This is a thread sparked mostly from a discussion I caught on one of the news channels over the weekend.

At first, I smiled and thought it was quite amusing that bookstores had provided counsellors to speak to the legions of the distraught...I was about to say kids, but I'll say people for the sake of political correctness ...about their feelings post-book. But then I thought...mmm....you know, for a lot of people, this 'end of an era' feeling can sometimes be a little hard to deal with and it kind of leaves you feeling a little...well, sad, I suppose. Not that I think it warrants having to have professional counselling - this is just a book, after all - but I thought that it might be useful to have some place for people to talk about the overall way that they're feeling now that it's all over and we finally know everything, after waiting for so long.

How has the HP journey been for you? Have you enjoyed it? Do you think there's going to be an upsurge in fanfic from all those who were dis-satisfied? Are you going to stick around in the fandom?

Consider this thread something of a cathartic release

I saw on Sky News a story similar to this. At first I thought how ridiculous, no-one will need councilling. But, to a lot of poeple Harry Potter has been 10 years of their lives. They have eagerly awaited the release of the next book and now, that's it, no more books. Harry's story has been told.

I am pretty bereft myself. I don't think JKR ended with some literary masterpiece, she took her story to where she wanted it to go and said goodbye. And I think that is what kept the punters interested.

My husband said something to me yesterday, that although I laughed about at the time, probably rings true to a lot of married HP fans.

'There have been three of us in this relationship, and for the best part of 10 years, you have been more married to some guy called Harry Potter than you have me!'

He was slightly exaggerating ofcourse, but I know what he means.

I'm happy and sad that it's over. To know that there's no more books coming is kinda sad. I've lived in the HP world for like seven years. I've talked about the characters like they're my best friends. It's horrible to think we'll never read anything new about them again.

On the flip side I'm happy because now I can think of something besides HP!! And I now know what has happened to them all. Not that I think half of them should have died but if it were true life......people die everyday in wars.

Overall I'm happy with the way it ended. I'm glad to find out their lives in the future and I know a lot of shippers will be over the moon, but for me it's the fact that they're all safe and happy now thats the best part. And they can live happily ever after. And so can we.

How do I feel? Hmmm. Scared, elated, distraught, relieved, worried, happy, pleased, disgusted, intruiged, sad... and much much more!

It's the end of it all! It has been such a long haul, and it's all over! I'm happy the end has come, so I can know the story, but I am sad because there will be no more excitement in waiting for the next installment of Harry Potter!

I suppose we still have the movies, and those will slowly let us all down into the world without new Harry Potter material.

I still hope for another book. I know it most likely wont happen, but the prospect seems nice to me!

I'm a terrible mixture. It hit me last night with Matthew's speech on VTM'S himepage that we would never really quess again. It's so sad but then i'm happy for J.K and kids and adults all around the whole world nearly. Knows what has happened and it's nice you know to think that at last we can bow our heads say yes that was right or oh howm i was wrong.

I think tears of happiness and sadness. It's a mixture really but i suppose everything comes to it's end.

But let's not forget we still have the films!

As to councling - Well it just shows how much people love the books.

Well anywho i'll stick on VTM untill it closes i hope it never does,

I'm not sad really. I mean I don't want HP to end but it can't go on. Well okay I'm a little sad. I don't think I'll ever find another book that'll have me waking up at seven in the morning to go buy it. I'll miss waiting for the next one and debating over what'll happen, reading all teh crazy theories then cracking up as they come true.

I've been reading HP for six years. I've worn Gryffindor scarves, chased my brother around with varying sticks cursing each other while playing Harry Potter, made up an American school for wizards and daydreamed about Hogwarts.

But hey you guys saw the dedication. 'And for you if you have stuck with Harry until the very end.' I reckon we can count ourselves among that number.

I feel relieved, sad, angry, happy.. all at once. I literally grew up with Harry Potter. Jk Rowling basically helped raising me. I've been reading the books since I was 7 years old, that's about 10 years now which is most of my life.
I'm sad it's really over now, I still can't quite face that fact. I've always been anxious for yet another year in the life of Harry and everyone else. I remember all those moments of being nervous for a new book, being extremely happy once I finally had one in my hands when buying it. The sadness when it's sold out in one store, but then the relief when I manage to find it in another. My heart's been shattered many many times in the final 3 books, lol. I can't quite remember having a book which affected me this much. And I don't think there ever will be one.

