Re: What¢s the point of the Deathly Hallows? Not the book, but the Hallows?

[Amanda]

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> Mandy:
> >>> You know perhaps that's my problem.  I'm having a hard time 
just 
> accepting a saccharine ending.  Perhaps I'm trying too hard to read 
> things into the ending that just aren't there.
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> JKR always impressed me with her willingness to keep it real and 
show 
> us the darker side to humanity when it was required. This book 
looses 
> that. <<<
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> SSSusan:
> But weren't there lots of us who weren't at all surprised at the 
saccharine?  I mean, she said this:
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> "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."
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> Anyone who's read TLWH knows that it has about as saccharine and 
cheesy and totally implausible ending, where EVERYthing that could 
possibly happen to bring about EVERY single character's happiness 
does happen.
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> While I had my wonderings (is that a word?) 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.  
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> Siriusly Snapey Susan

You are absolutly right.  I know we are not supposed to post 
agreement posts but... ;-)

I guess I should have known better. It all had to have a Happily Ever 
After.  and I'm fine with that except I want the plot in the final 
chapters to be stronger. 

Still love the book though. Plan on starting a re-read this weekend. 
A slooooow one. I think it'll be much clearly then.

:-) Mandy