very good kiddie lit to be sure, but even then I had no idea how good. I have to say it: Jo Rowling is masterful. She is a story weaver of the highest order. Anyone now who says they "don't get they hype" of Harry Potter is missing the point (and probably has not even read the first chapter of Sorcerer's Stone). It's not hype. This story will endure.
posted by Andrea | 1:06 AM
7 Comments:
Hey there! It's Anna, I came over to visit your blog, because I knew you would have read it, and maybe posted about it!
Oh, I loved it too! And much like yourself, I never imagined at Book 1, how pulled into this story I would become! The first part of book 7 kind of dragged a little. But then things picked up, and I couldn't put it down! The whole book is beautiful, just beautiful, and a lovely ending. I can't wait to share these books with my kiddos.
Hope you and yours are well! : )
Magic later in life -
I wonder if it was Dudley performing the "magic of love" when the Dursley's were departing? I don't remember her actually using the word "squib" but just that "someone would do magic late in life."
Since you've finished it, hop over to the Today Show website and read the 2 interviews with JKR that they did post-release. She mentions a lot of stuff she took out of the Epilogue, who got the reprieve and what she may do next.
Akk! I read it in bloglines and it is not hidden! It's OK though because I don't mind reading spoilers. I have about half an inch to go. Harry is at Hogwarts and they just ran into McGonagall. I admit I have been looking for help in keeping track of what all is going on. Rowlings sure can write a complex, exciting plot. I don't know how in the world she kept this all straight over the course of ten plus years. What a mind.
Since finishing the book last week, we've re-watched movies 1 & 2. It's been interesting, partly because the kids were so little! But also, I've enjoyed having the book 7 knowledge as I watched the previous events unfold. Knowing Dumbledore differently now allowed me to see some foreshadowing that I didn't recognize before.
Wow, after reading that review of yours, I realized one thing I missed. You said that Snape asked Harry to look at him in the end. I didn't think about Harry having his mothers eyes at the time. (how did I miss that) Basically, while realizing that you about made me cry :)
I was completely against Harry Potter in the begining. I made fun of some of my friends for reading a childrens book. One day I was at a friends house and just picked it up, by then book 3 was out and I've been addicted ever since. I try to convice as many people as I can to read it. It just gets better and better. I love it.
I just want to say thanks for veiling the spoiler in invisible ink. I still haven't read it, if you can believe it, and I am a die-hard fan. I just don't have the $$ right now to buy it new in hard-cover. I'm holding out for used in a few months, I hope. Btw, thanks for dropping by again. I even put a couple of Beijing pictures for ya. :)
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