Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

durinsbane2244 · 07-21-2007, 04:52 PM

I'm not saying anything for a while, in spoiler or not, so don't worry.

Anyone else finished yet?

***Rían*** · 07-21-2007, 07:22 PM

oh, come on, give us a summary! *pleading look*

mighty_half-elf · 07-21-2007, 08:28 PM

I got my book at about 12:20 AM and started readin...I finished around 4 o'clock this afternoon..of course i was takin breaks every now and then cause my dad needed my help, but i'm pretty sure if i had read without stopping i could've finished around lunchtime or earlier

durinsbane2244 · 07-21-2007, 08:39 PM

as to you, Rian, it's against every moral principle in my body.

and as to the mighty-half elf, i got mine and got home around 1:10 (lines

) and finished around 9:47. very good read.

inked · 07-21-2007, 08:42 PM

Finished.

cee2lee2 · 07-21-2007, 09:15 PM

Mine came mid-morning and I finished about half an hour ago. And I'm sayn' nuttin'.

***Rían*** · 07-21-2007, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by durinsbane2244

as to you, Rian, it's against every moral principle in my body.

Why? I'll pick it up eventually at the library, and I've already read about it in some blogs. I just want to hear what Mooters think.

durinsbane2244 · 07-21-2007, 10:18 PM

oh, do you want an opinion/review? you said summary! i wasn't going to tell anything...i thought it was good. it was a very clever way of tying together everything she said about the "love" business without being corny.

***Rían*** · 07-21-2007, 10:32 PM

When I said "summary", I hadn't read the blogs yet.

Review, summary, either or both

I'd like to know what you guys think of it, and I don't mind knowing how it came out. I'd like to know more about Snape.

***Rían*** · 09-29-2008, 11:03 PM

Just realized that I still haven't read this ...

inked · 09-30-2008, 08:46 AM

Well, Rian, get reading! You are going to be delighted.......

Right, again and again and again,
Inked

ElizabethAnnRoger · 09-30-2008, 07:44 PM

I just hated that Lupid died!! Oh aha waa!! i really did cry...and TONKS TOO!! boohoo! and their little son all by himself...I'm gonna go shed some tears *walks away from computer to go have a soft little cry on the sofa...*

sisterandcousinandaunt · 10-01-2008, 09:38 AM

A quick review of spoiler tagging seems necessary, here.

If you are going to post something that might give away a plot point (like saying someone dies, etc.) you start that secion by posting a tag. You write the word spoiler and enclose it in the square brackets [ ]. At the end of your remark you write /spoiler and enclose that also in the square brackets.

Here's a demonstration:

The Wizard of Oz is a FAKE!

See? It protects the innocent.

shesabrandybuck · 10-03-2008, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

Here's a demonstration:

The Wizard of Oz is a FAKE!

See? It protects the innocent.

HAHAHAHA!!! That seriously made me laugh and I dont know why...it struck me as incredibly funny.

Yes, the spoiler tag is really important. Being an avid Harry Potter fan (or I guess you could say my life is practically devoted to Harry Potter...), I would be extremely upset if someone ruined the fact that

Lupin and Tonks die

. I would appriciate EAR if you would edit your post and put the spoiler tags in. The spoiler tag is really fun for some reason, and it would be the perfect oppertunity, EAR, to try it out yourself! *thinks back...oh I remember my first spoiler tag*

Coffeehouse · 10-06-2008, 04:57 PM

Warning!!!

Do NOT read the following

I thought Lu

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Lovegood

was

a cool

character

!

*Sorry for the childishness this is my first spoiler post..*

jammi567 · 10-25-2008, 10:28 AM

I personally thought the book was horrible. Everybody lost about 70% of their former IQ points (except for possibly Snape in the present day, Neville and Luna) and personality (except for the three above - yep, even Snape in his own memories lost all of his former personality); the plot was cliche and too duxce ex-machened(?) all the way through (I mean, seriously, being able to sort through Voldemort's memories without him noticing?).

There's loads more, but I'll leave it there for the moment.

shesabrandybuck · 10-26-2008, 04:43 PM

I was....somewhat disappointed with the Deathly Hallows, but that was only because I thought that the book was out of proportion. The unimportant parts were long, and the important ones weren't long enough. But, overall, I thought that it was wonderful.

**Nurvingiel** · 10-26-2008, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shesabrandybuck

I was....somewhat disappointed with the Deathly Hallows, but that was only because I thought that the book was out of proportion. The unimportant parts were long, and the important ones weren't long enough. But, overall, I thought that it was wonderful.

This x1000.

Also, I was really happy to see Neville really come into his own (

killing Nagini

).

I was a fan of Neville since the first book - before it was cool!

shesabrandybuck · 10-27-2008, 04:28 PM

I love Neville too.

