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Re: Shirts and Skins; Jets and Sharks; Horcruxes and Hallows

takeshi25 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:38:36 -0000

Nice coverage of Harry Potter books, I have only three parts and I can't get the another because it is hard to find them out.

Re: Shirts and Skins; Jets and Sharks; Horcruxes and Hallows

M.A. Peel — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:35:25 -0000

Claire, I saw a little of the Dateline with Rowling. She said she had written the last line of the book--which is in the epilogue, years ago: "The scar had not pained Harry for 19 years. All was well." She wanted to underscore that Harry had completely won.

She also said that it was important that she show that Teddy Lupin was okay, since she had orphaned him. She got chocked up as she spoke of it.

Re: Shirts and Skins; Jets and Sharks; Horcruxes and Hallows

Claire Helene — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:00:41 -0000

I agree with you on the title, it was just a little too confusing. It would have been more effective if people understood what it meant.

I also loved that scene about the patronuses in the Ministry. I thought that the way she set up the near-death experience, though, borrowed a little too much from the scene in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe when Aslan sacrifices himself to the White Witch, knowing of a deeper magic.

Actually, she borrowed heavily all over the place, but the book was still ultimately satisfying. Except the epilogue. Totally unnecessary.