Harry Potter has anyone read deathly hallows?
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Hubem said:
The Harry Potter series has only 5 books...the rest were and are going to be burned to keep me warm. Or just for the satisfaction of knowing that, yes, crap does burn.
Damn. So, JKR aren't got any respect for her readers... oh, a big spoiler here. :sick: Aren't going to support such behaviour with buying this particular book.
I noticed there was an incorrect list of horcruxes posted, so I figured I might as well update it.
1. Riddle's Diary
2. Gaunt's Ring
3. Slytherin's Necklace
4. Hufflepuff's Cup
5. Ravenclaw's Diadem
6. Nagini
7. Mystery 7th Horcrux that everyone with half a brain guessed the second horcruxes were first mentioned.
Voldemore himself apparently contains none of the soul fragments, nor were any of them destroyed when he was first killed.
The best theory I can come up with is that they are multiple anchors to the world of the livng, and that he could be killed as many times as he wanted, as long as at least one still exists.
1. Riddle's Diary
2. Gaunt's Ring
3. Slytherin's Necklace
4. Hufflepuff's Cup
5. Ravenclaw's Diadem
6. Nagini
7. Mystery 7th Horcrux that everyone with half a brain guessed the second horcruxes were first mentioned.
Voldemore himself apparently contains none of the soul fragments, nor were any of them destroyed when he was first killed.
The best theory I can come up with is that they are multiple anchors to the world of the livng, and that he could be killed as many times as he wanted, as long as at least one still exists.
Every time I read the spoilers for a new Harry Potter book, I thank Cthulhu that I haven't spent my valuable time/money reading/buying one since I threw GOF across the room in disgust after the first task.
Really... after graduating from Hogwash, Harry should get a job as a doormat.
Oh, wait. Given who he ends up with, I guess he did.
Really... after graduating from Hogwash, Harry should get a job as a doormat.
Oh, wait. Given who he ends up with, I guess he did.
I agree with all the previous statements, the sixth book sucked it really did. I liked the first five books, some less then the other, but the last book really disappointed me.
I borrowed the book trough the library, and I agree completely that the seventh and last book is bad. hell, the first part looked like some fanon author wrote it!
even i can see that some sentences aren't worth anything!
It has it good parts, i must admit that, but i am very dissapointed in how the series end. I think rowling never should have had this big of a success. she rushed trough it and this is the result. there are a plenty of better fictions out there, that i think are worhty of being the 'real' version; argh does that make any sense?
enough rambling, i have said my part.
Kenny
I borrowed the book trough the library, and I agree completely that the seventh and last book is bad. hell, the first part looked like some fanon author wrote it!
even i can see that some sentences aren't worth anything!
It has it good parts, i must admit that, but i am very dissapointed in how the series end. I think rowling never should have had this big of a success. she rushed trough it and this is the result. there are a plenty of better fictions out there, that i think are worhty of being the 'real' version; argh does that make any sense?
enough rambling, i have said my part.
Kenny
H-Man said:
People, people, there's six horcruxes. Seven fragments TOTAL, including the host.
There are 7, aside from voldemort himself, which makes you think that his current form doesn't lose any part of its soul each time it gets killed, nor does it itself possess any of his soul... either that, or Rowling sucks at math.
Ike said:
H-Man said:
People, people, there's six horcruxes. Seven fragments TOTAL, including the host.
There are 7, aside from voldemort himself, which makes you think that his current form doesn't lose any part of its soul each time it gets killed, nor does it itself possess any of his soul... either that, or Rowling sucks at math.
H-Man said:
Couple of questions...
1-How did Harry become a Horcrux (if people even have this information)?
2-How does Voldemort get done in?
1-How did Harry become a Horcrux (if people even have this information)?
2-How does Voldemort get done in?
2) They (meaning Harry and Lord Voldy) uses the same spells as in book 4. Since Harry had Draco wand it had somehow rebounded the spell that the Dark Lord uses on himself. which in turn kills him
Okay, first off, I love the series of Harry Potter. I can't believe what you all are saying about the last book. It was probably one of the best books that I have ever read. This series helped my brother start to enjoy reading. This series has also expended my vocab. to a degree that I am not ashame in talking in front of others now. I am thrilled that Jo has written this books because America kids are actually reading them, and not sitting in front a t.v and/or game system wasting away their lives.
I can't believe that you are bashing one of the best authors to this day. :rant: Why people why :rant:
The books were great and I feel sadden by the fact that you all didn't like it.
Okay I feel better about getting that out of my system now after reading the different comments
I can't believe that you are bashing one of the best authors to this day. :rant: Why people why :rant:
The books were great and I feel sadden by the fact that you all didn't like it.
Okay I feel better about getting that out of my system now after reading the different comments
I can't believe that you are bashing one of the best authors to this day. rant.gif Why people why rant.gif
Because the books really aren't as be-all, end-all as people make them out to be. And neither is Rowling.
Because if we don't, like this, who will?
