Harry Potter: Official Topic

[Mozinha]

I spent the weekend at my godmother's and yesterday she left for a few hours and left me reading. When she came back and opened the front door I just jumped out of the couch. I had been reading about Harry being hiddend and afraid someone would open the door and find them... and I was so immersed in it I got the scare of my life.

[Dionesque]

I wanted to order the audio book version but the price of almost 114 Euros just killed me.... :(

 

i'm SOOO curious and i'm dying to read the book as soon as possible to avoid the spoilers!!!!....

 

 

Really? 114 euros? it is $44.99 at Target!!!!

 

 

Yeah, 113,98 euros if I remember well...

I live in Germany and I wanted to buy the Stephen Fry reading as I prefer it much more than Jim Dale's versions!!

That's the price Amazon.de offered me... :S

[kathyc25]

damn I have to catch up to you guys! I`m only on Chapter 8! But I`m kind of taking my time because I want to make it last

[kathyc25]

Saw it on Saturday and I loved it! True, many parts were missing, but the fight scene was insane! Especially in 3-D!!! I felt like I was right in there with them! Eventhough I knew what was coming with Sirius I still cried Edited July 23, 2007 at 01:18 PM by kathyc25

[Mozinha]

You know what... I officially adore Snape. I cried along with him when I read his memories. Very touching.

[Krys]

You know what... I officially adore Snape. I cried along with him when I read his memories. Very touching.

 

yea! me too! i always thought he was the baddie

[Krys]

anybody who wants the audiobook read by Stephen Fry, gimme a PM and i'll send the link over Edited July 24, 2007 at 06:17 AM by lamourpourCeline

[Filine]

I will still use the spoiler tags...in case someone stumbles upon this by accident and is still reading the book

 

SPOILER! --Click here to view-- | --Cliquez ici pour voir--

I finished the book today and yes it gave all the answers. What I thought was moving was that Neville played an important part in beating Voldemort when he killed the snake Nagini. It touched me that in the end that both boys (they both could be the boy from the prophecy) and not just Harry defeated Dumbledore. It touched me how strong and brave Neville had become.

 

I agree with what Tal said on the middle part of the book, where Harry and Hermione end op alone after they have no clue how to proceed after finding Slytherin's locket and Ron leaves after an argument, I think Jo got us to feel EXACTLY what Ron felt for a bit and it's brilliant.

 

The brilliancy of Harry's quest and having to chose between the deathly hallows and the horcruxes fit together like it was always supposed to be like that. Every event in the books has lead up to all of this.

 

At first I was afraid they wouldn't go back to Hogwarts at all. But the final fight between the Death Eaters and Dumbledore's Army/The Order of The Phoenix was awesome! I LOVED Minerva McGonagall and her immediate descision to start fighting to help Harry! And it was so cool that literally everybody he met during his years at Hogwarts came back to defend him.

 

And Snape, he earned Dumbledore's trust after all and his affection and love for Lily Potter was really a surprise to me. It also explains his extreme dislike for James and his contradicting descisions and acts concerning Harry. We just have to love him now

 

Surprises:

Harry being the 7th Horcrux

The return of Percy Weasley to his family admitting he was a fool

Fred Weasley dying, I really did not see that coming

'Meeting' Dumbledore at King's Cross in between live and death

 

Now I've read all the books I have to say that book 5 and book 7 are my favorites

[anewdayhascome]

how it endS?

[Alice]

"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BIT**!"

Mrs Weasley is love

 

 

And Snape IS the bad one!! Simply evil, that's all!!

 

It's Dumbledore's story that touched me.

 

I cried most at the end of the chapter "Tha wandmaker"

 

The book's WONDERFUL But I'm sad it's all over.

 

For anwedayhascome and everyone else who's curious, the end is as follows:

SPOILER! --Click here to view-- | --Cliquez ici pour voir--

It's a happy-ending. Voldemort's defeated. Ginny and Harry end up together. 19 years later, thay have 3 kids: James, Lily and Albus.

[celinefanonline]

it is one of the book that make me don't want to put down the book

 

haven't finish it yet, but love it

Edited July 27, 2007 at 11:11 AM by celinefanonline

[Alice]

Finished ‘Potter’? Rowling tells what happens next

Exclusive: Author gives details on events after the book’s final epilogue

 

Here http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/ you can find some info about the characters that aren't revealed in the last chapter.

[Mozinha]

I read this yesterday and loved it!!!!

[Dionesque]

I just finished the book and loved it!!!! :clap:

 

I had to cry so much in many places... and maybe the most at the beginning of chapter 34...

 

I will miss the waiting for the next book but I hope JKR won't write any sequel or prequel.

I think the story is perfect just the way it is - I would only accept an encyclopedy.

 

And yeah!!! Mrs. Weasley with her shout at Bella was really the best, hahaha!!! :D That made me a big laugh in that dramatical moment!!

[Alice]

I had a good laugh in more places, f.ex.:

 

'Stag? It's a goat, idiot!'

 

'This is different, pretending to be me'

'Well, none of us really fancy it, Harry. Imagine if something went wrong and we were stuck as specky, scrawny gits forever.'

 

'Kreacher, no!' shouted Harry.

Kreacher’s thin arms trembled with the weight of the pan, still held aloft.

'Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?'

 

[celinefanonline]

yeah finally finished it after 1 week ! well i love it! it's nerve racking..!! (not sure about the spelling)

well all i can say is that the end is a happy ending!!!!! hohohoho

and at the end Draco doesn't really seem to be that bad at all!

[Alice]

and at the end Draco doesn't really seem to be that bad at all!

he's a stinky coward, that's all

[Tal]

exactly

[Mozinha]

I can't get over that book. Have you read the recent interviews to the author? She told a lot she omissed in the epilogue.

[Tal]

yup, i saw that. how ron and harry are probably heading up the auror dept in the ministry, and that hermione is probably the head of magical law enforcement at the ministry as well.

[Mozinha]

And Ginny was a Quiddich player for years before become a sports journalist for the Daily Prophet. How cool is that!

[Krys]

too bad JK Rowling didnt tell what was the incantation for making a Horcrux

[Tal]

And Ginny was a Quiddich player for years before become a sports journalist for the Daily Prophet. How cool is that!

 

Oh, I didnt know that!! I'm suprised Harry didn't go on to play some quidditch. So between Harry and Ginny, their kids should be pretty good!

[Mozinha]

There you go Tal, it's the transcript of the chat they had with JK Rowling early this week. Some questions where pointless and stupid but others were actually cool. And JKR is hilarious.

 

Chat Transcript

[A New Day Has Come]

thanks Alice for the spoiler I havn't seen the movies but I want to so badly I hear they are very good.

[kathyc25]

well I finally finished it yesturday!! I kept avoiding this thread so I wouldn`t see anything Well last night, I wasn`t sure if I liked it as much as 5 but now that I`ve thought it over I really do like it afterall! I had a feeling that Snape would be a good guy afterall. Aw I can`t believe its all over

[Tal]

you liked Book 5??

[Mozinha]

I really liked book five. But my favourite until the book seven was book four. I loved the whole competition concept.

[Tal]

I thought OotP was the worst. I cant even bring myself to re-read it and I've read all the others at least twice. Even JK said that if she could go back and change something, she would have edited OotP because it was too long.

[kathyc25]

Yeah...I`m not sure why...I think it was because it was so intense with the Voldermort at full force and everything. Book 4 was really good too... I feel like I need to re-read them though to really decide.