Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
Ok, ok so I haven't posted for a long, long time and this one will be brief because I don't want to spoil the book for those of you who may not have finished yet. This was a fantastic book, I cried at the ending, as has been my custom since the 5th book, though no fit has been greater since Sirus died. Anyway, one thing I wanted to address was the issue of spoilers for this book. I hate spoilers, I want to find out for myself how things turn out, but its a fact in this day and age that spoilers happen. They are out there, people like to spoil things for others and there is no stopping that. The thing that I don't understand though is why people get so mad about them. The fact remains, you have to LOOK for them. It is not like you can sign on to the internet and a pop-up immediately says "And this is how the book ends..." If you don't want something spoiled for you, don't go looking for it. Don't type "Harry Potter" in a search engine before you are done reading the book. I didn't want the book spoiled for me so I refrained from looking. It was only today that I went looking for interviews etc on the book because I finished it days ago and even now most things that I read had huge *Spolier Alert* signs or even links to take you to a different page to read anything that gave away the ending. I will probably write more on the book later once everyone who has more of a life than me has finished it. I am going to read all the books in order now (I read the 5th and 6th again a few weeks ago for the film and the last book) so when I am done with that I will try to write a Harry Potter overview because I am an obsessed nut like that. Enjoy the book if you haven't finished it!
posted by AliKat @ 7/26/2007 06:29:00 PM
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Finally, I hear from you.
Ooh, guess what, I finally get to read book 5 now that film came out. Unfortunaly, I do know what happens (major things anyway) all the way through book 6. And I didn't go looking for it. I never search Harry Potter because of it but people talk around you and they ruin it for me that way. Also, it is driving Becky nuts. She wants nothing else but to talk about it. Oh, and one more thing. Sometimes you'll be reading something, like online reviews having nothing to do with Harry Potter, and the very next line is "so and so is the half blood prince and ____ is dead." And then they continue as normal as if someone else just interupted their conversation. It happens.
This is true, things do get ruined, but most of the random spoilers like you mentioned don't happen so much until the book has been out for a while. All the hype I heard was about the epilogue being out before the book, the New York Times article which gave away very little and other spoilers you had to look for. Most people who are nuts about Harry Potter got the book on the 21st and read it right away and they are the ones most pissed about spoilers when they are fairly easy to avoid if you avoid the internet for a few days like I did. :) I didn't get it spoiled for me with very little effort.
First off: holy shit, a new blog post.
And secondly ... I don't really have a secondly. Except to agree that yes, you really did have quite a hard time coping with Sirius' demise, which I still think has something to do with his being portrayed by Gary Oldman in the films.
Gary Oldman rulz
hes' sooooo cute!
and whoa, she's back. glad i actually checked! :)
Happy Birthday!!! Sorry its a little late.
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