u/engineerdrummer

I wasn't expecting to die during the most intensely real nightmare I'd ever had.

I had just turned 18 when I finished the series for the first time. I don't party for audible, but I use Amazon music as my streaming service. They allow one book a month without additional payment so I listened to them over the course of 7 months. I didn't even know the full cast edition was a thing until after I listened to the first book. But I had a similar sense of "come on next month!" And now that I've finished it, I feel the same sadness I felt then. I knew generally what was going to happen, but it had been 10 years at least since I read the entire series through. The sense of loss after all the deaths, particularly Fred, because he died being proud of Percy and laughing with him. I also have that craving for more. It's insatiable. I feel empty now that is done. I started reading Tales of Beedle the Bard to my 4 year old last night. I then started reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them after he went to bed. But I can't shake the melancholy from the ride and the end of the story, with so much loss. It brought back so many happy memories. And now it's over.

This series is so well done and I didn't know how much i missed it until I finished it. I thought you guys would appreciate this because the audio books have been talked about here a whole lot recently.