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Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
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I know that there are quite a few threads devoted to Harry Potter already, but this one is specifically for the last one! (not that we have to stay on topic.) What did everybuggy think? I thought it was pretty good except that the wandering around with the tent was pretty boring and felt like JKR was grasping for something to fill the pages. I LOVED Snape's story, though. :( And in a weird way I liked how JKR took away everything cliché about Dumbledore and made him more human. What about the rest of you?
P.S. This is my Blab about Books challenge. Three more to go!
submitted by Lena G, age 11
(February 26, 2009 - 12:13 pm)
(February 26, 2009 - 12:13 pm)
I actually liked when they were going around in the tent. I liked all of it. It's so amazing how JKR has such a way to make you get hooked onto the series. I agree about Dumbledore. I mean, you'd expect a kindly simple old man out of Dumbledore, but I like how JKR gave him times where he was somewhat blunt.
(March 18, 2009 - 7:07 pm)
Hee hee. I skipped the 6th one. I was rereading the series and rereading them, but my *coughoverprotectivecough* mom wouldn't let me read the 6th. I was on vacation and had run out of things to read when the 7th came out. I snatched it up at a fair booth and gobbled it up. Oops. who thinks I should go back and read the 6th?
(March 20, 2009 - 6:52 pm)
If your mom says it is okay, I highly reccommend the sixth. If you've read the seventh, you probably know a bunch of what happened in the sixth, but still. Ask your mom!
(March 21, 2009 - 7:11 am)
Yep, read the 6th one. That way you'll understand the whole deal with the horcruxes.
But if your mom doesn't want you to, then I think you should respect your mother's rules and not read it.
(March 21, 2009 - 7:37 am)
Heh. Respect. *cough* I read things all the time without her consent *consent. See below response . . .
(March 22, 2009 - 1:46 pm)
Why wouldn't she let you read the 6th one? It's not anything bad at all. And it's important for the plot.
(March 21, 2009 - 11:58 am)
Well, I was, like, (too lazy to figure out age) little, and going through a constant nightmare stage. She just said it may be a wee too frightening, then I moved on to other obsessions. She has no problem, with me reading it now, (in fact, my 7-year-old brother just did), but now that I know what happens, and since the first is my fave, I just reread the first couple. ALSO, my brother is hogging them. *tries to pry book out of his hands* *he shrieks* *returns to computer with a bloody nose* See?
And my cousin filled me in on the stuff I didn't know . . .
Mostly, I'm just a little disappointed in the last couple. So many deaths! I know people have to die, (in fact, Smeyer goes to ridiculous extents not to kill her characters) But Tonks! Lupin!! *sniff*
(March 22, 2009 - 1:43 pm)
...Bellatrix! Snape! Voldy! *wah*
(March 22, 2009 - 3:16 pm)
:( But why are you crying over Voldy and Bellatrix?
(March 23, 2009 - 6:44 am)
Duh yes! How did you even understand 7?
You know something I really liked about 7? JKR let Harry meet his parents right before he went into the forest, along with Sirius and Lupin. That was a good resolution to Harry's sadness about being an orphan. That was a very well-done scene. Harry thought he was going to die, so instead of leaving his loved ones' souls reluctantly tethered to life like the second brother's girlfriend (which eventually forced him to commit suicide), they disappeared, but not before Harry got to spend some time with them. Very good.
(March 21, 2009 - 1:02 pm)
Yeah, it was neat, though I don't get how it worked. JKR specifically said that no spell can bring back the dead!!! Then how did the Resurrection Stone do it?
(March 21, 2009 - 5:10 pm)
It brings back a shadow, like what happened at the end of GoF when Harry and Voldy's wands connected.
(March 23, 2009 - 12:01 am)
I love that book so much. It just made me cry hot tears, especially when Harry sees his parents' and Sirius' ghosts. I also liked when we found out more about Dumbledore. But my favorite part of all is when Harry finds out about Snape. It really fills in all the holes and makes me understand that Snape isn't really bad; he's just a bit vain about some things.
(March 21, 2009 - 7:21 pm)
I liked Snape's memories, too.
(March 22, 2009 - 7:01 am)
Snape is insanely cool. Minus the hair...
His thing with Lily was so sad, though... :(
(March 23, 2009 - 6:51 pm)