I guess the ending did kinda have things she worked towards.
Snape being headmaster
Ron and Hermione/Harry and Ginny
The deaths of Tonks and Lupin
Neville being a Professor
etc

Though knowing she wrote it before implies that Tonks and Lupin _had_ to die regardless of how much sense it made

I also think that one of the twins dying made more sense than anyone else in the family.

Dobby and Kreacher were good.

Oh tehe I loved Voldys assumption on the security of his hiding place for Rowenas artefact

you all, no one cares that Hedwig eats a Killing Curse? I almost cried on my way to work after reading that.

I was sad when I read it (though not quite so affected as you, heh) but as I read on the random deaths of Fred, Lupin and Tonks kind of overshadowed it. Moody's was fine though.

Lupin and Tonks didn't affect me overly much, since they both died. I'd have been more broken up if one was left to carry on without the other.

I've just finished (stupid unavoidable birthday party), and my feelings are mixed. The epilogue was too Disney and, at the same time, didn't tell us enough.

The only point in the book in which I really, -truly- was upset was when the Weasley family was crying over Fred's body. This book also contains my new favourite moment in the whole series: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!".

I feel like not everything has been explained - the end happened too quickly. I guess I'm just used to the books where all the action happens, and then Dumbledore explains it - and to a certain extent, that did happen. I guess I just don't understand how Harry was able to speak to a Dumbledore that was able to give him new information.

Ah well. Time to re-read.

I thought he was on the boundary between death and life. You know, like you have people meeting their ancestors at the pearly gates in films, when they're heart-dead but not brain-dead...or whatever. That's how come the train was going "on."

Pretty sure it was supposed to be Voldemort when he was resurrected. I'm too lazy to go look it up myself, but I bet if you look at the description of baby him in Goblet of Fire it would match up with the baby in that chapter.

I just finished it, after reading for about 15 hours yesterday, and then for another hour today. (had to save a little bit of it.)

I must be the only one who liked the epilogue. XD I really thought something lighthearted and overly happy had to happen after the chaos we had just been through. Everyone's complaining that it was too happy but...after sticking with him for 7 books and 10 years of my life, I really wanted it to end happily. I'm usually not a fan of the "happily ever after" scenario, but in this case I was. I think Harry deserved it, and I think we deserved it.

I do agree that not enough information was revealed in it, though. I would have loved to hear about what sort of careers they all had, where they all lived, what they did with their time now-a-days, etc. I liked the epilogue, I just wish it was longer.

However, the rest of the book = magnificent. I was totally and completely enthralled the entire time. I really really didn't want Lupin and Tonks to die, though, especially since they had the baby. It was like Harry Potter's life all over again. It would have been nice if he had been able to prevent it from happening to someone else. Fred Weasley's death was by far the saddest in the book, and possibly the series. The more I think about it, the closer it brings me to tears. At the time of reading it, I wasn't able to grasp the enormity of it.

I just can't imagine how George lives without Fred. I can't imagine him laughing and joking, and working on their joke shop stuff without his brother.

I agree with whoever said their new favorite part was "NOT MY DAUGHTER, BITCH!". I nearly cried at that part, most of all. I love how she descimated Bellatrix.

The part with Dumbledore and Harry in the train station was -awesome-. And someone asked how he could have gotten new information from Dumbledore...but I think that was meant to be a mystery, because Dumbledore says something like "Of course it's in your head, but that doesn't mean it isn't real." It was also very much like the Matrix, being in a blank white train station.

Ehh, for too many amazing moments to recount at the moment, I'm still going over it all in my head and preparing to reread...Mcgonagall bringing the armor to life, Snape's true history, Neville with the sword, the events in Godric's Hollow...

To me, it looks a lot like the fragment of Voldemort's soul that was tied up in Potter. They "died" and were separated there. Potter had a link back to to the world via Voldemort's tie to him, but that soul fragment was now severed, leaving Voldemort with only one little Nagini left. It was being referenced as if Voldemort would be joining it (or be like it), but this makes the most sense to me.

It just feels deus ex machiney to me, though. But not nearly as much as Harry coming back from the dead.

That's the part of Voldemort's soul that was stored inside Harry and "died" when Harry was "killed" by Voldy.

So I cried really hard with all of the deaths, especially Dobby and Fred. I felt like Remus and Tonks were just like, OH HEY THEY DIED TOO, BUT ANYWAYS.

Who else LOVED Kreacher, seriously one of my favorite parts of the book. I loved when he hit Mundungus on the head with the frying pan then was like, "One more for good luck!?". And when he led all the house elves at hogwarts out into battle, <3.

I was also happy that I had predicted Snape was actually loyal this whole time and that he was in love with Lily. I adore Snape so much more now.

One thing that bothered me was that Lucius suddenly turned into a HUGE pansy. I can understand Narcissa, but Lucius? What a douche, crying and all that xD.

I felt the epilogue was too cheery and confusing. It seemed like she was just like, crap I need a way to end this so I definitely can't write another book and people won't try to guess what happens next. Like, who did Ted end up living with and who was Victoire? I also wanted to know what they did for a living too :/. Why was no one named Sirius, either.

I also would have liked some more Ron and Hermione action.

Victoire is presumably Bill and Fleur's daughter.

Ted Lupin presumably ended up living with his grandmother, Tonks' mother.