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 Jul 28 2007, 10:21 AM
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So, what did you think?
I saw most of it coming, but I thought that she handled it far better than I had expected her to. The stuff with Snape was handled especially well, and the last few chapters were very strong. The middle of the book seemed to drag quite a lot, but I guess that was necessary to allow the end to build more convincingly and with a greater sense of pace. I heard that she had ghost-writers help her get it right, but that might just be jealous industry gossip, but for the first time there was a sentence in there that I thought was superbly crafted. It seems odd that one would appear after seven books... What did you think? -------------------- Trouble Down Pit: Still updated every Monday and Friday
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Aug 3 2007, 10:55 PM
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I was pleasantly surprised with the book. I love her style because it's so... I'm not sure how to phrase it, but it's the archetypal example of highschool story writing. I love the story of Snape, although I cannot stop thinking about it! I just hate how annoyingly unjust it is when bad things happen to nice people, especially middle aged men. The epilogue wasn't fun at all. I think it was probably necessary to finish the story off, but like PsychWardMike, I would have preferred to know more about his life and profession.
On a side note: I wonder if Rowling watches the films of Harry Potter. I find when you watch a film of a book, all your imagination of the characters is lost and the characters in the film become the characters you imagine when you read the book. If she did watch the films, does she now imagine her Harry and all the other characters to be the ones in the film? -------------------- Emma <3 James <3
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Mata Deathly Hallows - WITH SPOILERS! Jul 28 2007, 10:21 AM
trunks_girl26 I'd have to say I loved the humanization of bo... Jul 28 2007, 03:16 PM {Gothic Angel} I predicted a lot of the surprises well in advance... Jul 28 2007, 04:22 PM gothictheysay I liked, and I agree that it did drag in the middl... Jul 28 2007, 04:50 PM Novander I really enjoyed all of the book except the epilog... Jul 28 2007, 07:21 PM The Lorax QUOTE (gothictheysay @ Jul 28 2007, 09:50... Jul 29 2007, 12:46 AM pgrmdave I liked the book but I have a feeling that the mov... Jul 29 2007, 05:03 AM
Sir_Psycho_Sexy QUOTE (pgrmdave @ Jul 29 2007, 06:03 AM) ... Aug 1 2007, 01:10 AM Mata Personally I can't wait to see how they blow s... Jul 29 2007, 02:06 PM {Gothic Angel} QUOTE (The Lorax @ Jul 29 2007, 01:46 AM)... Jul 29 2007, 03:22 PM Mata Yep, Harry was definitely slow to catch on about h... Jul 29 2007, 05:23 PM gothictheysay Yeah, it did get weird there, Mata. A little too m... Jul 29 2007, 09:17 PM Mattskimo ZOMG SNAPE KILLS TEH DUMBLEDORES
I liked how the ... Jul 30 2007, 12:44 AM CheeseMoose I was quite disappointed with the book overall, al... Jul 30 2007, 01:02 PM PsychWardMike Overall, I enjoyed the book quite thoroughly. My ... Jul 31 2007, 12:17 AM {Gothic Angel} Just a thought that occurred to me today - is it p... Jul 31 2007, 09:12 PM Mata Could, be. Yes, I do identify with Luna more so th... Jul 31 2007, 10:30 PM Radaga It was a good book, the best in some aspects, and ... Aug 6 2007, 07:57 PM Izzy Before I actually started reading the book, I was ... Aug 6 2007, 08:06 PM Mata You mean you didn't? We're all magical on ... Aug 6 2007, 10:12 PM voices_in_my_head Izzy, I started reading them when I was about like... Aug 7 2007, 01:27 AM craziness ok i still dont understand ONE THING:
WHY THE HELL... Aug 7 2007, 04:27 AM Radaga QUOTE (Mata @ Aug 6 2007, 07:12 PM) You m... Aug 7 2007, 12:42 PM Izzy QUOTE (Radaga @ Aug 7 2007, 07:42 AM) IZZ... Aug 13 2007, 02:56 PM Radaga QUOTE (Izzy @ Aug 13 2007, 11:56 AM) QUOT... Aug 13 2007, 07:01 PM michael1384 QUOTE (Mata @ Jul 29 2007, 03:06 PM) Pers... Aug 25 2007, 05:24 PM IrishGuy I've just now literally put down the book. And... Sep 3 2007, 10:38 PM Mata Ron Weasley: The Ginger Avenger. That's the sp... Sep 4 2007, 12:05 AM Sir_Psycho_Sexy QUOTE (Mata @ Sep 4 2007, 01:05 AM) Ron W... Sep 4 2007, 05:56 AM Mata He hit him over the head, then attempted to feed t... Sep 4 2007, 09:43 PM |
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