Monday, July 23, 2007
Can it really be over?
So guess what I did this weekend? Probably the same thing a LOT of you did. I read the seventh and final installment of the epic tale of Harry Potter (to quote the dust jacket).
I actually stayed awake until midnight to purchase it on Friday night, which is a rare feat for me these days, Noodle likes to go to bed EARLY. But I was not as cool as some of my friends and rather than hit a Barnes & Noble, I got mine at my local grocery store.
I read one chapter of it and then immediately passed out.
For the remainder of the weekend I pored over the pages of the last look into the life of Harry Potter. I won't give any spoilers because I'm not a JERK and know that not EVERYONE had the weekend to give away to finishing the book. Chris hasn't even had time to read the 6th one yet! So I won't give anything away. BUT, I was crying within the first 60 pages, and then several more times throughout the weekend. Yes, people died, many lived, and it was a wild ride.
It ended with things going the way that I had hoped they would, with still many twists that I didn't see coming. Thank you, J.K. Rowling, for continuing to amaze me with your elegant prose and getting kids (and many adults) excited about reading again.
How many other 800 page books are kids begging their parents to stay up until midnight for and devoting 10 years of their young lives to? Not very many, I bet I can count them on one hand.
The journey has ended, thankfully we still have two more movie adaptations to look forward to, and I only hope that they continue to do them justice, as each of the five previous have done.
It was very hard coming to the last page knowing that there was no more. But I cry at the drop of a hat these days, and it felt good to have a reason for my waterworks for a change.
Goodbye Harry, thanks for allowing us this intimate look inside your life. Let the story of your tragic existence give children a chance to flex their imaginative muscles for many years to come.
I actually stayed awake until midnight to purchase it on Friday night, which is a rare feat for me these days, Noodle likes to go to bed EARLY. But I was not as cool as some of my friends and rather than hit a Barnes & Noble, I got mine at my local grocery store.
I read one chapter of it and then immediately passed out.
For the remainder of the weekend I pored over the pages of the last look into the life of Harry Potter. I won't give any spoilers because I'm not a JERK and know that not EVERYONE had the weekend to give away to finishing the book. Chris hasn't even had time to read the 6th one yet! So I won't give anything away. BUT, I was crying within the first 60 pages, and then several more times throughout the weekend. Yes, people died, many lived, and it was a wild ride.
It ended with things going the way that I had hoped they would, with still many twists that I didn't see coming. Thank you, J.K. Rowling, for continuing to amaze me with your elegant prose and getting kids (and many adults) excited about reading again.
How many other 800 page books are kids begging their parents to stay up until midnight for and devoting 10 years of their young lives to? Not very many, I bet I can count them on one hand.
The journey has ended, thankfully we still have two more movie adaptations to look forward to, and I only hope that they continue to do them justice, as each of the five previous have done.
It was very hard coming to the last page knowing that there was no more. But I cry at the drop of a hat these days, and it felt good to have a reason for my waterworks for a change.
Goodbye Harry, thanks for allowing us this intimate look inside your life. Let the story of your tragic existence give children a chance to flex their imaginative muscles for many years to come.
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Jen's readin' it now... Not sure where She's at right now... I do know that She's takin' Her time readin' it, Savorin' every little Moment... I'm Glad to Hear that You were Satisfied with this, the last chapter in the Potter Series... It gives Me Hope that Jen too, will put it onto Her Special Shelf once She's done readin' It, with that Fufilled Look She has whenever She finishes one... While I'm not a BIG Reader, I do enjoy watchin' Jen Read...
Later Marls,
T...
Later Marls,
T...
Awesome. I'm going to go back and reread all of them now, because I'm uber-nerd. So I can't wait, because I'm sure there are things that I've missed in previous books that I will pick up on now.
Ben is the same way, he just asked me what was going on from time to time, especially when I was crying.
Ben is the same way, he just asked me what was going on from time to time, especially when I was crying.
I thought she took a small step back in the very end and "kidded" the book out a bit, similar to books 1-2, but I also think she wrapped it up the only way she probably good have. It's no Order of the Phoenix, but it was good. To me, the essential Potter is books 3-5, as an adult, I would like to have seen an all-out War, and I think those three led up to what could have been.
I agree, Ryan, I think the "war" seemed rushed at the end. I wanted to see an all-out Wizard battle, because that's what we've all been waiting for. But I think to keep the book under 1500 pages she had to speed it up, I would have been cool with less Hallows searching and a bigger war at the end, but I still loved it.
My favorite book is STILL Book Three, however.
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My favorite book is STILL Book Three, however.
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