Finished! (Spoilers)

[Ashley]

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A few random thoughts after a marathon reading.

1. I'm relieved to find the series ended in a way that leaves me still interested in the series. 
I was worried as toowhether this would be the case.

2. It is abundantly clear that Jo has left herself room to revisit the series as often as she 
might like. Frankly,  I'll be surprised if she resists.

3. The epilog was just such too sickly sweet for my tastes--calories without nutrition.  Part 
of the reason why I believe #2 above is so likely, is that she did nothing in the epilog to 
give a hint about how Harry deals with his celebrity as an adult (something she has to deal 
with herself). 

4. How can Harry possibly think he will live out a natural life with the continued existance 
of the wand? 

5. A small point among many inconsistencies, but I'm troubled by the blantant 
inconsistency in versions of what happened with James at GH. Earlier we are told that 
James dueled bravely, now we are informed he didn't even have a wand in his hand.

6. I'm pleased (though I now others will not be on this point), that Harry returns to be an 
appealing character.

7. How extremely cheated I feel about the Harry's essentially passive reaction to Snape's 
memories. This was a person he loathed for nearly half of his life, and this all dissapates in 
a few moments.

Maybe more later, but for now, I am left quite dissatisfied. I didn't expect every plot point 
to be fully resolved, but I did at least expect her deal with the points that she had 
indicated were important and/or that she had already informed us she would address. I 
just don't see how she will be content to have them all deal with in fan fic.

Lyn