Oyez, Oyez, the I Hate Horcruxes Society is Now in it...

[julie]

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> jlenox2004 at ... writes:

> > Am I the only one that will be tempted (when the final book is 
> > released) to just skip to the end and find out if JKR kills off 
Harry 
> > or not? 
> > 

> Sandy replies:
> 
> I have every intention of doing just that as I am waiting in line 
to pay for 
> the book, and if I can find out sooner than that, so much the 
better. I knew 
> Dumbledore was dead before I paid for HBP because I read the last 
chapter as I 
> was waiting in line. I can't stand suspense and just have to know, 
and as long 
> as Harry survives it won't spoil the book for me. However, if Harry 
does not 
> survive, I will be faced with deciding whether or not to buy the 
book.

Julie:
I haven't skipped ahead in any of the books yet, though I did 
suspect Dumbledore would die by the end of HBP because of the
rumors circulated online. I don't plan to skip ahead in Book
7, though it still may not be possible to remain in the dark
about Harry's fate unless I both avoid the Internet and do not
go to one of the midnight parties certain to take place at 
bookstores to get my copy. At those parties I'm sure many fans
like you will flip to the end as soon as the book is in their
hands, and given the emotional impact of Harry's fate to many
of us, they won't be able to avoid huge smiles or huge groans,
tears or sighs of relief, etc. So I guess I'll have to decide
whether to have the book delivered via B&N or Amazon the next
day and lock myself away in a quiet room until I finish it...
or be spoiled on at least that major plot point. 

Sandy:
> I have been very disappointed and dis-satisfied with the last two 
books, 
> which leaves me with little hope that the next, and last, will be 
much better. 
> Like Lupinlore, I just dread the Horcrux hunt . With so much else 
to cover in the 
> book I fear the Horcrux (I hate that word even) hunt will consume 
too much 
> page space and leave too many questions still unanswered. <snip>

Julie:
Oh, so many of so little faith! (Not just you, Sandy!) JKR has
not failed in even one HP book to completely surprise me, and
I don't expect DH to be any different. (Even though you didn't
like the last two books, did you expect many or most of the
plot points that occurred?) JKR has also rarely repeated 
herself. She dealt at length with horcruxes and detailed the
hunt for the locket horcrux in HBP. While the rest of the
horcruxes still have to be destroyed--by Harry or others--to 
defeat Voldemort, I have confidence that the hunting will
take place in the background, and the mechanics of it will
be dealt with quickly so that those many other questions
can be answered and their emotional repercussions dealt with.
Really, I do. I also think that many of the situations JKR
has set us up to expect--Harry not going back to Hogwarts,
Harry going on an extended hunt for each horcrux, Ginny
biding her time waiting for him to return or not return
to her, Snape in a position where he can gain no one's 
trust, etc, etc--may well not come to pass. She's certainly
led us astray before (or we've led ourselves astray ;-)

Julie, certain of little about Book 7 except that our
predictive skills probably won't prove to be much more
accurate than they were for the previous books.