Harry Potter Opinion Poll (no spoilers)
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Well, I've read it now. Its too fucking long. Rowling needs an editor who's not afraid to tell her that.
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Nope, average quality. Length aside, I found it to be a very good book.
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Eeeh, to be frank I don't think Rowling writes that good of an ending. In any of the books.
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I enjoyed the book, and didn't find much wrong with the ending, although I was annoyed with Harry for being a bonehead. However, he's 15--he was written exactly as fifteen-year-olds behave, like they know everything even when they're making dumbass mistakes, so...*shrugs*JodoForce wrote:Waiting for people to spring to JKR's defense...
I read it, but I can't say I read it carefully, since I was trying to devour it as fast as I could to see what happens. When I read it again, I'll be able to have a better opinion about the story as a whole.
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To everyone who's complaining that it's not long enough, please carry out the following exercise:
Take your copy of the book, and open it to a random page. Hold it open with one hand.
Stand in a doorway, and grab hold of the top frame with the other hand and hang from it, allowing your weight to swing freely between your top hand and your feet.
Try to read.
Feel you book hand cramping up? Thatr's what thick books do to commuters - if the tube is empty enough to allow you to manoeuvre the book at all.
Take your copy of the book, and open it to a random page. Hold it open with one hand.
Stand in a doorway, and grab hold of the top frame with the other hand and hang from it, allowing your weight to swing freely between your top hand and your feet.
Try to read.
Feel you book hand cramping up? Thatr's what thick books do to commuters - if the tube is empty enough to allow you to manoeuvre the book at all.
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I'm not all the way through it but I like it so far.
A friend of mine said he read it and was mentioning all this stuff like Black Pheonix's, Swands, and Harry, Hermoine, Ron, and Malfoy becoming Animagi. Everyone else kinda looked at him and said "What the fuck were you reading?" Apparently he'd downloaded it off Kazaa, and got either some the first draft of Rowling's book, or some Fanwank. Either way we had a great time laughing at him.
A friend of mine said he read it and was mentioning all this stuff like Black Pheonix's, Swands, and Harry, Hermoine, Ron, and Malfoy becoming Animagi. Everyone else kinda looked at him and said "What the fuck were you reading?" Apparently he'd downloaded it off Kazaa, and got either some the first draft of Rowling's book, or some Fanwank. Either way we had a great time laughing at him.
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So don't read in the tube. That book is not long enough.innerbrat wrote:To everyone who's complaining that it's not long enough, please carry out the following exercise:
Take your copy of the book, and open it to a random page. Hold it open with one hand.
Stand in a doorway, and grab hold of the top frame with the other hand and hang from it, allowing your weight to swing freely between your top hand and your feet.
Try to read.
Feel you book hand cramping up? Thatr's what thick books do to commuters - if the tube is empty enough to allow you to manoeuvre the book at all.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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That sounds rather familiar...Zaia wrote:I read it, but I can't say I read it carefully, since I was trying to devour it as fast as I could to see what happens. When I read it again, I'll be able to have a better opinion about the story as a whole.
I'm in the 'details' read phase right now.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'