[HPforGrownups] Disapointed in Potter?

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 127688

If you are so sure you're going to be disappointed to tears, go read a 
> different book! Join a different group. There are over 600 book 
> discussion groups on Yahoo alone (I just typed book discussions in the 
> yahoo search bar and counted them.)
> Or stay on this list, but if you can't say something nice, or something 
> connected to canon, don't say anything at all."

Agreed. Where are the theories of yesteryear? Where are the cluehunters for
the basis of the connection of Harry's eyes and wandless magic? WHY didn't
Voldemort die? Here's my tip: Harry was only a baby and his aim was off. Think
about that instead of this spoilt whining about bits of the book you don't
like. We aren't likely to have this kind of fun again in our lifetimes, think
about that too.

Sherry now

I, for one, never said I didn't like the books.  However, when we read, watch movies, listen to music, we are affected by it.  some things we like, and some things we don't.  we review, study, theorize and discuss. the Harry Potter series is unlike anything I've ever read, and I love it for that.  I am so glad that JKR chose to share her story with the world and take us along on the ride.  But that doesn't mean I have to like every single thing she does in the books.  It also doesn't mean that I expect her to write them to please me or any other fan.  she should write to please herself most of all, because it is her story.  My very favorite book in the world has a very mixed ending, happy and sad.  Yet, I still reread it every couple years because it's too wonderful and moving to cast it aside just because of the ending.

Yes, I said that if it all turns out to be a dream, I would never want to read future JKR works.  I did not say that I wouldn't still love all of HP--up to the part where it all turned out to be a dream!  It's ok to like and dislike certain parts, to be thrilled or disappointed in the story and where it goes.  to me, that's a mark of how incredible the books really are, that they generate so much feeling and involvement with readers, that we can feel thrilled or disappointed in the outcome.  That's part of why they are so great!

Sherry