There are a couple of hints in the book that he's not dead, and he does seem to have a small hope, but in the last scene with Uriel, he seems pretty sure he's off to the afterlife. He says goodbye to Uriel as if its a final goodbye, and then
Then, moving briskly, lest my resolve waver, I opened the black door and stepped through.
Given the way my life has typically progressed, I probably should have guessed that What Came Next was pain.
Then, moving briskly, lest my resolve waver, I opened the black door and stepped through.
Given the way my life has typically progressed, I probably should have guessed that What Came Next was pain.
If he knew he was dead, wouldn't he have said "the way my life had progressed"? That he uses the present continuous is only more proof.
Then, he's getting his bearings, looking around. Looks up, sees Mab, she says she has work for him to do.
I stared at her dully, which was probably the only was I was capable of staring at the moment. Then I croaked, "I'm... alive?"
A few paragraphs later, he says, But... I got shot. And Told me... I was dead
There are quite a few more lines like that.
I stared at her dully, which was probably the only was I was capable of staring at the moment. Then I croaked, "I'm... alive?"
A few paragraphs later, he says, But... I got shot. And Told me... I was dead
There are quite a few more lines like that.
And they all have the feeling of being ridiculously theatrical. Read the parts before. He's thinking about his body, the aches and pains, and how he's starving, none of which make sense if he thinks he's dead. He was just putting on an act so Mab wouldn't know he expected to come back. That's how I read it, anyway.
I think this is one of those things where it's patently obvious to the readers, but the main character is completely oblivious until its explained to him. Which is a little unfortunate, but I guess we did have the advantage of knowing that more books were coming.
Well, it was obvious to us. But I also see clear signs that Harry was aware of it.
Ghost Story is out
- 26/07/2011 09:44:33 AM
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What did you think of it?
- 26/07/2011 04:56:26 PM
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The short version?
- 26/07/2011 11:12:10 PM
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I agree. But I wasn't expecting anything more, so no big disappointment
- 27/07/2011 11:02:45 PM
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Having thought about it for 24 hours *we're into SPOILER territory here on in folks*
- 27/07/2011 11:22:15 PM
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Yeah, it also suggests future books will have less of some characters
- 28/07/2011 03:09:04 AM
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Here There be *Spoilers* Quasi-Review
- 29/07/2011 06:25:36 AM
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Re: Here There be *Spoilers* Quasi-Review
- 31/07/2011 03:13:38 PM
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Woohoo! Finally finished it! ...not bad. I have two major questions about the plot (spoilers)
- 31/07/2011 05:24:44 PM
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As I understand it
- 31/07/2011 06:02:39 PM
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Yeah. The individual bits were awesome, but it does seem like it wasn't a very coherent whole
- 31/07/2011 06:11:25 PM
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As to point 2...
- 31/07/2011 06:16:17 PM
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Fair enough. Though I'm pretty sure your second paragraph is wrong
- 31/07/2011 11:34:05 PM
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Nah...
- 01/08/2011 12:42:00 AM
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Eh. I think you're projecting what we know to be true as readers
- 01/08/2011 03:59:04 AM
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Not really...
- 01/08/2011 05:13:36 AM
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Well
- 31/07/2011 08:45:17 PM
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How would that do that?
- 31/07/2011 11:37:08 PM
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Some things I liked: (Butters is basically Neville Longbottom, btw)
- 31/07/2011 06:08:39 PM
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Re: Ghost Story is out
- 02/08/2011 02:16:19 PM
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I'll be honest, I was expecting a different interpretation of next book's title
- 02/08/2011 02:29:10 PM
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that would be cheating wouldn't it
- 02/08/2011 02:56:03 PM
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