When all's read and done - spoilerish

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Oh Carolyn how I laughed, thank you for that!

I have to admit I seriously lowered my expectations after HBP, that 
book really pissed me off. So I was actually quite pleased with DH. 
Not at all surprised by the sudden appearance of the unflagged 
Hallows plot line, I'd been expecting something totally out of the 
blue a la Christie.

It was a fast paced big bang ending which I found emotionally 
engaging (far more so than OOP or HBP).

I was frustrated by all that camping , I kept thinking *get on with 
it there's so much more and you're wasting time here*, upshot being 
I thought the last quarter was rushed.

In spite of my pessimistic stance JK still managed to disappoint me 
with the epilogue, I wanted to know more about everyone and 
everything in the WW.

Felt she left plenty of space for a revisit if the mood takes her, 
all those juniors plus them damned hallows still knocking about. The 
founders' story still wide open.

Hated the deathstick, simply a WTF moment for me. The whole 
wand/owner/defeater thing became somewhat farcical, I couldn't help 
but recall Danny Kaye and *the pellet with the poison is in the 
flagon with the dragon.*

My sister-in-law (aged 34 and a graduate, not a HP fanatic) rang me 
up so I could explain the whose wand thing which she found confusing!

Ye gods what were all those hints about, the late flowering magic, 
Lily and James' jobs, the married teacher
and the US cover art just 
what was that supposed to be showing us?

It had to be Lollipops (we all knew it really) though not many 
guessed as early as Amanda (well done that woman). Also well done 
the Puppetmaster!DDers (Talisman's Dark Mirror holds up well). Still 
unsure about the blood brother thingy, if the charm wore off when 
Harry turned 17 and he had to leave Privet Drive how come it worked 
later?

Most of my predictions were completely wrong, no mimbulus action, no 
Neville as the other, no 12 uses of Dragon's Blood involved in HRX, 
no Phoenix song (although Harry did call out sounding like a 
trumpet). But then JK wove a tale that was much bigger than it 
needed to be, I don't care that Lupin isn't evil or Snape a vampire, 
she made a world for us to play in and play we did!

Regards
Jo