J.K. Rowling Completes 6th Book! — Page 3

I'm going to hop into my Hermione costume (finally complete with wand!) to go to a midnight party... When I got OotP my friend called me every hour to see if I'd finished, oh it was so annoying! She was just like "Has the person died yet? It's so weird how they dies..." And such. And there where so many red herrings! Mr Weasley, Hermione, so traumatizing...

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Updated On: 12/21/04 at 07:17 PM

Well, whether or not he died, when I got to the part, after building up on all this suspense, I thought, "Huh, that's it?"

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There are so many Weasleys.. ones gunna hafta snuff it, sadly. If one has to go, I want Percy out because hes a big stupid git, but my money is on the Mrs...
Everyone who knows me, and has hear me talk about HP knows Lupin is my favorite.. if he dies the book is going in the freezer... (for about 2 seconds, because I'll go into withdraw... but still, the gesture is there.)

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I'm pretty sure that JK has said that Sirius is definitley dead. I was very unhappy with the way that happened, but then again, i thought the entire ending of HP5 was very poorly done. it seemed very rush and didn't wrap up anything.

i can't wait for the 7th book, when we can finally get the "big picture." JK has carefully orchestrated every single detail, and i feel like i'm barely skimming the surface without knowing everything.

i am a HP purist. i refuse to watch the movies, see pictures from the movies, hear the movies, read fanfic, see fan artwork...even those scarves that are supposedly the ones from the movies (i wouldn't know) make me cringe. i hate the way such brilliant books have been way over-commercialized. i read the first in september '98 (the first American edition was published 9/1/98 ) and have gotten each subsequent book as soon as possible. i have the British version of the 3rd because it came out there first. the 5th i got at midnight and read straight through, and will be doing the same for the 6th. all i can say is...don't come between me and my HP!!!

Updated On: 12/21/04 at 07:30 PM

Do you think Sirius is really as cold-hearted as he seems, and really has a soft-spot for Harry? And Ron and Hermione?

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Spider- I actually admire Rowling for being willing to be realistic and turn Potter from a Mary Sue into something resembling a real person. I mean, have you talked to any teenagers lately? We whine. A lot. Especially in the petulant mid-teen years.

I understand. I am just saying that there were a lot of parts that I felt just repeated itself over and over about why Harry was mad. I think she could have cut a good 100, maybe 200 pages out of the book and it would have been better. But, that is just me.

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YES!!! *Jumps up and down* I CAN'T WAIT!!!! What would I do without BWW.com? I learn everything useful on this site.

Has anyone read a fascinating book called "The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter?" It is really interesting. It goes through every chapter of every book (1-4, actually) and analyzes clues and stuff. There is also a special "Restricted Section" that has ideas and clues about what might happen in books 5-7. They have some pretty interesting theories...There is also a supplemental book about the 5th book. If you haven't read these, I would greatly reccommend them. It's amazing how much you miss just plain reading them.

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yes, elphie. that book is my bible. they have one for the 5th book, too. in the original, its amazing how many predictions you can make. they were very straight on about the 5th one.

Mr. Roxy, you're missing out!

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