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07-21-2007, 04:52 PM | #1 |
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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?
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07-21-2007, 07:22 PM | #2 |
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oh, come on, give us a summary! *pleading look*
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07-21-2007, 08:28 PM | #3 |
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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
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07-21-2007, 08:39 PM | #4 |
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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.
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07-21-2007, 08:42 PM | #5 |
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Finished.
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07-21-2007, 09:15 PM | #6 |
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Mine came mid-morning and I finished about half an hour ago. And I'm sayn' nuttin'.
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07-21-2007, 09:21 PM | #7 | |
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. 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! |
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07-21-2007, 10:18 PM | #8 |
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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.
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07-21-2007, 10:32 PM | #9 |
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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.
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. 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 |
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Just realized that I still haven't read this ...
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. 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 |
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Well, Rian, get reading! You are going to be delighted.......
Right, again and again and again, Inked
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09-30-2008, 07:44 PM | #12 |
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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...*
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10-01-2008, 09:38 AM | #13 | |
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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:
See? It protects the innocent.
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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
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I thought Lu
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*Sorry for the childishness this is my first spoiler post..*
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10-25-2008, 10:28 AM | #16 |
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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?).
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10-26-2008, 04:43 PM | #17 |
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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.
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Also, I was really happy to see Neville really come into his own (
I was a fan of Neville since the first book - before it was cool!
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10-27-2008, 04:28 PM | #19 | |
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I love Neville too.
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I agree with the idea that the unimportant parts were too long. A LOT of the book takes place in
My favorite part would definitely be the unraveling of Snape. The fact that
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)
Anyway. That's it, I think. I like the Deathly Hallows on the whole. Have you read it yet, Rian???
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