I (don't hate me) liked the epilogue. I thought it brought a nice close to the whole of the story, and while treacly sappy, yes, I still thought it was sweet. I liked that Harry named his kid after Albus and Snape. *shrug* But I'm not as literate as you are - and didn't really think it jarring or not fitting. However, having it end with just the "I need bed and a sandwich" would have been good too. I knew Ginny and Harry would be married, and I knew Hermione and Ron would be too. So it wasn't really necessary to flesh that out - but whatever.
I LOVED the Snape memories. I thought that it was really interesting how everything played out for the love of Lily - not his sense of wanting to do "right" or whatever. He did everything for her. And think about this. She and James were 21 years old when they died protecting Harry - and my sense is that both Lily and James weren't perfectly wonderful people. It's fascinating that they would have changed so much in such a short time (being that they were very young) and did what they did. Granted, if it was my kid I would have done the same thing. But...interesting to think about.
Poor Dobby. That made me cry too. Although, when Kreacher led the elves into the battle I sobbed, and when Professor McGonigal raced by with the desks shouting "charge!" I cried and Jesus! Fred! *sob* I really loved the battle. I thought it was described really well and my heart was racing the entire time I read that section.
All in all, I'm pretty happy with it. I've loved the books from the beginning and felt like this was a fitting ending.
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Date: 2007-07-29 04:14 am (UTC)I (don't hate me) liked the epilogue. I thought it brought a nice close to the whole of the story, and while treacly sappy, yes, I still thought it was sweet. I liked that Harry named his kid after Albus and Snape. *shrug* But I'm not as literate as you are - and didn't really think it jarring or not fitting. However, having it end with just the "I need bed and a sandwich" would have been good too. I knew Ginny and Harry would be married, and I knew Hermione and Ron would be too. So it wasn't really necessary to flesh that out - but whatever.
I LOVED the Snape memories. I thought that it was really interesting how everything played out for the love of Lily - not his sense of wanting to do "right" or whatever. He did everything for her. And think about this. She and James were 21 years old when they died protecting Harry - and my sense is that both Lily and James weren't perfectly wonderful people. It's fascinating that they would have changed so much in such a short time (being that they were very young) and did what they did. Granted, if it was my kid I would have done the same thing. But...interesting to think about.
Poor Dobby. That made me cry too. Although, when Kreacher led the elves into the battle I sobbed, and when Professor McGonigal raced by with the desks shouting "charge!" I cried and Jesus! Fred! *sob* I really loved the battle. I thought it was described really well and my heart was racing the entire time I read that section.
All in all, I'm pretty happy with it. I've loved the books from the beginning and felt like this was a fitting ending.
Took me freaking long enough to read it. :p