A fine meal, and afterwards, terrible coconut pie!
Pete Z
kelticpete at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 25 09:07:35 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 172596
The epilogue:
I liked the children's names: very British of them to
honor the dead that way.
The epilogue is just how the real world is.
You may win the Olympics or be the man that killed
Hitler, but usually, you spend your time doing what
you have to, wiping noses, sending kids to college.
Real life is DULL. What did you want, a new bad guy?
Also a normal life with love in it is all Harry ever
wanted, let him have it.
Having to be polite to Draco is how things are in the
real world. if the person you dislike does not get
convicted or you decide not to sue him, then you just
get over it.
I found the epilogue short and banal. Which is fine.
Life is banal, and the point is that after the
greatness, harry willingly accepts mundanity.
Hating the epilogue and saying that seems rude.
It is like being served a great meal and then during
dessert saying "What!I hate coconut pie! I object."
If one were an editor, or even a book reviewer, it
might be acceptable. but seriously, as a fan?
Pete
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