Once i was almost finished the 7th Harry Potter book i was sad! I didnt want the series to end!! But I kept reminding my self that i can read them any time i want and also wait for the other movies to come out! To me the books are awesome and i really want more, but i know that it would never happen, but you can have your own fantasy or what ever you want to call it! I can't wait till J.K.Rowling makes the encyclopedia later on!

Hi everyone
really liked the book, thought she did
well. but lupin and tonk's should'nt
have died that was too sad. it's good that the trio
were all happy in the end, and jo could'nt
have done a better job of their kid's happy day's everyone xoxoxo

I am sad that the Harry Potter series is over but i think that it did end well. JKR didn't just make the book end with everyone happy, but it wasn't like she killed off all the characters. I am sad but you can always re-read and watch the movies.

oi I have to disagree with that I think
I dont think she made the end very well..and I was not really happy about it and I think a lot feel similar...she tried to make everyone happy and that was maybe her mistake..
moreover she actually killed too many characters and I think it resembled a little to a masacre..too many sensless murders..
but you are absolutely right...fortunatley you can read a book as often as you want

The end of an era? Unlike some readers, who were children when they started reading Harry Potter and literally grew up with Harry, I was already an adult. (I identify more with Sirius and Lupin than with the trio) It wasn't a rite of passage or anything like that for me. And, I'm not saddened by the fact that book 7 was the final book. To be honest, I'm relieved. The last two books were disappointing for me in so many ways. So much so that I feel that the series ended with book 5.

I'm with Gwenog, in that I too disagree with those that say that the series ended well. Even many literary critics believe that the series ended poorly. Many of these same critics site the epilogue as one reason. There really was no need for it, and I agree.

After the Burial said in his post of Oct 10 2007, 08:48 PM:
"... All in all, it wasn't the train wreck it could have been, but not as good as it should have been." For me, it was a train wreck!

I loved the way it all came together at the end of the book. I was SOOO sad that it ended, it was really wonderful getting to read Harry Potter for the first time. Some of the best books I've ever read.

I thought the 19 years later part was a lil cheesy, but it really tells you that the series is over. No more books after this one. (I can still hope, somehow..maybe... right?)
Lol yeah I am a little obsessed.

It was a bit of a massacre at the end, I was so sad for Tonks and Lupin, Fred, and my favorite character, the magestic...Severus Snape!! But I do think his death was done well, death by a snake..how appropriate. Too bad we never found out how Lupin and Tonks died or by whom. I guess that bit of information just wasnt important...could have been some random unkown death eater or something.

I think she had to have so many of the main characters to die at the end. If only the bad guys were dying in a war it wouldn't be too realistic.

After reading Deathly Hallows I had to re-read it. I just couldn't quite accept that it was over. I wasn't ready too! Plus I read it so fast that there were parts I should have taken the time to consider a little more and think about. I'm telling you though, reading it the second time was just as good if not better then the first!

Harry Potter was bloody brilliant in my opinion!

I really feel wierd, i mean harry has been in my whole entire life. that is a hobby ive had since my Dad started reading them to me when i was one. When i got old enough to read them myself i read and reread all of them. To me it feels like something is missing but something was completed. My whole life was based on Harry Potter. Ok so the ending was cheesy who gives a flying @#%$? I dont i think that she wants to signify that if you still follow Harry he never really left. Anway i think that it is sad to have an era of anyoing my parents and friends with my useless to them but usefull to me Harry info. I think that to all of you that think that they ending was bad, just think about all of the things we would have missed if Harry was never invented. Also if you are hating on me i could give a lesser **** about that. i am defending Harry perfectly!
Love Em
P.S. if you agree with me send me a PM or something to know that not everyone hates me! when i finished the book i felt sad and that the end was there, but i convinced my self that Harry is never finished if i believe in him. Ohh and i think is is hot with his GOF hair!

Loved the book and am devastated the series has come to and end

My Favourie bits

Harry Lives - Loved the whole bit with Dumbledore in Kings Cross Station and then going back to defeat Voldermort.

Neville showing beyond a doubt that he was a true Gryffindor by pulling Godric Gryffindors Sword out of the sorting hat, then destroying Nagini and 1 of the Horcruxes

Snape is Good - Yey!!!!!! knew he was even if he is bitter and twisted and hated Harry and his Dad.

