PearlRose
Yellow Trout
Can you feel the butterflies?
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Post by PearlRose on Jul 21, 2007 19:29:13 GMT -5
I picked it up last night at a midnight release party, read the whole book all night and finished it about 5:30 this morning. Slept for three-and-a-half hours, then went to the library HP party. Two parties, and both times I went in full costume! ^^ (Oh, dear, it was h-o-t!)
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Post by Guru Mandi (will return) on Jul 21, 2007 19:33:35 GMT -5
Oh, not fair! I won't be able to get a book for a couple of weeks at least, but I usually just wait to borrow a copy from one of my friends.
Oh, I'm so anxious!
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Post by nabusan on Jul 21, 2007 19:52:48 GMT -5
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Post by kimronfangurl on Jul 21, 2007 20:27:54 GMT -5
In my opinion, the first chapter was the most shocking first chapter ever. Really sets the tone of the book, eh? i totally agree with you :oit does actually...wow
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Post by DP on Jul 21, 2007 21:58:29 GMT -5
In my opinion, the first chapter was the most shocking first chapter ever. Really sets the tone of the book, eh? I agree! I was hooked within like, the first few sentences.
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Jul 22, 2007 7:17:11 GMT -5
I started the book about 2:37 pm yesterday and stopped reading for that day about 9:30 pm. I read the first 14 chapters. Believe me, I would have liked to go further but I can't. I refuse to read that entire book in one day. I want to hold onto that memory forever. But, if I spend most of today reading. It's most likely I will.
I shed tears, I laughed my butt off, I felt like I did when I read a Harry Potter book.
But there was this insane terrified feeling that I had just before I started reading it. I had to calm myself down before I could even read it. And then as I read the dedication, and then the table of contents... and as I read the first chapter and slowly went on. I think I was okay about 50 pages in. And then I spent time with my heart beating incredibly fast.
I must say that when I went to bed, I had what I could call a sleepless night as I spent most of it, either suffering from cramps (which are not really a big deal as I don't care right now) or thinking about the book. Yeah, I spent last night worried about the characters, but then again, do you blame me, with what's already happen in the first 14 chapters. More's happened in the first 14 chapters than happened in the first 2 books.
But, dear God, I could barely stand to put it down! I love it already.
And through an accident in ordering the book on my part, I got two copies, so I graceously allowed her to have the other, so that she wouldn't have to wait for me to finish (she was ahead of me by a certain time). I must hit her because she kept saying the deaths in a certain way that I found too disrespectful.
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Post by nabusan on Jul 22, 2007 8:07:11 GMT -5
So your mom and you are reading it together? That's great! I'm the only fan in my house, and it gets depressing without someone to share my pain with.
I loved the dedication, but I don't like how the American version has a Contents page. It gives away too many spoilers. I just ignored it. The British version doesn't have one, thank gawd.
And I liked how she had two extracts from some books about death. They were kinda hard to understand, still are actually - but I think I get the basic gist of it.
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Jul 22, 2007 11:04:58 GMT -5
Yeah, but, I'm not reading it with her in the same room. It would bug me. She might spoil something for me. Of course, I may beat her because she's at work right now and I've already read 5 chapters in almost 2 hours time.
I had to read those two poem type things two or three times before I understood them, but yeah, basic gist. I loved the dedication too. I KNEW that she would do something like that. I was hoping it would be more like "to the fans" but, I liked the way she did it.
I don't mind the chapter titles. It's a wee bit spoiler-y, but as long as it doesn't say who dies or whatever, I'm cool with it.
I've got a box of tissues by my side and I've had to grab at them a few times.
I gotta admit, reading it is exciting, I'm savoring it as much as I can, and I'm like, "OMG. I'm reading something that someday will become like Shakespeare's works or the Lord of the Rings books or Chronicles of Narnia." There's so much stuff. I may have to re-read it more just to savor it. A part of me fears reading the end, but I've already got to chapter 19, there's no way in HELL, I can stop now.
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Post by DP on Jul 22, 2007 12:39:25 GMT -5
So your mom and you are reading it together? That's great! I'm the only fan in my house, and it gets depressing without someone to share my pain with. I loved the dedication, but I don't like how the American version has a Contents page. It gives away too many spoilers. I just ignored it. The British version doesn't have one, thank gawd. Agreed! I didn't even look at the Chapter titles. I skipped on by them. I was afraid they might give something away.
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Jul 22, 2007 14:01:18 GMT -5
I must admit that I've never been more afraid/terrified while reading a book in my entire life. My God, I've had to stop reading just to tell myself, "Calm down."
But, I think that's a good sign. I care about the characters. Why wouldn't I? I've been reading the series since I was 13, for over 6 years, I have a lot of feelings on whether the characters live or die. I'm now on chapter 22. My mom is on chapter 16.
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Post by zoza on Jul 22, 2007 15:58:48 GMT -5
I'm deep in the depths of the book and there's no way I'm stopping but to eat, and take care of my cat. I just jumped into RS.net for a bit while I have my Cheerios ^^
Day-amm this book is good.