I was really expecting him to be one to die, too. I was so happy when he didn't!! But, I cried myself to sleep every night when I found out Fred did. It still makes me very upset...

Midge · 11-04-2008, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shesabrandybuck

or I guess you could say my life is practically devoted to Harry Potter...

You know, you could have fooled me. I thought your life was devoted to Link and the playing of Zelda games. Now, on to more pressing business...

Ooohh... spoiler tags!

I agree with the idea that the unimportant parts were too long. A LOT of the book takes place in

various forests,

for example. The only part where that setting is exciting is when the

Horcrux is found in the woods.

My favorite part would definitely be the unraveling of Snape. The fact that

Dumbledore's trust proved true, and the faith he had in love also was true

helped the book be good, despite all its cheesiness (which I must admit IS there). In fact, I think this book has officially made Snape my favorite character, although Neville is a very good choice too.

And it's funny, because the whole Gringotts episode reminded me of a story written before the Deathly Hallows, based on Harry Potter, on a site called Mugglenet.com. It's called [url=http://mugglenet.com/editorials/themagicquill/index.shtml]The Magic Quill[url]. The story is one of those weekly posted things and the part I'm talking about is probably in the archives by now... But this wizard who reminds me of Sirius gets caught in a (spoiler following because of similarity to book)

Gringotts vault with a bunch of clowns and they escape ... I think using a dragon, IIRC.

Anyway. That's it, I think. I like the Deathly Hallows on the whole.

Have you read it yet, Rian???

07-21-2007, 04:52 PM	#1
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I'm not saying anything for a while, in spoiler or not, so don't worry. Anyone else finished yet? __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

07-21-2007, 07:22 PM	#2
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	oh, come on, give us a summary! pleading look __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

07-21-2007, 08:28 PM	#3
mighty_half-elf Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Dunedain Camp, West of Angmar, Middle Earth Posts: 118	I got my book at about 12:20 AM and started readin...I finished around 4 o'clock this afternoon..of course i was takin breaks every now and then cause my dad needed my help, but i'm pretty sure if i had read without stopping i could've finished around lunchtime or earlier __________________ Mighty Half-Elf Cheif Ranger of the Northern Dunedain Tribe From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. The Riddle of Strider Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

07-21-2007, 08:39 PM	#4
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	as to you, Rian, it's against every moral principle in my body. and as to the mighty-half elf, i got mine and got home around 1:10 (lines ) and finished around 9:47. very good read. __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

07-21-2007, 08:42 PM	#5
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Finished. __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

07-21-2007, 09:15 PM	#6
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Mine came mid-morning and I finished about half an hour ago. And I'm sayn' nuttin'.

07-21-2007, 10:18 PM	#8
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	oh, do you want an opinion/review? you said summary! i wasn't going to tell anything...i thought it was good. it was a very clever way of tying together everything she said about the "love" business without being corny. __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

07-21-2007, 10:32 PM	#9
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	When I said "summary", I hadn't read the blogs yet. Review, summary, either or both I'd like to know what you guys think of it, and I don't mind knowing how it came out. I'd like to know more about Snape. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

09-29-2008, 11:03 PM	#10
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Just realized that I still haven't read this ... __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

09-30-2008, 08:46 AM	#11
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Well, Rian, get reading! You are going to be delighted....... Right, again and again and again, Inked __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

09-30-2008, 07:44 PM	#12
ElizabethAnnRoger Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Along side the Emperor of France. Posts: 110	I just hated that Lupid died!! Oh aha waa!! i really did cry...and TONKS TOO!! boohoo! and their little son all by himself...I'm gonna go shed some tears walks away from computer to go have a soft little cry on the sofa... __________________ ...Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking... Vive l'Empereur! Now and for always... Elizabeth Ann Roger

10-25-2008, 10:28 AM	#16
jammi567 I'm Eru, and lord of Arda. Join Date: May 2006 Location: southampton, hampshire Posts: 2,609	I personally thought the book was horrible. Everybody lost about 70% of their former IQ points (except for possibly Snape in the present day, Neville and Luna) and personality (except for the three above - yep, even Snape in his own memories lost all of his former personality); the plot was cliche and too duxce ex-machened(?) all the way through (I mean, seriously, being able to sort through Voldemort's memories without him noticing?). There's loads more, but I'll leave it there for the moment.

10-26-2008, 04:43 PM	#17
shesabrandybuck Hero of Hyrule Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hyrule Posts: 1,052	I was....somewhat disappointed with the Deathly Hallows, but that was only because I thought that the book was out of proportion. The unimportant parts were long, and the important ones weren't long enough. But, overall, I thought that it was wonderful. __________________ Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe. Rain may fall and wind may blow, And many miles be still to go, But under a tree I will lie, And let the clouds go sailing by. twitter