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Yeah, the epilogue did leave people hanging.. it was pretty unsatisfying, but it was better the second time around. I'm glad that Neville found a job that he liked--I thought that's how he would end up, as an herbology professor. But who's headmaster of the school now? Maybe I missed that. And is Teddy a werewolf? It never said, so maybe he's not... Hm. I'm glad there's a great new Minister of Magic--the last three sucked a**. Fudge was useless, Scrimgeor was worse than useless, and the third, whose name I didn't catch, didn't stay in office long enough to make a difference, and if he had, being Scrimgeor's successor, would have sucked anyway. Kingsley Shacklebolt will do a wonderful job.

The way that Jo wrote the book seemed hurried. She didn't stop to linger on the deaths, and the entire novel was incredibly fast-paced. This did two things: It made the book seem hurried and badly written, but (two) it really passed on the feel of not having time to linger on such things. See, if you were fleeing from your life from Voldy, you wouldn't have time to mourn over death and to take in all that was happening--things would be moving too fast to capture it all at once. Not until the danger was passed could you really look back and see what's happened. But it did make it seem a bit lacking, on the negative side.

Mad-Eye, Crabbe, Collin, and a couple of others that died didn't really affect me. It scared the hell out of me and brought tears to my eyes at the beginning when I thought Hagrid had died. (Of course, when I saw that he was ok, I was pretty relieved.) When Lupin, one of my favorites, was killed, I almost wept... The scene wasn't as dramatic as it probably should have been. And Jo said it wouldn't be a bloodbath.. let me count out who got killed.

Lupin
Tonks
Collin
Fred
Dobby
Crabbe
Mad-Eye
Voldy
Bellatrix (Good riddance)
Hedwig
Scrimgeor
Pettigrew
Nagini
Snape


Not a bloodbath. Right. Not to mention all the others that fell by the hands of Voldy, those that go unnamed.. yeah. xD

Anyway, there's a lot more to discuss, really...

And what the HELL did Dumbledore ever actually see in the Mirror of Erised? JK never said...

I_think_he_saw_the_same_sorta_thing_Harry_did,him_with_his_family,his_sister_still_alive...you_know?

so.....dumbuldore really was dead, eh?

yeah I know what you mean I was really scared to reach the end of the book. So I took my time reading it which I usually never do.

I told my sister it was like saying good bye to a friend who moved away and you know you'll never see again. She proceeded on telling me I never saw them to begin with. She is not very imaginative and doesn't read books like I do. I kinda hope that what ever she does write next will at least mention some characters. Like Xanth does and Redwall just puts a smile on my face.

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as far as the godfather thing it is very weird that Harry didn't get Teddy. I mean legal wise the godparents get the baby but the didn't really get to baptize him (not sure if wizards do) also I would think his grandmother would have wanted him because she lost her husband and daughter. Also she said in this interview I read that the first epilogue she wrote was really long and gave details about everyone and what they were up to but she said it didnt sound right so she changed it and wanted to make it feel like you were looking at the scene through a fog. I'm going to get the link to the interveiw so use can read it.