who hates the "19 years later" chapter in the last HP book??

Question

I hated the ending!! It spoiled the whole book!! i mean, who wants to think of HP as 36, married to Ginny, and sending his kids off to hogwarts!! what a crummy epilogue!!

Answer 1

Geez people, don't you understand the point? That epilogue was intended to show that live went on after Voldemort. Everyone went on to live a normal, regular life. The whole series was always hinting at how unusual Voldemort's rise to power was. So here we see that with him removed, life regains it's balance.

Sure, maybe in a hundred years another dark wizard will make a play for power, but he'll probably fall quickly. The ongoing battle with Voldemort was the magical world's equivalent to World War Two, and once it was over, everyone tried to get past it.

Answer 2

Me!

I was very disappointed in it, and felt it was very poorly written and tacked on to the end of an otherwise great and memorable series.

But let's try to see it from the author's point of view. Yeah, she said that this was the end of the series, but how much do you want to bet in 5 or 10 years, with a whole new generation of readers, she doesn't decide to bring back Voldemort (or some equally nasty threat to the world) and have the next generation of Hogwart heros fight it off. And think of how hard it will be for poor Albus Severus Potter. Not only will he have to live up to his father's reputation, he will also have to live up to his name. Albus Dumbledore is still going to be remembered as the finest headmaster Hogwarts ever had. So how does he manage to be the hero that outshines the two of them, Dumbledore AND Harry Potter?

Answer 3

I wasn't crazy about the ending, but I'm sure that if J.K. Rowling wouldn't have found a way to wrap up the books people would be on here complaining about how she didn't give her readers closure.... Plus, maybe (I'm just thinking here) Rowling is leaving herself an opening by adding the 19 years later chapter. She can go on to write about Harry's children or something..... You never know!
But yes, I do wish that she would have extended the ending if she went through the trouble to put it in the book.

Answer 4

I totally agree. I hated it too. The entire book was great, but that last chapter was a total waste. It seemed like she wanted to end it at the chapter prior but then added that epilogue in to appease her younger fans or something. I just didn't see the point to it and was disappointed. I know that first and foremost its a childrens' book, but c'mon the "happily ever after" ending is tacky.

Answer 5

I agree. I think that Harry should have died. It would have made a lot of sense from a literary standpoint. I guess Rowling wanted to save six year olds years of therapy, but it still seems like she should have killed him off.

Another thing I just thought of. The epilogue was written years ago, before the tone of the books started getting progressively darker. So, of course it doesn't really match with the rest of the book.

Answer 6

it may be the traditionally literary element for Rowling to do. Harry's mom's love for him is what stored him from Voldemort the 1st time, top? (Admittedly, i've got basically watched the flicks, yet i understand people who've study the books). this would recommend that love could triumph over evil. It stands to reason that Harry's love for his pals (that's a working subject for the duration of all the books) is what's going to shop them and triumph over Voldemort...Plus it might make Harry a Christ-like determine, that's the traditionally literary element to do. a lot of books and videos do this because of the fact sacrificing your self is the in basic terms right sacrifice. asserting some spell would be taking the elementary way out in case you question me. the better area approximately it may be that tens of millions of youngsters worldwide would completely freak out if she killed off Harry. i think of which could be spectacular.

Answer 7

Actually, I found the ending a bit abrupt, and she didn't mention what happens to the dursleys, nor George. And I found it a bit pretentious to find that all of his kids names are from a generation older than him- I mean, Albus Severus Potter? It sounds like he tried to fit in all the people he admired into one name.

Answer 8

ME!!!!

It ruined it for me! I had to go back and read the last two chapters again because there was no way I wanted it to end on that note!

Not only was it completely trite, it was poorly written! I've seen better pieces of fan fiction.

Answer 9

Who asked you to read the Epilogue first?

Answer 10

I'm not even big into Harry Potter, but I thought it was unorginal. It just reminds me of something an unimaginative little kid would write to end a story.