Harry frigging Potter

[frogwoman]

One thing I did think at the end is that actually the wizarding world is quite small in terms of numbers.

yeah, me too! I was expecting it to be way bigger!! There aren't that many witches and wizards at all, and I assumed that there were other wizard schools in the uk apart from Hogwarts, but no...

 

[spanglechick]

I've finished the book, and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. I expected it to be very enjoyable, but didn't expect the writing to have improved that much - or perhaps I went into it with low expectations because of all the people (mostly those who haven't actually read the books) saying that the Harry Potter books are badly written. (Though someone needs to take JK aside and teach her about punctuation, in particular colons and semi-colons).

I'd give it a nine out of ten.

right abouth the punctuation - but that's a function of the editing process, surely?

what I found truly clunky are the two entire chapters of exposition toward the end. i guess it's hard to wrap up a series neatly without it - and those chapters probably saved us 400 extra pages of conventional storytelling, but...

oh - and i hated the epilogue.

but i loved it. and i cried. when did i cry? see below in white...

when you find out that lupin and tonks have died - somehow much worse than fred because you don't "see" it happen - and you think about their poor baby, and it reminds you of harry... it's all very upsetting.

but otherwise i thought it quite exciting. rather too reliant on polyjuice potion, but fabulous nonetheless.

 

[scifisam]

right abouth the punctuation - but that's a function of the editing process, surely?

It would be if she had a proper editor, but, sadly, she doesn't.

I also hated the exposition ('show, don't tell,' Rowling!) and the epilogue (seemed lifted from a fanfic) - but not enough to mar my general enjoyment of the book.

 

[felixthecat]

We had a booknapping at work today - a colleague's Harry Potter book was kidnapped and held for ransom - 6 chocolate eclairs to be in the fridge by 9am tomorrow or her book would be returned....................... page by page.

So far she's blamed everyone except for the actual culprit

 

[jæd]

It would be if she had a proper editor, but, sadly, she doesn't.

I also hated the exposition ('show, don't tell,' Rowling!) and the epilogue (seemed lifted from a fanfic) - but not enough to mar my general enjoyment of the book.

Started reading it last night. And then found that JK's style hasn't changed since the first book. (Leaden writing, too much exposition, and deux ex's, So I rapidly flipped to the end to see what happens... Very meh at the ending...

Its ok for a kids books, but there isn't a plot twist I haven't seen before. (Or even a interesting enough plot twist...)

 

[heartof gold]

I Feel Sorry For The Bookshops They Cant Compete With The Supermarkets Who Want To Sell The Book As Cheap As They Can And Push Small Shops Out Of Business.

I Dont Read Them But Each To Their Own As They Say.

 

[Belushi]

I Feel Sorry For The Bookshops They Cant Compete With The Supermarkets Who Want To Sell The Book As Cheap As They Can And Push Small Shops Out Of Business.

I Dont Read Them But Each To Their Own As They Say.

Why Are You Capitalising Each Word?

 

[Barking_Mad]

Why Are You Capitalising Each Word?

bETTER tHAT wAY tHAN tHIS.

 

[Julie]

bETTER tHAT wAY tHAN tHIS.

 

[scifisam]

I Feel Sorry For The Bookshops They Cant Compete With The Supermarkets Who Want To Sell The Book As Cheap As They Can And Push Small Shops Out Of Business.

I Dont Read Them But Each To Their Own As They Say.

Me Too. But That Goes For Lots Of Other Books Too, Not Just Harry Potter. I Don't Buy Books From Supermarkets Because Of The Way They Treat The Authors And The Bookshops.

That capitalising thing is catching - I feel like I'm talking in really over-corrective German.

 

[Jenerys]

Can I tell you all who dies?

It's really not that hard to work out.....hmmm 3 main characters....

 

[Jenerys]

ps as someone who hasnt read the books and was talking to my dad today who has, but is also bloody well read, do you, like him, believe HP wont be remembered 100 years from now, as dad said, he isnt Oliver Twist?

 

[scifisam]

Nah. It's too important for the generation who've grown up with it, not to speak of the grown-ups who like it.

Dickens is, in many respects, Not That Good. Oliver is about as rounded a character as Spongebob Squarepants.

 

[Jenerys]

Oliver is about as rounded a character as Spongebob Squarepants.

I find myself sexually aroused by Spongebob Squarepants

Oliver Oliver, never before has a boy wanted more

HP - fucking pussy

So...shall I tell you who dies?

 

[spanglechick]

I find myself sexually aroused by Spongebob Squarepants

Oliver Oliver, never before has a boy wanted more

HP - fucking pussy

So...shall I tell you who dies?

there is a spoiler thread already. interestingly, the most widespread spoilers were wrong.

But anyway, don't - or on behalf of the slow readers I *will* hunt you down and bitch-slap you...

 

[scifisam]

I find myself sexually aroused by Spongebob Squarepants

Oliver Oliver, never before has a boy wanted more

HP - fucking pussy

So...shall I tell you who dies?

Everyone, eventually.

You can tell me all whatever you like. And I shall point and laugh because most of the spoilers were wrong, and I've read the book.

 

[bellator]

I've read the book too and as much as people say on some of these sites that adults are idiots for reading childrens books. Ok I'm an idiot 'cause I bloody enjoyed it!

 

[Pinette]

so you don't think there have been similar fads in the past? the nature of the media is different now, so the direct comparisons you're trying to make are futile, but you need to do a little research. look at Rudolf Valentino, Frank Sinatra and the bobbysoxers, Beatlemania, Bay City Rollermania, Bros Mania, Star Wars, Princess Di, fucking Pokemon.

there's nothing remarkable about Harry Potter that isn't a function of the current nature of the media compared with other decades.

Agree with you 100%

 

[Cheesypoof]

fucking loathe harry potter

 

[J77]

"It was better than the last book", Hermione exclaimed.

"Yes", replied Harry as his sacr started to tingle.

Ron went red.

*****

JK should get me in to write the prequels... "

On July 24, 2007, Rowling announced in an interview that she "probably will" write an encyclopedia of the Harry Potter world, which would include background information cut from the narrative as well as post-Deathly Hallows information, including details of what happens to the other characters, who the new Hogwarts headmaster is, and more. [21]