DD and Harry Potter as "Classic" was "Why down on all the characters?"

[Tiffany Lothamer]

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>Celoneth:I just think a lot of people were disappointed by the last book, whichis a letdown after investing so much time and emotions into the seriesto have it end in a disappointing manner.

Tiffany now:
I loved DH. I read all the books from SS/PS through HBP within about two months. DH came out about two weeks after I finished HBP. I didn't go into DH with a lot of expectations. All I wanted was for Harry to live, and for Snape to end up on the good side. I got both of those so I am happy with what JKR wrote.

>Magpie:
One thing I would say for me is that while there were a few characters in DH I thought less of after the book, and many that I felt basically the same about, there weren't any I liked better, particularly, post-DH. Maybe Ginny didn't annoy me as much because she was dialed down, and I found Dumbledore's backstory fairly interesting.

Tiffany Now:
I thought DD story was interesting, but I felt disappointed that he was so flawed as a character. I spent the first six books admiring DD, feeling that he was going to be a huge part in DH, until he died at the end of HBP. I actually cried when he died, and was very angry with Snape, though I knew that somehow he was still going to end up on the correct side.

>Barry wrote:  Many of us have expressed disappointment at the HP series, mostly because DH left so much unanswered. I was wondering whether because of this that HP will endure or not? Will the current crop of readers refer the next generation to it?

I definitely think that the series will continue to thrive for generations. JKR has affected so many people with the books and movies, clothes and costumes and merchandise. Someone told me that she is the richest woman in England (even richer than the queen). I don't know if it is true or not but I wouldn't doubt it. I know that the Harry Potter series has touched my life and ignited my imagination and I intend to tell everyone I meet to read it..

>Mike:
But Harry, I thought Harry wasdestined for great things from the time he cast his Patronus in PoA.If anything, I thought Harry was going to be a more magicallypowerful than he turned out to be.

I thought that too, and was even more convinced of his powerful magic when he resisted the Imperius Curse. So I was pretty disappointed that he couldnt (or wouldnt?) learn Occlumency.

>Steph:By the way, I really hated the Kings Cross chapter. Not because Harry thought he was dead, nor because he "went back," but because DD was fawning over Harry like some fangirl. Ewww.

Tiffany Now:
Did anyone else ever figure out what that weird baby was in King's Cross?


Btw, at the end of GoF, in the graveyard, Voldy mentions to the DEs that they know he has gone beyond any other person to achieve immortality. Do you think they knew about the horcruxes? Is that why Bella was so upset about Voldy knowing her vault was broken into?


~~Tiffany Marie *Twice I have lived forever in a smile*