[HPforGrownups] Harry's fate WAS: Re: RE Snape and Petunia

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 155896

susanbones2003 wrote:

> Hi guys,
> Don't throw in the towel just yet. There are all sorts of things that 
> could happen but I am willing to bet that JKR will end the series in 
> a way that will be poignant yet you'll still want to read the books 
> again. Did you ever read LOTR? I was floored by the ending. Just 
> flattened like a pancake. I cried and ranted and was so angry. I felt 
> so cheated. But an overwhelming desire to understand the ending drove 
> me to read the books again, to see the fore-shadowing, to understand 
> why the book had to end that way. I know JKR will make what ever she 
> does be ultimately right and believable and you will not want to 
> throw away your books or dispose of them in any violent and 
> unnecessary mechanized manner. 
> Hold on.
> Jen D.

  KJ writes:

    I wouldn't re-read the books because of disappointment with the 
ending, or dissatisfaction with the ending, at least I am trusting that 
JKR will ensure that doesn't happen.  It is more likely to be a case of 
a book or series of books that are so complete in themselves, tell the 
story so well, and end the story with such finality, that there is no 
need to re-live it. I also read LoTR, once in my high school days, with 
little understanding of it.  When I read it thirty years later, it was 
with greater understanding.  It had the perfect ending, and no questions 
unanswered. I can safely say that I will not read it again. It has 
nothing more to tell me. If JKR does her job correctly, regardless, of 
the ending, the story will be finished. We can not go back to the 
innocence of PS/SS because we have a much more educated view of the WW. 
  We all re-read the books now looking for clues, and looking for 
answers.Once we have those answers, I think most of us will keep the 
books as an enjoyable journey, without having to make the same journey 
over and over. I certainly would not burn, shred, slice or dice them as 
has been threatened by some. Regardless of the ending, it has been a 
great ride.
KJ