a brief announcement

[jchrisobrien]

I can now discuss the Potter book.
That is all.

EDIT Obviously, there will be spoilers in the commentary section. Don't jump in unless you've read the book!

Comments

[phaidros.livejournal.com]

D'oh! I'm just a few chapters away from the ending -- just finished looking at ******'s thoughts in the pensieve.

(SPOILERS BELOW)

I have to say, so far I'm quite satisfied. It's strange having a Potter book with so little Hogwarts in it, but at the same time I think Rowling did a brilliant job of bringing it in, along with all our old favorite characters. The epic climactic conclusion (and I haven't even GOTTEN to a fight with Voldemort yet) really felt right.

I do wish more Snape had been in it. I'm pretty pleased with how she did address Snape, the answers she provided -- I'll almost certainly post more thoughts in my own LJ -- but I also feel that after the last book, Snape should have had a larger part in this one. The last one was really setting the stage for rolling up our sleeves and figuring this bastard out -- the opening chapter with him and the Unbreakable Vow, the murder of Dumbledore, it just seemed as though everything had come to a head and it was finally time to get into this man's head. And we do, technically, but only after hundreds of pages in which he really doesn't appear all that much.

The fanboy in me wants an epilogue book, Book 8, in which we go back and see more of what happened at Hogwarts under the Snape regime. I think it'd be great reading, and in a way, it would feel more like a proper Harry Potter book, despite the fact that Harry would not appear in it until the very end...

[silas7.livejournal.com]

I was surprised they stayed away at the school, and spent so much time with the wedding as well. But as this is the last book in the series, it only feels right to revisit everyone and give them some kind of sendoff. She really kept the tension high all through the book. The wandering in the woods dragged a bit, but it also highlighted their isolation from the rest of the world and their friends.

I missed Snape as well, but he was firmly in the enemy camp at this time, and once the book moved past the wedding there was very little time to dwell on what happened in the school. It was nice to hear the others (Luna, Neville, and Ginny) were carrying the torch.

Neville is so my hero. I'm very pleased how she handled Snape. I need to re-read the ending to see how the King's Cross section played out. I started reading at 4 and didn't finish until 1:30, so thing may have gotten fuzzy.

Mrs. Weasly FTW!

[sinspired.livejournal.com]

She was AWESOME!

And forshadowed by the "sabre-toothed tiger" remark in book 2...

I just loved thinking back to all of the stuff in previous books than now means something different. :)

[rishikanta.livejournal.com]

me too, as of noon on Sunday.
I had no life.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

I had a life, I just chose to spend it reading Harry Potter.
I even went out side in the sun and everything!
Putting it down to make dinner was a bit of a challenge.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Well said!