Because Pratchett is a hell of a lot better writer in any way, shape, and form? As for 'young kids' not getting into it? I read my first Pratchett novel, The Light Fantastic, when I was ten. I liked it then. I love it now. I mean _these_ are actually thought provoking as well as well written, well plotted, and ... yanno ... _not_ contradicting one-another nearly all the way through.
-Griever
SoulGriever13 said:
I can't believe that you are bashing one of the best authors to this day. rant.gif Why people why rant.gif
Because the books really aren't as be-all, end-all as people make them out to be. And neither is Rowling.
Because if we don't, like this, who will?
Because Pratchett is a hell of a lot better writer in any way, shape, and form? As for 'young kids' not getting into it? I read my first Pratchett novel, The Light Fantastic, when I was ten. I liked it then. I love it now. I mean _these_ are actually thought provoking as well as well written, well plotted, and ... yanno ... _not_ contradicting one-another nearly all the way through.
-Griever
immolo said:
I read all the Dune books when I was eleven that doesn't mean they are kid friendly. Most kids can't read books more complex than Harry Potter at that age.
If anything, people who are going to write for a young audience ought to be held to a higher standard, not a lower one.
Okay then explain to me why the Left Behind series is also one of the most talked about. This series has both a kids and adults books. The kids have 40 books and the adults 7. These books deal about good vs evil just like the HP. Some of the adult books are difficult reading, but kids my brothers age 14 or above have enjoyed those books such as much as Rowling's. Also how do you explain the Dark Material Series which is now getting turned into a movies. I started reading those books back in middle school some 9 years ago, and they are just as popular as the HP books. Explain that one?
Kids these days are reading because they are enjoying it more because of the authors like Jo.
Kids these days are reading because they are enjoying it more because of the authors like Jo.
I'm sorry - are you addressing that statement to me? :unsure:
If so, I'm not sure I can answer - I've never heard of the 'Left Behind' series. However, His Dark Materials I am familiar with. Phillip Pullman is a very talented author, and has a far better ability to find that elusive middle ground between books aimed at young people and books aimed at adults, because he can do a book that works with both.
But I wouldn't say HDM are children's books - in my opinion, they really need a teenaged audience, and mid to late teens at that. And even then, while I enjoyed the series a lot, I really don't like the turn things took during the third book. Really. 'Do Not Want'. There was a lot of pseudo-religious stuff in there, which (for better or worse) is not what I read fiction for.
Anyway, if you like "Jo" so much, and find her work on the last two books to be as worthy of praise as her first four apparently were, then good for you. No-one here would presume to tell you to do otherwise. I think that TFF simply expected something a little less in-line with slash fangirls and Snape lovers, is all. They don't like what they got.
I can't say they weren't justified. Nor do I presume to tell you that you should agree.
If so, I'm not sure I can answer - I've never heard of the 'Left Behind' series. However, His Dark Materials I am familiar with. Phillip Pullman is a very talented author, and has a far better ability to find that elusive middle ground between books aimed at young people and books aimed at adults, because he can do a book that works with both.
But I wouldn't say HDM are children's books - in my opinion, they really need a teenaged audience, and mid to late teens at that. And even then, while I enjoyed the series a lot, I really don't like the turn things took during the third book. Really. 'Do Not Want'. There was a lot of pseudo-religious stuff in there, which (for better or worse) is not what I read fiction for.
Anyway, if you like "Jo" so much, and find her work on the last two books to be as worthy of praise as her first four apparently were, then good for you. No-one here would presume to tell you to do otherwise. I think that TFF simply expected something a little less in-line with slash fangirls and Snape lovers, is all. They don't like what they got.
I can't say they weren't justified. Nor do I presume to tell you that you should agree.
trevelyan1983 said:
immolo said:
I read all the Dune books when I was eleven that doesn't mean they are kid friendly. Most kids can't read books more complex than Harry Potter at that age.
If anything, people who are going to write for a young audience ought to be held to a higher standard, not a lower one.
Jo had stated that she couldn't mention everything in the very last chapter of the book, because she was saving it for something different.
that could be that one encyclopedia in which she mentions more about the characters and backgrounds. she is also planning on writing more whether or not she does a Star War thing with HP we will just have to wait and see. ^_^
that could be that one encyclopedia in which she mentions more about the characters and backgrounds. she is also planning on writing more whether or not she does a Star War thing with HP we will just have to wait and see. ^_^
Just finished iit yesterday and while there were some things i liked there were other such obvious plotholes it makes my teeth ache.
Ron opens the chamber of secrets by making hissing noises? WTF parselmouth was a needed qualification to enter but all you needed to do was make noises in the back of your throat and you could enter the chamber of secrets?
Someone was talking about other books children should read, how about Magician by Raymond E. Feist, one of the best selling books in the world and one i read and got me into reading years ago.
Ron opens the chamber of secrets by making hissing noises? WTF parselmouth was a needed qualification to enter but all you needed to do was make noises in the back of your throat and you could enter the chamber of secrets?
Someone was talking about other books children should read, how about Magician by Raymond E. Feist, one of the best selling books in the world and one i read and got me into reading years ago.