After a week of extremely lack of sleep, I finished the book 7. I happened to be on call and working 12 hours a day the same time. The whole week I felt like walking under water, which was fine with me anyway since every time I read HP, the muggle world just seems such a hopeless bore.
- Before the book came out, several people had tried to tell me the ending of the book, which they probably googled up somewhere. Interestingly none of these people ever read HP books. Actually I would be surprised if any of them read any book in a while (I am not talking about technical/self-help books or the Bible). The mentality behind this behavior, the satisfaction for ruining the story for others, is beyond my understanding. I suspect it might be similar to the playground bully's.
- Like I said before that people who claim the reason they don't read HP is because it is children's book are the people who probably don't read shit anyway. Even funnier, one of them declares HP story is stupid after watching one and half of the HP movies. Please see Sienfield's episode of George and his book club (the one with Breakfast at Tiffany) for my comments on this wise guy (Actually this guy's mind is so amazing that I would have to start a new post just for him).
- After finishing the last book, I realized JKR probably had most of the plot and fate of most characters planned at the very beginning, which is quite impressive. There were so many times I laughed out loud while reading. There were many times I was 'wow-ed' by her imagination. If anyone deserves to be rich, she does for making so many people especially children so very happy.
- Hermione is my type of girl. A little Miss bossy know-it-all , extremely bright, loyal, and compassionate. She is the best friend anyone could ever ask for. I believe it was the right idea that she ended up with Ron. She and Harry both need a partner who is a little bit 'weaker'. If I could have a daughter like her someday, my life would just be complete :P
- Snape is the Hamlet of the story, so he had to die. There is no other ending for the tragic hero. One theory of the reason why he said to Harry at the last moment 'Look at me...look at me...' was Harry had the exact eyes of his mother's. I know this is a bit cheesy, but it is also heartbreakingly beautiful, something I'd rather believe for once.
- I have to confess that I was more shocked than sad when Dumbodor and Black died. But when Dobby and Fred died it really broke my heart. Even the magic world would be less exciting with out the twins, and Dobby, oh dear Dobby, the courageous, faithful, and free elf...
The last 10 years has been bitter sweet. When it was finally over, it felt like losing a family member. HP is a smart, warm and funny story. Maybe it is for children, but it is also for everyone who was once a child. It is bitterly surprising to see how we have lost our imagination along the way to become this boring thing called 'adult'. If I ever saw a rabbit wearing a hat and checking his pocket watch, I would go down that hole with it every single time.
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