Concerning a 'saccharine' epilogue

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 173058

Whether we LIKED it or not [and while I liked the outcomes, the 
presentation was a little oversweet, and the child names were over 
the top for me], weren't there lots of us who weren't at all 
surprised at the saccharine in the epilogue?  I mean, JKR said this:

"The Little White Horse was my favourite childhood book. I absolutely 
adored it. It had a cracking plot. It was scary and romantic in parts 
and had a feisty heroine."

Anyone who's read Elizabeth Goudge's TLWH knows that it has about as 
saccharine and cheesy and totally implausible an ending as ever there 
was, where EVERYthing that could possibly happen to bring about EVERY 
single character's happiness does happen.

While I had my doubts/concerns about whether JKR would kill Harry, 
whenever I recalled that that was her favorite childhood book, I 
suspected again that Harry would definitely live... and we might just 
get OBHWF.  

Siriusly Snapey Susan, 
with kudos to Katherine for having suggested this very thing onlist 
in '06:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/159614