Killing Harry

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 175406

"potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:

> Did the resolution work? In that 
> period between putting the book down
> and picking it up, what were you 
> hoping/expecting would happen? 

I always thought Harry would probably die but suddenly at the bottom
of page 687 I felt certain that he would, but I was no longer certain
that was a good idea. I suppose Harry felt pretty much the same way I
did about it. In a way we got the best of both worlds with many of the
powerful emotions we readers would have had if Harry died but without
him actually dying.

The real beauty of the book is that if you want Harry dead you can
have him dead, just rip out the last 53 pages of the book so that the
entire Potter saga ends on page 704 with the words "He saw the mouth
move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone."

What sort of reception do you suppose the book would have received if
JKR hadn't written those last 53 pages?

  Eggplant Gellert Grindelwald