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Re: Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Camilla Send a noteboard - 08/04/2010 03:27:09 PM
I personally thought the brutal quickness of important characters' deaths was one of the series' greatest strengths.


Yes!

Precisely. When Sirius died I read on for a whole page before I realised what had happened. I had to go back and re-read to make sure. At the time I missed the swelling prose that would have made me cry, but the shock was quite real for me as a reader, and that doesn't often happen.
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Harry Potter (the entire series) Jeordam - 06/04/2010 11:00:07 PM 1895 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) QueenOfAndor - 06/04/2010 11:29:49 PM 1175 Views
Really? Jeordam - 07/04/2010 05:41:46 PM 1227 Views
I honestly think it's a combination of the two beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 05:55:18 PM 1104 Views
I'll give you that.... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:11:27 PM 1136 Views
It does seem logical that the series gets more teenager-oriented as Harry grows older. Legolas - 07/04/2010 06:47:57 PM 1126 Views
Yeah, I believe she's explicitly said she did that on purpose beetnemesis - 10/04/2010 08:24:47 PM 1046 Views
Um...you forgot a book. aria - 06/04/2010 11:37:27 PM 1166 Views
My bad...much thanks for reminding me. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 05:43:53 PM 1115 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) DomA - 07/04/2010 12:26:22 AM 1446 Views
I get where you're coming from Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:19:13 PM 1236 Views
That's kind of the point though... fionwe1987 - 07/04/2010 08:44:26 PM 1164 Views
This is how I see it too DomA - 08/04/2010 12:43:03 AM 1287 Views
just a comment about your rich=bad LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:05:32 AM 1248 Views
Re: just a comment about your rich=bad DomA - 08/04/2010 05:58:13 PM 1242 Views
it was a bit black and white... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 08:48:05 PM 1057 Views
I agree with many of your points. Legolas - 07/04/2010 12:44:31 AM 1345 Views
I have to dispute the concept of going "too far." Ghavrel - 07/04/2010 06:32:47 AM 1108 Views
Hm, I don't know. Legolas - 07/04/2010 11:08:12 AM 1164 Views
This is a lot like the argument I'm having with Joel on the CMB concerning original sin. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:21:39 AM 1079 Views
Where is this debate? I'd like to read it. Jeordam - 08/04/2010 05:18:38 PM 1748 Views
I should have put "debate" in quotes. It's about four sentences long. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 10:32:43 PM 1062 Views
I agree entirely about Snape *NM* Camilla - 07/04/2010 11:50:00 AM 536 Views
More conversation on Snape. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:01:37 PM 1392 Views
His death wasn't very spectacular, but he did play an essential role... Legolas - 07/04/2010 06:45:58 PM 1269 Views
Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Aemon - 07/04/2010 07:13:55 AM 1447 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:09:20 PM 1282 Views
The movies are even worse about this. beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 06:15:35 PM 1166 Views
Hmmm.... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:21:40 PM 1140 Views
Oh, that's definitely why they did it beetnemesis - 09/04/2010 06:44:50 AM 1474 Views
how many high school relationships... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:13:48 AM 1131 Views
Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:24:31 AM 1118 Views
Re: Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:27:09 PM 1144 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:25:38 PM 1251 Views
Harry Potter and Star Wars have two radically different approaches to this beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 06:13:25 PM 1360 Views
When my son asked for his own set of Harry Potter books, Beqi - 07/04/2010 10:26:37 PM 1192 Views
This is assuming of course... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 11:00:15 PM 1239 Views
yes, that's where parenting gets "complicated" LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:16:06 AM 1146 Views
You are taking this a bit extreme I feel. Beqi - 08/04/2010 08:51:34 AM 1088 Views
I agree. *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/04/2010 06:11:06 PM 489 Views
Re: This is assuming of course... Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:30:33 PM 1298 Views
I am the same way with a few books. Beqi - 08/04/2010 08:05:04 PM 1129 Views
I was most irritated by the ironic names Tom - 08/04/2010 05:38:59 AM 1253 Views
Re: I was most irritated by the ironic names TaskmasterJack - 08/04/2010 10:07:40 PM 1678 Views
Sheriff Lobo wasn't a werewolf, either, and Bear wasn't a bear. Tom - 09/04/2010 12:47:48 AM 1097 Views
Exactly - it's not as obvious if you're a kid, then it seems clever and it's fun to decode. Legolas - 09/04/2010 01:04:11 AM 1208 Views
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