i have to say a resounding yes to all of that Hails. except the epilogue. i liekd the epilogue. although i cried in that too. i'm a pussy. I jumped on the POtter bandwagon pretty late, but ooh, i thought it was a near perfect ending. In hindsight, I liked all the boring wandering about with one shitty horcrux and no plan.
I loved that they didnt have a plan to rely on, that they had to wing it.
My first teary moment was when harry's all 'i dont think you guys should come you dont understadn the danger' and hermiones all, i sent my parents to australia with new personalities so they dont know i exist'. awesome.
also, i thought ron's present to harry, where he goes 'and its not all about wandwork' was hilarious.
many many many tears in this book. many.
and i know lotsa people have bitched about it being too crammed in the end, and tha pacing being off. but i disagree. the slow slow gradual sometimes dull buildup, then the orgasmic fearful explosion of action, then the warm sunny afterglow. lovely.
im gonna wait a little while before i read it again though i think. And i love loev love Dumbledores' back story. how he could still be respected, even though his motives were kinda dubious and his somewhat callous attitude towards Harry's life 'in the bigger picture' and his ethnocentric perspectives on wizards over humans, but still explaining why he was such a nice headmaster.
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