This last book feels like a closure of something, I don't quite know what. It has shocked me in many ways, yet was a bit predictable in other ways. It's basically been a big tearjerker in my case, but that's mainly because I'm an emotional git when it comes to books

L O L



This is SO true. My husband will get a HUGE llaugh when I tell him this! Great analogy!

I have a small feeling of loss too. I keep thinking-NOW what do I have to look forward to-literary wise?

It's really sad... it didn't really hit me that this was the last book until I'd finished it...

I will never again be able to read a Harry Potter book and not know how it ends, and not be filled with tension and excitement. It's really sad

I read my first Harry Potter book in 1999 when I was 8. I loved it and went straight out to buy the CoS. Since then I've been hooked, and now eight years later it's all over - it's so sad...

I'm not really into reading much, but Harry Potter really got me reading and I'm sure it's the same for many other people. No other book has got me this gripped.

I was distraught, devasted, gutted and hurt at the end.
I cried for a good hour afterwards and Sunday i just had moments of thought and cried again.
Some of my Favourites died; Lupin, Fred and Dobby being the main ones.

But it wasn't just that the fact that after everything, it was now over.
i would never again feel the excitement of reading a Harry Potter book for the first time.

However i felt happy, everything was good and the characterd happy, even though they had lost.
If anything i was relieved that Harry, Ron and Hermione were alright.
Thinking back even though i was in tears when i had finished it, i was amazed and in awe of the PERFECT book i had just read!

I can't believe it's all over! It's still sinking in for me. I mean I remember when they were just 11 and 12, and know what? Aren't they like 36? They were my age and now they've grown. It's sad. It's like they are real people. To think that there are no more books to be written no more discussion and speculation.

I'm actually really happy it's over. I loved the books, but I so wanted it to end just to find out what would happen. I'm glad that I can talk about it and know everything that's happened, but at the same time, still look forward to the last two films.

It was really weird. I was almost scared to finish the book. After about every chapter I took a little break. I wanted to know the ending, but I didn't want it to end.
Now I keep catching myself on thinking about the book. I am constantly thinking about what happened.
At first I told myself to read it slowly, but I couldn't... I just got sucked back to the book and now that it's finished I'm thinking about how soon I can read it again.
It really is the end of something great, and I do't think I'll ever see a series of books that will reach what Harry Potter has!

I almost didnt want to finish it...

In the end though, I read the last chapter. I was incredibly sad to have to have HP end, there's literally nothing like reading through an HP book for the first time. I was thinking that Im going to hold off reading HP for a few years then re-read the whole series. Maybe it'll seem fresh to me then.

Im really going to miss it though, HP has become a huge part of my life...

I am horribly sad about the ending of the saga. Of course, there is still the buildup to the movies to look forward to, but lets be honest - the movies have nothing on the books.

As I was waiting in line on Saturday night to get my 12:01 am copy of the DH, standing there with thousands of people at the bookstore I began to reliaze how many people Harry Potter has affected over the years, and now we have no debate left, no questions that we can ever have answered.

Personally I have so many questions I don't even know if I can process them all. Why must it be over.

thats exactly what i tried to do, i planned to read 1 or 2 chapters a day to strech it out. but by the end of saturday i realized i had read 300 pages lol. i could not resist reading the rest and finished it on monday. I first read the first book when i was 9 years old. it is very sad that i will never read a new one again. But i will always enjoy re reading them. An absolutely amazing book series.

i feel kind of sad that its over but like someone else mentioned for the last time now my husband wil be a Harry Potter widow so i suppose in that respect im glad its over,
When i was on my way to get the book it felt strange and kind of unreal, nervous and excited at the same time,
i love the books and will carry on reading them for the rest of my life, probably once a year like i do with The Lord of the Rings, they will be a constant part of me,

I'm not entirely sure what I feel. I'm a big believer in the idea of ending things. Some authors (or other types of serial story-tellers) who will remain nameless try to go on for far too long with their stories. Things have to come to an end sometime and I feel very happy and relieved to finally have the full and complete story: to be able to enjoy it all from definitive start to definitive finish whenever I so desire.

On the other hand, I've looked forward to these books like few others. Indeed, maybe even like no others. And there's a terrible sense of loss and emptiness at the thought that there will be no more. But I suppose I'm just hoping that sooner or later, JKR will decide to come back to write more in the wizarding world. It's a huge, incredible, and imaginative world that I can only hope we get to revisit in some form in the future...

