Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF SPOILERS DON'T READ THIS ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK I SAID MUCH BUT JUST DON'T READ OK?
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so here's what i think:
i really liked it. it's a book for people who have been following Harry Potter since book 1, coz at every chapter there're little pieces of information that reminds the fan-reader of events that'd happened (in harry potter time) years ago, when he was but a boy.
ok, for example, the appearance of griphook. once i saw his name, i went 'ho-ho-ho, that's the goblin from gringotts in book 1!' well, of course rowling explained it later on who he was, but it's just small details like that which gave me a kick. :D
ok, the book starts off with pure adrenaline. it's just very exciting in the front. i like how the mood was set; with harry potter running around places, dodging deatheaters and voldemort alike; it's all very exciting.
but then, the search for horcruxes, i felt, was too long. it was evident when alvin kept nodding off while we shared the book.
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haha, we were so desperate coz the UK version that i'd ordered through his sis hadn't arrived yet, so we shared the US version that we bought from borders in the morning. and got a free owl!! it's so cute!
the UK version arrived at around 3pm (see? this is why i'd rather just go and get it at a book store) so we just sat down and read together with separate books, not speaking much unless we spot something, make a theory and nod sagely to each other.
oh and of course, we gasped at the same time when we actually were reading at the same pace.
'*GASP!!*... oh you're there too? me too!! heh heh.'
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the ending was good. it didn't leave me unsatisfied. but throughout the book, tears were shed as heroes and heroines were fallen. T_T
all in all, even though the center bit of the book got too draggy, there were really very good parts where Rowling really delivered.
good, good. :)
and hor, it took me about 10 hours to finish it. *headache*
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look at alvin's nick; i nearly died laughing!
diremeow *and the deathly eyebags* says:
guuuuten moregen!
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so here's what i think:
i really liked it. it's a book for people who have been following Harry Potter since book 1, coz at every chapter there're little pieces of information that reminds the fan-reader of events that'd happened (in harry potter time) years ago, when he was but a boy.
ok, for example, the appearance of griphook. once i saw his name, i went 'ho-ho-ho, that's the goblin from gringotts in book 1!' well, of course rowling explained it later on who he was, but it's just small details like that which gave me a kick. :D
ok, the book starts off with pure adrenaline. it's just very exciting in the front. i like how the mood was set; with harry potter running around places, dodging deatheaters and voldemort alike; it's all very exciting.
but then, the search for horcruxes, i felt, was too long. it was evident when alvin kept nodding off while we shared the book.
---
haha, we were so desperate coz the UK version that i'd ordered through his sis hadn't arrived yet, so we shared the US version that we bought from borders in the morning. and got a free owl!! it's so cute!
the UK version arrived at around 3pm (see? this is why i'd rather just go and get it at a book store) so we just sat down and read together with separate books, not speaking much unless we spot something, make a theory and nod sagely to each other.
oh and of course, we gasped at the same time when we actually were reading at the same pace.
'*GASP!!*... oh you're there too? me too!! heh heh.'
---
the ending was good. it didn't leave me unsatisfied. but throughout the book, tears were shed as heroes and heroines were fallen. T_T
all in all, even though the center bit of the book got too draggy, there were really very good parts where Rowling really delivered.
good, good. :)
and hor, it took me about 10 hours to finish it. *headache*
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look at alvin's nick; i nearly died laughing!
diremeow *and the deathly eyebags* says:
guuuuten moregen!
posted by feline @ 9:31 AM
