I agree with Rootless.Tree. I thought the epilogue was too "fluffy" as you guys would say. And *points to avatar* Harry's children's names were horrible, even though he did try to honor the people he thought were heroes. He could've used them as middle names or something. Albus Severus...bleh. Child abuse.

It was too short! And i did not like how the last scene before the epilogue was in Dumbledore's office, I wanted details on what happened to the rest of the death eaters that survived that night, more about Ginny and Harry, more about Ron and Hermione, more about Neville, and more about hogwarts! Oh! As for the naming of Harry's kids, what about Sirius?!? I'm trying to make myself believe that James II's middle name is Siruis. I just wish it would have been stated. However, even though the epilogue was short, I was glad that there was a sugar-happy ending.

It was a rather sweet ending, but as many have said, I think it was too sugar coated. I mean, it was just so perfect that it didn't seem realistic! And she could've made it at least a little longer, maybe set a scene at Hogwarts so we would know what happened there too. She left quite a few questions for the readers, in my opinion. Though I don't really have any problem with the naming, I think she could have included the kids' full names to clear confusion. And for reference, James' full name is James Sirius Potter.

How did you find out that James II middle name was Sirius?

The epilogue was somewhat incomplete, I wanted more but so far it's alright. Mentioning Teddy in there...

James middle name was Sirius, They might have thought that (talking about the marauders) combining James' name with his best mate Sirius' name was perfect. It was like Harry's father, James, and His Godfather, Sirius, had reincarnated into one person and that is James Sirius Potter.

When I first read Deathly Hallows I really liked the epilogue. But once I re-read it, it just didn't seem to fit with the rest of the book, it felt out of place and very fan fic esque, I felt it almost wasn't up to scratch with the rest of the book. If J K Rowling has really had that planned and written since the beginning of the series (as she has said) then her writing has vastly improved, the epilogue felt out of place and too cheesy in comparsion with the mood of the rest of the book. ANd although at first I thought the naming of Harry's children was cute, when I re-read it almost seemed comical, as opposed to a tribute my first thought on my second reading was "is Lilly's middle name Dobby or hedwig?" afterall every other dead character got someone named after them!

well, i really liked everything of DH but the epilogue.
firstly, it was too short. i wanted to know more about harry and the others, e.g. their jobs and so on and i missed information about neville, luna, goyle, and all the others.
secondly, it was too happy. i like happy ends but not those 'the-world-is-good-and-coloured-in-pink'-endings. the whole family building thing was a bit too much of happiness.
and thirdly, i think it wasnt such a good idea of rowling to add new characters (that was confusing). if she wanted to add new chracters then she should have written more about them even something because i think the new-ones were just mentioned in interviews (for ex. astoria greengrass and lunas husband).

Astoria (Greengrass) Malfoy
The little sister of Daphne Greengrass. When i read her name first i didnt even know who daphne was. poor draco, he has to marry a stranger
and draco?? did he change? a bit? a lot? how will his son be like? what kind of personality has astoria? and WHAT HAPPENED TO LUCIUS AND NARCISSA MALFOY? has draco still contact to them??

so you see, a lot of questions has been left open... do you have answers??

please answer...

bye, yours scorps (greetz from my dad draco :-D)

ah yeah, i forgot about these hilarious and ridiculous names: james sirius (oh please, thats not really original) lily luna (luna thats acceptable, but lily thats stupid and irritating) and albus severus (i didnt want to be named like an old school director and someone who has been hated by almost everyone). but ok, harry isnt really creative but ginny why didnt you add an idea??? but rose and hugo that fits to rons character...
but the names of harrys children were just irritating and confusing. (JKR, think of the little brains of your readers next time, please?!)

hope you respond soon... and correst me if somethings wrong (Im not english)

See, I liked, in a way, that it was sugary. Perhaps it was a bit too sugary, I admit, but... I liked it.

One of the things I liked was that we saw the trio and Ginny as adults who'd managed to grow up fairly stable, despite all they'd been through. I think the trio and Ginny deserved it, and I think we, the readers, deserved that glimpse as well.