So... I guess that makes me happy, sad, and hopeful... and perhaps a little ticked over some of the deaths...

I don't exactly know how I feel. I was pleased with the end of the story...I was happy that the cannon couples ended up together. But then I looked back and realized how many people sacrificed their lives to ensure that this happened.
But I'm sad to see it all end. Never again will I know what happens next. There's nothing to look forward to anymore. There were a lot of characters that I wanted to learn more about in the prologue. I guess we'll have to wait for J.K. Rowling's live chat to find out more.
So, I'm upset to see the end of a legend. I don't know what to do next. I can't help thinking about the inside flap of the American Edition. Something about the last bit of the epic tale of Harry Potter. That's exactly right. Harry Potter is an epic tale. And it always will be.

I feel depressed that it is over. . .i want something to fill the emptiness inside of me. Wow, that sounds really cliche. . .but it is over. . .it is so depressing. . .I need to find other books to fill the gaps, i guess. But Harry Potter will always hold a special place in my heart.

I don't really know the exact word to describe how I'm feeling. I am definitely depressed that after all these long, long ten years it's finally over. Never again will I spend nights awake wondering the fate of the characters...it's done. It's kind of a shock to be honest!

At the same time I'm happy that I finally know everything. I've waited so long and spent so much time with Harry Potter I am satisfied with the ten years that Jo kept me entertained. It was time for the era of Harry Potter to come to a close. I have been a fan since the first book came to stores and I stayed a fan until the end...now it's finally time to let Harry Potter go. I'll remain a fan forever, but it is definitely time for the end.

I agree with the whole "I don't know-feeling". It is really wierd because I've always said "Gosh, I can't wait until the next Harry Potter book comes out!" And now I'm not going to be able to say that anymore. I cried at the end ... obviously it's sad and depressing that it has come to and end. But I don't think that the fact that it really is over has kicked in yet.

I know what you mean. For years now, when ever I've started on a new Harry Potter book, there's that "I can't wait to get through it" sort of feeling, an excitement at being privy to more and more of the full story. With Deathly Hallows, though, I knew there wouldn't be anything else to look forward to, knew that once I was done with it, I'd never have the feeling (which is quite unlike anything else in the world) of starting in on a new adventure with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Now we know the whole story, we know how it all happened, but still, it's sad that we won't have this to look forward to ever again. (Unless J.K. gets another stroke of inspiration to continue with stories about Harry's life)

There is only one word to sum up how i feel -
DEPRESSED.
Its all over.. . when i was in the queue with my friends, they went to me" megan its nearly all over". I feel sad.. Snapes tale was depressing.. alot of the deathly hallows was depressing. Its a fantastic book.. but the theme running through it all is dark.
Now the books have ended i just feel really sad and depressed and all that. I really want Jo to write a book perhaps on .. i dont know...the tales of james and lily? the old order? i cant believe its over.. i need something else to fil its space!

i think i could use some counselling! lol im joking...kinda. when i finished the book, there was about half an hour of shock. and it felt exactly like the schock of someone not extremely close to you, but someone who made you happy, who you thought would never leave you, dying suddenly. like they have a disease, and as you're reading the book, its getting slowly worse and worse, and you get to the last page, and you go to turn it, and the other side is blank. like you always thought, not yet, not yet, they're not going to die yet, they will die but not now, we've still got some time. one more page. then you start frantically reading everything on the book. the summary on the back, the author's note on the back, try to find out who made the cover illustrations. anything. then you realise, it's over. just like that. and i started desperately grabbing books off my shelves, trying to distract myself, putting off the moment when it will really sink in...for about an hour i could not find joy in any thought. any thought of life after harry potter filled me with this sense of emptyness. i forced myself to fall asleep. i slept for about an hour and when i woke up the feeling of emptyness had diminished, to be replaced with hunger (i hadn't really eaten much all weekend beacause i needed to read the book) so i went downstairs and had dinner with my family, and they were all acting normally, none of them avid harry potter fans, and i became engrossed in their conversations. the feeling still lurked there, but as long as i kept myself distracted, it slowly kept dying away, but if for a minute i let myself think about it, or think at all, really, it threatened to swallow me. i spent the night watching t.v., until i was too tired to keep my eyes open. this morning when i woke up i felt much better, but the thing that is really helping is reading and posting on this site, particularly this thread. while it opens up those feelings, it also gives this fantastic closure. i'm still trying not to think about the last pages. the last page of the last chapter, and the last page of the '19 years later ' part. both were awful for me. one thing i noticed was that this book was constantly action packed, more so than any of the others. or at least the action it was packed with was more action-ey. i loved the book. but i hated ending it. i was surprised so many of you expressed even the slightest happiness sbout the series being over! all i can say is that i hope desperatly that j.k. rowling starts another, similar series. and that as long as i live, i will have something somewaht like harry potter to look forward to.

