My Thoughts On DH

[Jamie Figiel]

No: HPFGUIDX 172486

I am trying to keep up with all of the posts...everyone, as usual, is 
giving me food for thought. However, I will give a few thoughts for 
what it is worth.
Personally, I LOVED the book. I read it on pins and needles the whole 
time, trying to finish it before anyone could ruin it for me! I was 
also surprised by much in the book and I have already started 
rereading it slower to absorb it better.
I was very upset by Hedwig though in hindsight, it makes sense. 
Really, how could Harry have taken her with him? It would have been 
easy to track him if Hedwig was flying around delivering messages all 
the time.
I think the whole part about Dumbledore not being what I thought he 
was made me more angry than anything else in the book. I was really 
mad at him for setting Harry up that way. It didn't seem as though he 
truly loved him as I had been led to believe throughout the series. 
Maybe upon rereading it will make more sense to me but I was really 
mad at him.
Well, I have always been "anti-Snape," however, while the revelations 
weren't entirely earth-shattering, I have a much better feeling about 
him now than I ever had before. I still think he could have been 
nicer all around but at least we know for sure why he did what he did.
I was also very sad about Dobby and quite pleased with Kreacher's 
turn-around. I also think Neville (or Gran) should have been the one 
to do in Bellatrix rather than Molly but I am so glad he killed 
Nagini and showed what a true hero he was.
All around I thought the book answered alot of the questions and I am 
kinda glad it did not answer ALL of them. I still like speculating. 
The epilogue was a nice way to end it but I also would have liked 
more detail. I was so pleased that it ended the way I wanted it to 
end that I hadn't really thought about it until I read all of the 
posts and I agree that it could have had a lot more detail than it 
did. Maybe it opens the door for an "in-between" book that takes us 
from the end of the war through the 19 years we're missing. One can 
hope anyway.
Jamie F.