'Bushwhacked'
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I've been going with the basic assumption that the books are targetted at a readership basically Harry's age
Or a bit younger, I'd say. The way that, say Seventeen is really read by girls under 15. Not that I know that is reality, of course, but that's the way it seems to work.
Which he was taught by Snape! I just put that together.
Ha! Nice!
Didn't Lupin and Harry make up when he asked Harry if he'd be Teddy's godfather? I just reread the part where they had the big blowup at Number 12, and I thought that was it for them arguing. Maybe not.
Kathy, I think you're right.
Hm. Maybe you're right, Kathy. I know there was some tension when Lupin came in on Potterwatch and that Harry gathered that he had forgiven him, so it didn't seem like they were on great terms.
The kids I know most jazzed about this book are early to mid teens, and I would have been thrilled to know that they got married and were happy when I was that age. Actually, at 16 or 17 I might have said it was sappy, but inside I still would have been thrilled. All 10 or so Neicephews I hung out with this weekend were all about the Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny match-ups.
Potterwatch was between Number 12 and Teddy's birth, which I think Lupin announced while they were all at Bill and Fleur's cottage.
Yeah, but it's the Deluminator. It takes away light. It should make you LOST. Heh.
Actually - it seems to store light until you put it back... so maybe it is all kinds of light?
I've been going with the basic assumption that the books are targetted at a readership basically Harry's age
I think a little younger, but I'll be honest, I found that I felt the same way about the romance novels that I read that I did about fairy tales. I wanted to know what happened to them after happily ever after. thinking about it a little more - I think 12- 14 is the idea age for book 7.
I was all "Happy? Check. Where's the next book?" The details of said happiness and the names of their bundles of joy interested me not one whit.
I liked the HEA epilogue just because it demonstrated that life goes on, even for heroes who save the world. It reminded me a lot of the end of LotR, which gave Sam that happy ending. But, it left a lot of open questions, which I liked better than having a bow tied around the finale and gift-wrapped for the reader.
Then again, I was a fan of the "what happened to Hester Prynne" ending of The Scarlet Letter, so at least I'm consistent!