I gotta admit that posting on here has made me feel a hell of a lot better. My friends think im sad, cus they dont get harry potter.. and my family make me feel like a weirdo. But its good to know that some people also are really upset about the books ending. Its had such an important role in my life.. and now i just feel empty. I could do with some coucilling perhaps.. perhaps not..I just loved the harry potter books. Its not like something you can close the book, and " get over" if you know what i mean?

**sniff sniff**

Right now I'm just kind of numb. I know I will start to feel depressed once all the hype dies down, but right now I'm just in shock. I spent over a year waiting and stressing and theroizing, and in a little over eleven hours, it was finished for good. I'm kind of scared, actually. I used to spend hours scrutinizing the first six, trying to figure out what's going to happen, but now I don't know what to do with myself. I guess there are still a few unanswered questoins to ponder, ones that aren't at all important, but it's depressing to know that JKR will never answer those questions. I am so glad I have VTM, because otherwise I would have to cope all by myself!

I am never going to love a series this much, and even though I will read them over and over again, there will never be another chance to go to a mignight realese, there will never be so much stress and anxiety and depression over a book seires. Never again will I sit in a book store laughing manically and hyperventilating over a book that I'm going to get in a few long hours, never again will I read a last sentence and feel like my life has ended. I'm feel very depressed now, after typing all these things. It's scary to have to admit those things. Harry Potter changed my life, that's for sure, and it will never be the same without it.

It really hasn't set in for me yet. I haven't realized that it's over. I know that it is and I know that all the theorizing and debates are over, but it feels the same as it did pre-release.

What I do feel is just a sense of over-whelming feelings from the book itself. Satisfaction, dissatisfaction, disappointment, happiness, and sadness. It's really quite a strange concept. To think that we've all been on this journey with Harry, it doesn't really feel as if it is the end. No, I think fandom itself will live at least for a couple more years, we have movies, a theme park and I'm sure JK Rowling will have something to say at one point or another. We will still debate over the unanswered questions and perhaps that's enough.

Harry Potter and Vtm itself has had a great influence on my life and now that it's over I have mixed feelings, I have made great friends through this experience and I'm sure we will all still keep in contact even though the base of our bonding is gone.

Just remember folks "I would never say never." -JK Rowling. Maybe there is still something for us around the next unexpected corner.

i think i can describe the way i feel now in one word: HOLLOW. i have this weird feeling, like a part of me is gone. i still have unanswered questions, so i'd like to think that maybe, someday, somehow, somewhere, JKR will delight us with some more Harry Potter. i want to reread all the books and start working on a Sirius/Severus fanfic i've been having in my mind since reading POA, now that most of my exams are finished, i hope i can finally concentrate on it.

I feel sad. I'm excited and exhilarated now and while I was reading, but now it's over and I feel so sad there will be no more Exploding Snap, no more rides on the Hogwarts Express, no more concocting theories and sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for a new Harry Potter book, no more late night prowling at Hogwarts or Harry, Hermione, or Ron. . .
I grew up with these books and I've been reading them for 8 years, since I was 7, and now I'm 15. They're always been a reliable escape.
I will definitely reread, but it's sad knowing there are no new Harry Potter stories coming (well, the movies are, but you what I mean. . .)
I may sound silly, but Harry Potter has meant so much to be and I'm sad it's over.

Im sad as well. I will always remember Harry Potter as something I enjoyed when I was growing up, and in a way, I grew up with the characters of Harry Potter. I was 5 when the first book was released in America, and now I'm 14, and TONS of growth has taken place in both the books, and for me.

