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kurty[B] · 07-31-2007, 12:03 PM

I think Frossbyte is right that anyone who is not done with the book and is reading this thread should expect spoilers left and right, and should not bother reading if they don't want to ruin it.

I just finished the book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. No, it's not the epic the LOTR was, but it was a fun read and epic in it's own light. The fact that I've been able to strike up conversations about the same book with 10's of people at work, with friends, or my personal favorite, when ordering drinks at the golf course from the cart girl and the lid on the cup would not go on and my friend said "Reparo" and I looked at him with the "oh-my-god-you-fucking-dork" expression on my face, and the cute drink-cart girl said "Oh, I love those books, have you finished the last one yet?!". The last time I had a discussion about any book with a group of people was my English class in college, and even then, that was a discussion between the teacher and the five people who actually read the book, with the other 20 trying to come up with something constructive from the cliff notes they read.

It's a very "Here's a children's book happy ending". It might fit crudely, but it fits. Even the "greatest" wizard Dumbledore screws up, but in the end, even though he might've been selfish he realized what he needed to do "for the greater good", and that was not bringing wizards to be all powerful rulers of the world. It was bringing peace to the world.

All in all. It's a children's story. I can't wait to read the books to my boy as bedtime stories, and come up with my own voices for the characters, and what a smile it will put on my face to hear him say "Can you read one more chapter, please?!".

All I can say is thanks to my friend for giving me the first three books when I went overseas and telling me "I know you think these are stupid, but read them when you're bored, they're a fun read". And thank JK Rowling for providing myself a reason to say "I can go to bed later, I want to find out what happens next" multiple times.

I'm just afraid that the 7th movie will jump through things quickly (like the 5th) and not touch on the importance of some things and leave those who have just watched the movies and not read the books wondering why everyone else in the theater is crying because Snape just keeled over.

07-31-2007, 12:03 PM	#131 (permalink)
kurty[B] Sauce Puppet	I think Frossbyte is right that anyone who is not done with the book and is reading this thread should expect spoilers left and right, and should not bother reading if they don't want to ruin it. I just finished the book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. No, it's not the epic the LOTR was, but it was a fun read and epic in it's own light. The fact that I've been able to strike up conversations about the same book with 10's of people at work, with friends, or my personal favorite, when ordering drinks at the golf course from the cart girl and the lid on the cup would not go on and my friend said "Reparo" and I looked at him with the "oh-my-god-you-fucking-dork" expression on my face, and the cute drink-cart girl said "Oh, I love those books, have you finished the last one yet?!". The last time I had a discussion about any book with a group of people was my English class in college, and even then, that was a discussion between the teacher and the five people who actually read the book, with the other 20 trying to come up with something constructive from the cliff notes they read. It's a very "Here's a children's book happy ending". It might fit crudely, but it fits. Even the "greatest" wizard Dumbledore screws up, but in the end, even though he might've been selfish he realized what he needed to do "for the greater good", and that was not bringing wizards to be all powerful rulers of the world. It was bringing peace to the world. All in all. It's a children's story. I can't wait to read the books to my boy as bedtime stories, and come up with my own voices for the characters, and what a smile it will put on my face to hear him say "Can you read one more chapter, please?!". All I can say is thanks to my friend for giving me the first three books when I went overseas and telling me "I know you think these are stupid, but read them when you're bored, they're a fun read". And thank JK Rowling for providing myself a reason to say "I can go to bed later, I want to find out what happens next" multiple times. I'm just afraid that the 7th movie will jump through things quickly (like the 5th) and not touch on the importance of some things and leave those who have just watched the movies and not read the books wondering why everyone else in the theater is crying because Snape just keeled over.