So, Harry Potter The Last is coming out, and the question remains: How are you going to hide from the world? If the Sopranos ending taught us anything, it's that there is nobody you can trust. NPR will compare the book's outcome to the current political climate. Somethingawful will make joking, pretend fake spoilers a week before the book comes out, and then make fun of people who complain by revealing the real spoilers. Someone in your favorite forum will forget to use the [spoiler] tag.
And of course, there are your co-workers. Your fellow readers might understand, but the people who only watch the movies are a danger.
Of course, all of this might not be enough. I honestly don't think Harry is going to end the book with his heart being torn out by Voldemort... but if it does, complete strangers are going to run up to you, screaming "Harry's Dead! Harry's Dead!"
You might just not want to go outside for a few days.
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As someone who has listened to the entire series on audiobook and doesn't intend to change, this really pisses me off.
What? I'm supposed to rush through the whole thing in 48 hours just because everyone else consumed the thing in half that time? One of the pleasures of listening to a book is that you can more throroughly immerse yourself in it over a long course of time. And for anyone who's heard Jim Dale's narration for the series, that's the real tragedy about it ending.
It's times like this where I'm glad the press on Lost is devoted to a hardcore audience.
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