i'm currently re-reading the harry potter series. i find that the first three books will snap me out of whatever funk i am in. and then after that it's just mostly depressing and overwhelming. what has been most interesting to me is the difference in what is sad this time around. you see, i read the books very quickly about 2 years ago... finishing them all in under two months. and then a few months ago i re-read the first three book and decided that was good enough. and then about a month ago i started re-reading the entire series and tonight i finished book 6 and will begin book 7 shortly.
the first time i read the series, there were two moments that made me sad. the first was when dumbledore died. i suppose it was mostly shock at that point b/c i did not see it coming at all (i had only seen movies 1 & 4 in the theater and hardly remembered them b/c it had been years... also i really didn't like dumbledore. i think b/c i read the series so quickly it was difficult for me to trust him.). and the second time was when dobby died. that actually made me cry. real book tears.
this time (keeping in mind that i haven't read book 7 yet) it was when sirius and harry are making plans for harry to go live with him. there is just something so sad about seeing how happy they are knowing it won't last. that in just about a year sirius will be dead and harry will be alone again. this is exactly why people shouldn't know what happens in the future. all it does is ruin present happiness. ::shakes fist at time travelers::
the second sad moment was when fleur first sees bill after he has been attacked by fenrir the werewolf and she has that fight with molly saying 'you think bill won't love me anymore?' i don't know why that made me cry but for whatever reason it was very touching.
good books are amazing. they adjust themselves to where we are in life... they become what we need them to be. they speak differently to us because they are alive in our minds and so we each connect with them differently. i guess what i'm trying to say is...
BOOKS IS GOOD.
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Books IS good!
You've hit on my favorite thing about books and movies - seeing what strikes you about them each time you read/watch them, in accordance to where you are in your life and what you've experienced. They're the only things that are truly static.
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