-matthEw- Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 ...bring it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Savant Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I'm lookin forward to it because I really want to know what happens, but I doubt it'll be as good as the first 4.The last two have been a real let-down It's been like a chore to read, and I only continued reading them because I wanted to know what happened, not because they were written really well Hope this one's better!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Keep it.Poke it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Pel Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I really hope Hagrid and Hermione die...they've always fucked me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 It's been like a chore to readlike, you are a Goddess to me 'cos, like, you type like you speak, like, y'know what I mean.I'm looking forward to reading it but I'm not paying the 17 its going to cost. I'll wait a couple of weeks until Asda/Tesco has it for a tenner and get it then.Peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 like, you are a Goddess to me 'cos, like, you type like you speak, like, y'know what I mean.I'm looking forward to reading it but I'm not paying the 17 its going to cost. I'll wait a couple of weeks until Asda/Tesco has it for a tenner and get it then.PeteinthehillsAsda's selling them for 8 quid from the offset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I'm lookin forward to it because I really want to know what happens, but I doubt it'll be as good as the first 4.The last two have been a real let-down It's been like a chore to read, and I only continued reading them because I wanted to know what happened, not because they were written really well Hope this one's better!!Are you old enough to be using this site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 It's 8.99 from Waterstones as well, but that might just be the pre-order price. ASDA are selling it for 8.97 though. I doubt many places will sell it for the 17.99 RRP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Are you old enough to be using this site?You tell her Stripey. You tell her and maybe one day she'll be grown up enough to whine about the horrendous affront to democratic principle of her ban from an internet messageboard like all the other inellectual giants. Teach me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Asda's selling them for 8 quid from the offset.Asda have it down to a fiver now. Bit of a kick in the nuts for the indie bookshops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Pel Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Yeash, ASDA is selling for 5 from 12.01 tonight - all the staff are dressed up as twats HAHHA.shame that spoiler thread got deleted I would have liked to have a read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HateEvent Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Yeash, ASDA is selling for 5 from 12.01 tonight - all the staff are dressed up as twats HAHHA.shame that spoiler thread got deleted I would have liked to have a read.Do you not still work there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Pel Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Do you not still work there? yeah, although thank fuck not last night. I had a good laugh at ''hagrid'' on union street instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Got it this morning. Finished it fifteen minutes ago. Bloody good ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Also got mine this morning but chose the extra time in bed over starting it at 8am, hence I only finished it about 10 minutes ago.Frankly I don't think she could have done a better job of it, I felt it did the entire series justice. As for the last couple of books being a chore to read are you kidding me? They've been a million times better than the first two!I thought the ending was just perfect, although working out which kids belonged to who was a bit confusing, especially since my eyes were crossing after 7 or so hours solid reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan' Sharuminar Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Decent read, but not great. I enjoyed the ending, but the whole epilogue chapter seemed a bit forced on.Snape vindicated! Just no hope of a future spin-off called Snapes Big Adventure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Banacek Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 It was weird reading it because every plot line I had guessed after the end of the last book was there in this one. I didn't know whether to be smug or slightly freaked.I enjoyed it, I initially thought the ending seemed like a cop out, a "best of both worlds" scenario, but I soon got over that and saluted it for the fine finale to a fine series of books.One thing which angered me intensely however.The queue outside Waterstones was full of young kids, many of them dressed up in cute fancy dress.For them to have to endure the abuse thrown at the crowds by drunken idiots (I won't say neds cos there were plenty folk who would not have looked out of place on the Moshulu dancefloor also engaged) was disgusting and made me feel on several occasions like committing a violent offence.I am more than a little certain that some kids were probably very upset by it, and I hope whoever those people were feel big and proud of themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 jolielaide: YOU GUYS.This is going to sound crazycak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 This is a little kiddie's book series we're talking (and possibly debating) about here, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 jolielaide: YOU GUYS.This is going to sound crazycakWhat language are the people in that thread using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 This is a little kiddie's book series we're talking (and possibly debating) about here, right?I'd hardly put it down as a book for "little kiddies". Have you read any of them? I'd imagine if you had you wouldn't be pigeon-holing the series like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 I'd hardly put it down as a book for "little kiddies".If you think harry potter isn't a kids book you've got problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 If you think harry potter isn't a kids book you've got problems.Thing is, the series has been on the go since a lot of the more mature readers were just 10 or so. The writing style and characters, while not exactly rich, have a certain comforting nostalgic value to them... sort of like gran's mince and tatties in book form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 If you think harry potter isn't a kids book you've got problems.Have you read the books Stripey? Or do you consider reading beneath you?Dave hit the nail on the head, ok so when it started out with the Philosopher's Stone it was aimed for children, but unless you're blind/stupid/have never seen the news you'll have noticed that millions of people enjoy them, that says something. The books have brought many kids back to reading, which can certainly not be a bad thing. Try reading them, it might bring a bit of joy into your otherwise miserable existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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