why did everyone hate the EPILOGUE of HARRY POTTER 7??

Question

so many people on yahoo! answers said they were extremely disappointed in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows epilogue. i dont understand why??? it was a cute ending and it made me want more!! Why would people hate it so much? im really confused....tell me your opinions

Answer 1

I liked the epilogue personally. It was certainly different from the rest of the book and it would have been nice to see more details of what everyone was actually doing in the future. But I don't think that was really the point of the epilogue. It would have been nice to know those things, but I think the epilogue was really there to show us that Harry and his closest friends were doing well and living happily in the future. Now that all the trouble with Voldemort was finally over and the fear was gone, everything was happy and well for Harry and the others. And Harry finally has an actual family of his own, something he never had before. It was a cute ending, and while it left open many more questions than it answered, I still liked it. It was nice to know that, after all those years of danger, all was finally well.

Answer 2

Many people disliked the epilogue of 'Deathly Hallows' not because of what it contained, but because of the way it was written. Being one of these people, I do agree that it was a 'cute' little tie-up; it was nice to know who married who and what kids they had.



But aside from not answering some other questions that Jo's writing brings forth, it simply did not seem as though SHE wrote it. The epilogue was a perfect example of every poorly written bit of fan writing out there on the 'net; it was as though Jo was scrolling through pages of junk on www.fanfiction.net and hit upon a twelve-year old's vision of how the series should end.



Honestly, I expected a much better ending from a writer who has been raised up to such a high level of esteem in so short a time. The last thing of the wonderful Harry Potter world that I thought I'd be given were a few pages of shoddy and cliche'd drivel. As fans, we deserved something better.

Answer 3

Even theory there have been areas of the e book I hated, i'm nonetheless prepared to guess that Deathly Hallows is my prominent e book of the sequence. i improve into somewhat disillusioned approximately how long it took for the trio to get out of hiding. I under no circumstances fairly envisioned that. i fairly suspected greater of the Harry hiding interior the shadows, suprising dying Eaters and kicking some undesirable guy *** than we've been given. i improve into looking forward to much greater conflict scenes then we've been given. i'm additionally disillusioned approximately how far of a area of interest the epilogue gave us. i improve into fairly chuffed approximately how she further back area of all the previoius books nevertheless. I you extremely pay interest, she further back a character, area, merchandise, etc. from each and each between the books! i improve into so chuffed approximately that! It gave a glance back on the previous and made me pause and picture of what proportion stuff have replaced now. i'm fairly form of chuffed the sequence is over! Now i'm able to study the sequence at as quickly as with the aid of devoid of combating! =)

Answer 4

well, because it didn't make much sense. why would albus be so scared when he's grown up his whole life in a wizarding family? (in harry's case it was justified because he was completely new to the whole thing and having spent his whole life getting the worst things couldn't dare hope to be sorted in the best house) jkr just put in that part to highlight the similarities between father nd son.



and how come ginny let harry name all their kids? she should've named one of her sons james.



the humour was forced in the ending, and after the action packed ending to the book, a scene showing 'a typical day in the lives of an ordinary loving wizarding family' would only work as an anticlimax. it was for this reason that jrr tolkein didn't write an epilogue (depicting a scene whee sam gamgee sits with his favourite daughter rose and tells her what happened to all his old elven, dwarvish and human friends) even though he had thought a lot about it. instead, he just told us i the appendix a bit about everything.



harry's profession wasn't indicated. we can only assume that he fulfilled his ambition and became an auror. nothing about spew, or ron's future.



and how can harry smile and think 'all was well' when most of the readers still hadn't got over the shock of remus's, tonks's and fred's deaths and the tragic revelations of snape and his consequent death?



then again, jkr ahd said she would be writing about what happens to the characters after they leave school. here a lot of well loved characters like luna, george, lee jordan, dean, seamus, etc were left.



but certain parts were good, nevertheles, and funny as well. but it's just taht i expected a bit more from rowling to end her famous series.

