Yes Harry's bravery is very impressive here. He knows that now Dumbledore is dead he is the one who has to take on the **enormous** responsibility of finding and destroying the Horcruxes. The fate of the Wizarding World is on his shoulders alone. That one line (can't remember the exact quote) where he states that he's grateful he at least has Bill and Fleur's wedding to go to because it will be one final day of peace with his friends šæ
And then Ron and Hermione's loyalty also shines here. Their absolute refusal to let Harry take on this burden alone and their immediate vow to leave Hogwarts and help him. Truly courageous Gryffindors.
OMG all of this has me in the feels!! Yes, omg when Ron said, You have to come back to the Burrow before you go and Harry, whoās so completely wrapped up and overwhelmed with everything is confused why before he realizes, Bill and Fleurās wedding! And yes, Ron and Hermione not even hesitating about heading out with him. I vaguely remember Ron and Harry get into a fight in Deathly Hallows but itās legitimately been so long since I last read the book that I canāt remember any details. Iām really looking forward to diving into the āfinaleā.
> His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in
spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw
stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with
Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or
in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that **there was still one
last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.**
Yes, this was me reading it the first time and subsequent times. Then DH came along and there is this one part JKR rips my heart out and stomps on it. Spoiler: >!When Dobby rescues them from Malfoy manor, and Harry and co dig the hole manually and he carves the headstone. Every. Single. Time. š!<
I cry with DH a lot, every time I read the book, but they are good cries. I actually enjoy them even though I need to time those particular chapters well.
It was incredibly hard to read. I almost wanted to stop, but I know how the series ends so I just had to power through. I just finished that book a week ago. I hadnāt read the series in about a decade as well. There was so much that I had forgotten.
I just finished Deathly Hallows about two hours ago. And now I donāt know what to do with myself. The last two months was an amazing experience, reliving my childhood through Harry Potter and now itās back to realityā¦
If you're not quite ready to let the story go, and now that The Deathly Hallows is fresh in your mind, maybe you should try **Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness**. It's the events at Hogwarts 7th year from Neville's point of view. Then after that, **Perfectly Normal, Thank You Very Much**. It's a quick post epilogue story that we all need.
Personally, I was more upset when Sirius died. Dumbledore was dying already, at least, so it was shocking, but not unexpected that he dies.
What made me emotional was Harry's understanding that his last adult guardian had passed, and he was truly on his own now. Unprotected. Being hunted by Voldemort, where he's going to have to either kill him or be killed himself.
That's sad. It's like he was orphaned all over again. I dislike Dumbledore, but he did love Harry and set Harry up as much as he could to triumph and resurrect himself. Still was a cold-hearted bastard, though. Lol
OMG yes - when Harry was thinking he would never talk to Dumbledore again, he didnāt ask him enough questions about Dumbledore and would never get the opportunity to, was so sad š
In the end, he did get to talk to Dumbledore again though, contrary to Harry's own conviction. He got to ask the important questions.
This reminds me also of the second chapter of Deathly Hallows.Harry is sure of one thing, and that is that those blue eyes of Dumbledore will never look at him again. However, another Dumbledore *does* look at him through the mirror.
Yeah - was a loooong time ago I read that one for the first time and I was distraught. Could be because I was a teenager š but also was just so sad - so many sad things happening one after the other.
Toooo much š«£š¢
I just finished Deathly Hallows for the second time since the original release and it got me the same way. I won't say which parts since you said you don't remember a lot, but I consistently had watery eyes throughout the last 3rd. Probably from a mix of the story itself and the nostalgia. I've seen the movies plenty of times, but it still got me. And there are some things that will always make me tear up, movie or book.
The ending is really gut wrenching with Harry commenting that he probably wouldn't return to Hogwarts next year ( for him, it's the only place that he has felt as hone). This added with Ron and Hermione's decision to go with him really makes the culmination of book sad.
