Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - SPOILERS AHEAD!

[DeadViolet offline]

I got it today. ^^

[Overcaffeinated Sloth offline]

My cousin and Uncle stayed up way late to drive to thge barnes & Noble near the airport at like, three in the morning to get it before they left home for Indiana. Now THAT's insane dedication.

[Tekirai offline]

Insane, you say? There was this Arizona family cosplaying as the Malfoys waiting in line in front of one of the biggest, if not the biggest, bookstores in Europe since 3 days before the book was to come out. It was pretty funny though. When a reporter asked the dad-Lucius a question he was all '*sticks wand to his throat*' and then the scene ended. o_o;;

[MY85 offline]

In my country, they released the books on Friday at 6pm (my time). Only 2300 HP books aviable. I was pissed to find out that I bought the American print, but then I was like "screw this, I'll read it and sell it on EBay later". I started reading at 6:49pm and ended it by today at 9:39am, including piss breaks, eating food, drinking water and stuff.

*EDIT BY TB3 - I shrunk the spoilerish stuff in case any other members haven't read it yet - no offence intended

Pretty nice book, I'd say. I wished they could have done something better with Draco, but meh... still, nice book.

[Carth]

I am on page 503. I intend to finish it tonight or tomorrow.

That's all you need to know...

[Malkmusian offline]

I know how it ends, thanks to the Wiki. Good ending, though.

Harry doesn't die; he marries Ron's sister.

[Tangent128 offline]

I read HBP in 5:14:17, but I was a lot more laid back about reading this... started 'round 2 PM, finished 'round 9:10.
Good Read!

The most surprising thing about R.A.B. was that he was who everybody thought he was.

[MY85 offline]

So Rowling kills off the cool characthers like James Potter, Sirius Black, Mad-Eye Moody (quite surprising to see him early in the book), Remus Lupin (he was so awesome in Prisoner Of Azkaban), Nymphadora Tonks, Severus Snape and Fred Weasley... but she didn't kill off McGonagall, Molly Weasley, Percy Weasley, Lucius Malfoy, Victor Krum (he didn't went to the f*cking war at all, that dissapointed me because I wanted him dead), Xenophilius Lovegood (from what I've read on Deathly Hallows, he was pretty much a retard IMO, should have died or been sent to Azkaban at least), Flich & Norris, Peeves, Griphook and Cornelius Fudge? Dammit. Well, Crabbe and Wormtail died, but who gives a crap about them?

I think Rowling handled a bit badly the deaths on DH.

I read it in 13-14 hours, and it was drug-free and and free from energy drinks. *glares at TB3*

[zex marquise offline]

Lol - at 11pm TL, a mate and myself left home, went to a supermarket (where I stocked up on energy drinks and these boiled sweets I like called Werther's Originals), then went and queued (British National Pastime) for an hour, got books, went home, changed into nightclothes, jumped into bed, turned on lamp, opened can of Relentless (potent Energy Drink sold to students in my university) and began reading around oh...12.45am

Finished at 9am - heck, they call it Relentless for a reason!

Fantastic book - some expected (and unexpected) deaths, moments of joy and wonder, revelations about the past, and the resolution of this epic saga!

READ 'DEATHLY HALLOWS' TODAY!

Spoilers!

Go read the freaking book you lazy bums! (I tease, lol)

Excuse the American for asking an off-topic question, but I got to know. What is "queueing"?

Sad to hear Krum lived. I feel your pain, Rodri.

[Tangent128 offline]

Excuse the American for asking an off-topic question, but I got to know. What is "queueing"?

I'm American too, but I think it's standing in ("on") line.

[Tekirai offline]

Yup. Queueing is standing in line for something.

I've decided I might as well not read it all in one go- make it last 'n all. When I did it with HBP I barely remembered what happened in it. Currently I'm at the part where Harry and Co. are just after going all crazy with the diguises and the Ministry and Umbridge's locket etc.

[CotS offline]

lol I just finished it... BEST HP BOOK EVER. I just wish there was more coming

[Reesane offline]

The sun's just rissing over the hills out side of my window, that nutty bird is squaking loud enough to wake the dead.... It's the pefict timming for me to finnish one of the greatist books ever written.


....


Of couse, this last book still can't hold a torch up to Hitch Hiker's Guide, but... *Is hit on the head by a bludger.*

[Stonecreek]

First, about how i got the book - me and my friends all had a party over at one of their places, and then headed off to the local Borders at 11:45. We get there and it is bedlam. Plus, if you didn't have a reserved copy, the wait until all those who did to get theirs was until 6 AM. So we said f--- that nonsense and went to Wal-Mart, where they had massive pallets of the book sitting out for cheaper. Go us!

