The Ultimate Harry Potter Thread

Ah well. No point in fighting with you guys (again). You're all doing the noble thing by ruining the book for people and defending that right.

quote:

without a warning

Well the book isn't out yet, meaning its release date would fall in...yes, the future..albeit the very near future, yet I am aware of this detail about it.

So really, the title of this threads entirely valid, notification was given.

quote:

Originally posted by Wazpy Ah well. No point in fighting with you guys (again). You're all doing the noble thing by ruining the book for people and defending that right.

Damn straight bitch, as the kids say these days.

This restructuring merely enables my behavior, I want that on the record.

Well Sharp... looks like the publishers found out bout your not-so-little spoiler.

Publisher asks numerous Web sites to pull material related to final volume
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19816389/?GT1=10150

And they also failed MISERABLY, as I am staring in the face of a legitimate torrent of the the JPG ebook of the thing.

Not that I'll DL it.

when does the new harry potter book come out???
I saw the movie!!! *cough*

Well, I did X Prime--aside from a few pages being just about unreadable (not very important pages, mind you), the book was rather readable.

I'm not going to spoil anything, that'd be too cruel, but I will say...I predicted most of the general happenings. A certain friendship that is revealed, a certain motivation that is revealed, where (and what) something is...I won't get any more specific than that.

The epilogue was also...well, my first reaction was rather a letdown, but on second thought, it did fit the story, so I won't complain too much.

Overall? I thought the concept, and the story--I thought those were great. Some of the central story arcs were very compelling. Unfortunately, as was the case in the sixth book (and the fifth, to a lesser extent), the execution was rather poor. The pace of the novel was, once again, very off. It wasn't really until one hundred to two hundred pages in that the pace really picked up, but by the same token, there were parts at the end that were unnecessarily rushed. Some of the later chapters were very frantic, and it was very hard to put pictures of what was going on in my head because of vague descriptions. Once again, I was left wanting for certain details, as some things were left underdeveloped (I'm not referring to loose plot ends, those are mostly tied up, but there were certain feelings and relationships I really wanted explored more than they were), and the overall descriptive style was certainly not up to the standard of the first three books (but then again, that's been the case since book four, really).

Still, the climax of the book, I think, is fantastic. And again, the story itself, well-thought. Due to execution, however, I'd give Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows a 7/10, and that's being generous. I'll still buy a copy for myself, I really only got the JPG ebook out of impatience (and so I wouldn't be spoiled by someone else, which would have happened).

I think most Potter fans are going to be generally happy with the result.

quote:

Originally posted by evanASF27 Well Sharp... looks like the publishers found out bout your not-so-little spoiler. Publisher asks numerous Web sites to pull material related to final volume http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19816389/?GT1=10150

Look if they didn't want this to happen they should have paid into the protection racket like everyone else.

Ah, not picking up til the 200th some pages...

Reminds me of Hannibal Rising

i just got the book wooooootttttt. and i'm so excited and sad at the same time. It's the last book and some1's gonna die(like every1 doesn't already know that). I wanna read it but i feel like i can't because it's like the end and stuff. so post what u think about the book and the 5th movie.

We will..... but in the Harry Potter Thread.

Saw the 5th movie.... by far, it is my favorite The fight scenes were very very well choreographed.

quote:

Originally posted by Hollow XXVI Ah, not picking up til the 200th some pages... Reminds me of Hannibal Rising

So they make harry into some eurotrash kid with a cliched 'dark history'?

...Oh wait

Hannibal's not Eurotrash.... ;__;

I got my copy from the mail lady. I wrote a funny message on the inside cover. I don't know why though. It just begged to be written.

Mathamatics say I've read about 40% of the book so far. . . I'm having fun.

I want to take this opportunity to voice how disappointed I feel after finishing Deathly Hallows. I was engaged through most of it, but it doesn't feel satisfying at all. Too little Snape, too predictable, and too many cop-outs. Too cliched. Too many instances that I had no idea who was doing what because of all the use of "he" instead of real names. Just...meh.

Snape kills-

Wait no, he DIES. Whoops

Spoiler'd, 'cause I'm a nice guy.

spoiler (highlight to read):

Thought it was a pretty good read. Main grievances were 1.) Lack of detail in descriptions. Places and things could get confusing, or just not memorable. Plenty of places where 3 words woulda done better than 1. 2.) Epilogue was made of suck and fanfiction. I won't read it next time. Seriously, what the sh** was that about. 3.) Crabbe destroying the horcrux. Real, real random, especially if it coulda been Malfoy. Though its still fun to say "I GOT CRABBES!" Other than that, it was pretty awesome. The last few chapters were real, real fanservice-y, what with OLIVER WOOD??? showing up, and all. This is not a complaint. Also, some of the details that were included were great, like the Ravenclaw door asking impossible questions. Lastly, I'm still mourning the loss of George's ear. That is tragedy right there, folks. Bawled my eyes out.

I totally almost cried when

spoiler (highlight to read):

Dobby died

. That was pretty rough.