MissWhitlock Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 I loved The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. It was such a good story. Anyways, I would very much like a whole box set of HP books, I don't have them yet Quote
atticjnr Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 you should definatly get them misswhitlock. i take it youve read them all? (its good to see your reading a bit of Discworld aswell btw im a massive discworld fan) Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 Yes, I have, a couple of times. I borrowed them all from missmellow Gracias mi amiga I WAS reading Going Postal, finished it a couple of days ago, the ending was actually quite disappointing. I've only read a couple of discworld books, the whole series is on my list though! That'll take a while... Quote
atticjnr Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 Ahh that's a shame it wasn't as good at the end. The whole series is on my TBR list. I currently have about 12 or 13 of his books but have only read 6 or 7. What's your favourite so far? Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 I don't know.. I've only read 7 or 8, and I hardly remember the plots of any of them. I reckon the Rincewind ones are pretty hilarious. Rincewind just cracks me up And that hilarious luggage of his. Quote
atticjnr Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 Yeah, I love Rincewind. Twoflower was a great character but I do love the Luggage. Have you read Sourcery. Rincewind and the Luggage are in it. I read that not so long ago for the first time and I thought it was brilliant. Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 TWOFLOWER! THAT'S the name I was looking for.. Was he the one with the watery blob or something near the end of the disc? ... I have no idea. I can't remember! I've read Sourcery, that's the one with the little kid, right? Yeah, it was brilliant, not sure if its my favourite though but it was definitely a good read. Quote
atticjnr Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 Twoflower is the tourist in the first two discworld books. He is also the original owner of the Luggage and he's really niave about everything. He wants to do everything Rincewind is worried about doing because he knows it will end in trouble. And yeah, Sourcery is the one with the Sourcerer kid who takes over Unseen University. I dunno what my favourite Pratchett book is though tbh. Quote
Chimera Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) Yeah it was surprisingly sad, and I'll be honest I didn't expect so many of them to die Actually, I might get lynched for this but I thought MORE would die, or should have ... Not that I didn't love all the characters but the setting WAS a war, with huge battles and masses of people killed... I feel she didn't go all the way. Yeah I definitely agree, and I think that Tonks and Lupin was harsh, leaving little baby Teddy I think JKR wanted to carry on the 'tradition' of parentless children That did feel rather gratuitous... just so she could set Harry to be his role model and give him that sense of 'history repeating itself' - also I think she felt it would be too neat if only peripheral characters died, although I think she realised that she would be lynched if any of the trio perished! True, but it would have been more believable... I half expected Ron to die by the end... As he really seemed set up to be the self-sacrificed hero from the beginning of the series... It would have torn me to pieces of course, but the ending would seemed less cheesy, less "it's a war and I'm killing relatively important people... but I won't go all the way cause you couldn't take it." Aren't I blood thirsty today? *cracks up* EDIT: Just noticed the posts I'm responding to are on page 8... Obviously haven't been in this thread in a while *laughs* Apologies if it's redundant with newer posts. Edited April 18, 2009 by Chimera Quote
Kimmy619 Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 I agree that it would have been more believable if Ron or Hermione had died in the end. It would have been been a bit heart breaking though as they both only just came to terms with their feelings for each other I know we all like a happy ending though...! Quote
Chimera Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 Happy endings? Nah, they're totally overrated! *cracks up* Ah well, I probably wouldn't have forgiven her if Harry had died . So my bloodthirst does have limits Quote
Kimmy619 Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 Ha Ha - I think that there would have been an outrage if that happened! Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 I reckon not one of the trio but like..Ginny or something. Someone CLOSE to the trio, maybe? Quote
Rawr Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 I was certain that Ron was going to die throughout, i don't know why, just always thought he'd sacrifice himself saving Hermione or something as he seemed the noble type idk, glad he didn't Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 Yeah, that or Dying to save Ginny or Harry. I was certain Hagrid was gonna die though. I have no idea why. Quote
Kimmy619 Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 I thought that maybe Hagrid or someone close to Harry would die if only to shock the reader Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 I just thought Hagrid or someone close would die just for us to feel that the Dark Lord (dun dun DUN) IS overtaking, that the situation they're in is THAT horrible. Quote
Kimmy619 Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 Do you think that if Hagrid or someone had died instead of or as well as Lupin & Tonks etc that the ending would have been better? Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 Hmm... No, probably not. Hagrid is just you know, a minor character compared to Ron and Hermione. If Ron or Hermione died, then the ending wouldn't have been a happy one, it would've been better, not freaking "All is well". And in the end, Harry forgot about all the deaths anyway... Didn't he? I can't remember. Quote
Kimmy619 Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 Haha, pretty much I think!! I don't think that he dwelled on it very long. Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 That's so typical Harry He only thought about Snape, Dumbly and Lupin and Tonks, I think. Which is pretty selfish of him What about Colin Creevey and Fred and Hedwig! *shakes fist* Quote
Kimmy619 Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 awww, don't remind me about Hedwig , that really got to me. It happened as quick as *snaps fingers* Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 I know! I don't even remember how she died.. I remember they were in Hagrid's motorbike and being assassinated by either a flying Voldie or Snape on a broomstick... But yeah, it happened really quick. And same with Made Eye. And Fred. You could still see his smile when he died Quote
Kimmy619 Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 I'm almost in tears here.... I think that Hedwig got hit with an Avada Kedavra curse which was meant for Harry Quote
MissWhitlock Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 Ahh... And I remember she just flopped in her cage, lifeless or something. Nice new Avvie by the way I remember the first time I saw Jackson Rathbone somewhere, I thought he was an angel. He just looked too pretty... Quote
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