Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows *Warning - Thread WILL Contain Spoilers*

[bleuFunk]

OK - My take on the book, for what it's worth...

• I too disliked the ending. It was just SO "and they all lived happily ever after". But then i thought about how dark the book was and how the target really is "kids", and with that in mind i can understand it.
• My favorite part was probably the Gringott's chapter. I thought it was exciting! I was feeling so sorry for the dragon, so i loved how they freed him as a part of their escape.
• Dobby dying tore me up! It was the only part of the book that hit me strongly on an emotional level. It definitely was a turning point in the book as well.
• Harry was SO frustrating in the middle of the book. I don't blame Ron - i probably would've left too! The hero of the book, for me, is Hermoine. Time & time again, she saved Harry's hide. Hermoine for Minister of Magic!!
• I thought it was interesting how she darkened Dumbledore's character. I don't know how i feel about it, but it was definitely interesting. It was also interesting to find out Snape's motives. I knew he wasn't all bad, though i still think he's a jerk.
• Racism was a bit of a subtle theme in places in the book (and in prior books) with the way the wizards treated house elves and (in this book) goblins. I was kind of hoping that this could've been addressed in the epilogue. Free the elves!!

And...

Gryffindor - 74%
Ravenclaw - 83%
Hufflepuff - 78%
Slytherin - 48%

About what i suspected. (I always suspected that you were sorted to where you wanted to be, but maybe i'm wrong.)

 

[satin chic]

I'm a Ravenclaw/Slytherin hybrid, too. Smart and ambitious, but quite a chicken sometimes. I think I would have stayed, though, throwing curses from a tower.

 

[russh_kris_z]

I still havent bothered doing it.. I'll jsut do it now..

 

[kissmesweet]

Racism was a bit of a subtle theme in places in the book (and in prior books) with the way the wizards treated house elves and (in this book) goblins. I was kind of hoping that this could've been addressed in the epilogue. Free the elves!!

Haha, same with the muggles hating the magicians.

Random, but we had a Dress-as-a-character Day at our school and so many people I knew dressed up as "muggles". It was just an excuse to wear casual and not wear costumes.

I went as Hermione Granger.

 

[farren fashion]

i got.

slytherin - 76
gryffindor - 75
ravenclaw - 75
hufflepuff - 49

haha. slytherin. wow.

 

[fashionista-ta]

Well, it appears I'm a Ravenclaw (94), but Gryffindor was close behind (91). Hufflepuff (80) and Slytherin (54).

 

[style_star]

Mine.

Ravenclaw-83
Slytherin-71
Hufflepuff-67
Gryffindor-62

Ravenclaw/Slytherin here.

 

[TheGlassAngel]

^LMAO!!! That totally made my day. Karma!!!

I'm surprised Slughorn was able to duel, considering how fat he is.

Now that made MY day

 

[Baibucs1]

I'm almost finnished with the book, but i really don't want it to end, so I'm trying to read slowly but thats almost impossible!


Oh and I got Gryffindor 68
Hufflepuff 66
Slytherin 66
Ravenclaw 64
I'm pretty much nobody couse the scores are SO close

 

[TheGlassAngel]

That's fantastic, you're a bit of each

 

[KhaoticKharma]

Like I said, find a hiding place and hex people from there. Or go up to the astronomy tower and thrown down curses.

That way you don't get killed.

It's dumb to run off and face Death Eaters in the open.

Good idea! That's the Ravenclaw part of your mind working there...


Or take on some pathetic Death Eater who is only in the gang because he/she is a pureblood, then talk them to death with mind control tactics, a la Harry vs. Voldemort. That way you can still claim to have fought in The Battle of Hogwarts, even if you really did nothing at all.

 

[pandinha]

Or you could do the group therapy thing. 'You know, it isn't good to do kill off muggle-borns. Is it because you father never hugged you?' - and while he cries in agreement, BAM!. 'Cause no real death eaters were nice anyway.

 

[Uchina]

G: 83
S: 77
R: 73
H: 44

I'm not a nice person.

 

[julesrules815]

I saw alot of similarities with the last book and the Holocaust. Hopefully that wasn't mentioned yet, but did anyone else see that? With the muggle-borns having to turn themselves in and Harry and the gang going into hiding.

 

[TheGlassAngel]

Oh yes, I saw a bit of that too

Did you like it? I wasn't sure that I did....

 

[eternitygoddess]

I saw alot of similarities with the last book and the Holocaust.

It's a wizarding-world holocaust.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

I am straddeling the fence on book 7 at the moment...

It is certainly, from a literary standpoint, one of the stronger books (minus the craplouge). That said, the first half of the book was slower than the first half of the Harry Potter books usually are- and that is pretty damn slow. In the past, while all of the real action was reserved for the last few chapters, in the beginning we at least had qudditch, Hogwarts things, etc. But not so much with this one (save for the silver doe, the cafe, and Godric's Hollow)- might as well been called Harry Potter and the Extended Camping Trip.

The seventh book and fifth movie were both suprisingly dark, dare I say downright eerie.

 

[TheGlassAngel]

Oh god, I was wondering when they were going to STOP CAMPING.



I know they had to because it was the safest thing to do but

 

[JeanAvril]

Goodness gracious, the camping scene was so boring. When Ron left, I was hoping once he left the tent, he would be attacked by wild bears just to spice it up a little bit.

 

[Rochas]

I just started/finished the book and it was so amazing!!!!