Regarding the names... I agree, I actually groaned when I saw that; however, naming children after their parents, grandparents, etc. does appear to be a wizarding tradition.

I thought it was very much to vague. I think a lot of the really important answers that should have been in there weren't. For example, I think the jobs of the trio should have at least been mentioned. That omission really, really bugged me. I think it was too important of a detail to be excluded. There are a number of details JKR mentioned in chats she did after the book had been released that I kept think to myself, "Okay, this was really important and should have been in the book."

I actually liked the fact that it was "too sugary" as some call it. The entire seven book story was so complex and difficult for the characters, so I think a "sugary" ending was an appropriate ending.

Of course JKR couldn't have included everything, though, and I understand that. I just wish the epilogue would have detailed the future of the characters we'd invested so much time in, rather than their children.

I thought it sucked. There was like a billion new names (and for that matter old names but on new characters) i found it a bit difficult to keep up. I think it was pretty stupid to name your kids after every single dead person. I was surprised that ron and hermiones kids weren't named fred alistor weasley and nymphadora hedwig weasley. i mean its a little over the top. also i dont really think R/Hr's kids names fit at all, hugo and rose... i'm not feeling it.

and why would harry name his kid albus severus. i mean lily, fine whatever and james sirius, ok i get it. even albus would have been borderline cheesy but still acceptable. But harry would never name his kid after, his like idol / favorite wizard that he had always been so loyal to AND his sneaky, lying least favorite teacher. it doesn't make sense. i mean just cause he can love doesn't make him good. i mean draco aparently fell in love and he wasn't exactly the best guy in the world, right? snape protected harry in spite of himself. he really didn't want to and he was always unfair and baised and mean to him simply because he was james' kid. just because the tree is rotten doesn't mean the apple will be. so to me i think i would have liked to have seen, if it was really necessary for cheesy reminiscing names, Albus Dobby, becaus dobby had always protected harry, he had always been loyal to him and he had never once been a jerk to him like snape. It also would have established that house elfs and other magical creatures had a higher place in the magical world with voldemort gone, which is something else i wanted to see.

also i think we should have found out much more about all the characters we had grown to love over the course of 7 books, but we instead found out more about their kids and how their kids were doing. while im sure that their kids are great and everything, we haven't been connected to them so i feel its way to distant. I would have liked to find out what happened to luna and Mc Gonagall, and all the rest of the DA and the order and the hogwarts teachers. and aberforth. and also i wanted to know if Umbridge got what she deserved.

im glad them included draco, and neville, and hagrid and especially teddy lupin, but what about the rest of the weasly's. and maybe even the dursleys. i also, though i am pretty certain the answer is yes, wanted to know whether harry became an auror or not. and they didn't explain at all who victorie or whatever was. or who draco malfoy married.

I also thought it was dumb how none of the kids knew who harry really was, they didn't know why people were staring at him on the platform. surely his defeat of the greatest dark wizard of all times would have been documented and put into books and that sort of thing. If they grew up in the wizarding world i think its a bit ridiculous to say that they don't even know the truth about their own father.

i just think everything turned out a little too perfectly for the characters, but not so much for us. so much for closure, dude.

I absolutely hated the epilogue. Like many others said it was just too perfect, and there weren't enough details. Now I always wanted to know what would happen with Harry's kids but it didn't really tell you much, what about when they got to Hogwarts? Would Albus Severus end up in Slytherin? What happened with Harry and Draco? What do the characters do for a living? What exactly possessed Harry to marry Ginny? Although that's probably just because I don't like Ginny Weasley, and am therefore obviously not a fan of the HPGW ship. Of course the pairing that I ship can't be mentioned on this site so whatever. I think that if she was going to do an Epilogue she should have done it closer to the ending of the book like maybe a five years later thing, when Harry was just beginning his family. I don't know just I didn't really like the whole thing, it left me with more questions than it answered.

