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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3116731" data-attributes="member: 10397">Well bear in mind that book 7 is probably going to be quite a long book regardless, just judging from the ones going before it. And there are only 4 horcruxes remaining, and he does have some information to go on.Basically Rowling is just going to have to reign in the sub-mysteries and focus on tying up the story in book 7.  He will no doubt realize that as book 7 progresses, although I wouldnt be surprised if it did come down to just him and Voldemort in the end. Because its the end of the story. Because as mentioned, the darker things look towards the end, the more powerful it will be when good triumphs in the end.  Thats what the first four books...well, the first three and most of four...were for. Even though things took a more serious tone in book 3, from the begining till the end of Goblet of Fire, the story is pretty lighthearted. Now its time to really get serious.  I disagree. Harry comes to love Hogwarts immediately, and experiences four years of (very eventful) happiness there. Nothing that has happened has actually changed that. I'm not really a big fan of genre labels or catagories, so this doesnt really make any difference to me.  Except right now, everything is. That will change in the course of book 7 (unless Rowling turns out to be an idiot). I agree entirely on both counts. Killing any of the three main characters would be a very poor decision on various levels. I also feel that killing off any of the central, well loved good guy types would be unwise as well. Hagrid, McGonagall, Lupin, the Weasly parents etc should, in my opinion, all make it through. Really the only main character who's death I wouldnt consider a huge mistake would be Snape. The thing I dislike about current events is that for me, for reasons I'm not sure I entirely understand, the current situation in the book is wearing the rather tenious suspension of disbelief about things like the seperation of the Muggle and Wizard worlds a bit thin.Also I dislike the execution of the Horcruxes. I have no problem with the fact that they are cliche; I dislike the bit about "killing breaks apart the soul". Apparently not just murder but any killing. Which ties into my overall dislike of Rowling's aproach to magic where any spell that could truly hurt someone physically is "dark" and/or forbidden</blockquote>

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