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Post by nabusan on Jul 22, 2007 16:02:46 GMT -5
I think the most terrifying part of the book was Chapter Seventeen, if you guys have reached it - you'll know what I mean. *shiver*
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Jul 22, 2007 18:13:50 GMT -5
I think the most terrifying part of the book was Chapter Seventeen, if you guys have reached it - you'll know what I mean. *shiver* Chapter 17 was very scary, but for me, It was Chapter 23. I was so broken up about that whole chapter. I've never been so... my God, I've got goosebumps from thinking about it. My mother and I were reading the chapter around the same time and like, I think I was so affected I was having awful pains in my stomach. I just came online for a bit of break just to calm my arse down. I'm really into it. I've been holding tissues. I even threw water on my face because I was so messed up. But, yes, this book is great. Jo Rowling has outdone herself. And where am I? I'm about to start Chapter 28. I'll prolly stop reading about 8 pm tonight, to watch something for 90 minutes on Comedy Central. I expect that I'll be at the furthest Chapter 32. But, I'm dreading going any further. I think the chapter that really made up for 23 was 25. I did love that chapter. It made me happy. But, I really loved chapter 19. It was sooo good. I'm sure I had a Mental Orgasm while I read it. I'm surprise Jo didn't when she wrote the thing. I'm sure I would have bawled if not for the intenseness that was happening. I'll prolly talk more about it when I complete the book, which I'm assuming shall be tomorrow, even though I dread it. I still wish it was 2000 pages long in a way, but honestly? This book has been everything I've ever dreamed about in the final book. P.S. I've counted the number of deaths. They've surpassed 10 in the first 20 or so chapters. Jo wasn't kidding when she said there would be more deaths. I know that at least 4 of the deaths just about tore me apart.
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Post by nabusan on Jul 22, 2007 18:33:29 GMT -5
Chapter 23...yeah, I cried. It was very tongue-in-cheek throughout that whole chapter. My heart was racing by how disturbed and uncomforable I was. And then at the end of it... That's the part when I went NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! a few pages back. Chapter 25 was a nice break from that. God, if the whole book was as intense as Chapter 23, I think I'd die of fright! And Chapter 19! Oh ho hooooo, it was rather mature, eh? That thing that was doing the bad stuff scared the crap out of me, especially what was inside it. Eek. As for the deaths...some effected me, some didn't. Like, the first death - I found I was more disturbed by that than the second death... Guess it depends on who you connect with more.
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Post by DP on Jul 22, 2007 19:30:58 GMT -5
Woah...I don't know if I should be looking forward to Chapter 23 or dreading it.....
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Post by zoza on Jul 22, 2007 22:37:38 GMT -5
I admit it, I got a bit scared while reading chapter 17.
I stayed away from the book for the past few hours, because I'm on chapter 30 and I don't want it to be over too soon.
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Jul 23, 2007 7:56:49 GMT -5
Chapter 23...yeah, I cried. It was very tongue-in-cheek throughout that whole chapter. My heart was racing by how disturbed and uncomforable I was. And then at the end of it... That's the part when I went NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! a few pages back. Chapter 25 was a nice break from that. God, if the whole book was as intense as Chapter 23, I think I'd die of fright! And Chapter 19! Oh ho hooooo, it was rather mature, eh? That thing that was doing the bad stuff scared the crap out of me, especially what was inside it. Eek. As for the deaths...some effected me, some didn't. Like, the first death - I found I was more disturbed by that than the second death... Guess it depends on who you connect with more. Yeah, every scream in that chapter, was torture for me. It was like, gah, I'll NEVER get it out of my head. Every scream made me think of Lambert in Alien. At the end of that movie, she has these awful screams, before she dies (presumably of fright) that bear the unmistakeable scream-inflection of... well, I don't wanna talk about it. P.S. I got a mental picture of Jabba the Hutt's death in Return of the Jedi when the minor death in Chap 23 happened. Yeah, I feel, the same way. It was a good chapter and made me happy. But, a lot of the book is very scary and intense. I did really love Chapter 19. It was so epic, I FELT like I was there with the characters, I was feeling their pain. It just was perfect. Yeah, it depends on who you connect with, who you care about. I was practically sopping at the end of chapter 23. I had to stop reading and throw water in my face. Last night, I stopped reading where Zoza did. I completed chapter 29 and made the decision that today, I was going to complete the book. Mainly because I wanted to read all of the climax of the book (which I believe is like the last 2 to 7 or so chapters of the HP books). But, I must say, I was dreaming about the series in my dreams last night. Not sure wtf was going on, but how I slept is beyond me. But, the outside weather is dam n near perfect for reading the last part of the final Harry Potter book. It's black and a thunderstorm. Kind of like, the final battle in the Lion King.
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Post by nabusan on Jul 23, 2007 8:08:10 GMT -5
There was a thunderstorm in England on the day the book was released. Felt very ominous. ^^
And I think everyone I know is taking an average of three days to finish it.
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Jul 23, 2007 8:15:32 GMT -5
I'm ready to ready to read the last couple of chapters, but that's the part I fear.
Of course, my mom is already two chapters ahead of me...
Okay, so I'll just throw some water on my face and then go and read it. From here on out, I'm seriously going to be a hermit until I finish it.
I'm out...
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Post by nabusan on Jul 23, 2007 8:17:34 GMT -5
Happy reading!
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