Harry Potter, Deathly Hallows (spoilers allowed)

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I can't believe you even looked on this thread.

 

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Since I know you all care deeply, I'm off for Barnes and Noble. Catch y'all when I'm done.

 

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If Wikipedia is right, Keith Olbermann had the finale somewhat nailed. Though I must confess I didn't understand much of the plot synopsis since I haven't read any of the books.

 

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Posting to get this bad boy back on the first page ..... I can't really be the first one to have finished the damn thing, can I?

 

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No. I finished it at about 7:15 a.m. MDT, but sleep beckoned.

Wouldn't have guessed one of the twins as the Weasley to bite it, but Mrs. Weasley killing Bellatrix was brilliant. Her children were always what really mattered to her.

Harry's death and resurrection were a bit too much like Aslan's in the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe for me though.

 

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I anticipated at least one of the twins dying, if not both. My first reaction was that Jo had originally planned to kill off both twins, but swapped out George for Lupin and Tonks instead. (so sad for baby Teddy, it's Harry all over again, but younger). I wonder if JKR will address on her website what changes she'd made from the story as she'd originally envisioned it, those many years ago.

 

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I had Tonks and Lupin dying, but I really thought it'd be Mr. Weasley and Percy who died.

I was sort of disappointed that she had Lupin and Tonks have a kid and then killed them both off. That seems horribly cruel.

 

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I was pleased that I correctly predicted the epilogue with Harry and Jenny/Ron and Hermoine as grown ups. And I did predict that Snape would turn out to be heroic.
Of course, this is also a series of books aimed at children and teens...of course it wouldn't end with Harry dead, Voldemort ruling the world and Ron and Draco as lovers.

 

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Yeah, there wasn't too much that surprised me, but I thought it was really, really good - my favorite of all the books. If they don't do this movie right people will be furious -- and I'm curious to know how they'll do it in under 4 hours (some of those scenes will be absolutely amazing).


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I'm not sure why, but I really felt it when Dobby died. I pretty much expected one of the twins, Lupin and others, but didn't see that coming.

 

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Everyone in my house has read the damned thing except me.

 

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My wife was proven correct on Snape. Good times.

 

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Couldn't agree more. Dobby was the most touching death of this book. Maybe it was because it was unexpected, maybe it was heroic final acts or maybe it was because most of the other days came during the finale, leaving them as secondary to the cause.

I really loved this book, I couldn't put it down. A very fitting end indeed.