Unusual Reading Deathly Hallows Story, I think.

[bgrugin]

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> > >Tonks:
> > >You LOVED IT???? Are you a masochist or something!!
> > >J.K. Rowling is brutal!! 
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> > Lenore:
> > I .. agree .. that JKR seems  unnecessarily "brutal"...
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> bboyminn:
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> Since when has war ever been romantic or funny? Yes,
> after the fact, people do write romantic and funny
> stories about it, but when you are in the trenches
> with bullets zipping over you head and the friend who
> just yesterday saved your life has now had his head
> blown off, there aren't many thoughts of romance and
> very little to laugh about. 
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> War, especially a vicious corrupt war like in the book,
> is itself a dark, evil, twisted thing that is brutal
> beyond belief. 
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> To tell the story that needed to be told, I think 
> JKR was rather restrained.
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> But that's just me.
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> Steve/BlueWizard
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MusicalBetsy here:

I loved it too.  Yes, it was brutal, but like Steve said, that's war 
isn't it?  I would rather have it be realistic.  It was a very 
exciting story, with lots of action (although the middle part was 
tamer), and even a few funny lines...though not many, but I expected 
that.  When everyone has finished reading, I'll tell you my favorite 
line in the whole book (Harry says it near the end).  I thought the 
book was a treasure, and I've already started reading it again.