I totally agree there are some spoilers on the thread I wish they had given a heads up.I mean I haven't gotten to see the movie yet and although I must of read the book 4x's the movie always changes something up.


I think that JK needed to kill Dumbledore. In every good SciFi or Fantasy series the master always dies so that the student can come to his/her full potential. ie. Luke Skywalker and Obi Wan. No I'm not a Star Wars geek but I think it's one of the best examples.

13 hours later- I have the book! I first had to wait 2 1/2 hours just to get a wristband to prove that I had preordered, then went to a free concert (Harry and the Potters and Draco and the Malfoys are SO funny!), until 8:45. Then I ran to Qdoba to use the bathroom and get a salad that I wolfed, then ran to get in line by 9:15 though technically we weren't supposed to form a line until 10. Since I'm a ninja, I managed to get near the front in the confusion of trying to break up the mass blob near the door. I ended up being the 40thish person in line so I got to wait in the bookstore (sitting on the ground to try to salvage my poor ankle) and walked out the door at 12:06 with cameras flashing in my face. Look for me in the news! I just got home and am trying to calm myself into opening the book.

See you all in the morning! :P

I'm so jealous! If I weren't in stinkin' West Texas, I'd have the book already and probably be 1/4 of the way through it by now. But no, I live in a one-bookstore town. Sigh. Enjoy your reading. I hope to be joining you by 10 this morning.

Enjoy! I'm heading out now to find a copy.

I finished about 2 1/2 hours ago. Sadly, I'm terribly disappointed. Not necessarily with the plot line, but the quality of the writing.

Now I'm waiting to fall asleep.

Yikes!! 2 1/2 hours. I walked into walmart at 12:15 and walked out with my copy about 12:20. Gotta love your local Walmart. I, of course, haven't been on because I been reading virtually none stop since I got it.

Allie, interesting that you were disappointed with the quality of writing, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Maybe it's a difference of expectations because I didn't have high hope for the last book because I think a lot of good authors have a hard time with the ending and I withheld my hopes because I knew more people are going to die. Also, I love the Harry Potter series but I don't regard it in the same level of writing as the Lord of the Rings books. My 2 cents.

We got it at 9:30 on Saturday morning and I finished about 4:30!!! I thought the quality was up to her other books, I wasn't disappointed--same sharp humor and details. I don't want to spoil for anyone who hasn't read it yet. Can we start a big "SPOILER" thread for those who are finished?

Jessie

There is already a spoiler thread in the general chat forum, but if everyone here wants to discuss it on our own, I think that'd be great!

I saw that there was a few things that could have been explained better. I think a little too much time was spent with certain details and not enough time on others. I don't want to spoil the book for anyone. As a large part of it was spoiled for me by some idiot that was standing in line behind me and said something out loud from the epilogue that ruined the suspense factor. Some people are such a#$%#.

However, I think it's just her style of writing. I remember when I finished GOF and after waiting forever. I was so excited to get OOTP and then found myself utterly disappointed by the fact that she didn't start OOTP off on the same high point where GOF ends. Things that I thought were important to the story I guess wasn't important after all, just like Deathly Hallows. I still enjoyed the book and wish the epilogue was a little longer.

Finished the book this morning at 1 am...now feeling "post-Potter depression." Anyone else??

Yep! Totally bummed:( But you never know a lot of authors say that it's the last book and then 5-10 years later write another. Maybe there might be more adventures in her wizarding world or something similar to it. With the same or different characters (of course you have to read the book to find out who the characters could possibly be).

I just started a DH discussion thread. Please jump in - I'm dying to "talk" about it!