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July 21, 2007
Spoiler-free weekend..
How's your reading coming? I just received my copy of the book in the mail (thought the UPS truck was delivering it...it mighta been in the mailbox for an hour since we weren't checking it every 5 minutes- der!)...I must make a confession, tho...I've already read the book...online...and finished it Thursday of this week...
So yeah, I'm not PROUD of that, but I was one of those 'wimps' who was just afraid that I'd run into too many spoilers to make waiting till Saturday possible...as it turned out, I saw NO spoilers online, even after I read the thing...so, although I suffered from cramped neck muscles, its was worth it...
I have to say, I LOVED the book..it was so much better than books 5 and 6...this one is action-packed, and while not perfect, its still a raring-great story...If you're looking for ALL the loose ends to be neatly tied up and resolved, that isn't going to happen...As in life, things go unknown, just like when you lose contact with your college roommate or wonder what ever happened to that strange boss you had just outta school...you don't know everything in your own life and you won't know everything in this one, but man, the resolutions that you DO get are pretty dang good...
I've been waiting for other folks to finish so I could see what they had to say about the book...and I'm kinda sorry now that I did...I visited one Potter fan site and they are TRASHING and RIPPING apart the book like you would not believe...its really sad...they are mad about EVERY LITTLE THING...I think its because they really dug deeeeep into the lore and expected all of the answers to come in book 7...but unless book 7 was 1200 pages long, it just wasn't gonna happen...and they feel gypped...which is too bad because they aren't looking at the book for what it is - a wonderful end to a wonderful series...I ran right along w/the trio and didn't look back...and I hope you enjoy it as much...
If you feel like talking about it, email me...my comments are down and I don't wanna freak anyone out...and if you judge me poorly by having read the online book, so be it Jedi...I did what I had to do to keep from having my experience wrecked...I didn't let loose w/ any info and I didn't steal the book - we have 2 books in the house...I look forward to turning each page and reading it again, tho...the 'proper' way...
Posted by Donner at July 21, 2007 04:24 PM