ping to a few who might want to chat.
Ping to names I pulled off the “waiting for” list. SPOILERS!
Took me just over 12 hours straight, with minimal interruptions, to finish the book. Rose is just now finishing it... I handed it to her when I finished it last night at 12:30, and she stayed up all night reading it.
Some of my reactions:
Biggest surprise for me was that Snape had known Lily from childhood.
Deaths that affected me most, Remus and Tonks. I really wanted them to have a happy ending, and I actually found it a bit more heart-wrenching to have it happen "off-screen".
Really neat moments for me, Ron facing his own doubts and fears as he destroyed the amulet, and Neville pulling out the sword and killing Nagini. I always suspected Neville would have an important role to play in destroying Voldemort... after all, he *could* have been "The Boy Who Lived".
And speaking of the Horcruxes... am I mistaken, or was each one destroyed by a different person?
The first, the diary, was destroyed by Harry;
The second, the ring, destroyed by Dumbledore;
The third, the amulet, destroyed by Ron;
The fourth, the cup, destroyed by Hermione (not sure about that one, have to wait until Rose finishes the book to check it)
The fifth, the diadem, destroyed by Crabbe's fire;
The sixth, Nagini, killed by Neville;
and the seventh, within Harry, killed by Voldemort, and of course Voldemort effectively killing himself via his rebounded Death Curse against Harry.
(by the way, I found the "child-creature" in the background of Harry's conversation with Dumbledore to be reeeealy creepy!)
Note for later; I’m about up to page 200 :-).