Oh that's the thing Gud just got to. Not the other thing.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Frankenbuddha - Oct 12, 2007 2:37:27 am PDT #2971 of 3301
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Aims - Oct 12, 2007 3:30:53 am PDT #2972 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t sigh
Dana - Oct 12, 2007 3:42:24 am PDT #2973 of 3301
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
t sniffle
Frankenbuddha - Oct 12, 2007 4:09:17 am PDT #2974 of 3301
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
hands out virtual hankies
lisah - Oct 12, 2007 4:40:09 am PDT #2975 of 3301
Punishingly Intricate
I had to get out my book last night to read what was going to happen right after Gud left off yesterday and yeah...
Gudanov - Oct 12, 2007 5:19:35 am PDT #2976 of 3301
Coding and Sleeping
There's lots of fighting, charging desks, flying crystal balls, and good old stunning spells. The spiders charge in and retreat with Hagrid in their midst. I don't think that's the end of Hagrid, but then I never thought one of the twins would buy it either. There are giants, then dementors, and Luna saves the day. I like how calmly she gets Harry to be able to use his patronus again.
They take the tunnel to the shack after Ron is reminded to use magic by Hermione. A nice little allusion to book 1. At the end of the tunnel are Voldemort and Snape. I left off after Snape is killed and Voldemort leaves the shack. Snape being killed isn't much of a shock since I never expected him to make it. I was sort of expecting Snape to be kill after finally betraying Voldemort. I wonder if this could mean that we never really find out which side Snape was on. That would be kinda cool actually. There is some more wand stuff, killing the previous owner does seem to follow the legend of the elder wand. I could see that simply yanking it out of somebody's hand is too low a bar for the legendary wand. Maybe it's all legend though, it would be sort of ironic if the elder wand was just a regular wand after all.
victor infante - Oct 12, 2007 5:54:10 am PDT #2977 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 wonder if this could mean that we never really find out which side Snape was on.
Oh, man. You really are at the point in the book where, no matter where you stop, things'll look different a few pages later, aren't you?
Trudy Booth - Oct 12, 2007 6:59:32 am PDT #2978 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Oh, man. You really are at the point in the book where, no matter where you stop, things'll look different a few pages later, aren't you?
Which I think shows Rowling as a better writer than she is often given credit for.
victor infante - Oct 12, 2007 7:04:17 am PDT #2979 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Which I think shows Rowling as a better writer than she is often given credit for.
Oh, Rowling's an excellent plotter. One of the best around, really. Her prose itself is clunky, and a lot of her dialouge is awkward, but when it comes to plotting a neat course from Point A to Point Z? She's got it going on.
Fay - Oct 12, 2007 8:33:54 am PDT #2980 of 3301
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
What Victor said.
Although I think that her prose has its moments, and I do appreciate her love of wordplay. But, yeah - one wouldn't recommend the books simply on the merits of her prose. Luckily the plotting and the world-building is top-notch, though.
Meanwhile, I'm thoroughly enjoying Gud's comments as we reach the climax.