OK, I think enuff time has passed that it would be safe to start a thread for Potterheads who have finished book 7.
I finished the book the Wednesday after it came out. I was sitting at Red Lobster reading the last few chapters having a celebratory dinner, but couldn't finish reading it in the restaurant as I started crying.
The waiter asked me if I was alright, and I pointed to the book. He said he understood, he finished it the night before. Said it would be best if I finished the rest out in my car.
I paid for my meal tried to finish it in the car, but the restaurant was closing, people were leaving, and giving me strange looks like I was a stalker hanging out in the parking lot.
So I went across the street to Books-a-Million, where I bought the book, to finish-kinda like going full circle.
Let me just say this about the book without spoiling anything.
Now that we know how it ends, I can't wait to go back and reread the whole series.
Now that we know what is going on behind the scenes and what the end result will be, and how each entity is used to get to that end- then the whole story goes from being a simple kid's adventure to a terrifying Steven King meets Anne Rice thriller. There is nothing sweet and innocent about the series now that we know the truth.
As for the Epilogue. Go to Mugglenet.com.
I hated it till I found out the intent was to be a fuzzy, dreamlike teaser, just giving hints to the future. Much more is to come.
As JKR said, "Never say never....."
Many of my friends are immediately re-reading it- anybody else doing this?
Harry "grew up" with my family. I have empty nest syndrome this morning.
...they are getting rather large, no? Someone asked this question and maybe they are doing it somewhere..."why do they advertise they found these farms, shouldn't they try and monitor them to see who shows up for the harvest?"
