Do You Peek?

[karenmarieb2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 81688

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bohcoo" <sydenmill at m...> wrote:

> So, am I the only one? Did anyone else get their book out of the 
> wrapper and immediately look for the death scene? 
> 
> So, then -- how are you going to be reading the last two books in the 
> series? Are you going to Peek? Look at the last page or two, just to 
> see who is still there, saying goodbye on the Platform as they part 
> for the summer?
> 
> 

There was no peeking what-so-ever in this house, but I do admit to 
reading it as fast as I could, for as long as I could to see what the 
ending was.  And will read the next two books the same way.  Peeking 
to the end ruins it for me on that first read.  

But what was even harder was not telling my husband when he read it.  
And I had to censor the discussions at my school so the students who 
had read it would not spoil it for those who had not. (One teacher 
had it for assigned reading over the summer term.) 



> I feel sorry for JKR, in a way. We have postulated the plot 
> possibilities so thoroughly, with speculations so spectacularly 
> intellectual, that I wonder if Rowling sits at home reading some of 
> them and saying to herself, "Oh no, what am I going to do NOW? I 
> wasn't going to get THAT sophisticated with it. . ."
> 
> She has commented that the Harry Potter story jumped into her mind, 
> fully formed. She knew how it was going to end before she set the 
> first word on paper. Do you think she has changed any of it in light 
> of these worldwide expectations?
> 


My ponderings have took me along the lines of JKR saying something 
like, "Oh, no, they predicted the real outcome again.  How on earth 
can I change it this time!"  I think she must have changed some of 
the things that were predicted, just to keep us off track.  The 
ending is there, but all the stuff between now and then is still 
fuzzy.  (IMHO of course.)  

> Just wondering,
> Bohcoo


Me too!
KarenMarie