I actually cried more than you! I shed a few tears in honor of Hedwig and Moody, a few more for Dobby, and was a wreck after Fred, and mostly from then on.
I don't cry much at books, so this was pretty significant. I didn't even cry when Sirius died, and only cried a little bit at the end of Half Blood Prince.
This is the first HP book that I actually cried for. Hedwig started it off, the reunion with Percy was wrenching, and I almost cried when Hermione told Harry how she was protecting her parents. No child should have to make that decision.
I didn't try to guess which characters would die (too stressful), but Lupin's death made sense: all of the Marauders are gone, now. Although I think it was a little unnecessary to have Tonks go, too, it mirrors Harry's life. Only, this time, the boy does get to have his godfather in his life and he doesn't grow up without love and trust.
You know, I don't think I cried hardly at all with this book... which is very unlike me. If I did, it was when Hedwig died. :( But I can see how she might have presented a problem, what with them being in hiding and all...
And yeah, I could have done without the epilogue, too.
Oh hell, I basically spent the last 200+ pages in tears, not to mention all the pages that included the deaths of Hedwig, Mad Eye, and Dobby. I am pretty sure that my steady stream of tears started when Neville burst through the entrance to the secret passage in the Hog's Head. Man.
I am also not much of a crier when it comes to these books, having known from the very start of HBP that it would be Dumbledore that died. That being said, I was a little surprised at the high death count in this book, and I cried for Hedwig (I hate it when animals die even more than people), Lupin and Tonks, and then also had to put the book down towards the end when I was absolutely convinced that I was wrong all along (in insisting that Harry would live) and that JK was, in fact, going to kill him.
It's like, 4am and I'm so freaking delirious from reading for 5 straight hours that it's all I can do to even leave this comment.
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I didn't try to guess which characters would die (too stressful), but Lupin's death made sense: all of the Marauders are gone, now. Although I think it was a little unnecessary to have Tonks go, too, it mirrors Harry's life. Only, this time, the boy does get to have his godfather in his life and he doesn't grow up without love and trust.
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And yeah, I could have done without the epilogue, too.
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There are no words.
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It's like, 4am and I'm so freaking delirious from reading for 5 straight hours that it's all I can do to even leave this comment.
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