Comments | czjtrojan: Hallowed Ground

czjtrojan

Hallowed Ground

Jul 27, 2007 17:52

So I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I regret saying I shed no tear, nor did I come close. This struck me as strange, since for whatever reason (drugs, fatigue, general mental whateverness) lately I have been known to cry easily (I had to fight off two full-blown sobfests in the car with my mother the other day while we listened ( Read more... )

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lalael July 28 2007, 02:31:48 UTC

I tend to tear up/cry not so much at people's deaths but at their funerals. So I only cried at the one character who had a funeral type thing. Everyone else just kinda rolled off of me. I -wanted- to cry for someone, but it just didn't happen. MEh. I also found the epilogue a little disappointing but after I've let it sink in, it doesn't bother me quite as much. All in all I was happy but very much look forward to the Encyclopedia she plans on writing in the future. Now I need to read it again, after the hubby finishes.

OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH slideswpenguins July 28 2007, 05:16:49 UTC

I've SO got to fight the URGE to discuss spoiler material with you right here in this very comment. However I will refrain only to say that I actually did cry, but perhaps not at a "popular" crying moment. I loved the book, too! :-D

Re: OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH czjtrojan July 28 2007, 06:03:24 UTC

Come on, do it! OK EVERYONE NICOLE IS GOING TO DISCUSS A SPOILER...if you haven't finished the book by now though you're not obsessed enough to really be perturbed, though. OK Nicole, go for it!

Re: OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH slideswpenguins July 31 2007, 05:57:19 UTC

Hmmm... Sorry, I completely forgot what I was going to discuss. I guess I would've said the chapter that totally made me cry was Snape's memories in the pensieve. *sigh*

toks July 28 2007, 06:38:23 UTC

Maybe the "errors" are a useage thing (British vs. American)?

czjtrojan July 31 2007, 02:19:40 UTC

To check this out, my family always buys both the American and the British publications of the Harry Potter books. We're one of those gross families that has at least two copies of each book (four of this last one, actually...don't quite know why).

toks July 31 2007, 15:52:36 UTC

HA!

kuhn July 29 2007, 17:33:46 UTC

Actually "enormity" can mean either of those things, though its generally more associated with the definition you gave.

czjtrojan July 31 2007, 02:17:10 UTC

OK, after a look at the dictionary I concede that enormity can be used to refer to something enormous, but I would consider it poor word usage to do so, because the word primarily refers to something heinous, outrageous or evil, and therefore could imply unintended meaning, as it does in its appearance in Harry Potter.