Wow, I am worn out
This will not be coherent.
I started reading a little after 1am and finished a little after 6pm. I did sleep for six hours in between. The words were blurring, and there was just no way.
I can't organize my thoughts right now, so I won't try. Instead, a list of just...some thoughts.
1. LUPIN. As much as the Remus-Tonks union never worked for me, Remus Lupin was my favorite character, and when he died, I cried a great deal. I won't say I didn't see it coming, though. As soon as he made Harry the godfather of the baby, I had a very strong feeling.
2. I knew Harry would live. Yesterday, as I was bouncing around all nervously and excitedly, I realized that there was just no way that Harry could die. I got kind of worried there towards the end though. You know, like when he's killed.
3. Loved how the relationship between Ron and Hermione is done.
4. I was actually surprised that more people didn't die. I was sure that Hagrid was a goner.
5. NEVILLE.
6. KREACHER!
7. Harry killed Voldemort with an "Expelliarmus" after all. There's something to be said for trademarks.
8. I did miss Hogwarts, and I missed all the other characters, but I guess maybe that was the point.
9. I could have done without the epilogue. Easily. But that's okay.
10. I was surprised at how much of the book centered on Dumbledore. I wasn't anticipating that.
I did loved this book, although not in any sort of rational way. J.K. Rowling really would have had to end it with the, "It was all a dream!" nightmare scenario for me to have hated it. I felt like it ended how it should have ended. I feel a sense of closure. The world feels like it looks a little different now, because now I know the ending of Harry Potter, and that's different from this time yesterday, and yesterday already feels like a very, very, very long time ago.
I was almost surprised by the lack of surprises. I was also kind of surprised that the Snape being in love with Lily thing didn't turn out to just be another crackpot fan theory.
I cried at three parts - when Fred died, when we discovered Lupin to be dead, and when Harry was preparing himself to die, at which point I basically just started sobbing and had to put the book down because the words got very blurry.
I loved it. It would have been next to impossible for me to not love it.
I started reading a little after 1am and finished a little after 6pm. I did sleep for six hours in between. The words were blurring, and there was just no way.
I can't organize my thoughts right now, so I won't try. Instead, a list of just...some thoughts.
1. LUPIN. As much as the Remus-Tonks union never worked for me, Remus Lupin was my favorite character, and when he died, I cried a great deal. I won't say I didn't see it coming, though. As soon as he made Harry the godfather of the baby, I had a very strong feeling.
2. I knew Harry would live. Yesterday, as I was bouncing around all nervously and excitedly, I realized that there was just no way that Harry could die. I got kind of worried there towards the end though. You know, like when he's killed.
3. Loved how the relationship between Ron and Hermione is done.
4. I was actually surprised that more people didn't die. I was sure that Hagrid was a goner.
5. NEVILLE.
6. KREACHER!
7. Harry killed Voldemort with an "Expelliarmus" after all. There's something to be said for trademarks.
8. I did miss Hogwarts, and I missed all the other characters, but I guess maybe that was the point.
9. I could have done without the epilogue. Easily. But that's okay.
10. I was surprised at how much of the book centered on Dumbledore. I wasn't anticipating that.
I did loved this book, although not in any sort of rational way. J.K. Rowling really would have had to end it with the, "It was all a dream!" nightmare scenario for me to have hated it. I felt like it ended how it should have ended. I feel a sense of closure. The world feels like it looks a little different now, because now I know the ending of Harry Potter, and that's different from this time yesterday, and yesterday already feels like a very, very, very long time ago.
I was almost surprised by the lack of surprises. I was also kind of surprised that the Snape being in love with Lily thing didn't turn out to just be another crackpot fan theory.
I cried at three parts - when Fred died, when we discovered Lupin to be dead, and when Harry was preparing himself to die, at which point I basically just started sobbing and had to put the book down because the words got very blurry.
I loved it. It would have been next to impossible for me to not love it.