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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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eca · 21/07/2007 21:26

lol at "Harry sailed off into banality"

rosmerta · 21/07/2007 21:25

I did enjoy it and thought it was as well written as the others, but did get the feeling that she was partly sad it was ending so as a result just wanted it over and done with

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expatinscotland · 21/07/2007 21:24

I also thought the Snape-Lilly love subplot was weak.

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expatinscotland · 21/07/2007 21:23

The ending was so 'The Return of the King' Sam and Pippin return to the Shire I started laughing.

It was just like it except Harry sailed off into banality rather than immortality.

I revised my original opinion and agree with MI, you can see the struggle to create Something Big, but that requires an originality that's absent to say the least.

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motherinferior · 21/07/2007 21:15

I read it with a hangover, which was rather a nice way to read it.

eca · 21/07/2007 21:12

ah, ok, I'm getting the eyes thing now.

expat - I thought the whole carrying the locket. it affecting people, burning Harry's skin etc was v v Lord of the Rings

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rosmerta · 21/07/2007 21:01

I guess the significance of having her eyes was that if he'd looked entirely like James Snape could never have helped him, but as he had Lily's eyes, that was Snape's connection back to his love for Lily

loonylovegood · 21/07/2007 21:00

My dp went to get it for me and he was amazed and horrified that some saddos dressed as witches to go to Asda and queue up!

I'm really pleased he went out to get it for me, but he got the wrong version, it doesn't match the others on my bookshelf!

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expatinscotland · 21/07/2007 20:55

Best part of the whole experience was the queue for it. Some lively characters there!

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expatinscotland · 21/07/2007 20:53

Finished.

I found it the weakest of all the books.

I was disappointed. Felt like I was watching the final episode of an Aaron Spelling series or reading a Lord of the Rings tribute novel.

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motherinferior · 21/07/2007 20:40

Right. I caved halfway through today and despite yesterday's Amazon order asked DP to get it when he went out to get bogrolls, and started reading it at about 4pm and finished it about 40 minutes ago...

...and I rather liked it. But agree about the deaths, and I thought Harry should take on his godfatherly role in a more, you know, iconic manner.

tribpot · 21/07/2007 20:37

There was a green meets black moment, and later a green meets red moment. Albus is the only child who inherits the green eyes ...

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StripeyBroomstickSpottyWand · 21/07/2007 20:25

Just finished it - phew.

I was right about Harry being a Horcrux. Was right about Snae being a goody.

But I thought Harry was going to die.

I do get the feeling that JK intended for him to die but bottled killing him off when the time came.

It would have made mroe sense if he had died I think.

eca · 21/07/2007 20:23

JJ - lol at Molly's moment. I was really anxious Herminone was a gonner too, especially when they tortured her and then when Bellatrix threw that knife... I thought that was it!

But someone said that there was some significance to Harry having his mother's eyes?

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eca · 21/07/2007 20:11

Did anyone get the 'eyes' thing? Harry having Lily's eyes? Missed it

DeadPersonalHouseElf · 21/07/2007 19:53

At least I was given a proper burial!

rosmerta · 21/07/2007 19:50

You were avada kedavra-ed and then blown up!

DeadPersonalHouseElf · 21/07/2007 19:41

I was a good House Elf!
I will be remembered!

GhostofHedTwig · 21/07/2007 19:40

so, how did I die? its all a blur

loonylovegood · 21/07/2007 19:38

Best line of the book "She's as nutty as squirrel poo", brilliant!