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Anyone else love the book but hate the epiloge?
i think it sucked- it should have been more in depth or not there at all. as someone else suggested perhaps a chapter that dealt with funerals etc and then an "inappropiate" one liner from Ron would have been a better way to end the series.
Anonymous User about 1 year ago
"Well 'Arry, I reckon after 7 years trying to kill old Voldy, seems like a bit of an anti-climax dun it?"
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I think my biggest complaint with the epilogue is that, after all the build-up and rumours about this part of the final book, in the end it divulges very little new information. My personal favourite part of it is the look that Harry and Draco share; it speaks volumes about two mature adults who have their differences but long ago came to some understanding.
The setting of the epilogue is actually quite nice, in theory if not in execution, as it lends a certain circular form to the whole series (since the train station is in some ways where Harry's induction into the wizarding world began). And maybe a big part of why people disliked the epilogue so much is that most of the final book is very bleak, and so it seems horribly saccharine. But if you hold it up alongside some of the early chapters of the first book, it actually sits quite comfortably.
Scott about 1 year agoI love all the books, and it surprises me that I only saw one or two people here refer to the fact that this is a children's fantasy story primarily that happens to be loved by adults. I don't believe JK Rowling ever sat in her flat/ Scottish manor house and planned to write a story that would be ripped apart like a Shakespeare play or a James Joyce novel. I think she set out to write a damn good kids' epic, and kids epics tend to end happily ever after. I'm with the guy who crept out saying, I think it was the right thing to do.
Facebook User about 1 year agoI didn't like the idea of an epilogue at all. What I would have liked is to heat what happened to the characters in the near future after the battle.
Facebook User about 1 year agoIE: funerals? How the families coped? Did the kids go back to school? I wanted to know about Hogwarts, because really my favourite character was Hogwarts. I never really cared much for Harry... I wanted to know what happened to the school and the people right after the battle.
I second Sarah's thoughts - it is a children's fantasy. I enjoyed the epilogue. I enjoyed all the books. A true 'fairy tale' has a happy-ending...it's what I wanted!
Angela about 1 year agoWhile it was a little optimistic, I was really appreciative of the relationship that Harry had now with the child aged antagonist. Ever since book 5 I've hated that Malfoy kid, but since book 6 he's become a little more human. In this last installment he was definately seen as human and his own mother was scared for him. I think the epilogues shows that although they're not the best of friends it also shows that they are appreciative of each other. So it ties up the whole relationship that Harry has with the wizarding community. He's no longer the "crazy one" for sure, he's now appreciated more than worshiped or hated. It shows the main character's end result, Harry Potter and the wizarding community.
Anonymous User about 1 year agoThe kids are going back to hogwarts and they speak about the new director and everything...They do cover hogwarts a lot in conversation in the epilogue...
Anonymous User about 1 year agoBut what they do cover has no relevance to the rest of the books.
To me, i have to emotional attachment to the kids of the characters. They mean nothing to me. I stand by my original post, it would've been a lot more enjoyable to read about the direct aftermath of the battle...
Facebook User about 1 year agoEveryone (apart from the very few of you) should take a step back and look at the series as a whole. This last book was a brilliant ending to a fantastic and magical fairytale. Of course it's going to be 'Happily Ever After'!
Anonymous User about 1 year agoI agree with Lisa and with the rest of the "very few". I am so sad that so many seem to think that a happy family life is "mush" or "saccharine". I'm glad that J.K.Rowling may by this have encouraged young people to have a positive view of long term faithful relationships and child rearing, in the face of the promiscuity and commitment phobia which is paraded in so many areas of the media and entertainment as being "cool".
Catherine about 1 year agoI think J.K. Rowling did really well in rounding off the end of the book. It was a way of showing that she probably won't write another book, but that it was open to the possibility. She even considered killing Harry off so that no-one else to continue writing Harry Potter books when she dies. I think people need to stop analyzing EVERYTHING and just enjoy it!
Anonymous User about 1 year agoI didn't hate it as such, but it was a little weird. I suppose it opens up the possibility of further stories, though I am not in favour of the 'do it to death' approach to novels :)
Kate about 1 year agoyep i hated the epilogue
Facebook User about 1 year agoThe epilogue did feel sort of just stuck on there. I also found this book to be the weakest of the series.
Facebook User about 1 year agoYes, it is terrible. It seems like JK put copied some fanfic and put there...
Anonymous User about 1 year agotrue dat. I could have done without the epilogue.
Marissa Decina about 1 year agoTotally agree - didnt completely hate it but felt it was way unneccesary.
Tamara about 1 year agoShe was definitely just name-dropping so we'd know what everyone's doing. It seems beneath her to use such an obvious style.
Hunter about 1 year agoYes! It was just so sugary and the last line "All was well". ugh.
Rachel about 1 year agoI loved the book right up til the epilogue which was hollywood cheese to put it mildly. However, I can understand why JK Rowling wrote the epilogue. I suppose it's the only way to silence request for yet another Harry Potter book.
Anonymous User about 1 year ago