Hated the fact that so many of the people on our side had to die but it was a battle and would have been highly unrealistic if no-one was hurt or killed.

By jumping 19 years it shows us life went on and that Harry could continue a normal life, having a family with Ginny.

Iam now hoping that JK will now bring ut a book in a few years time. Harry Potter - The missing Years.

If not that then even a book of her web transcripts answering all the hundreds of questions that have been asked but that she has not yet answered. Im sure those could fill another 7 books.

I almost cried when I finished reading DH. I just can't help feeling sad because my favorite book would not be releasing another installment now. It all ended too soon. I hope that JKR would release another book related to HP. After Harry Potter comes Teddy Lupin. See, both Harry and Teddy lost parents at an early age, and Teddy's and Harry's fathers made their friends godfathers of their sons. Sirius to Harry and Harry to Teddy. So, they are kind of the same. Gahh. Never mind me.

Anyway, I was very happy when Harry came back to life (not that he actually died or anything) and when he defeated Voldy (at last). I felt so sad when Hedwig, Fred, Tonks, and Lupin died. It was like whoa. A real shock to me. And, I was extremely relieved to read that Ron and Hermione ended up together.

i know iv written on here before (almost exactly 4 months ago to be precise!) but when i found this thread it brought all the memories back again and im suddenly feeling very remeniscent and sad about it all

everytime i think about the fact that there are no more books to come i get really sad as i know i'll never get that feeling of excitement/anticipation again. its so weird beause i so desperately wanted to finish the books yet when it came down to it it felt like all i wanted to do was go back to book 1 and pretend like its not ending?
i know they'll never really be gone (well not for me) but i still get relly mixed emotions about it, i cant really explain it properly - i couldnt when i finished it and im struggling to do it now!
(how very sad of me!)

i know harry potter will never truly leave me, so in a way its not the end of an era, i dont want to think of it as that - if anything now that theyr complete its the start of an amazing one

and like evie said (4 months ago!) thank you to JK for making me and million of others believe and also Blackie who said it all for me in 2 words: Mischief Managed

You know what just annoys me to no end?! How everyone hated the epilogue, because it was 'too cheesy and happy'. So you WANTED Harry to die? That's what I think when I see that... I dunno. Maybe I'm just weird...

I know I've posted before, but I have to say it again: I loved it! About 4 months after it came out... I've read it about 6-9 times... I don't know how many. I love it (though HBP is my fave). I will always return to HP when I'm down... it makes me happy!

-Jasmine

wow, what i question, how do i feel, its like a relieving feeling, but at the same time, its like, wow its over, and i keep waiting for something to pop up and say ha gotchya and tell me there are a few more books to come, but there isnt, i have been reading these stories scince i was about 7 or 8, and i am 15 now, its i bit sad to think about it all being over, and having to find something else to read. i have been disecting these books for about 3 years to get every possible outcome and all theories i might have had, and the true meaning behind everything, and all that and i am done, i am also a very big fan of the movies so atleast i have those to look forward to, i just wish the series didnt have to end so soon. well i guess its been a long time, but still. oh well, the outcome was great, and i loved the journey these books took me on

I do not feel as though it is the end of an era. But the beginning of something much greater than we thought. This is probably the only time we'll find such an interesting ride in our whole lifetimes, over book seven, I cried more than all the other books put together, I enjoyed the epilogue, it was probably the shining moment in Deathly Hallows, the part where we realized that Harry and the gang were alright.

I dont think there is a need to be really annoyed No.1_HarryPotterFan..its just the personal point of view and you shouldnt let others annoy you with it..take it easy

but to answer your question..
yes a dead Harry would have been much more interesting than a Harry who is married to Ginny and has tons of kids and stuff..I think its just a so typical happy end and I am not a fan of Happy ends...ends have to have a sad tone for me so that I can be sad about it and not just about the fact that it has ended...but thats just me you know ...you seem to like happy ends and thats just absolutely fine

but I have to say that there are not just two options like: the cheesy end with Harry and Ginny being married and having kids or Harry dead..
there are a lot of more variations of how one could have written the end of this story...
like Harry surviving but not being able to overcome his past and locking himself into his house and never seeing anyone again (thats just an example I just thought of...not that it is a good idea but it is another idea)

it could have also ended really postive like it has but with less cheese...and the shipping Ginny/Harry is just cheeeesy through and through (to me) so that added even more cheese into the cheesiness..yea..

yeah well as a Germans say: you can argue about tastes
or each to his own haha

I too am not really sad...I started reading and watching the movies and becoming totally obsessed with GOF and only when it came out on DVD. I still feel that excitement...especially in fanfic.

