In case anyone wasn't sure...

[teaberryblue]

liret just called to inform me that she saw a copy of DH that was accidentally put out early in a bookstore.

It is in the New Haven Train Station, if anyone wants one.

And in case anyone wants to know for sure whether the carpet copy is real,

It is.



PS: MAJOR SPOILERS IN COMMENTS.

Comments

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

I think mostly there are great numbers of shippers. I'm not saying *all* are shippers, some will legit loathe it, but the numbers of Harmionians is interesting. Also Lupin fans, who did kind of get screwed, to be fair.

A friend of mine hates it for plot holes, which is fair enough. I dunno; to me it seemed the most distilled JKR of teh lot, and I loved it on that basis.

[bubonicplague.livejournal.com]

Heh I was just typing the same thing about shippers myself. And agreed on Lupin getting screwed over, but he was majorly featured in two other books so I am not terribly sorry for his fans.

I really thought that she mnaged to avoid the plot holes in this one more than any other thus far, honestly. It was a pretty streamlined book.

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

I agree. The only plot holes I noticed were really ones that had to do with contradictions that had already cropped up in earlier books.

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

I can't see major plot holes either, but then I wasn't really looking - I was all WHEE I LOVE THIS STORY. Plus I'm not really a canon freak, anyway - I mean, JKR sucks at continuity, so I'm back to the "are you new?" reaction. But I wub a couple of people who hate it, so oh well. I won't diss their reasoning, I'll just snuggle it to my (fabulous, actually) bosom.

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Haha, I'm the same way. Totally don't care about plot holes unless they're big enough to hide a body in.

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out what exactly the plot holes are myself. Minor issues, absolutely. Inconsistencies? Sure. But really "are you new?" is pretty much the best reaction to complaints about the inconsistencies. This is not a woman known for her ability to keep the details straight.

Oh well, I'm sure I'll see plenty of posts detailing every plot hole in the days to come. Me? I'm with you in the book snuggling camp.

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

This is not a woman known for her ability to keep the details straight.

Or being concerned about the age of consent.

My office manager knows her continuity editor. Like, they actually finally hired one for this book. Which I think is why it's tighter than previous.

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

Kristal was really upset about them, and I didn't want to be all "um, where are they?" because I love her dearly and she's disappointed. But I didn't see them, myself. Of course what I don't know about canon could probably cover Texas.

She and Jax are the only antis I've seen that I actually know, so far. The rest are totally enthused.

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw Jax's post and I knew Kristal wasn't enamored (which honestly surprised me) but yeah, I still can't figure out just what the giant plot holes are... And I do know a rather disturbing amount of canon, but I'm also fairly blase about a lot of it, admittedly and can write off a lot of things (like the randomly reappearing sorting hat, for example) with a 'eh, it's magic, there's a reason I'm sure' which definitely helps when reading these books.

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

Honestly, it's a kid's fantasy series and I LOVE the random details (Ravenclaws having to answer a question was GOLD, only JKR could dream that up) and this book was just fabulous, so oh well. It also felt, as one of the reviewers commented, oddly inevitable - which to me meant it must align pretty well with canon/the spirit of the books.

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, yes. I loved the Ravenclaw "password." It just made me squee so much.

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

Oh man, the Ravenclaw password was so fabulous! And yeah, it's the details that really made me love this book, that's how I am with most of them. Don't care so much about Harry, Ron and Hermione really. But Aberforth was so completely awesome!

Yeah, I have my priorities

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

AND SO WAS PHINEAS NIGELLUS.

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

I was DYING when they talked about Aberforth getting done for fiddling with goats. If that isn't a shout-out to the parents reading bedtime stories, I don't know what is.

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

I don't think the plot holes were that huge, really. But yeah, valid reasons for disliking it based on taste? OKAY BY ME. And I can kind of see the issue for Lupin fans, although he's one of my faves and it only bothered me slightly. I sort of guessed he was dead when Tonks freaked out and then we saw someone else battling Dolohov, and I liked that it happened offscreen, to an extent, but I would have liked a few more lines about it, and definitely wanted to see Tonks get screwed over because she lost her cool when Remus went down.

Anyone who is reading it hoping that that ship is going to happen at this point really had to've been dropped on their head as a baby. I mean, preferring it? Okay! I like Harry/Luna myself and I kind of think Ginny was an awful bitch in this last book, to Cho especially, but I'm not going to get all mad at the book when it didn't happen. I've never seethed in rage over the lack of MoodyxFlitwick, either!

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

It wasn't him dying, apparently, they just felt he was a bastard. I was less down with that interpretation, but oh well.

Personally I am sniffy that Voldemort wasn't redeemed by the love of a good Dementor.

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I felt like Lupin was honestly trying to do what he thought was best for Tonks and his kid, and then he was so sweet later when he told Harry on the radio that he'd made him make the right decision.