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Can any of you confirm that this is true or false?

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Definitely false. But does anyone know where the entire book was supposedly leaked? I'd like to see if the leak was actually the real story...

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I liked most of the book, but having stayed up to 3 AM to read it, I had to reread some of it for it to make sense. I've known for years that if Harry didn't die, it would end the way it did in the epilouge. However, I would have liked it if more was told in the epilouge-what happens to some characters (Luna, the Weasleys, and the Dursleys come to mind), who the new Minister of Magic and the Hogwarts Headmaster are.

I also didn't like how Krum just came and left without any aparent purpose.

I think that her not ending the book with the word 'scar' is proof that she is planning to write more Harry Potter books.

Side note: Anyone else notice that the events in this book (other than the epilouge) take place in 1997 when, I believe, is when the first book was published.

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The inside of the jacket says something to the effect of "Here is the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series" ;)

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Rowling is done with these characters. She first thought of them and began crafting the Harry Potter universe around sixteen years ago. I'd be ready for a little R&R if you ask me.

But I don't think this will be the last Harry Potter book to come out. J.K. has said herself that she has books and books full of back story and history created for the purpose of accuracy in her books. These will no doubt be released at some point in a gigantic book of some kind, and will be quite interesting. Maybe there will be an alternate ending of some kind :)


And now, my thoughts on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

I thought the book started off extremely well, jumping right into the action of Harry saying goodbye to the Dursley's once and for all. The loss of Mad-eye and Hedwig within the first hundred pages told me that this book was going to bring the loss of many of the characters we've all come to know so well. For a while, it seemed to turn into Harry Potter and Fun with Camping! That was probably the one lesser interesting parts of the book, but then we go right back into the action with their capture and interrogation at the Malfoy's. Poor Dobby :( The Hallows vs. Horcruxes idea came out of nowhere, but I liked it. Supreme power vs. a sure-fire way to defeat Voldemort once and for all, which in the end were ultimately tied together.

Dumbledore was shown in a very different light, but I liked this as well. Dumbledore's portrayal changed from a righteous invincible wizard to someone with just as many flaws as everyone else. I'm glad Harry had that one last conversation with him, even if it was all in his head.

Harry being a Horcrux did not surprise me at all. I was betting that Harry was going to have to die / remove the horcrux from inside of him somehow, and sure enough, I was right. Still great how it happened though.

The loss of all of the others - Lupin, Tonks, and FRED :( Why Fred? That was sad...

I really feel that the book could have used one more chapter in between the final one and the epilogue; one set a few months, or even a year, after the Battle of Hogwarts that showed how the remaining characters were doing.

All in all, a great end to a great series. This is like my generation's Star Wars... except in book form. I grew up with Harry and now it's time to move on :]

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I couldn't believe the ending. I never saw thought that Butter Beer was people.

Actually, I did enjoy the book. I've enjoyed the entire Harry Potter series over the last 10 years. I even dressed up as him before the books came out in the US. I thought it ended quite nicely though to such a long adventure.

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I have pretty much a final thought on the Harry Potter posts on my part -
When I was standing in line with Cynette on Friday night, a mom and her young son were behind us. We started talking about the HP phenomenon for this generation. I'm thinking the students who started with the first book around age 8 and are now finishing the final book of the series.

The mom says that it is over now. Never again will it be the same. Each book came out with its story and then there was the wait for the next book while it was being written. It was a childhood growing into young adults of one book at a time, waiting as the adventure has unfolded.

From now on, a young person can have all 7 books at his or her disposal. The patience, the wait, the anticipation that traveled through almost an entire childhood is ended.

Those of us who were adults, journeyed through the adventure as well. I was lucky enough to have read alouds with my children. I would read, they would read all through the first 5 books. Then life got busy with the 6th and nuts with the 7th. But the read alouds were a total blast. And the discussions. It's been a magical time.

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I'm going to have to reiterate what Jane said. With each new book that came out, we would read it and reread it, and discuss it with friends about what it all meant. Then we would wait 3 years or so for the next one to come out and lavish in the anticipation.

After I finished reading the 7th book I was torn. Part of me was happy with the way it turned out, the other part of me realized that this was it. There would be no more guessing, or anticipation, and the characters I had grown up with over the last decade have finished their story. It's kind of a weird feeling actually.

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I stayed up all night to get it and read it in 4/5 hours. Didn't skip a single page.

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I'm sad that one of the twins died, they were my favorite... Just imagine what the other one is going to do now? They were always together, it must have been like losing his other half...

Also, sucks to have been Tonks/Remus's kid. Neville all over again.

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I was very happy with the book, sure I would have like to have another 759 pages but who didn't?. The book started off fast and I really enjoyed that. I knew before I started the book that many people were going to die in the book as a way of making the war seem more real. I wish there was more back story on the Hallows. I knew that Snape wasn't going to be evil in the end I can't explain why but it was a feeling. I also wish that there was more on the post battle life, the rebuilding and funerals of the fallen, how Harry was treated.

I do have a question though, when Harry was walking into the Forrest to die and he used the stone, his parents and everyone showed up as ghosts except Mad-eye, dose that mean that he didn't die?

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Yes, the entire book was leaked. Due to legality of this I will not post my sources but I have seen it and it does exist.

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Actually only his parents, Lupin, and Sirius came back. There were several others who didn't show up (Fred, Tonks, and Dobby for example). My guess is that only those who were closest to him showed up.

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3 things.


1. Why did Fred have to die? I loved the twins' wit and humor. then again there won't really be a next book so it's not that big of a loss. But still, unnecessary; i didn't want a twin to be killed off. lol

2. I loved Snape's story. It answered a lot of questions and made things more interesting.

3. I was going to post that there wasn't much backstory on the hallows and that it should've been hinted at least a little bit in the earlier books, but then again, isn't that the way all of the books are? Every book is introducing (and not to mention titled) a new major aspect of the entire series, so I'm not incredibly surprised that the Hallows weren't mentioned in the previous books.

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I noticed that too, raymaniac. I had to do a double-check on Harry's parents' graves, which say 1981.

I really liked the book, to be honest. I agree with most of you, I feel somewhat empty now. I started reading these books when I was about 10 years old. I'm 18 now, and I've waited so long for these books. Now that I'm through the last one, it feels very strange. I've always had fun talking with my friends about the books, anticipating the next one and wondering what would happen. Now all I have to anticipate is the movies. I just hope they don't murder these last two.

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I did not, however, like the Epilogue at all. I was disappointed at how brief it was. It didn't explain much about anyone else. It did make me excited to know how Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Harry, Neville and Draco turned out, but other characters I wondered about too. I really had hoped that JK Rowling would put out an After Hogwarts book, explaining where exactly everyone ended up.

That's just my opinion. :)

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