I was disappointed in the way it ended. I also felt like there were too many subplots and by introducing The Hallows in the last book I thought took away from the main idea of her books in the first place...like Harry was looking for that AND a way to stay a step ahead of Voldemort...too much. I also felt her ending was too cliche in the fact that the trio ended up married to their respective partners with all them kids. How much more interesting to stir things up a bit...ah, fanfic can be wonderful.

I don't really think this is an end of an era. I think honestly that the Harry Potter series will be a classic and stand the test of time in literature with other classics like Narnia and Huck Finn. Children will continue to read them and I for one, who loves reading always tend to go back and reread books I love. I can't tell you how many times I have read the Ann of Green Gables Series.

Oh- I am sooo upset the series are over. I think the only thing that's keeping me alive right now are the movies (and VTM!). I don't know what I'm gonna do after the HP era. I'm so obsessed and I keep telling myself that I'll never stop being obsessed, but then again- There will be nothing to obsess about!

I think HP has changed sooo much. It's really an era, a phenomenon (sp?). It sucks JKR won't write an Albus Potter series. lol

At least there's fanfic there for me. My fics will keep me going. And there is the movies, and of course, my one and only favorite HP site, Veritaserum.

I want to cry i meen what am i gonna do after the last film has came out there will be no life haha i love harry potter so much it is an amazing book and film wow i will be so depressed.

I am so sad that it's over! For the three days it took me to read the book, I was in tears pretty much the whole time and when it ended, I was just a mess. I was and am so sad that it's over and I'm looking for the next best thing. But it's been a great ride.

It is like the end of my childhood in 10 short hours! I started reading the HP series in Fifth grade, and now here I am 19 years old and I feel lost. I will admit I am still clinging to some hope that there will be more, maybe a spin off series. *crosses fingers* I knew that when i read the last line of DH that my childhood was done at that point. I spent it lounging around the house, in tree branches, on park benches and on the beach reading HP books. Now here I am, finished with High School and with HP. I'm on my way to college and to different books.

*wistful sigh* Merlin, thats depressing...

I've been asked by several people what will I do know that it's over. I had no answer, because, the fandom is not over yet. There will still be podcasts, fanfiction, J.K.R's site, possible door openings to come. No, the fandom isn't over yet, it's still got some fight left in it, I hope it never dies. Long live the fandom!

I am truly sad the series has ended. it seemed like harry potter characters were my best friends deep down. i want jkr to write more harry potter, but i know she wont.

I finished reading the seventh and the last book an hour ago. I found myself experiencing a mixture of emotions just like JKR said she did after completing the book, except that she had a sense of great achievement as she really had pulled it all off. I felt like sharing my feelings about Harry Potter. So I am here.

I started off pretty late with Harry Potter. I began reading the first book in January 2006, last year. The more I read, the more I became a part of the story and the plot. I loved the way JKR played with her words casting many an enchantment spell upon the readers. I read the books day and night alike and grew with the characters. Every time I finished a book, I would feel empty and abandoned but there was always the next book to look forward to. I just could not bear to think of having nothing more left of Harry Potter to read. I dreaded the moment at which all would be over. Fortunately, the six books were already in the market and I did not have to wait. I was aware that the last book had still not come out and did not have the slightest idea as to what JKR's plans were about the last book. I wanted to prolong my reading as much as possible and hoped the last book would be out by the time I finished the first six. But I was so engrossed and involved that I had finished reading all the six books in less than three months along side my demanding job !

And there came the moment I dreaded. I was now in the queue of desperate fans waiting for the last book. I thought of Harry Potter almost every day for the next full 16 months until finally the last book was released this July ! It took some time for me to buy the book though as I was particularly busy that time and when I finally bought it and began reading it with an urge to reach the last page quickly, I remembered that it was the last book ! It came to me as a deep pain to know that there would be nothing to read of Harry Potter if this book got finished. So, I took my time reading and savouring each page and finally I knew I had reached the end.

