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Harry Potter
Jul. 4th, 2011 02:09 amI spent the last three days re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I took my time, read each sentence, and pictured each event occurring. Several times, I got so worked up, I had to force myself to go back a sentence, a paragraph, even an entire page, and slow down, reread it, take in details, flip back a couple of chapters to check something.
I loved it. At least as much as the first time. I hadn't read this book since it first came out, that summer night, just after I graduated high school. I went to a party hosted by a bookstore, wore a costume, colored pictures with tiny children.
I was a pretty different person then, physically, chemically, emotionally, spiritually. None of those changes diminished my reception of this novel. If anything, they enhanced it. I drew conclusions and realized the nature of things before they were explicitly explained in the end (some people hate that, but not I).
I guess I'm rambling. I just wanted to tell you all how much I cried at all the emotional parts, and how much I've had invested in this series, and while I can never go back to eagerly, innocently awaiting the next book, at least I have them all now, as their cohesive whole.
I loved it. At least as much as the first time. I hadn't read this book since it first came out, that summer night, just after I graduated high school. I went to a party hosted by a bookstore, wore a costume, colored pictures with tiny children.
I was a pretty different person then, physically, chemically, emotionally, spiritually. None of those changes diminished my reception of this novel. If anything, they enhanced it. I drew conclusions and realized the nature of things before they were explicitly explained in the end (some people hate that, but not I).
I guess I'm rambling. I just wanted to tell you all how much I cried at all the emotional parts, and how much I've had invested in this series, and while I can never go back to eagerly, innocently awaiting the next book, at least I have them all now, as their cohesive whole.
