HP:DH - Did you expect it to end the way it did?

[ZombieDuke]

If you wanna post stuff(information/character deaths/rants) from the book, highlight your text and click the spoiler button.

EDIT: WHOOPS! "I'm ignoring the book. I'll take some idea's from it, but I'll

just ignore the whole damn thing." Is supposed to be one line.

[redsliver]

That's pretty much the ending I was expecting, I didn't call all the deaths but I got four so and only expected one that didn't happen.

I'm still kicking myself for not getting

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that the Ravenclaw horcrux was the diadem until the chapter with that name was thrown in my face.

[ZombieDuke]

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You're right! It like, all of the books were a giant puzzle and this last one just put everything neatly together.

[dazzledfirestar]

I voted yes, and for the most part it's true... but....

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I wanted to vote "Why did ____ have to die?" because of Fred! Totally didn't see that coming! I figured after George got his ear blown off, the twins were safe. Wow, was I wrong. What a time to lose my Weasley Aversion!

[NightScribe]

I voted for "ignoring the whole damn thing." Too much emphasis was placed on certain things in previous books, that played no part in the finale and it felt emotinally detached, which none of the others did. I'm starting to think she wrote it, just to have it done with.

[Hermione Malfoy]

I voted yes.

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I didn't expect that Lucius was going to survive; I kind of guessed that one of the twins would die; which one I didn't know, I was hoping that Percy was going to be a Death Eater; just to show that not all Gryffindors are good!  I thought she was easing into the stereotype with the pairings; Ron and Hermione make me shudder!  I've got a fanfic idea though.  I knew Severus was a good guy from day one - which was about October 1999 and I knew Severus loved Lily.  Narcissa rocked at the end; I thought that there must be the reason why she was the only Black not named after a Star!  The fact that she was named after a flower proved my theory right, she was going to help Harry at the end - to mirror Lily and Petunia.  Tonks death made me sad as I liked her.  The epilogue was a bit sappy, but considering my mother almost died two days before the book came out I needed an ending like that!  Also, I was pleased that he called one of his sons Severus, and I have a feeling that boy will be a Slytherin and be friendly with Draco's son.  I'd kind of like it if Rosie Weasley was a Slytherin to... just for there to be a Slytherin trio ... yep, it's provided me with a new fanfic pairing ... Scorpius and Rosie! Overall, I loved the book, and I thought that the ending was as I expected.

[Nanaea]

I voted Why, why, why?

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I sobbed through most of the book. I feel like I've lost many dear friends, and it has left me feeling, well, rather depressed.  Snape was by far the worst blow. While I was happy to be vindicated, I was hoping that the stated reprieve was for him, not Harry. :sigh: Oh well. Lupin and Tonks nearly killed me as well, and of course Fred.

When I closed the book for the last time, I thought, 'Well, this is it. The fandom is done for.' How do we recover from this? I mean, I try to hold as closely to canon as possible, but I don't see too many ways around some of the things that have happened.

[Vampirezdarkgurl]

I think that she killed off too many light side fighters. I mean I knew there was going to be losses, but BOTH Remus and Tonks. Was she trying to create another Harry story line?

I mean all together it was an okay book, but there were others that were better.