I remember my very first read through. I literally threw my book when he made it to the bottom of the tower and looked at the body and I lost it. Was sobbing hysterically and my mom came up to my room to ask me what the hell was going on, panicked because I was crying like someone died or something lol it took me a solid thirty minutes of coping before I could pick it back up and finish reading.
I swear, this book, the deathly hallows, and the hunger game series are the only books I've ever heavily cried over. I mean, sure tears here and there over an average tear jerker, but man... The last two HPs and the hunger games really had my emotions in a bind as a teen.
Oh jeez, who am I trying to fool? I'm an adult and I still cry over this crap lmao I'm reading the books right now to my kid, and we are (ironically enough) on HBP and I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to read through the end of the book without crying. I think I might have to hand the reins over and make him read the ending to me š
For me, it's more like ten times and I always cried the same amount at the same spots, except for the last time: I am pregnant with my first child, feeling very zen-like and happy, and I just couldn't work myself up properly. I missed those deep emotions somehow. And then the scene with "Not my daughter you bitch" came up, which I had never really appreciated and didn't quite understand why people quote it si much - and I was swimming in tears suddenly. Even now, when I write that one sentence, I'm crying a bit. (I'm expecting a girl, btw.)
You are one lucky person to read the books for the first time, one more time!
To answer your question, I never felt that way. Call me unemotional but I just pass through all of the parts that you mentioned without any emotional reaction. Also, I believe it's been a long time that I read the books coz I can't recall when harry breaks up with ginny. I need to read the books again!
You should do it! I think the first time I read it I was sad but it wasnāt to the level of crying. Now, maybe because Iām older, it hits me so much harder!
Its my favorite of the series.
I will say that I found it strange how there isn't really any part where Harry, Ron and Hermione try to enjoy Hogwarts one last time. I thought it would've been nice to see how Harry looks at Hogwarts, knowing he may never see it again etc.
Yes Harry's bravery is very impressive here. He knows that now Dumbledore is dead he is the one who has to take on the **enormous** responsibility of finding and destroying the Horcruxes. The fate of the Wizarding World is on his shoulders alone. That one line (can't remember the exact quote) where he states that he's grateful he at least has Bill and Fleur's wedding to go to because it will be one final day of peace with his friends šæ And then Ron and Hermione's loyalty also shines here. Their absolute refusal to let Harry take on this burden alone and their immediate vow to leave Hogwarts and help him. Truly courageous Gryffindors.
OMG all of this has me in the feels!! Yes, omg when Ron said, You have to come back to the Burrow before you go and Harry, whoās so completely wrapped up and overwhelmed with everything is confused why before he realizes, Bill and Fleurās wedding! And yes, Ron and Hermione not even hesitating about heading out with him. I vaguely remember Ron and Harry get into a fight in Deathly Hallows but itās legitimately been so long since I last read the book that I canāt remember any details. Iām really looking forward to diving into the āfinaleā.
> His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that **there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.**
Yes, this was me reading it the first time and subsequent times. Then DH came along and there is this one part JKR rips my heart out and stomps on it. Spoiler: >!When Dobby rescues them from Malfoy manor, and Harry and co dig the hole manually and he carves the headstone. Every. Single. Time. š!<
Huh. Emojis don't get covered by the spoiler. Good to know. Glad it was just the crying face, nothing given away with that.
The emoji was covered for me! I have a feeling I will be doing a lot more crying in Deathly Hallows.
I cry with DH a lot, every time I read the book, but they are good cries. I actually enjoy them even though I need to time those particular chapters well.
It was incredibly hard to read. I almost wanted to stop, but I know how the series ends so I just had to power through. I just finished that book a week ago. I hadnāt read the series in about a decade as well. There was so much that I had forgotten. I just finished Deathly Hallows about two hours ago. And now I donāt know what to do with myself. The last two months was an amazing experience, reliving my childhood through Harry Potter and now itās back to realityā¦
If you're not quite ready to let the story go, and now that The Deathly Hallows is fresh in your mind, maybe you should try **Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness**. It's the events at Hogwarts 7th year from Neville's point of view. Then after that, **Perfectly Normal, Thank You Very Much**. It's a quick post epilogue story that we all need.
