I'm good either way. This book went by so quickly for me (5 hours reading time) that the thought of waiting another 4 years or more is maddening. I want to resolve as many questions as possible, as soon as possible; but above all, I want it to be as good as Rowling can make it.
I started to say "there's nothing sacred about seven" but then remembered that 7 is a good medicine number for my mother's tribe, and one I use a lot myself. But if the only reason for seven volumes is the Hogwarts school cycle, then to hell with the seven.
Many people would assume, of course, that the only reason to take it beyond seven volumes is to milk the readers for more money by stretching things out as long as possible (a/k/a [Robt.] Jordan's Disease). In fact, I have never felt that Rowling is padding things, or deliberately introducing complications so that she can spend extra pages resolving them.
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I started to say "there's nothing sacred about seven" but then remembered that 7 is a good medicine number for my mother's tribe, and one I use a lot myself. But if the only reason for seven volumes is the Hogwarts school cycle, then to hell with the seven.
Many people would assume, of course, that the only reason to take it beyond seven volumes is to milk the readers for more money by stretching things out as long as possible (a/k/a [Robt.] Jordan's Disease). In fact, I have never felt that Rowling is padding things, or deliberately introducing complications so that she can spend extra pages resolving them.