I sat back and wondered, recalling and relishing the moments that had passed, what a masterpiece of a story ! I had no complaints about JKR, about the way she ended it except that she ended it. What if Voldemort had to die - that's what everyone wanted - but there could be still a lot more to write and think of Harry. JKR shouldn't have put a full stop to it and in stead could have chosen to leave the end unclosed giving her readers a hope -if not a reassurance- that Harry and his friends would return. She should really consider continuing to write about Harry Potter, about his friends and their families. With all the talent and strength she has got, I am sure she can keep the legacy alive, build generations of wizards and witches, weaving through surprsing plots, until she is really too old to strain herself.

So, at the end of it all, I feel it should not really be the end of an era. Let's hope JKR changes her mind and comes back with a bang once again and again.

I am happy that I know all that there is to tell about the hp series, but I am upset that it is over. I vote that JKR makes naother series with harry adn ginny's children!!! Agreed????!?!?

Wow, finishing DH was a sad moment... It felt different, everything felt kind of surreal, I never thought I'd get to that point. I suppose, thinking back, it felt like the series would last forever. I didn't cry but merely sat in mourning disbelief. I stared reading the books at 7 so the books really followed me at the right time because as I passed from childhood to adolesence, so did the characters. I felt as if I was going on a journey with them and, finishing the book, I realised the journey had kind of... ended.

I suppose Harry Potter started of my love of writing and since then I've never looked back. It helped me venture into the genre of fantasy, a genre I still avidly read.

Though the series might be over, I believe that as long people read the books, so long as there are new fans, the series will not be forgotten. But you don't need a genius to tell you that. So long as the fans keep spirit and well.... so long as Jo's secrets about the books aren't revealed too soon, these magically captivating books will still the best things I've read... And the same for many others.

Long Live The Legacy Of JK Rowling And Of Harry Potter And (as someone else mentioned) Of Fandom...

I think I already posted in here a couple months ago, but I was reading Anduril's post and it really helped. I have been a fan for eight years. When I was a little kid and was reading the Chamber of Secrets and Sorcerer's Stone, I would want to go to Hogwarts to escape my boring life. I would spend countless hours talking to my brother about theories and fates of characters. Harry Potter has been more then a book to me, it's been a passion. It feels so weird that it's already been almost five months since the last book came out. I remember how long the wait felt when I found out in February the release date of the book. I remember finishing DH and just sitting there, soaking everything in. That was probably the weirdest feeling in my life. I have been trying to find good books to read now, but nothing can compare. Harry Potter is what really started my love for reading. I definitely would not be at such an advanced reading level without them. When people make fun of Harry Potter, I am actually offended and will try to convince everyone in the surrounding area how amazing the Harry Potter books are. The characters have like become some of my friends. I think it was because I could relate to some of them, like Ron, but I always had faith in others, like Neville.I would like to say thanks to JKR for creating the magical world that I along with millions of other readers around the world fell in love with.

Oh man. It makes me a little depressed to think about that. No more adventures with the trio. I'm also a little satisfied. And also a little empty, because Harry Potter is most of my world. Man I'm a sentimental fool. I need more obsessions.

P.S.Mrs Longbottom81, I feel the same way, but you put it way more eloquently then I could dream. Do you have frequent brawls with J.R.R. Tolkein fans? It's one of the most predictable fights in my household 'cause my brother's a Tolkein fan and will pounce on any mention of Harry Potter and mutate it to a fight. HAHA!

I am SOOOO happy I found this forum!! I finished the book 4 days ago, because it appeared in romanian on 1st Dec. I read it in 2 days, and after that...i felt really, really sad. Like something has ended. I think i feel this way because i grew up with the HP series. And now...i have nothing to wait for...It's over and this is a little painfull.

I have mixed feelings over the conclusion of the 7th book. Let me attempt to explain. (I wrote this in a stream-of-consciousness format, so I apologize in advance for any confusion caused by sudden jumps and topic changes) Anyway, here goes:

I recieved the 2nd book as a present and read it excitedly but with no knowledge of what would come. I was not engrossed, so far as I can remember, although I enjoyed it. It took me close to a month to finish the book, which then sat on my bookshelf for almost a full year until I realized (was I stupid or something?) that it was part of a series. I then bought and read the 1st book and re-read the 2nd book. I still had not developed the Harry Potter obsession that would come with the subsequent books (I was only 12-13 at the time, what did I know?).

As the months passed I realized how much I enjoyed the Harry Potter series. I purchased each book on release day (although never at midnight; I hate waiting in lines). As I progressed through the series, my obsession steadily increased.

