Posted on 08/01/2007 6:59:32 AM PDT by ParsifalCA
I am warning those who have not finished the series . . . and there must be still a few of them by now. . . that there are spoilers ahead. I have just finished the last book . . . having spent an enjoyable evening with it thanks to Sam’s Club and an indulgent wife.
I am done with Harry Potter and enjoying the literary aftertaste the way one enjoys a fine meal almost as much after it is done as when it is being consumed . . . though it is a bit sad that the series is finished.
And it is really finished . . .
Will one be able to re-read the books with pleasure?
I think the answer is only a tentative “yes.” If one knows the “puzzles” and “the secrets” of the book, it will not take away the charm of the characters or the fun of a good Quidditch match, but the first read will always be the best.
The strength of these books is in the plot and the second read, when everything is known, will be satisfying for finding all the clues to what happens . . . but I am hard pressed to know if I will want to re-read them a third or fourth time.
A really great book is as good on the fourth read . . . and some children’s books (Little White Horse) are better.
I deeply enjoyed the last book and thought the ending satisfying. For those who found them quite Christian, they will find much in this last book to give strength to their idea.
(Excerpt) Read more at exilestreet.com ...
Erm. You and your wife are both ladies?
tiredoflaundry made it. It’s brilliant, and bound to get a good workout in the next few days. :)
BBL8R
Um, no. I was just illustrating a point and couldn't think of the "Mad Man of the Gadarenes"
but the narrator who reads the Harry Potter books is bar none the best I’ve ever heard....
I agree.
It’s getting pretty late in my time zone, too.
I think you’re looking for “Gadarene Demoniac,” in the RSV translation ... but the Harry Potter milieu is actually rather short on pork, when you think about it.
Yeah, that's him.
My library now has a link on their webpage where you can download audio books for free to your MP3 player. :) So I don’t think what you’re doing is wrong because the libraries provide the service.
Tore his clothes off, shattered his chains ... a character with real Zing!
What every “Fall Festival” needs!
I just wanted to say something as a Christian and reader of the books. I was raised in the church, my parents, minister and Sunday school teachers taught me well. They taught me about the devil, magic, etc. When I was a child and went to sleep overs, I did not touch the ouiji (or however you spell it) board (gasp, I stood up to my friends). I would not participate in the “trying to make stuff levitate” crap. Why? I was taught and belive(d) that that is the devil’s work, not the way of our Lord. I believe that people do voodoo. Frankly, that stuffs creeps me out. I would never do it. I would never get a “reading” etc.
I also read Harry Potter. I do not believe the magic to be anything associated with the devil or occult. As magic in the book, is like being born with brown eyes. You either have it or you don’t. In the book, for example, a person who does not have the trait can not do magic no matter how hard they try. It doesn’t work. I believe that is a big difference.
Harry Potter magic is not real. The occult is real and comes from a completely different source (the devil) and if you participate in it you can do it if you believe in it (exactly opposite of Harry Potter magic). Filch anyone? Furthermore, anything in the book that could be based in real occult magic is done in a way that makes the person doing it come off as an idiot, fraud, laughing stock, etc (this is the divination teacher). She is a total joke and fraud.
If this rambles a bit, sorry, but I am also listening to the bridge collapse news and am tired. (Prayers for the victims
I will also admit to not reading the past 350 posts, so don’t know if this was addressed or not.
Alan Rickman is spectacular at playing villains, but he’s a more versatile actor than that. If you haven’t seen it, look for a movie called “Truly Madly Deeply,” from 1991 — he plays a ghost who comes back to comfort his girlfriend and help her move on.
I hope that after Harry Potter, Rickman can land some non-villain roles just for a change of pace. As good as he is at it, it does a soul good to stretch out once in a while.
The Hog's Head. Hogwarts...
Something tells me that Mensa won't be calling.
You underestimate comic books -- excuse me, "graphic novels." V for Vendetta, The Dark Knight Returns, The 300, these are all fine works of literature in that genre. And it isn't easy to find a more powerful and poignant use of the medium than Maus.
Well, there you go! We've ALL been deceived!
My library doesn't, yet, but most are moving in that direction. At the very least, libraries should let folks download any work that's out of copyright -- many of them are already online, but librarians could help folks find them. It's kinda what they do.
I'll bet you've been slacking off on those crevo threads, too.
They were so very 'Massachusetts'.
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