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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 06:11 AM
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I got a pdf version of the new Harry Potter book yesterday.
But I haven't read it. Well, I read the first three or four pages...

But I'm gonna wait for the book.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 06:41 AM
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1. you know, not speaking as a fan
I don't get what all the fuss is about, at least in terms of the ending.

Assuming that the spoilers I read are false, and we all don't know whether they are or aren't...

How can anyone with any sense of literary or pop culture history not know how the story is going to end?

Harry will win and Voldemort will lose. It's a freakin' children's book!

Does anyone really believe Harry will die at the end, or that Voldemort could somehow win in the end?

I mean, come on.
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 07:07 AM
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2. I don't follow the series either, but she is known for killing off characters. She says this makes
Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 07:08 AM by patricia92243
them more like real life. If Harry does get killed, I figure he will get resurrected - if the money loss is too great.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 07:15 AM
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3. I thought the point of the story is the telling - the how it happens, moreso than
what happens.

:shrug:
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