I was the same age as the characters in Harry Potter (and incedentally am a month older than Emma Watson) so I was able to relate to everything the characters were going through. As I matured, the experiences of the characters took on a deeper meaning for me. I have been in the exact same situations as those described in the series, especially in those of the final three books (5,6,7).

I have been an avid reader my entire life. My father takes credit for it, but I have done all the work all along. I have read myriad books ranging from Lord of the Flies to Lord of the Rings to Dante's Inferno. I have enjoyed reading almost everything I have come across, but up until Harry Potter I had not experienced something which truly moved and changed me. The Harry Potter series has enriched my life with its creation of a nearly-real fantasy land. A land which I could retreat to when I felt down, and nobody would be the wiser. I saw myself in this world and experienced, through the immaculate work of J.K. Rowling, this world in all its glory.

I was honestly depressed after finishing the 7th book. It took me the better part of three days (not the fastest, but they were school days) to finish reading, and once I had finished, it was as if a void had suddenly grown in the place which Harry Potter had occupied. I was in a rut for several weeks afterwards. I have no idea why it hit me so hard. I finally got over it and read the 7th book again. I took my time reading it, and enjoyed everything.

I realize that the Harry Potter series is just that -- a series of books. Yet, somehow, I am deeply attached to these books and the contents of their pages. This series has outdone anything I have ever read, even epics like The Illiad or The Inferno. I have such strong connections to the characters in Harry Potter that I know I will never be able to leave them. The books will always call to me, the final books more so than the intial as I am more deeply connected to them, and I will never leave them behind. I may push Harry Potter to the back of my mind periodically, whether to make room for school work or soccer or what have you, but they will undoubtedly resurface later in my life. This series has no rival in its genre or any other, so far as I have read. I grew up and matured with these books, paralelling myriad situations and experiences in my own life. These books are a part of me. I just hope that others out there can experience the same connection that I did, if not with Harry Potter then with a series yet to be written.

MaximusPrime, you actually read my mind and my feelings! I feel and felt exactly the same you do and did. I just haven't had the courage to say everything that's been passing through my mind and heart. Thank you for making me feel that i'm not a weirdo or just...crazy.

I know exactly what you mean. I normally am the same way. Somehow, when I saw this thread, I just let it out. I'm a guy, so I usually bottle up my emotions (unhealthy, I know) but this series just meant so much to me that I felt a need to express myself.

I'm glad I was able to help you out.
Just know that there will always be others like you, feeling the same things in the same way. I hope I was able to help others in the same way I did you.

You're a guy? OMG! That really left me speechless. It's kind of strange meeting people that feel the same way you do. But it's even stranger when that person is a guy. Well...gongrats for not letting those feelings bottled up inside! I really admire that!

As for...the end of an era...Harry Potter will always live in my heart, probably happily ever after, surrounded by his friends and family!

The last book was great and its bin a great journey thoughout the harry potter series but its going to be very missed when the las film comes out becasue after that theres nothing i will be so sad lol bless i realy love the films and books are amazing.

I'll tell ya how i feel....i feel like crying. Jo has inspired BILLIONS of people, with billions more to come. It saddens me that it's gone. No matter what she does now, it will never, ever come close to what she has accomplished.

HP has taken up 10 out of the 13 years of my life, what do i do now?

You read them over again of course! Drink tea, listen to podcasts, go to the websites, and don't let the fandom die out.

It is really the end of an era, but as many has said, we can read the books,wright and discuss at the forums,watche the movies and wait for the last 2 movies, and of course we have our memory, let us just hope for another book.

When i got the book at 12 a.m.the day it came out i was so excited. After i finished reading i was so sad. i thought to my self wow what a fantastic book then it hit me that this is the last 1. I started to read them when i was 8 and hear i am 6 years later. I was so used to a new harry potter book coming out every other year. Although there are still 2 more movies left those of us who read the books knows what will happen.
The harry potter books inspired me to read. i was one of those kids who hated to read and thought it was boring and stupid. But when i read harry potter and the sorcerers stone i was like "wow this book is pretty good" and my mom bought me the 2nd book. After i read the 2nd book i got each book that came out after that and read them. Harry potter was nailed into my mind after i read the 4th book. I used to imagine i was in the harry potter world. thats how much i was addicted to the series. I want JKR to write more about harry but i know she wont. harry potter was appart of my life and will be apart of me for the rest of my life! When i have a family i will read the harry potter books to my kids. The fandom will never die out. this series is the best of its time!!!
After i read DH it took me 5 days to accept that the series is over. But i will still re-read the books as long as i live.

