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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 8:16:03 GMT -5
i actually screamed when i read the epilogue. it was rather funny actually. i was in school and finished the first book within a day and when i saw that harry did get together with ginny it was as though a banshee had been let loose..
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 2, 2012 8:28:46 GMT -5
I never really could see Harry with Ginny. I don't know why.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 10:01:05 GMT -5
It's funny, I liked the epilogue fine until I read fanfictiona and discovered Slash. I actually still don't mind the epilogue, though it would have been nice to see what the other New Gen kids were like.
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 2, 2012 10:05:20 GMT -5
I love slash, but I will read het, and the pairing doesn't really bother me. There are some Harry/Ginny stories that are quite good, but that isn't one of my favourite pairings.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 14:00:35 GMT -5
And fun to read ... shame on JKR for cheating us out of it  No, I don't think it says anything. The book didn't make it clear what exactly happened, as far as I can tell. Like with all the others who fell and we don't know if they just went down for a moment, were stunned or died. That battle description was so vague in that regard, and the last chapter to tie up these loose threads didn't happen. has found something of this, posted it in a new post about hp facts.. |
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Post by AllyJackson on Jul 2, 2012 15:41:35 GMT -5
The first time I read the epilogue it scared me.  I made the mistake of flipping towards it right after reading that Voldemort sent the killing curse at Harry. I scanned through the epilogue real quick and read something about Albus, James, Lily, Harry, and Ginny and freaked out, because I though I was reading about their afterlife.  That might have been because I'd been reading the darn book since 1pm and it was then 2 in the morning. But since then, I've stopped skipping ahead in books to make sure people don't die.  |
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 16:02:54 GMT -5
I never skip ahead in books, except in Eragon, but that's only to get to the language section and I've not turned far enough and ended up reading a couple passages on that page before realising what I was doing and going to the translations.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 16:04:13 GMT -5
i've always held the belief that if you read the last page of a book then you know that it's a good one. can't remember where i heard that little tip..
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 2, 2012 16:09:24 GMT -5
I never skip ahead in books, except in Eragon, but that's only to get to the language section and I've not turned far enough and ended up reading a couple passages on that page before realising what I was doing and going to the translations. The only times I skip ahead are when I'm reading a book that has a glossary at the end, or a language section, or when I've already read the book and am searching for a particular quote. |
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 16:25:38 GMT -5
Even when I've read it before, I don't skip. I don;t know why.
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Post by AllyJackson on Jul 2, 2012 16:29:59 GMT -5
I find that when I reread things I notice little easter eggs I missed before. . . . I've come to reread a lot of books.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 2, 2012 16:39:42 GMT -5
that ones most cetainly find that one to be true..
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 17:10:53 GMT -5
I find that when I reread things I notice little easter eggs I missed before. . . . I've come to reread a lot of books. Same here. I was thrilled when I realised she'd mentioned Sirius in the first chapter of the first book. I love little things like that. Nobody would realise it unless they re-read it. |
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Post by Dimcairien on Jul 2, 2012 17:38:38 GMT -5
Re-reading books does give you a lot of foreshadowing that you didn't notice the first time. The majority of my favourite books I've read time and time again, each time discovering something new about them.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 2, 2012 17:41:27 GMT -5
That's why I'm going to read J.K's new book extra slowly to make sure I take every little detail in.
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Post by AllyJackson on Jul 2, 2012 19:02:30 GMT -5
I read her books at least seven times and I still don't think I've read everything.
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 2, 2012 19:27:56 GMT -5
I've read those books so much they've fallen apart, and I've had to staple the pages in small sections, just to keep them together. It's disappointing that they aren't still in one piece, but it is a lot easier to deal with just holding a small pile when trying to make sure that I've got everything exactly as she wrote it in my RtBs.
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Post by AllyJackson on Jul 4, 2012 9:34:37 GMT -5
Yeah, my copy of SS is like that. I won't let anyone touch it now. |
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 4, 2012 9:40:08 GMT -5
That's why I'm going to read J.K's new book extra slowly to make sure I take every little detail in. seen the new cover yet? not upto the usual standards.. |
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Post by bkaddictjk on Jul 5, 2012 5:01:19 GMT -5
then we would have been really disappointed  |
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I made the mistake of flipping towards it right after reading that Voldemort sent the killing curse at Harry. I scanned through the epilogue real quick and read something about Albus, James, Lily, Harry, and Ginny and freaked out, because I though I was reading about their afterlife. 
