Thank you for you post Sno, seriously thank you. In spoiler I’l lsay more about it.
Well personally I didn’t try to read it like a crazy and read it every chance I got. But I must agree with you sno, it is a page-turner. Once you read you can’t stop. I really had to put myself into going to bed, because I wanted to read further. My mum actually thought I read it too fast too, she said I hoped you would enjoy it a little longer than this. (I was at that point halfway I think…)
[spoiler]Warning, you can still go back if you accidently read this. It has Harry Potter spoilers.
You sound much like a friend Sno. He liked the ending because he wants to live happy too and what’s wrong with it?
I do enjoyed the story, I enjoyed it very much. I do think it’s sad that Harry Potter doesn’t die. Maybe also because if Harry Potter died, it is how it is supposed to happen in such a cruel world. It also ends the story completly. It’s finished and it would hurt probably. But it’s what makes the most sense. I do think it’s good Snape died too actually, I don’t know what made me say that I don’t like it. It was expected and I think it’s good he died. I first wrote the way he died in my previous post. But actually I think it makes a lot of sense. Especially if you want to do the ending the way it is now. (that Harry got Voldemort’s wand because of the Draco thing)
Also I love dumbledore in this part and how is actually quite cruel to Harry and Snape. Letting snape believe he did everything for Lily Potter’s son while it was actually not. Why do I love him to be cruel? I guess that gives more dimension to the character. At first I didn’t like it, just like Harry Potter didn’t like to hear anything bad about him. But that changed now. After all no one can be perfect.
But perhaps after a few weeks I realise it’s good that Harry lives. I mean perhaps if he did die we would be ranting that he died. Lol… I think that’s typical for some people. That they always complain whatever would happen. don’t know if that’s the case now
I do think the reactions in general are not as negative as the people in this thread speak.
But I must say again I really think Harry Potter is good. I never thought I was that kind of a fantasy book reading person. But I really enjoyed this book. I really did.
It’s a good book, it’s a good story. The very first time I tried to read it, I didn’t like it. (I never came further than the first few chapters.) But later somehow someone made me read it or something and look at me now. I do have a weird order in reading them. roll I started with 3 then 4 then 1 and 2 and then 5, 6 and 7 =p (and I reread some of them too, but I didn’t include that)
I do think it’s a great book, it’s written very well and I loved the last part. Only the last few chapters weren’t that great in my opinion. But maybe because I was disappointed in the ending, and was too focused on that. And because I’m not really fond of the ending that’s what you noticed the most. I remember when I was reading one of the last chapters and I thought it was great. =D
But I guess you’re right. We wanted people to die because it’s the end of a series and that’s not good on its own. I remember in part 5 and 6 that I cried because Sirius and Dumbledore had died. I guess that’s also what I wanted in part 7. That it would touch me, and it didn’t touch me as much as part 5 and 6. (Though the story on its own is I think a lot better now) Maybe it has to do with the fact that you get in the lives of Harry, Hermione and Ron and much less in those who die. And that’s why it’s not so touchy for me. But maybe it’s also because I was too “obsessed” with the ending. I don’t know if I am, but perhaps I am.
And you’re right, Harry was good at heart. He even saves his enemies and that’s really good in my opinion. Hermione was really needed for the wizard skills. And Harry survived because of his personality.
Sno: “She did kill people, though none of them were all that important”
Most people seem to forget Voldemort =p He died too, and you can’t say he’s not important… but he’s evil and that’s why people tend to forget him.
Maybe if I think about it in a few weeks, maybe months, maybe years I’ll be happy that Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny survived.
Thanks for your post Sno. It’s really good to see another reply, because people tend to influence me. When people agreed with me that the ending wasn’t great, I could only nod. But now you say it is a good ending I see your point too. And I guess you’re also right in a way. See how much influence you have =p And I don’t think either that Harry Potter will vanish in a mere ten years’ time. I think Bruno is wrong in that. [/spoiler]