It’s hard to believe there is less than a month to the long-awaited climax of the series. I have no doubt that JKR will leave us hanging with unanswered questions. The speculation and rumination will continue for quite some time with her enthusiastic fans. But the anticipation of the biggest questions will be satisfied. Will Snape-as I believe-be exonerated? Who will Harry’s mentor be now (since he obviously doesn’t know enough yet)? How can He Who Must Not Be Named finally be defeated, and does that mean the Death Eaters will have no hope of rising again? Is Dumbledore still alive? After all, some of us will continue to believe until we are faced with incontrovertible evidence.
There aren’t too many authors that I am in awe of, but I thank JKR for creating a world that has kept so many people entertained, inspired, analyzing, and communicating in their shared enthusiasm. It has been a tremendous experience to participate in this global forum as the story has enfolded.
July 25th, 2007 at 11:32 am
I finished the book the night before last. I was pleased to see it had a satisfactory ending (which of course means it was in keeping with my theories! The most important being Snape and sharing of blood). But seriously, it was nice to be right in some ways, and still have many things I couldn’t have predicted. All of my questions were not answered. But enough were to feel it concluded well. What a roller coaster of a story! Wow! It will be hard to top what JKR has written-not a bad book in the bunch.