Technically, the era isnt over quite yet, due to the movies not being out yet, but I will always think back to HP days, and think what a good time that was...


angie

For me, it hasn't really sunk in yet that this is THE END! Because, for me, it isn't. There's still lots of fanfics to read and write, lots of what-ifs and lots of discussions to be had. And what about the movies? I'm still eagerly waiting for those! I don't think for me it will ever be over. And as long as we (the fans) try hard enough, Harry Potter will never be over.
HARRY POTTER WILL NOT DIE!!!
(wow, I really needed to get that out of my system)

I am sad it's over, but I haven't at all cried because it's over. I'm just glad it happened. It was an awsome story, maybe I don't feel all that said because I'm a late in the game fan, I started reading the books in 2004, so I could always see the end of it all.

well. i started the series when i was 12.
a little late. yes i know.

but ever since then i've been i love.
harry potter has been my life.

i then found this website.
and my passion for the wizarding world increased.

harry potter as been more then i ever expected.
its been an amazing journey.

a journey of puzzles. logic. mysteries. courage. bravery. friendship. betrayal. && love.

harry potter is the thing that realy got me into reading.
it has been my life.
it is my life.

the journey has ended.
but not for me.

i will stick with him forever.

I started reading the books at the end of 2005 I know it's a little late,but at least I got into it.I am sad I wish I would have gotten interested sooner so it would be a longer time with the books,but I can always re-read the books,and the movies aren't over,and I can always come to Veritaserum to talk about it.This is something I'll never forget.Like some people what reallly got me interested was the site.
>Rosie

One great author once said that "You know you've read a good book when, at the end, you've felt you've lost a best friend" (sorry, I don't know the person who said this). That is exactly how I've felt after every book in the HP series since I began reading at age 9 in 1999. Now, I am 17 years old, exactly the same age as Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and I could put myself in their shoes. I felt the overwhelming feelings they felt with such a great burden put on their shoulders, I experienced joy and pride when beloved characters showed their bravery, I cried when loved ones were lost, I laughed at the "Ron-ish" things only Ron could say (which is what I love him for), and at the end, I knew that JKR had dreampt up the perfect ending for such a beloved series. It has been the best feeling to open a book and know there is a bunch of very dear friends waiting to take you on an adventure.

I think a lot of you put it in perspective for me! it really is strange looking at all 7 of the books lined up on my shelf and knowing that it has ending knowing that my lingering questions will never be answered... It really is quite a let down. i even wrote in the back of my book the date and time that i finished it! it really is just a hard feeling knowing that the journey is at an end. never again will rons jokes be the same never again will i laugh at fred and george the same. like her-my-oh-nee said i feel like i have lost a best friend not only in the books themselves but in my hero character who has been with me frm a verrry young age, Hermione Granger. I just dont think i will ever relate to a character as strong as i realate to Hermione.

i first read the books in 2000 when i was 9, i am now 16 and have re read them so many times. It hasnt really sunk in yet but i know i will never feel the same way about any other books. I grew up with Harry. No other series will have such a hold over my childhood. I really regret that i never realy looked at these forums as you all seem like wonderful people and i doubt i will ever get to know you now the only other people in the world that think of harry potter in the same way as i do....... i know for sure i will read these books countless times more

It's incredibly sad that it's over.

Harry Potter has been a phenomena.
It has been magical, uniting, exploring, fun, and historical.

I'm really glad I took a part in it, it feels like something extraordinary and it is.

But at the same time I just wonder if there will ever be something this incredible.

Harry Potter has spoken to a lot of readers. I'm just glad that most people have found it's ending to be satisfactory.

I think fan-fiction will jump tremendously. Snape and Lily is fact and I bet a lot of writers are going to run with this new development. Children have been introduced, which means a new generation of Potter's with which to explore with little boundaries. There are gaps to fill, new characters to prod with imagination and writers are going to have a field day. I'm particularly interested in Gellert Grindelwald and Bathilda! Imagine the stories to be had with those two!

I don't think it's a paralyzing sadness though because whenever you miss the magic you just open the book and there it is. I think what I'll miss the most is the speculation. All the theories and what not. But that's okay it can't last forever... xD

I am...distraught. The emotions built up in my chest are absurd. I can't really process the last book yet...I haven't yet decided how much I liked it.

I cried so much the whole way through, thinking...this is the last time. I was torn between the need to read it, to find out...and the need to take the rest of my life on it. I'm crying now...reading all these posts is bringing it out again.

I didn't realize how much Harry Potter had become part of me until the week before. I started realizing that I had read them so many times that I could tell you the poem on the front of Gringotts, the prophecy, Lily's wand info...by heart. And when I would get seriously depressed in the dead of winter (which happens all too often), I could always look to the next HP book as a reason to wake up the next day. Now, in the emotional aftershock, when it hasnt really sunk in yet, I feel empty. I feel sad, and depressed, and I just keep thinking about other things to avoid facing the end.