I had seen spoliers on the Internet beforehand, but they seemed so laughable that they couldn't be true. They were. If it were not for the epilogue, this would be a really great book. The epilogue is the worst writing in the whole series, IMO. As for the deaths, I was only sorry to see a few of those who kicked the bucket go. The last 300 or so pages were so exhilirating, though I felt the middle of the book dragged. It'll take a trereading or two to fully form this book's place on my best to worst chart, but I'd have to say it's third right now, behind GoF and PoA.

There. I told you how I felt about it, and didn't post any spoliers.

[Tekirai offline]

Finished it last night- so much for making it last. xDD; Can't remember what time it was, but it was starting to get bright outside... o.O; Anyway OPINIONS.

I think this was my favourite book out of the series, with a crapload of emphasis on 'I think'. The epilogue made me cry it was so badly done (almost as if J.K Rowling stopped writing and dragged some random user off Fanfiction.net and got them to write it instead) and the middle of the book was really tedious to read through.

Spoilers are in small text just to be safe. Some are pretty big, so BEWARE 'n stuff.
Well, considering it was called the DEATHly Hallows, even though they had nothing to do with people dying (actually I supposed it was just Death in general xD), I figured a lot of people would die in this one. Some of my favourite scenes had to be Hermione beating up Ron and calling him an arse, the last hint that confirmed that Umbridge had the locket, the whole scene with Snape and Lily as little kids (seriously, that one was SO adorable x3), finding out that Dumbledore had ASKED Snape to kill him previously and when Hagrid was forced to carry the 'dead' Harry out for everyone to see. But like I said, EPILOGUE = HOLY CRAP AWFUL. Otherwise, it cleared up all the questions from the other books very well. Although I still don't really get who R. A. Black was... either that or I forget. Guess I'll need to read that bit again. -_-

[Stonecreek]

You and me share opinions on this matter, Tekirai. I found myself missing the humor in the last book. Not that there wasn't any, but it was toned down and certainly wasn't the focus. Also, my favorite character, Luna, got snubbed in the Epilogue, and didn't really get to be herself much in the book. But hey, that is what fanfics are for, and some of them Have to be better than that epilogue.

[CotS offline]

Spoilers below.

Lol, actually I knew who R.A.B. was as soon as I finished reading the 6'th book (for the 4-5 time xD). I knew where the Locket was all along... Go me It also stinks that Fred died... The twins were some of my favorite characters.

[MY85 offline]

Yeah, the Epilogue is lousy and killed the momentum of the 7th book.

Sucks that they killed off Lupin and Tonks without any explaining at all.

[Reesane offline]

Warning: Random DH Spoiler Generator

Some particulerly good ones I got included:

"Harry feeds everyone in the school to a giant hamster with the flying Ford Anglia."

"Lucius Malfoy is killed by a crazed fan after fleeing an angry horde of barbarians."

"Severus Snape is killed by the resurrected James Potter whilst starring in a new reality TV show."

And so on.

[Tekirai offline]

Draco Malfoy is killed by Hedwig by using Wingardium Leviosa
Harry Potter gets pregnant by Harry from an abandoned insane asylum (WHAT)
Lord Voldemort kills Lord Voldemort in a passage written by Salman Rushdie (o_0)
Ron Weasley discovers Jesus and becomes a Bishop with an army of furious ghosts
Hermione kills Neville Longbottom with a wicked cackle (H: MUAHAHAHAHAHA! N: *ded*)
A man with an orange on his head is arrested for selling Ritalin to the younger pupils in the Chamber of Secrets
Ginny Weasley is turned into an ice cream cone by Malfoy after discovering the lost works of Shakespeare in the attic

... I love memes like this. x3

[Reesane offline]

Severus Snape kills Voldemort whilst eating spaghetti alfredo
Hermione kills Dobby without a second glance

"Ron Weasley starts a new socialist republic with an army of furious
ghosts.

Ron goes on a hot date with a crazed fan with the help of a small
zombie cat.

Nearly Headless Nick saves the universe thanks to a hidden supply of flapjacks.

Draco Malfoy is turned into a house plant by accident and rids the
world of Daleks.

A man with an orange on his head kills Neville Longbottom because J K Rowling got bored."

[Kita K. offline]

"Draco Malfoy kills Lord Voldemort in the library, with the revolver"

, that thing is great!

[Stonecreek]

- Hermione kills Hermione using Avada Kedavra
- Harry discovers Jesus and becomes a Bishop in the Forbidden Forest
- Hermione wins an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding in the Astronomy Tower
- Ginny Weasley goes on a hot date with Helga Hufflepuff and founds a new religion
- Moaning Myrtle cures cancer in a very sexy scene
- Bellatrix Lestrange writes prize-winning fanfic in a scene written whilst Rowling was having an acid trip
- Draco Malfoy goes on a hot date with Colonel Mustard at number twelve Grimmauld Place
- Harry gets pregnant by a zombie Albus Dumbledore by tying his shoelaces together
- Draco Malfoy gets pregnant by a zombie Albus Dumbledore whilst starring in a new reality TV show

Y'know, this is way too much fun. And any of these would be better than the epilogue