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.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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***SPOILER ALERT***
Scrappy - Jul 23, 2007 10:23:04 am PDT #1524 of 3301
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Kathy A - Jul 23, 2007 10:23:37 am PDT #1525 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Potterwatch was between Number 12 and Teddy's birth, which I think Lupin announced while they were all at Bill and Fleur's cottage.
beth b - Jul 23, 2007 10:23:41 am PDT #1526 of 3301
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
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.
§ ita § - Jul 23, 2007 10:26:19 am PDT #1527 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Kathy A - Jul 23, 2007 10:37:17 am PDT #1528 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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!
victor infante - Jul 23, 2007 10:47:47 am PDT #1529 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I didn't much care for the epilouge. Would have cared more if it had answered the burning question of where Luna ended up.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 10:51:44 am PDT #1530 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In spaaaaaaaaace.
Sparky1 - Jul 23, 2007 10:52:21 am PDT #1531 of 3301
Librarian Warlord
I sort of hope that Luna is the Care of Magical Creatures professor, and that she's telling the students all about how to avoid nargles.
le nubian - Jul 23, 2007 10:57:21 am PDT #1532 of 3301
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
It makes sense to me that he was the easier target for the Horcrux.
Then too, his sister Ginny already fell before a previous horcrux, so it could be something that runs through the Weasley family that makes them more likely to be targets than not.
Atropa - Jul 23, 2007 11:02:01 am PDT #1533 of 3301
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I sort of hope that Luna is the Care of Magical Creatures professor, and that she's telling the students all about how to avoid nargles.
Oh, I love that idea.