Digesting Harry Potter
There was such a big fanfare for the release of the last Harry Potter book. I was caught up in Pottermania but after seeing the number of people reading the book, I know that I am not alone. I bought it the day it was released and 36 hours later, I had flipped the last page. Now I did not read straight through but I spend most of my waking hours, pouring over the pages. I must say that I was not disappointed with the outcome.
There was considerable speculation on who was going to die and whether Harry would win or lose. I tended not to participate in that speculation. It really did not matter whether any of the characters survived. I am not the author and brains behind the phenomenon. It was up to JK Rowlings to supply the ending that would either wow the world or disappoint the adoring readers. I was concerned that all of the loose ends would not be wrapped up, primarily because there were too many of them. There seemed to be too much ground to cover in just one volume but a single strand brought all of the ends together. It was almost too simple of a solution but knowing human emotion, it was all too real, even in the wizarding world.
I will not give away the ending, although anyone reading this will more than likely have finished the series. I applaud Rowlings for finding the solution that fit. I know that I have bee disappointed by many endings in recent years. The Matrix trilogy started out with such promise only to degenerate into a bowl of mystic jello. There was no topping the original Star Wars trilogy even though the special effects went beyond anything in the first three movies.
I am rereading the Dune series because the final book is due out in August. I started out with the books written by Frank Herbert’s son as they start with the great man – machine battle and progress up through the start of Dune. I have two of Herbert’s original books to finish and one by his son before reading the last and final. Somehow, I think that I will not be as happy with this outcome as I was with Potter. Time will tell. More on Dune as I finish the tales of the sandworms.
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Cobb
There was considerable speculation on who was going to die and whether Harry would win or lose. I tended not to participate in that speculation. It really did not matter whether any of the characters survived. I am not the author and brains behind the phenomenon. It was up to JK Rowlings to supply the ending that would either wow the world or disappoint the adoring readers. I was concerned that all of the loose ends would not be wrapped up, primarily because there were too many of them. There seemed to be too much ground to cover in just one volume but a single strand brought all of the ends together. It was almost too simple of a solution but knowing human emotion, it was all too real, even in the wizarding world.
I will not give away the ending, although anyone reading this will more than likely have finished the series. I applaud Rowlings for finding the solution that fit. I know that I have bee disappointed by many endings in recent years. The Matrix trilogy started out with such promise only to degenerate into a bowl of mystic jello. There was no topping the original Star Wars trilogy even though the special effects went beyond anything in the first three movies.
I am rereading the Dune series because the final book is due out in August. I started out with the books written by Frank Herbert’s son as they start with the great man – machine battle and progress up through the start of Dune. I have two of Herbert’s original books to finish and one by his son before reading the last and final. Somehow, I think that I will not be as happy with this outcome as I was with Potter. Time will tell. More on Dune as I finish the tales of the sandworms.
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Cobb
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