It's funny, but I'm kind of sad too. I haven't been quite as involved in the fandom over the past year or so as I once was and I thought that I'd begun to detach myself from it as other things replaced HP in my free time, but now...I don't know...I kind of feel...just sad, I guess.

It's so sad that we'll never get to theorise again, or look forward to snippets of information from JKR's site, or get excited when she opens the doors, or debate about the ships, or wonder about character's backgrounds...I think I'm going to miss that most of all.

I've been involved in other fandoms before HP, but no other fandom has introduced me to new friends all over the world - friends who I might never otherwise have ever spoken to. It's also brought me to places like this forum, where I've debated and discussed about so many different things, not just HP, so that I feel as though other horizons have been broadened for me; so I guess, in that respect, I could say that HP has changed my life, too.

I'm so very sad that it's all over now, but I don't think I'm quite ready to let go just yet. I think fanfic is really going to come into its own now, and I can't wait to see what people come up with. And, of course, there are still the movies to look forward to.

Whatever you thought of DH, and the series as a whole, and even JKR as a writer, there's one thing that I don't think anyone could ever argue about - Harry Potter has been a phenomenon; a unique and special experience that extends far beyond the realms of literature, and we've all been here to share it together. I don't think we'll ever see the likes of this again.

That, for me, will always be Harry Potter's legacy - and we're all a little bit richer for the ride.

I am totally devistated at the end of the harry potter series, i just dont think i can go on living. its like Take That splitting up all over again! what did i do with the number of my couseller?!? i wonder if i till have the psychiactric homes number on speed dial, mabey i can reserve a place and grieve in peace, i mean what is life without harry potter!

Ok, in all seriousness i am sad its the end of an era, and i do feel a slight emptyness inside (oh wait, thats hunger!) and im sad we never did find out the answers to all our questions, but life goes on, there will be other books to read, and JK might do more writing in the future, guess we just have to wait and see. we shall always have harry potter!

When I first closed the book many feelings were there. The first was YESSSSS I FINISHED! But it went down hill from there. While I was happy no one in the trio died, or that the couples I have shipped for have gotten together, immeadiate sadness took over. I am totally bummed. Everytime I walk into the room where my book is I get so upset. I think its because, as cheesy as it sounds, these have been the books that got me into reading. Being released when I was eight years old, it had a huge impact on my life. For that to be all gone now, is upsetting. As sad as I am I feel almost like a proud parent. Watching Harry grow into this great man that he has become is such a great feeling. I guess when you get down to it, all you can say is....its been magical =]

I'm a huge Star Wars fan (mostly the original trilogy) and when Episode III ended, I was sad and thinking, "Wow. No more Star Wars movies." I'm also a big fan of Harry Potter. When Deathly Hallows finished I felt satisfied, almost happy.

I was wondering why I felt so different from when Star Wars finished. Its because I thoroughly enjoyed the last book and JK Rowling kept the quality of the writing up through out the entire series. That didn't happen with Star Wars with the last trilogy (but don't get me wrong I enjoyed Revenge of the Sith).

I was extremely happy with this book and thus I didn't fell the need to see another to lift my spirits up.

I will actually say that I do not get torn up over things like this, however, Harry and friends have been a sort of escape from everyday life and the hardships in that. So, for me, the end of DH hurt because i will not be able to read any of the other books knowing what will happen. The only hope i can hold onto is that tiny 1% of a possibility of an 8th book.

so my feelings before DH...
-anxious
-nervous
-excited

after...
-sad
-horribly grief stricken

You know i was really wanting to read this book to find out what happens but at the same time i wanted to hold on to it as long as i could cuz i knew that this was it i would never be able to read through another harry potter book without knowing what was going to come.

and now after finishing it i am glad i found out what happened but i am also really sad. its like having a long time friend that you really cared for move away you can keep in touch with them but its never going to be the same relationship that you first had. i feel numb to say the least it hasnt quite yet sunk in that that was it never agian will there be another adventure to try and stop voldemort. never agian will i be able to listen to rons smart remarks or to hear hermiones know it all facts agian, without knowing what was to come next. to say the least i am sad.

