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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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rosmerta · 21/07/2007 18:32

I probably need to go back & read it a bit slower, but who was it that did magic late in life? I can't say I noticed anybody, did I miss it?

janeitebus · 21/07/2007 18:17

Yes, it should have been Percy! And HOW cute was Kreacher? Loved him telling Harry to wash his hands before dinner.

Wonder what happened to Winky?

And Dudley?

rosmerta · 21/07/2007 17:43

I also liked all the house elves attacking with knives & cleavers with Kreacher leading the way!

rosmerta · 21/07/2007 17:42

I half-expected Percy to turn up but then thought it would be him who'd die, not Fred! Yes, Dobby was v upsetting as well

Blandmum · 21/07/2007 17:41

It was Fred that got to me.

Glad that Percy came good in the end

And poor little Dobby. Bless

rosmerta · 21/07/2007 17:39

I've just finished it, love that she still manages to put some humourous bits in but v at Remus & Tonks & Fred

Piffle · 21/07/2007 15:19

I knew Snape would be a good guy
He is played by Alan Rickman in the film is he not?
I have been telling my ds this for 7 years, he will finally have to say Mum you were right.
And I've never read the books, as I am so impatient I cannot wait 7 years for finality Now I have all 7 lined up and ready to go.So when Jk R said no more HP books she may have been right...

So for Hogwarts the next generation then JKR?

janeitebus · 21/07/2007 15:14

So glad that I can fancy Snape safely now. Really ought to get back to reality again now after ignoring everybody all day but am tempted to start again and re-read.

BellatrixBear · 21/07/2007 13:49

Just finished. Blimey.

Quite happy really.

I was wrong about Snape.

IdrisTheDragon · 21/07/2007 13:20

Really not looking at this yet as I'm only up to p184 (and have been looking after DS this morning). But I will finish it. Today. I hope .

Blandmum · 21/07/2007 12:55

I didn't enjoy half blood prince much.

Knowing what happened does help the understanding of the last book, but if you read a synopsis (must be loads out there on the net) you'd be ok.

Last book was masses better than book 6

flack · 21/07/2007 12:50

Ooh, just realised the summaries are already on Wikipedia (Remus and Tonks dying, for instance).

mm22bys · 21/07/2007 12:48

I read I - V, but I didn't enjoy Goblet of Fire so didn't bother reading Half-Blood Prince.

Do you think I need to read Half-Blood Prince before I read the last one?

flack · 21/07/2007 12:41

Ha!!! I knew Snape was a goody (within human limits) all along.

Blandmum · 21/07/2007 12:40

best x post ever sober!

onlyjoking9329 · 21/07/2007 12:39

spill MB spill, i will sign oath in blood if required

Blandmum · 21/07/2007 12:39

OK

If you insist

no-one should carry on reading unless they want to know

I'm serious

If you are reading the book, stop now, it will spoil the fun

If you read this bit, PLEASE, don't tell people who don't want to know. Not even for a larf.

Loads of people die. Hedwig, Mad eye, dobby, Remus and tonks even, sob sob, Fred!

They get the horcruxes. there are other things that are being looked for, called Hallows.

Dumbledore was a semi baddie in his yoof

Snape loved lily all along. In the end harry has to die because he is a horcrux. But he comes back

But it all ends happily ever after, with the divisions of the houses healed because of Snapes love and sacrifice, and harys bravery and scarifice. love triumphs in the end

flack · 21/07/2007 12:33

Cor, blimey, I gotta sign an oath, do I?
I will probably blurt it out to DH, but he doesn't care so will forget less than 5 seconds later.
"I Promise not to tell anybody unless they beg me to" -- should be easy since I don't know any HP fans IRL.

I read Goblets of Fire on holiday once, it put me off reading any of the others, tbh!

Love the movies, though, would go watch them regardless.

No need for you to write loads, Just curious about the highlights, there's another thread on MN with apparent spoilers (?"19 years later"?), anyway.

Blandmum · 21/07/2007 12:29

You swear yuo are not going to read it? I don't want to spoil you fun if your going to?

Swear not to tell anyone else?

flack · 21/07/2007 12:24

I ain't gonna read it, only want to read spoilers. Only reason I logged on today (oh, and feeling ill so dodging chores).

hum, shall I drag myself off to do housework until tomorrow...

Blandmum · 21/07/2007 12:22

I will say it ends well!

Blandmum · 21/07/2007 12:21

If I'm honest I really don't want to spoil the fun that you will have while you read it!

The moments where you go, 'Well! fancy that' and also the ones where you say 'I knew that would happen!'

flack · 21/07/2007 12:20

It's a spoiler thread, MartianB, you're SUPPOSED to spill the beans here, specifics please!?

Blandmum · 21/07/2007 12:18

I'm still wondering f I've got the official 'Saddo Speed reading crown ' of MN?

And I the only person to have read it cover to cover? I'm sure there must be someone who read it before me.

Lots of people die. There are some v v sad and touching bits, particularlt re the death of parents, which as you'd imagine have some resonance chez bishop.

Worth a read.

onlyjoking9329 · 21/07/2007 12:14

MB you can't just leave it at that
i am fed up cos althou i preordered it from play.com it ain't arrived, so the whole world will know what happens, except me

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