Rough Couple Days for Cory About This Page:

[Nimros]

***WARNING - Could be spoilers below if your haven't read/seen HPHBP***

My oldest DD and I have read all J.K. Rowlings books inside out and upside down about a bazillion times. The younger girls, however, have only seen the movies - we were very careful never to revealed any of the plots of the later books to them so they could enjoy it. It wasn't until recently that they expressed an interest in the books, so for the past several months I've been reading Harry Potter books to them. They're on the 6th book right now, and they were trying desperately to finish it before we went to see the movie.

So - at park day earlier this week, Cory mentions to one of the kids there that she is trying to finish the book before she sees the movie so she's not surprised. And this k-i-d (I'm trying to use a nice name here) very deliberately told her who the half Blood Prince was!!! GRrrrrrrrrr!! I wanted to strangle him, I'll admit it.

Of course, she was really upset at him for ruining one of the secrets of the book and spoiling the whole thing. It really bothered her all night (she cried) - but said she wanted to try to finish the book before our movie date. Well, there was no way we could have finished as we were only halfway through, but we gave it a valiant effort. She knew she'd find out the whole story soon enough.

I don't think Cory was prepared for the final moments of HBP today - she sobbed silently through the ending, cried all through the credits and all the way back to the car. Everyone was looking at her and saying, "Awwww" and asking each other if they cried, too.

Anyways, I think she's been through enough of an emotional rollercoaster for one week!

[Pris]

The ending is definitely a tear jerker and I shed tears as well when I read the book and at the movie.

[rescuesk]

Aw, poor thing! I haven't even read the books and I feel bad for her. that the week gets better!

[Fortissimo]

Poor kid! Give Cory a huge hug and tell her I cried when I read the book. I haven't seen the movie yet.

[pflamingo]

OMG - I was totally boo-hooing through the whole end of the book - and I mean sobbing. I was okay in the movie til the very last scene. Then I choked up, and so did my DH2B.

Poor sweetie! Can you find a way to tell her it's all okay in the end, without giving away anything?

[jjjmranch]

I was quite upset with the ending of the book. I haven't seen the movie yet, but somehow movies don't give me the same "emotion" as reading the book.

[mcc0313]

Kids can be so mean sometimes...

[chezp]

Poor thing...

[home4us123]

Awwww

[dluvsdisney]

So sorry!

[dejavu]

Aw, poor kid. My older kids and I have also read the books over and over. My DS, 11, needed to do some summer reading so I asked him to read book six. He was reluctant due to its size, but once he started, he couldn't put it down. I told him we wouldn't see the movie until he finished it first. I think it softened the blow a little. DH, on the other hand, looked like he lost his best friend when I glanced over at him near the end of the movie. He has only seen the movies and we haven't let any secrets out along the way.

DS also finally could see why we've been prodding him to read the books all along. After the movie he kept saying "They left so much out! There were only a few seconds of each thing!" Yep.

[Disney_Scarlett]

Awwww.

[chelle89]

I cried through the ending of the book and the movie...

[BelmontBelle]

I hope Cory is feeling better today.

[Cam22]

I'm pretty sure that my crying during the end of the 6th book would be classified as sobbing and very near wailing. I was so unprepared. At the movie, I too did a lot of silent crying because it still hurt. Hope her week gets better.