I totally pumped my fist for Neville and cried over Dobby. Mind you, the whole plan about Griphook had me wincing and turning away -- if it'd been a TV show, I might have done something else for a few minutes and then tuned back in to see how it turned out. I mean, such a bad idea!

It was a bit quick and neat, but oh, how I loved the Kreacher turnaround! Cause over and over Rowling drives home that how you treat people more often than not returns to you, regardless of how they treat you!

You do wish they had wizarding trauma specialists, don't you? The magical world is sorely lacking in appropriate psychiatric treatment.

ETA: I did think giving Draco a receding hairline at thirty-six was a little spiteful. I mean, yes, he was a sniveling weakling, but come on! I was really hoping he'd get to do something, actually, even if it was something small. I mean, they do save his life twice -- it really felt like a setup for him to do something worthwhile for once.

EATA: Oh, and FUCK! Poor fucking Snape! He doesn't even get to do something major and heroic, or even be recognized for everything he's done until he's DEAD. Goddammit!

I surprised myself by sobbing when Ron but the socks on Dobby.

God, I did too. I couldn't believe it.

Me too.

I'd said before that I'd throw the book across the room if it turned out that Snape was in love with Lily. And, while I didn't do that, I did start punching my blanket. Still feels cheesy to me, but I guess we'd been building up to that for long enough that it had to be done.

I think I need to reread to totally get everything going on with the Hallows.

I'm wondering who Draco married.

I liked that Petunia's "That horrible boy" reference turned out to not be James. That had felt off to me, for a whole lot of reasons.

Fred! Lupin!

OK. I'm still sort of flailing.

Edit: Oh, and Umbridge having Mad-Eye's eye in her door was seriously creepy. As are the cat plates -- they got way creepier for me after seeing the movie.

And Percy!

I ended up reading quite a bit of this book with one eye. I fell asleep with my contacts in last night, so I couldn't wear them for too long today, and my glasses are broken, and unfortunately Reparo doesn't work on real glasses, and the only way I could focus on the book was to close one eye. I'll consider it a tribute to Mad-Eye.

Hil, that's real devotion. :-)

I did think it dragged some during the weeks they were hiding in the tent and squabbling. You'll notice that didn't stop me

Word. I could wank it and say it's appropriate for the book to be shapeless and lost when the characters themselves are also shapeless and at a loss about what to do. But honestly, it could have been 200 pages shorter.

The whole first 300 pages was just meh. And then the last half rocked.

I just finished it. Started it last night around 11, read until 3, woke up at 10:30, and now is all done. And I'm sad the series is done and yet so glad that the ending was happy.

The death that hit me the hardest was actual Fred's. Don't know why--they all stung, but that one especially.

Yes, it dragged in parts, but honestly? How much can I complain about dragging when I couldn't stop reading? Loved it.

I'm evil in that I'm kind of pleased one of the twins got it, because I despise practical jokers and they got away with too darned much that was cruel and hurtful.

Jilli - it's "One Big Happy Weasley Family", it basically means an ending with Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione.

I did think giving Draco a receding hairline at thirty-six was a little spiteful.

Heh. But I have friends (shit, *I'm* 36, and I haven't learned one single spell!) that age who already have receding hairlines. Not, like, slightly, but rapidly fleeing.

Just finished. Am spent. I cried when all the dead were laid in the Great Hall, and the Weasleys were around Fred, and then Harry noticed Lupin and Tonks. But then I pulled myself together, but then Harry left, and asked Neville to kill Nagini if no one else was able to, and I started up again, and then when Harry used the Resurrection Stone, I pretty much sobbed until not!dead naked Harry woke up in...well, in his own brain, I suppose.

And I got teary again at the very end, just because....it's over.

More to say later.

Jilli - it's "One Big Happy Weasley Family", it basically means an ending with Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione.

Huh. Go fandom and its acronyms for everything, then! I'm okay with the notion of OBHWF, because it satisfies my not-so-secret addictions to happy endings.

I was thinking about Snape's death, and it dawned on me that his asking Harry to look at him as he died was so he could see Lily's eyes one last time. Oh Sev, you poor poor thing.

it dawned on me that his asking Harry to look at him as he died was so he could see Lily's eyes one last time.

I just replied to your comment about this in Fay's LJ -- that didn't even occur to me when I read it, but OF COURSE.

And the thing is, Snape felt all betrayed when he found out that he was helping keep Harry safe *seemingly* to be sacrificed, and then Harry got to pull an Aslan and come back, and Snape never even knew that Lily's son made it after all.

Poor Snape.