Epilogue (was Re: Ron and Parseltongue)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 183389

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lynda Cordova" <sweenlit at ...> wrote:

Lynda: 
> I don't mean to be unfairly judgmental, but I do think that some of the
> people on this list have been expecting something from JKR that practically
> no writer can deliver. A perfect book.

Geoff:
I think the whole point is that the perfect book cannot exist.

Why?

Because the concept of perfection is different to everyone on this list. 
Take just one idea... A year ago, there was considerable disagreement in 
the group as to whether Harry would live or not. I jokingly invented the 
IWHTLC (I want Harry to live Club). I would have felt very let down and 
even betrayed if JKR had allowed Harry to be killed. And yet, there were 
many for whom the boot was on the other foot and were in their turn 
disappointed.

For every person who thought that DH was a cop out and full of plot 
holes, there was one who was reasonably well satisfied by the outcomes. 
Personally, I belonged to the latter group - except for the epilogue. 

To meet the aspirations of all her readers was an impossibility. Even 
Tolkien couldn't do it.
:-(