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druidflower · 07-22-2007, 09:50 PM

I cried, nay, wailed for certain things. And merely got watery for others that were just as sad or worse. I literally howled with grief at one of the deaths, and a moment later I laughed as something else happened. It almost felt wrong. I cried at an event that should have been happy, with tears that definitely were not of joy. They must have been of foreboding, and I hated that I was right.

I feel like I have lost some of my dearest friends today, even if I can go back and read the books over again, I know they died without growing old and cranky as they deserved to. I talk about these characters extremely casually, but when I was growing up, because I am properly an adult now, I was being raised -actually it's more acurate to say I wasn't raised, anyway, I wasn't a happy child, and they were at times my ONLY friends, and some have not fared well. And I'm sad for them.

The deaths that occurred hurt me because, well, I'm sensitive, and I've grown fond of these characters. And also because people say that every death you experience becomes connected, and it's hard to sort out one grief for another. Everytime someone dies, I'm reminded of the deaths that hurt me. My friend Nick, both my grandfathers', my schoolmate Jenn, and my Dad - I'm never really going to get over that one entirely, and he was the most recent great loss for me.

As I read these fictional deaths, the same was true. The death that had me screaming, howling, that one, it was like an echo of my Dad's death. It would never be the same, but I was reminded so forcefully. Do you think Rowling knew it could do that?

I feel like someone has completely destroyed me.

I loved the book. It has unseated Prisoner of Azkaban as my favourite. But I'm hurting so bad, I don't even know where to begin for myself. Putting it all down in writing somewhere was the only thing that made sense.

07-22-2007, 09:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
druidflower Troll Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a PUMPKIN BOAT!! Posts: 4,629 Hogwarts RPG Name: Zachariah Thorne Seventh Year	I think this is a review... but not... I don't know where else to put it NeeNee Omniscient Omnipotent Pie Maker I cried, nay, wailed for certain things. And merely got watery for others that were just as sad or worse. I literally howled with grief at one of the deaths, and a moment later I laughed as something else happened. It almost felt wrong. I cried at an event that should have been happy, with tears that definitely were not of joy. They must have been of foreboding, and I hated that I was right. I feel like I have lost some of my dearest friends today, even if I can go back and read the books over again, I know they died without growing old and cranky as they deserved to. I talk about these characters extremely casually, but when I was growing up, because I am properly an adult now, I was being raised -actually it's more acurate to say I wasn't raised, anyway, I wasn't a happy child, and they were at times my ONLY friends, and some have not fared well. And I'm sad for them. The deaths that occurred hurt me because, well, I'm sensitive, and I've grown fond of these characters. And also because people say that every death you experience becomes connected, and it's hard to sort out one grief for another. Everytime someone dies, I'm reminded of the deaths that hurt me. My friend Nick, both my grandfathers', my schoolmate Jenn, and my Dad - I'm never really going to get over that one entirely, and he was the most recent great loss for me. As I read these fictional deaths, the same was true. The death that had me screaming, howling, that one, it was like an echo of my Dad's death. It would never be the same, but I was reminded so forcefully. Do you think Rowling knew it could do that? I feel like someone has completely destroyed me. I loved the book. It has unseated Prisoner of Azkaban as my favourite. But I'm hurting so bad, I don't even know where to begin for myself. Putting it all down in writing somewhere was the only thing that made sense. __________________ if you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs then you probably haven't checked with your answering service Last edited by druidflower; 07-22-2007 at 09:51 PM.