I loved it! It definitely wasn't what I had been expecting, and I was still half-expecting the last word to be "scar," but it was great just as it was. I sort of hoped that Draco and Harry would at least talk or something, but I had to resign myself to the fact that they would only ever tolerate each other. Even after all that Harry did for Draco--he saved him, for goodness' sake!

it should have mentioned more people in hte epilouge instead of just the potters, well they did mention draco but only the bad part like he has a RECEEDING HAIRLIE!
i couldnt believe that!
draco and harry shouldve became friends
i mean they both matured and not immature anymore
at least they dont insult each other anymore ( like ron still does)

I really liked the epilogue. I thought it provided closure to the series and really wrapped up the loose ends.
I loved how everything turned out and it was comforting to know that after
everything all the characters went through, they ended up with a happy ending.

I liked it at first, all those "James Sirius; Albus Severus" things but when I thought again, I realised there were too many unanswered question.
1-What is Harry's job? (Most likely an Auror, but still...)
2-What happened to Hogwarts? (OK we got the answer who the headmaster is, McGonagall, but then?)
3-What happened to Weasleys, Dursleys, the remaining Death-Eaters and etc?
So it was very very short. And also, it was too "pink". Everyone is happy and blah blah, nice, but this isnt a fairy tale after all.

I actually really enjoyed it. i thought it was kinda, idk, too happy, or something. but, I did really think it ended well.

It just wasn’t enough I wish she had put more detail into it even if it was just a couple of pages longer. It was also far too predictable. But it was better that there being no epilogue at all.

I thought it was perfect! You could tell she was trying to squeeze alot of information into a couple pages, but it was still wonderful! The only thing I would change is Ron and Hermione's kids' names. Or at least Hugo. It's just to weird for me. But I loved hearing about them all being happy and safe and I love Teddy Lupin!

i loved the epilogue, personally. i love the fact that Ginny and Harry/ Ron and Hermione lived happily ever after. All the obsticals they over came throughout the series they deserved a happy ending. The children were precious!! James Sirius, ALbus Severus, and Lily Luna (i think).

In my opinion J.K.Rowling should make more books containing every thing that happens to Lily, James, Albus, Hugo, Rose, Scorpius(sp?)... Actually me AND my mom both want more books.. What you think is your opinion, so thios is mine..

Too sad it was brilliant

I Hated the epilogue for many reasons:

*Someone correct me if I'm wrong on any of these dates*

1: It does not add up....."19 years later"
The Second War ended in 1997 add nineteen years = 2016
So is Jo trying to give a prophecy of his future? If so why are his children so young? Lilly is 8 and would have been born in 2008. Albus is 11 and was born in 2005. I have nothing to compare to figure how old James is so lets say he is one year older than Albus he would be 12 and born in 2004.That makes Harry 36. He would have been 24 when Ginny had James.

Harry and Ginny dated when they were 17 and were together 7 years before they had their first child? Unlikely!

Ok so lets say I believe that a married couple can go 7 years before conceiving a single child and then all of a sudden have 3 back to back. What was Draco's Issue?

He would have been 36 also and would have also went 8 years without conceiving a child.

Same goes for Hermione and Ron!

Unlikely that three couples were unable to conceive children for about 7 years then all of a sudden had multiples of kids around the exact same time!

I could go on to a reason 2 and three but I'll stop there

I don't think it is at all uncommon for people to wait to have children. I know several people myself that waited and had children long after they were married because they just wanted time together. Harry and Ginny probably dated a few years before getting married as well, so that narrows down the years too. Its also more common to have kids close together than apart. So for myself, I find it quite ordinary and believable.

What I find stupid was that none of the children had heard of the Boy Who Lived. I can understand Lily and Albus' lack of knowledge on their father's legendary past, but c'mon now, James must have heard! I can again agree that maybe they didn't show in HoM class; but good Lord, wasn't no one curious about the name 'James Sirius Potter'?! Everyone had stared at Harry at his first year, and even then he wasn't that famous. I found such a thing impossible, James not knowing about his dad's past. So I didn't like it at all. I have some other things to issue either, but that's the biggest thing

I agree with you that some couples do wait to have children. What I find highly unlikely is the three couples one of which was not close to the others (the Malfoy's) would all have chosen to wait and all had children around the same time.