I got my copy at the local Barnes and Nobles at 12 A.M., I started the book at one o'clock after I got home, and after tears over Dobby and the others who died, at eight o'clock I finished, and I also remember the moment when I got to the seven hundreth page, I paused for a moment, and then went on reading. I still don't think that it is the end of an era yet, give it a few years maybe, but the truly diehard fans will stick to it; and the ones who hadn't 'Stuck with Harry to the very end' will leave.

well even though there will be no more books i feel sad but we always can go back and watch them again and read the books again

when i finshed DH it felt like something inside me had gone. lol i nol i sound metal ( hense my name!) but me and my mates walked around school. it was such a huge part of my life i have to control all my sad feelings into drawing fanarts! it really has been a large part of my life. it feels so strange for it just to be over!
but yes i can constanly read the books and watch the movies. i have planned to call my kids James and Harry partly because i love the names and partly because of the books lol. i kinda feel sorry for my future kids...
no matter what Harry Potter will live on!

When I finished DH I was sort of out of it for a while. I went on JKR's site and read the letter that was behind the door. It was sweet, then I sort of stumbled around the house for the rest of the day. It was wierd.

I guess I'm both happy and sad. I'm happy because I now know the ending to one of the greatest book series I've read. I'm sad because after I finished reading book 7 I tried to read book 1 again and I couldn't open it because I was like what's the point I know the ending there's no sense in me reading it again. All in all I feel complete and happy.

Gutted, Absolutely gutted. I cant believe its over, I was waiting so long for the final book and when i got it...in a strange way i didn't want it. I loved waiting for the books to come out, and eventually getting the book and reading it non-stop all the way through until my head hurts. And now its over with i feel really upset, I don't know what i will do when all the films have finished and i've been to the theme park, because after that, that will actually be the end of harry potter. I wish JK would consider writing more books for those, like me, who are obsessive fans!

I really don't think it's over yet, I think that, as long as people are interested in the books, and want to know the information in the hopefully soon-to come Scottish Book, that there will always be sites like VTM and podcasts like Pottercast.

How do I feel ... happy that it ended on a high note, but a bit bummed that it is actually over

While it may be the end of one era, I feel like HP will never really end. We'll always be able to reread the books, and still speculate as to the fate of some other characters (the Dursleys, the new generation of Weasley's,Potter's, and Malfoys, etc). There is just so much left to learn about HP, that it can never really end as long as we keep imagining this world as we read the books. Plus, there will always be a new generation of HP readers, who will interpret the books as they please; in fact, I still have to reread DH before I let my little cousins even begin reading the Harry Potter series. However, the one thing I will miss is waiting and anticipating the arrival of a new installment, but I'm glad it's over...nothing lives forever (every HP reader should recognize this as a major theme of the book!) While new HP books will never again be published (other than the encyclopedia), JK Rowling's legacy will forever be immortalized in the minds of her readers!

I think the counseling idea is a bit much, but i was seriously gutted! I am 16, i've grown up reading those books, i am part of the Potter Generation, and to know there will never be another book is so upsetting. At least we have the films to look forward to, but its not the same...

I know Phoenix. But, hey, at least we'll never have to go through this again, or at least, until the Scottish book comes out in the U.S. that'll be interesting. I'm hoping for a midnight release party, like for DH, but, I don't think it'll happen.

I already miss the great discussions and the forum life. It's already dying away...

I loved guessing how it goes on, where Snapes loyalty lied, what and where the horcruxes were, the dates and the line of the books. It has been intense 2 1/2 Years, and it seems to end now.

We've got still the FF, but it's simply not the same.

I'm very sad! I loved these books, and I've been reading them since third grade. However, I'm one of those people who can read books over and over and over, so I'll still be reading them for years to come. Plus, the books are so long and confusing, it usually takes me a few times to understand it all... and I still didn't pick up on Ron and Hermione.... then I was whacking myself on the head, saying, "How did I miss this???"....
This is also a great oppurtunity to find another special series. I'd lost all hope until I found the Twilight series.
In the words of Dumbledore,
"We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, but carry on."