There are now less than 12 hours to wait as I write this, for the most eagerly waited book in history. Well according to pre-realease sales figures it is.
Yes "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will be released at midnight tonight (20th July) and we will all finally find out who bites the bullet, if Harry, Hermoine, and Ron all live. And if Snape really is a goody or a baddie.
A lot of people aren't really bothered about the book, and will be just as eager to ruin it for the rest of us 'fans' by giving away plot lines and the ending. Which is why I am glad to be going away again soon, once more to Saudi, so little chance of my enjoyment being ruined.
But is this REALLY the end of the Potter books?? J.K. Rowling has always said she was only going to do 7 novels, all following Harry through 'senior' school. But is she really going to call time on such a hugely popular series? IF Harry has survived the encounter in the last of the books, surely we are gong to want to know what happens to Harry after leaving school? As well as all his school friends and enemies.
I think there is some truth in the fact J.K. has written her last children's book on Harry, as this is what it always started as. But remember how much the books have become a lot darker, and have grown as Harry has. May be there is a good reason for writing an adult book on Harry, we shall see.
Whatever happens, the gulf that is going to be left when the last of the books has been made into a film is going to be Vacuumous. What will there be to fill the void? Who knows what series of books will take the place of Mr. Potter, but I for one believe in all honesty that we really aven't seen the last of J.K. foray into the world of Hogworts.
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