I admit it, I am a fan of Harry Potter. Not one of those people that dresses up in a Hogwarts uniform and eats Every Flavor Beans and casts spells and tries out for the local Quidditch team. I tend to get the books confused because they all get jumbled up in my head. I like Harry Potter, and I’ve read all of the first six books. I bought the last one, but I’m not going to start reading it until I’m done with the current book I’m reading. I’m a fan, just not an uber-fan.
So when I saw the headline on Yahoo News–”Harry Potter author talks about ending”–I didn’t think that it meant they were actually going to talk about the ending. I even kept reading after the warning: “SPOILER ALERT: THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO KNOW HOW IT ALL TURNS OUT FOR THE BOY WIZARD SHOULD STOP READING HERE.” I thought, yeah right, the author is not really talking about the end. Just hinting at it.
Why oh why didn’t I head the warning? It’s completely ruined for me. Just the same way I ruined Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. I’m not even going to link to the article, because I don’t want to ruin it for you, in case you are like me and you didn’t read the entire book in one sitting the day it came out.
Damn you, internet news article. But I’m still going to read the book.
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Ugh, the same thing happened to me in the middle of my time reading the book. I was getting dressed and had the Today Show on in the backgroun - I know, major guilty pleasure. Just 5 days after the book was released they held an interview with J K Rowling and not realizing that they’d actually talk about the end of the book, I happened to over hear whether or not Harry lived or died. I was livid and started singing loudly to block out everything until I could get to the TV and shut it off. I was pissed and I think I freaked out my dog with the loud singing. It’s still an amazing book, don’t let it stop you from reading it. I do think that both internet and TV journalism handled the whole book release poorly. It was like dodging landmines if you’re a normal web news consumer…
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