Epilogue Thread Part 2 |
 Aug 11 2009, 11:45 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 1 Joined: 11:27pm August 11, 2009  |
I like that the last line of the book(and series) was "All was well" which can lead the reader to make his/her own assumptions about what that means for everything not mentioned by Ms. Rowling. It leads us to create our own little happy ending for everyone, and ends(for the first time) on a fully happy note.
Also it was great to see Draco being able to show his face in public and not be tormented by his past, I believe it shows he is a better man that his father was(or is? i forget did Lucius die?) |
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Aug 15 2009, 07:57 AM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 281 Joined: 11:22am August 27, 2006 Location: Hunting Horcri in Nomansland  |
I liked it, at first I thought it was to short, but it grew on me and it really summed up well, it tells us the trio are grown up and happy, that they have their own kids and are leading relatively normal lives. Its neat and a happy ending which Harry deserved after so long!
There were things I wanted to know, like their jobs etc, but Jo has since cleared all that up, it would have taken a lot longer to slip all that info into the epilogue. -------------------- You're only young once; you can be immature forever. Proud member of M.A.F.I.A.!!! And S.Q.U.E.E.  and proud! |
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Aug 18 2009, 12:03 PM
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Monster Book Stacker Posts: 358 Joined: 10:59am May 15, 2005 Location: Neither here nor there |
QUOTE(snoops @ Jul 22 2009, 08:01 PM)  i liked the epilogue. i just wish it was longer. that we find out more about the quartet's life after DH. Oh well that is why Jo's given many interviews to fill in this information. If the epilogue and given us every bit of information that had happened, the book would have been another hundred pages long, which would have been great for fans, but not for the telling of the story. The epilogue is supposed to be the smallest glimpse through the fog at the characters grown up; not to give us a great amount of information as to what's happened to them, but simply to show the reader that they are alright, and life has moved on. The rest of the tidbits that we all want to know from fan perspective will be in the encyclopedia that I hope to Merlin JKR writes. -------------------- "The Patronus is a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that a dementor feeds upon-
hope, happiness, the desire to survive--but it cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the dementors can't hurt it." ~Remus J. Lupin |
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Aug 31 2009, 04:44 AM
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Hiding in the Iron Maiden at Borgin and Burkes Posts: 329 Joined: 1:47am August 20, 2009 Location: The Burrow with Fred and George |
i wish there was more information though not too much as to reach another hundred pages or so. i was satisfied with the epilogue knowing that it ended well and the characters are alright and has moved on. however, it would really be cool to get a glimpse how life was for the the others like luna, neville, george, etc. after 19 years.
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Sep 3 2009, 11:42 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 24 Joined: 11:54pm August 21, 2009 |
I can't really make up my mind how I feel about the epilogue. On one hand, I'm glad we got to find out that Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione ended up together and I'm glad to know the names of their kids. I'm glad Harry finally got what he wanted- a family, and a normal existence. On the other hand, I thought it was too short and too sappy. It felt like too much time was spent on Harry's kids-I want to know about our favorite characters, not some annoying little kids! What happened to Luna? Or Dean and Seamus? Or George? Who's headmaster or headmistress of Hogwarts? Who's Minister of Magic? I know JK Rowling knows exactly what happened to her characters, but it's sort of irritating how she gets to know their fates and we don't. What are Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Draco's careers? I'd be really disappointed if Hermione just became a housewife. She should be in the Ministry or Headmistress of Hogwarts! Basically, I thought the epilogue didn't give enough information, and gave too much information about people I don't care about.
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Sep 4 2009, 02:27 AM
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Disgruntled House-Elf at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 445 Joined: 4:52pm April 27, 2007 Location: Hogwarts of course :) |
My first thought after reading the epilogue was that it was too short and I want more.. but isn't every HP fan like that? And then I thought that the Epilogue was pretty good; not too short and not too long. Personally, it featured everything that I wanted answered.
-------------------- I want you to get his true memory. Without it we leave the fate of our world to chance- Albus Dumbledore WWDD!!
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Sep 4 2009, 07:06 AM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 281 Joined: 11:22am August 27, 2006 Location: Hunting Horcri in Nomansland |
I think even if it was a hundred more pages we would still think there was stuff we wanted in it
-------------------- You're only young once; you can be immature forever. Proud member of M.A.F.I.A.!!! And S.Q.U.E.E. and proud! |
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Sep 8 2009, 06:32 AM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 124 Joined: 10:15am September 6, 2009 Location: Kent, United Kingdom |
QUOTE(*Artemis* @ Sep 4 2009, 01:06 PM) I think even if it was a hundred more pages we would still think there was stuff we wanted in it I agree - there's always something else you want to know - you can't know everything. -------------------- ProfessorJeimuzu Headmaster of HFMO  |
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Sep 15 2009, 06:59 AM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 31 Joined: 3:37am September 2, 2009 Location: Moaning Myrtle's bathroom brewing polyjuice potion |
QUOTE(Jewunit @ Jun 12 2009, 11:20 PM) Even though it started out as children books (which I can't completly agree with) it ended very dark with character's dieing, etc. ... This is exactly what I liked about the HP books. They 'grow' with you. Kids started reading them when they were younger, and as they grew, so did the material. They didn't give up on them because they were 'little kid books', because they weren't any more. As for the epilogue, I totally agree that I wanted more, but also that it would have never been enough. I didn't start reading the books until all 7 were released. I read them all in less than 3 weeks: on my walk to work, in between customers, my breaks, my walk home, my time home...my boyfriend was not happy that he went almost a month without being able to see me without a book in my face! Once it was over, there was a big gap in my life, so I read them again...and I still read them! Rowling could have written an entire book out of the epilogue, and once I finished it, I'd still have been disappointed. I just can't get enough of it! 
-------------------- ~"People fear most that which they do not understand."~
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Oct 2 2009, 10:44 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 61 Joined: 1:34am September 7, 2009 Location: somewhere in diagon alley |
QUOTE(ProfessorJeimuzu @ Sep 8 2009, 07:32 AM) QUOTE(*Artemis* @ Sep 4 2009, 01:06 PM) I think even if it was a hundred more pages we would still think there was stuff we wanted in it I agree - there's always something else you want to know - you can't know everything. If Jo writes another series to continue that epilogue; after finishing it, we just can't get enough. -------------------- "There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." -Dumbledore  |
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