Harry Potter at Last

I found it a very enjoyable read, and I was pretty excited as I read though many of the adventures Harry and crew have.

I've been reading reviews lately, and here are my non-specific thoughts:

True, Rowling is not a prose stylist by any stretch, but her characters and her sense of humor are great. Will her books stand up to Narnia and the Ring trilogy? Perhaps not -- those books seem to take place in a world outside of time, whereas I think the Potter books are really about the here and now. The Salon review I read said it well -- her books are not the stuff dreams are made of, they are the stuff life is made of, and that's what makes them great in their own way. I think they have a battle of good and evil, but they seem much more about the battle of just growing up and trying to suss out what's good and what's evil.

I think that's what in the end makes Harry Potter children's lit, even if it's children's lit that adults can read and love too.

Shaun
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UPS messed up and failed to deliver my pre-ordered copy yesterday. So I tottled off to Walmart and purchased a 2nd copy. I was working a night shift last night - the quietest in history - and read most of HPATDH overnight. Today, I alternated between napping and reading, and I just finished the book now.

Well done, JK Rowling. Well done, indeed! I don't even mind having to purchase the 2nd copy .. it was totally worth it!

Very satisfying indeed! I bought a copy at the Children's Place bookstore but later that day stopped by my local library branch and was surprised to learn that a copy was waiting for me there! I was #476 on the waiting list... I read it in two days and might go back and read it again soon, it was so good. Thank you for the no-spoilers note; I have seen spoilers posted in YouTube comments, which strikes me as dirty pool, no warning for the reader.

"Yeah, O-Kay. I can live with this."

We've had a busy week-end and I didn't even open ours until yesterday afternoon, but once started I pretty much didn't put it down until I finished (somewhere just after midnight.)

I'll probably read it again at some point...just to catch any details I missed, but for now:

...I can live with this.

Lenora

I wasn't as satisfied as some, not with the story, but with the afterward. I would have liked more there.

Many of my predictions were wrong, but that's always fun. I love the "I didn't expect THAT!" feeling.

I totally agree with Jo. I just want more HP! More of his parents, more of what happens to the survivors later in their lives. I just want more.

It did take me a few days to read it. We were on vacation, and I couldn't spend the whole time just reading, could I?