Are we having fun?

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 80565

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Potterfanme" <fc26det at a...> 
wrote:
> Now Susan:
> 
> Wanda, a few days ago I read a post that you did where you said 
that 
> you have not and will not reread OOP because it was so dark and 
> disappointing for you that you didn't feel you could.  (if I 
> misunderstood please forgive me.)  I felt the same way when I 
first 
> finished with it.  I was so wrapped up with who was going to die, 
and 
> what DD was going to finally tell Harry that I read it so quickly 
to 
> get to these areas that I missed a lot.  I felt like someone was 
> sitting on my chest when I finished the book.  I was angry with 
JKR 
> for having killed off Sirius (who at that time was my favorite 
> character) and I was confused with the sudden change in the *feel* 
of 
> the Harry Potter world.
> 
reread her books and find something you 
> missed each time. (SNIP) 
> 
> I am asking you to reread OOP cover to cover.  I am hoping that 
you 
> will find that OOP is not as dark and bleak as it was the first 
time 
> you read it.  Personally, I think the story is growing with Harry 
at 
> an appropriate level.  Life is that way.  As we age we acquire 
more 
> responsibility and have to deal with what comes.  Sometimes this 
is 
> good and sometimes this is bad.  Part of growing is dealing with 
the 
> bad and conquering it on our own.
> 
> Susan--who for some reason was touched by Wanda's feelings about 
OOP.

Well, thank you - that's a very kind and sensitive post!  But you 
know, it's not like I've resolved never to read OotP again.  Every 
few days I think to myself "I guess I should reread OotP again," but 
it's sort of the way kids talk about homework at the end of a long 
holiday.  (Glumly) "Well, I guess I'd better get started on that 
math..." (deep sigh)  That's how I feel about it - reluctant and 
almost repulsed.  Then I think to myself, "No. I'm a grownup, mother 
of three children - I don't have to do homework anymore.  I don't 
have to read a book I don't like."  And I don't think it's my fault, 
either.  Maybe I'll give it a try someday, or maybe I'll just wait 
until the next book comes out and see if the magic works again.  

Wanda