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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - the SPOILER thread!

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 10:30

Don't post here if you don't want to know who dies and what happens.

You've been warned.

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Flibbertyjibbet · 10/08/2007 19:41

i thought it woffled on in the middle, all that camping out in the middle of nowhere, but it came together in the end.
The bit about him being supposed to die in the end was ruined for me by a dj on our local radio station a couple of days after the book came out, saying, its ok he doesn't die. Idiot.
I was very happy to find as I had always suspected that Snape was on the goodies side as I've had a crush on Alan Rickman since Truly Madly Deeply!

KerryMumbledore · 10/08/2007 19:26

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Katiekin · 07/08/2007 00:31

tigerschick I would buy another one!! My friend now has three as she has been away staying with people and keeps forgetting to take the book with her. You could always put them on ebay afterwards.

AlbusPercivalWulfricBrianSun · 06/08/2007 21:40

Yes I watched it and thought it was good - Billie Piper is a good Sally, but the books are also great. But please read Garth Nix - they are truly fantastic.

tigerschick · 06/08/2007 21:36

Or was it Elmer Fudd?

tigerschick · 06/08/2007 21:35

Clearly I never got round to watching it - not wound - I'm not Bugs Bunny

tigerschick · 06/08/2007 21:34

My mum is only up to ... CHAPTER ONE!!!!!!!

I'm never going to get it back

Ruby in the Smoke was on the tv a while back with, I think, Billie Piper in the 'lead' role. I taped it, never got wound to watching it and dh taped over it - probably with a rugby game! Just started a Martina Cole book that I've been meaning to read for ages ... I'll see how it goes.

MrsWeasley · 06/08/2007 20:43

AlbusPercivalWulfricBrianSun Dobby has me in tears each time, something about his big shiny eyes but I have to admit when Harry asks his mum to stay close I choke and wail I even well up when I read about it or anyone mentions it in conversations. ( just doesnt cover it!)

AlbusPercivalWulfricBrianSun · 06/08/2007 20:39

Also please please try the Abhorsen books by Garth Nix (Sabriel, Lirael and Abhoresen). They are fab and really original. Also Pullman's Sally Lockhart books are worth a read (Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, Tiger in the Well and The Tin Princess).
The deaths are all terribly sad but Harry going bravely to his death gets me every time. On the re-read it was clear Fred was going to die - he gets loads more lines than George and he even says the fatal "When I get married..."

rosmerta · 06/08/2007 18:44

Thanks tigerschick, will have a look at them!

Dobby's death was v v sad but I think Fred's was the one that shocked me more than any others

LazyLineLegilimens · 06/08/2007 17:28

Dobby's death was definitely the saddest

MrsWeasley · 06/08/2007 17:10

Annie I have been so worried about you.

The coffee is still going strong, thank you and if it makes winky feel better tell her I am on the hard stuff since the sad, oh so sad ending our the wonderful dobby. Never again will we see those big shiny eyes.

At least he died an honourable death and saving his hero Harry Potter.

Good to see Kreacher has reformed

Did you enjoy the read ?

AnnieOleHouseElf · 06/08/2007 17:03

Hi MrsWeasley,
I is hoping that coffee kept re-freshing itself while I was reading.
I is still grieving for my friend Dobby

He is saving Harry Potter's life though

Winky is back on the Butterbeer now...

MrsWeasley · 06/08/2007 15:43

Thanks for that. Will look into those I am lost an nights without a good book and everything else I pick up just doesnt grab me like HP7 did.

tigerschick · 06/08/2007 15:19

of course that is meant to say fairies - repeatedly

tigerschick · 06/08/2007 15:16

Oops - posted too early ... meant to say ...

Rosmerta - Artemis Fowl is a boy-genius who discovers that there are faries. Not cute little things like flower faries, but clever, cunning, technologically advanced faries. AF gets mixed up with them in all sorts of ways - too much detail to put here, there are 5 books so far. They are very different from HP in many ways but probably appeal to a very similar audience - I like them anyway!! link to website.

tigerschick · 06/08/2007 15:09

Yes, they are related but very distantly because there are so many generations between them and the Peverells.

LazyLineLegilimens · 06/08/2007 11:22

skay, yes, JKR has confirmed as much in interview.

Most wizarding families are related.

skay · 06/08/2007 11:09

Just reading through the DH for the second time. Have got to the point where they have just visited Luna's father.
Harry says that the Marvolo Gaunt had the Ring with the Peverall coat of arms on it. It had been in their family for centuries.
Later on Hermione deduces that Harry is a decendant(sp?) of Ignotus Peverall.

So does that mean that Harry and Voldemort are distantly related?????

rosmerta · 06/08/2007 09:45

I'm also a fan of the HDM books, they're heartbreaking as well!

Not read the Artemis Fowl ones, must keep an eye out!

LazyLineLegilimens · 06/08/2007 08:00

tiger, the dark materials books are very good. What I like about them is that they are re-readable, which I don't get with the HP books, especially with the early ones.

tigerschick · 06/08/2007 07:48

Hi katiekin - glad to see another Artemis Fowl enthusiast - love it. Lots of people say that His Dark Materials is (are?) good - must look out for that.

Katiekin · 06/08/2007 01:05

I mean 'their own way'

Katiekin · 06/08/2007 01:04

I loved the final book apart from the epilogue bit and in answer to one or two of you who are bereft that there is nothing more to read, may I suggest Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer or His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, both of which are a little Harry Potterish in there own way

MrsWeasley · 05/08/2007 17:15

bw: you're welcome

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