YES!! I have my Harry Potter book **SPOILERS ABOUND!!!***

lovelyivy84 · #1 07-21-2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by speedsters

i really enjoyed reading it too, i was laughing and crying and i think JK really did a great job.

and i was excited because i was right with a lot of what i thought was going to happen too!

I cried like a baby!

ADqtPiMel · #2 07-21-2007, 05:41 PM

I finished it at 6am and really want to re-read it; unfortunately, my husband has it now and he can't read nearly as fast as I do!

Soliloquy · #3 07-22-2007, 03:10 AM

Got the book today!

I have to re-read a few books to get back into the swing of things before I can allow myself to read the final one.

I peaked at my book though, looked at the artwork, read a few sentances etc.

And I'm obviously seeking out just a few spoilers to get a taste of what's to come!!!

ms_gwyn · #4 07-22-2007, 06:17 AM

I liked the book...

It was iffy in the middle part.....

The first 150 pages were a bit rough for me, personally.....I had to put the book down, it was just TMI for me....I did that throughout the day, put it down and pick it up....

Very intense....

There was only 1 part that I cried about.....1 part I openly gasped because it was a helluva surprise.....

But other than that, a good read....

I am still looking at my "SNAPE is a very bad man" sticker....I wonder what I should do with it.....he is still a very bad man.....but very Brave

You go, Molly Girl!

Lady Pi Phi · #5 07-22-2007, 10:51 AM

I LOVED IT!!!!

What a great book with a great ending. I just finished now, and i didn't want to come to this thread until I did.

I'm glad the spoilers I read were all fake!!! But this book had me in tears. I;m sad that the adventures are over, but it ended just the way I wanted it to.

I love Neville.

BetteDavisEyes · #6 07-22-2007, 02:37 PM

Hedwig!

I cried for poor Dobby like crazy. I didn't even care for his character but his death and consequent burial at Bill & Fleur's home just had be bawling. I actually had to leave the book and blow my nose, wash my face, and cry a bit more before I could pick it up again.

I had the same reaction when I read that Fred died.

My heart broke for George and Molly.

I thought Snape had a lame death but his memories of him & Lily were so awesome. I loved them.

carnation · #7 07-22-2007, 03:11 PM

Did I miss it or did she ever tell what happened to the Dursleys after they left their home? And did we ever find out anything about Harry's really green eyes other than they were like his mother's?

Yay! for Molly. Maternal love prevails. I'm gonna name my next kid after her.

AlethiaSi · #8 07-22-2007, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by lovelyivy84

I cried like a baby!

ME TOO!!!! I finished it RIGHT before I had to go to work, and I was hysterical the whole way there and couldn't stop crying, i just kept thinking of the last sentence over and over... JK completely outdid herself. but with all that information about Snape, I mean, I think I knew deep down that it was the truth all along, but I just hated him so much, and Dumbledore trusted him so much, I just... didn't want to believe it. Was anyone else so frustrated throughout the book, during their quest? I suppose that is exactly what she wanted though, to really get the desperation, feel what they were feeling.

I get so into the books... I just got home from work and I'm going to re-read it.

BetteDavisEyes · #9 07-22-2007, 01:24 AM

FRED!

I'm still sad about Fred.

Kreacher is made of WIN!

Scorpius is the coolest name ever. LOL!

Buttonz · #10 07-26-2007, 01:46 AM

Book was great. I cried. I laughed. I cried some more. I went to Times Square Toys R Us for the release although I ordered it from Amazon...and I finished it within 8 hours of getting it at my front door.

So good.

BTW, did you all hear that she was planning on killing Arthur in OotP?

MysticCat · #11 07-26-2007, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by polarpi

I think Goyle's first name is Gregory

And Crabbe's is Vincent.

Come to think of it, there's also Pansy Parkinson, Horace Slughorn, Rufus Scrimgeour, Ernie McMillan, Seamus Finnegan, Dean Thomas, Lee Jordon, Delores Umbridge, Adrian Pucey, Miles Bletchly, Marcus Flint, Theodore Nott and Millicent Bullstrode.

Oh well.

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Originally Posted by kstar

I think Hugo was in honor of the Hugo Award that JKR won for writing the series.

To be accurate, she did not receive a Hugo for writing the series. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire received the 2001 Hugo for best novel, and not without controversy.

I certainly could be wrong, but I'd be surprised if that's the reason for the name, since she JKR received the award in absentia.

kstar · #12 07-26-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

To be accurate, she did not receive a Hugo for writing the series. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire received the 2001 Hugo for best novel, and not without controversy.

I certainly could be wrong, but I'd be surprised if that's the reason for the name, since she JKR received the award in absentia.

Sorry I didn't know which book. However, think the controversy on her winning is stupid because while her books are read by more than the typical fantasy/scifi audience, her books, 7 excluded, are fairly good.

I was theorizing, I didn't say that was the definite reason for the name Hugo.

MysticCat · #13 07-26-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kstar

Sorry I didn't know which book. However, think the controversy on her winning is stupid because while her books are read by more than the typical fantasy/scifi audience, her books, 7 excluded, are fairly good.

While it almost always goes to works of science fiction, the Hugo is intended to honor science fiction or fantasy. The controversy really had to do with the fact that the HP books are considered juvenile rather than adult fiction, and the fact that Rowling's immense popularity/notoriaty caused significantly more members of Worldcon (the voters) to vote than is usual. The feeling among some was that these "extra" voters knew little about the other nominees.

And I would say that her books, including 7, are much better than "fairly good."

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I was theorizing, I didn't say that was the definite reason for the name Hugo.

I know. I was just saying I'll be surprised if that theory turns out to be correct.

FSUZeta · #14 07-26-2007, 05:02 PM

in the viera interview, rowling did say that she is considering writing an "encyclopedia" that will give us the answers to who is hogwarts headmaster, more detail into what ron, harry(aurors) and hermoine(law) do at the ministry of magic, etc., but she said that would be "in a while" because she wants a break.

i'd buy it!

i loved the book-my son read it in 12 hours as did i; daughter is reading it now-hubby likes to listen to it on cd. i was saddened at some of the deaths, but happy how things ended. she fooled me.

AlexMack · #15 07-26-2007, 08:14 PM

So what questions would you ask Jo? I'm curious.

Me? How does she feel about the Malfoys personally. Lucius is so evil but I wind up feeling a bit sorry for him at the end and the same with Narcissa and Draco.

Where are Harry and Ginny living, what was the wedding like, what's happened to the Death Eaters and 12 Grimmauld Place? What has he done with the Elder wand? Who's the new Minister of Magic? (It should be Arthur Weasley, he's such a good man!)