It's hard to deal with and it's hard to realize this is the end. Even though it's "just a book", Harry Potter has been so much to us. He really is like a friend to me who I've been with all this time and have grown up with. Honestly, I feel proud to have read these books and incredibly grateful to have been given the chance to have grown up with them. It's very sad to have to say good-bye....but then, we really don't have to, do we? I mean, we know the full story now, no more guessing. Even though that was one of the fun parts about it all, it's a relief to know where everything stands now. Harry is grown up, married to a great gal and has wonderful children. He totally deserves it after all of this, and even though he's lost so many people along the way...they will always be with him, just like he will always be with us whenever we need him. I think Harry is a part of everyone's lives now, at least everyone who had the wonderful opportunity to have accompanied him on his journey. I don't think this is really the end...more like a new chapter, only we can be the writers now. We can always "call" our old friend by going back to our favorite book whenever we need to...but it's just a new beginning, in a way. Now before I get teary-eyed, I'm going to shut up now . See you around, Harry!

You know, when I heard what the launching date was I felt anxious, nervous, and I ran to the bookstore to book it...
I read it in no less and no more than one day and a half, I wanted to know how it was going to turn! I dealt with myself not to listen to the radio or read the news,,, I just shut myself in my bedroom and went out just for dinner and to go to the toilet... My tissue paper box by my side, because I cried rivers, and the end was approaching, just too soon, too sad...
And from a moment to another, there he was, lying on the floor, and everyone shouting with happiness,,, and then the horrible prologue, which I think that should have been omitted.

But afterwards, I felt empty, silent, lonely...
I just had realized that there would be no more expectations, no more anxiety, no more nerves, no more booking a month earlier. It had finished, as everyone wanted, as anyone wanted...

Because, we must say, that this is the end, a happy but a sad end too...
I just realized Harry approached the end of his adventures, my adventures, our adventures.-
Because I must not be the only one that grew up next to Harry's growth too...

It is too painful to accept that this is the end, but nevertheless too good to be true that he is alive...

If you feel the day is wasted without reading a chapter of Harry Potter or typing on Veritaserum then you fell in love with the books as I did and you need to read this, I believe it will help.

I feel like Harry felt after he lost Sirius. Just like there's a hole missing somewhere. I mean I've grown up with these books. I started reading at age 8 and am now 17. So really it is like I lost a friend. It might sound wierd but I relied on Harry to get my spirits up when I was down and if I was bored I could always come on here and talk about what I thought, but now it's just like, what's the point, Harry Potter is done so why shouldn't I just never read again so as not to get attached to a book seiries like the way I am this one. My friend put it really well, "It's like losing an old pet, you might know it's coming, but you're still not ready for it." And then once it's gone you can't help looking back and seeing all the good times you had and you just can't help but realize that it doesn't go on, that you won't walk down the corridor to the dungeons again, you can't wonder why Ron and Hermione fight all the time, you can't keep a lookout for clues on what is in the third floor corridor, you can't laugh to hard at Fred and George's jokes because, inside, inside you already know what happens. And that feeling of knowing and remembering is far worse than guessing and being wrong. You see what I mean? When you put so much time and effort and life into something that you begin to believe it will always be there for you but it won't, you've reached the end and it won't be there; not to comfort you, not to lift you up, not to make you laugh or cry in a way differently than you already have. It is then when you know and can truly say, "I am a Potter fan, I have stuck with it from beginnig to end, and I will never, ever forget what that means to me and 10 years of my life."

Because if you forget, and if you don't pass on your knowledge then you have also forgotten your friends and your family. Why? Because that is the amazing power of J.K. Rowling and these Books. She has created a masterpiece for the ages, something that will live on because of the morals: Love and Bravery, that she so wisely wove into these stories, these stories that have captured the hearts of billions of people all accros the globe.

This Woman is the reason why I, and so many countless others are distraught and exhilerated at the same time. The reason why so many people cried in unity on the night of the 21st of July in the year 2007.
So Mrs. Rowling, I raise my glass to you, and my hat, and everything else that you can raise; and I toast, "To J.K. Rowling, a woman whose one little name changed the way the world thinks, a woman whose writings of love and loss united nations under a Lion, a Snake, a Bager, and a Raven, a woman whose epic tale made sure the muggle world never forgets the name Harry Potter. To J.K. Rowling and The Boy Who Lived!!!!!!!"

I feel very sad that it's all over now. No more new books and no more new adventures to go on with Harry, Ron and Hermione. No more new characters to meet. No more old characters to greet. But at the same time i am happy that we now know how it's ended and what has happened to the survivors. I am also looking forward to the other movies when they come out.