HARRY POTTER!!!!

[elgshell]

i finished the book around 9 pm, and didn't even stay up all night. or read all day. i slept. showered. ate. went grocery shopping. and still made damn good time :)

nevertheless, this day has been quite possible the most emotionally intense day of my LIFE. holy cow

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[aerrin]

Mine isn't coming for DAYS and I am going crazy.

I would so go to a reading party like that. Geeks? Pft.

[suninos]

Since your post is mostly non-spoilery, and my comment is spoilery, highlight to read:
Well, Harry's scar wasn't the Horcrux, Harry himself was. Beyond that, I kind of wished I hadn't known all the theories in advance, because the entire ending was just like "Yeah, yeah, have I read this somewhere already?" Nevertheless, I'm glad it all worked out, because the theories were brilliant and I really did mostly like the ending Rowling worked out.

For some reason, this book was really flat for me. I didn't feel any emotions at all. I was convinced I would be crying through the whole thing, but I didn't. It took me FOREVER to read, though (I went straight from 9 am to 8 pm) because I kept having to reread battle scenes to figure out what had happened. There were a lot of unclear passages in this one.

It's good you got to take a lot of breaks, though. That's what I did with Half-Blood Prince, and that made it a much better experience. As for reading parties, I so would've done one if I had any friends here.

[elgshell]

yeah i thought i would be crying all the way through too, but i didn't!! i got a little choked up when (highlight to read) fred died, but that was about it . . . considering i was sobbing my eyes out at the end of both OotP and HBP that was kind of a let-down