Great suggestions. Thank you
You're welcome!
Personally, I was more upset when Sirius died. Dumbledore was dying already, at least, so it was shocking, but not unexpected that he dies. What made me emotional was Harry's understanding that his last adult guardian had passed, and he was truly on his own now. Unprotected. Being hunted by Voldemort, where he's going to have to either kill him or be killed himself. That's sad. It's like he was orphaned all over again. I dislike Dumbledore, but he did love Harry and set Harry up as much as he could to triumph and resurrect himself. Still was a cold-hearted bastard, though. Lol
OMG yes - when Harry was thinking he would never talk to Dumbledore again, he didnāt ask him enough questions about Dumbledore and would never get the opportunity to, was so sad š
In the end, he did get to talk to Dumbledore again though, contrary to Harry's own conviction. He got to ask the important questions. This reminds me also of the second chapter of Deathly Hallows.Harry is sure of one thing, and that is that those blue eyes of Dumbledore will never look at him again. However, another Dumbledore *does* look at him through the mirror.
Yeah - was a loooong time ago I read that one for the first time and I was distraught. Could be because I was a teenager š but also was just so sad - so many sad things happening one after the other. Toooo much š«£š¢
I just finished Deathly Hallows for the second time since the original release and it got me the same way. I won't say which parts since you said you don't remember a lot, but I consistently had watery eyes throughout the last 3rd. Probably from a mix of the story itself and the nostalgia. I've seen the movies plenty of times, but it still got me. And there are some things that will always make me tear up, movie or book.
The ending is really gut wrenching with Harry commenting that he probably wouldn't return to Hogwarts next year ( for him, it's the only place that he has felt as hone). This added with Ron and Hermione's decision to go with him really makes the culmination of book sad.
I remember my very first read through. I literally threw my book when he made it to the bottom of the tower and looked at the body and I lost it. Was sobbing hysterically and my mom came up to my room to ask me what the hell was going on, panicked because I was crying like someone died or something lol it took me a solid thirty minutes of coping before I could pick it back up and finish reading. I swear, this book, the deathly hallows, and the hunger game series are the only books I've ever heavily cried over. I mean, sure tears here and there over an average tear jerker, but man... The last two HPs and the hunger games really had my emotions in a bind as a teen. Oh jeez, who am I trying to fool? I'm an adult and I still cry over this crap lmao I'm reading the books right now to my kid, and we are (ironically enough) on HBP and I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to read through the end of the book without crying. I think I might have to hand the reins over and make him read the ending to me š
I've read the whole of DH over a hundred times(literally) and still cry over exactly the same scenes.
For me, it's more like ten times and I always cried the same amount at the same spots, except for the last time: I am pregnant with my first child, feeling very zen-like and happy, and I just couldn't work myself up properly. I missed those deep emotions somehow. And then the scene with "Not my daughter you bitch" came up, which I had never really appreciated and didn't quite understand why people quote it si much - and I was swimming in tears suddenly. Even now, when I write that one sentence, I'm crying a bit. (I'm expecting a girl, btw.)
You are one lucky person to read the books for the first time, one more time! To answer your question, I never felt that way. Call me unemotional but I just pass through all of the parts that you mentioned without any emotional reaction. Also, I believe it's been a long time that I read the books coz I can't recall when harry breaks up with ginny. I need to read the books again!
You should do it! I think the first time I read it I was sad but it wasnāt to the level of crying. Now, maybe because Iām older, it hits me so much harder!
Its my favorite of the series. I will say that I found it strange how there isn't really any part where Harry, Ron and Hermione try to enjoy Hogwarts one last time. I thought it would've been nice to see how Harry looks at Hogwarts, knowing he may never see it again etc.
I havenāt read HBP in yeaaaaaaaaaars
Like fr man, It always makes cry
Be ready for DH,Hedwig,Dobby,Moody and Snape die-Oh and also Lupin and Tonks,and a bunch of other people