Are we having fun?

[severusbook4]

No: HPFGUIDX 80597

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Potterfanme" <fc26det at a...> 
wrote:
> ---> 
> Now Susan:
> 
>  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.
> 
> Then I went on a few HP sites, found this one, and started to read 
> the posts talking about the happy moments.  Frankly, I thought 
some 
> of the posters here were totally delusional. <grin>  I realised 
that 
> I had obviously missed something somewhere.  I took a deep breath 
and 
> reread OOP *looking* for anything that wasn't depressing.
> 
> You know what?  It was a totally different experience.  I had 
missed 
> so much.  This is one of the things I love about JKR's writing 
> style.  You can read and reread her books and find something you 
> missed each time.  
> 
> 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.

Sevvie here:

I have always been somewhat a book worm, and have to say I 
completely enjoyed OotP.  It pulls you in, and you feel what Harry 
feels, his anger, frustrations, wants, and fears.  This I must 
commend JKR for being able to do, as you read the book, you become 
Harry, I think this is great, some thing only Anne Rice has been 
able to do for me before.  I must also admit that this book could be 
rather intense for some of the younger readers out there, but I 
think they can handle it (have you watched some of their cartoons? 
Scary stuff!).  I will also join in the anger if JKR kills either 
Harry or Hermione in the next 2 books.  These are one thing my 
daughter and I both agree on completely, are the HP books.

Sevvie "gotta love the gothic stuff" Snape