Answer 5

Sweetie, most adults including me found it a bit cheesy. I for one would rather Harry die a heroic death, but for the sake of my kids (and all the other kids out there), I was sure glad JKR included that Epilogue bit.



As you said yourself, it was a cute ending. And for us grown-ups who started on Harry when we were in our 20s (and older), we actually welcomed the darkness and seriousness of the last 3 books. We were all prepared for the deaths including Harry's. But I understand that JKR needed to satisfy her younger readers and I couldn't for the life of me imagine how my 6-year old son with Global Developmental Delay would react if I tell him that Harry Potter dies!



Hope this helps. Forgive us grown-ups for being disappointed with the Epilogue. Just enjoy reading, don't mind us!

Answer 6

Most of the "rabid" readers I know who hated the ending share 6 reasons:

1) killing off Tonks AND Remus, leaving another orphan - it would have been fine to kill one and not the other, but BOTH!!?! 2) Ron and Hermione getting married - what about Hermione's goal of becoming a healer? Also, this is not a likely combination from psychological standpoint. Men generally do not marry women who are significantly smarter than they are -- Ron would be more likely to marry Le Fleur's younger sister, Gabrielle, when she grew up. 3) killing off one of the twins -- another example of gratuitious violence. 4) several of the fairly important characters had only a brief afterthought, "oh, by the way, lying on the heap is..." how utterly disrespectful 5) Belladonna kills Tonks, then Molly [who couldn't even banish a bogart] takes Belle out? Not logical, not likely. 6) some characters were simply left out -- we can't imagine how Mme Hooch, the professor of flying and Quidditch ref would not be there for a last stand at Hogwarts, among others.



A lot of people were annoyed by the subtle message that one's childhood sweetheart or teen crush is the one and only mate. Maybe Hermione was bored in to being brainwashed while they were stuck in the woods. Everyone has their own pet peeves, but the preceeding list of 6 are pretty commonly shared. While they don't all come from the Epilogue, they certainly contributed to the aggravation of it all. We simply expected a good story, and it felt like the author was bored and just trying to get it over with.

Answer 7

I think some people found it be contrived. I think she did it so she wouldn't have to live the rest of her life answering peoples questions about what happened to so and so....



I like knowing that Harry finally had a happy family life.

Answer 8

I didn't hate it, but thought is was the weakest part of the book because it was cutesy. Too easily wrapped up.

It's lightness seemed too great in stark contrast to the darker themes in the last few books.

I also thought that the last book was by far the best of the series and it just didn't seem to stand up to the rest.

Not horrible, but unneeded.

Really did love the book though.

Answer 9

From what I've seen, it's only really the hardcore fans that passionately hate it. As a more passive reader of the series, I found it to be a satisfactory ending. I suspect that no ending would have been adequate to quell the thirst of the fanatic.

Answer 10

It was not a really informative portion of the book. Too many people wanted every question they could think of to be addressed which is not only impractical, but unnecessary. Books are supposed to inspire the imagination. Simply fill in the blanks yourself.

Answer 11

At the time, I thought it was Ok, but now that I think about it, It didn't really answer the questions I wanted answered, like what happened to the Black Veil in the department of mysterious, and the room of love. Basically, it just told us who marries who, and what their kids' names were. I'm a perfectionist, and I wanted ALL of my questions answered.

Answer 12

I like it. I think it is really sweet. I was crying while reading it. I don't see why other people didn't like the epilogue.

Answer 13

I thought it was so totally cheeseball the way they wrapped it up. Everyone all happily married with kids all named so meaningfully and all that. It was just too cheesy. And the last line of the book, "All was well." Uck. Gag me.

Answer 14

I agree with you...it was the only way to end the series. She couldn't have ended it better than she did. Though I did think his kids' names were predictable (except for Albus Severus; that was clever). AMAZING ending for an even more AMAZING series.

Answer 15

i don't know, but i liked it. although it would be better if albus snape potter gets in trouble at hogwarts...that would be awesome!!! then we'll all have another great book to read!!!