Yeah... same here. Friends on my list (and not LJ related) have loved it. I don't know if it's a combination of it being the last book plus a few things I didn't agree with, or what. But, I am going to give it another go.
I'm going to need some time before I go back and re-read it, though. I don't know if I can read Snape's death scene again so soon. He was my favourite character from the beginning and the scene really knocked the wind out of my sails!
Probably, the major irk was the epilogue. I've been ranting to Mum about it all day. And now that I think about it, it might have seemed dull because of the war. And I'm not saying family isn't important. But... it didn't feel like a good, forward thinking, underlying message to send to millions of children. Sigh. I'm so narrowly liberal it hurts sometimes. Plus, I doubt that JKR really had family values programming woven through her book on purpose.
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Date: 2007-07-22 06:00 am (UTC)I'm going to need some time before I go back and re-read it, though. I don't know if I can read Snape's death scene again so soon. He was my favourite character from the beginning and the scene really knocked the wind out of my sails!
Probably, the major irk was the epilogue. I've been ranting to Mum about it all day. And now that I think about it, it might have seemed dull because of the war. And I'm not saying family isn't important. But... it didn't feel like a good, forward thinking, underlying message to send to millions of children. Sigh. I'm so narrowly liberal it hurts sometimes. Plus, I doubt that JKR really had family values programming woven through her book on purpose.
Oh, sorry... I typed too much! Oops!