It wasn't just the final battle that was lame....I thought that too many characters were killed off for no reason....

I mean why did Fred have to die ? Or Mad Eye Moody???Or even Dobby???I just think it would have been better if Ginny had died instead of one of those....It would have made more sense....

But it wasn't just the deaths that made the book not that good...I felt as if it was all a bit ... rushed....but that just might be me... :P .....it definitely wasn't to the standard the other HP books are....

Yeah, a friend of mine thought that the last book was rushed up too. Said JK might have wanted to start another series. I didn't feel the book was rushed though. But yeah, I agree the other 6 books, though not as interesting were definately written better.
I too would have preferred Ginny to die in place of Fred or Dobby. Not in Mad-Eye's place though. But since she has killed both Fred & Dobby, I'm glad she didn't decide to kill Ginny too.
About the many characters who were killed off in the book, well its a war. What can one expect? Harry knew so many-surely some had to die.

It made the story more believable when those characters were killed. I liked the Deathly Hallows about as much as I liked Ptolemy's Gate (which means alot); except for the ending. The "20 years later" part at the end of the Deathly Hallows was shockingly stupid. The ending to Ptolemy's Gate was good.

I dunno why everyone hates the epilogue. True, the ending of Ptolemy's Gate was loads better then DH. But the epilogue wasn't bad....I liked it. It was what I expected if Harry survived.

It was just rather suprising how perfectly it had fitted in the bad fanfic scenerio One Big Happy Weasley Family ending where Harry and Ginny get married, Ron and Hermione get married, both families have a millions kids with crappy names, and things happen in accordance to "all was well."

...But no. I refuse to still be bitter.

It was basically "and they lived happily ever after". It was a pretty unrealistic and annoying ending to a good series.

Well, I guess it depends on one's view. I feel Harry deserved a 'happy ending' after all that he has suffered. But tell me, according to you, how should the book have ended?

Bartimaeus eats everyone.

Well, apart from that ending from Apollo, I think the original ending is too perfect, and maybe something a little more realistic was needed.

Like what?

Well I dunno.... :-/

Just NOT Harry , Hermione . Ron and Ginny all grown up and being parents and having like three kids each (with horrible names like Hugo... :X )....

I just thought JK could finish the series with a MUCH better ending...

kitty jones wrote:Well I dunno.... :-/

Just NOT Harry , Hermione . Ron and Ginny all grown up and being parents and having like three kids each (with horrible names like Hugo... :X )....

I just thought JK could finish the series with a MUCH better ending...

Yeah. Like with even more deaths. And horrors. And random ships.

Nero wrote:

kitty jones wrote:Well I dunno.... :-/

Just NOT Harry , Hermione . Ron and Ginny all grown up and being parents and having like three kids each (with horrible names like Hugo... :X )....

I just thought JK could finish the series with a MUCH better ending...

Yeah. Like with even more deaths. And horrors. And random ships.

Okay:

Ginny will hit by a car and die. *yay*
Draco's bald head is horror enough.
And AS/S shall be the best ship of all.

Mwamba wrote:

Nero wrote:

kitty jones wrote:Well I dunno.... :-/

Just NOT Harry , Hermione . Ron and Ginny all grown up and being parents and having like three kids each (with horrible names like Hugo... :X )....

I just thought JK could finish the series with a MUCH better ending...

Yeah. Like with even more deaths. And horrors. And random ships.

Okay:

Ginny will hit by a car and die. *yay*
Draco's bald head is horror enough.
And AS/S shall be the best ship of all.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

What's the AS/S ship?

Albus Severus/Scorpius

Mwamba wrote:Albus Severus/Scorpius

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OK.

Nero wrote:Yeah. Like with even more deaths. And horrors. And random ships.

No...

Just not an ending that makes you sick every time you read it!!!! ^o)

Considering things, it was fairly realistic.
Harry doesn't become PM or anything, he has a family and kids.
I liked it, seemed appropriate.

Dansariki wrote:Considering things, it was fairly realistic.
Harry doesn't become PM or anything, he has a family and kids.
I liked it, seemed appropriate.

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And you call yourself cynical... you are a disgrace to cynicism. =P

DH epilogue was awful! everyone lives happily ever after