[HPforGrownups] Sense of loss, sense of dread

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 151620


On Apr 28, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Wade wrote:

> I am new to HP and just finished HBP late last night.  I am an older
> male and I cannot believe the effect this book had on me.  I  
> laughed in
> many places. I especially enjoyed the way JKR handled teen-aged angst:
> very original, very real.  I had tears in my eyes and a deep sense of
> melancholy at the last line "he had one last golden day of peace left
> to enjoy with Ron and Hermione". omg! I can't remember the last time
> a book hit me so hard. It might be because I have raised children and
> been through it for real, but when I think back to the first book, and
> movie, I find I want to suffer instead of Harry. How could something
> that started with such innocent joy become what it has?
>
> Am I losing my mind? Over a book?
>
> The sense of dread?  What's going to happen to poor Harry next?  Will
> he ever find happiness?  There's only one more book.
>
> They say JKR is a billionaire.  She deserves every galleon!



kchuplis:

Welcome. Of course you are not crazy. If you were, we would all have  
to be crazy too. That's simply not true. Not at all...erm...... :D