Sooooo...New Title

[meddow]

I’m suspicious.

This probably sounds incredibly stupid and most likely is. But…

It doesn’t feel right, not when compared to the titles of previous books. There's never been an adjective before. It wasn’t Harry Potter and the Terribly Secret Chamber.

Have we got confirmation from the publishers? Or JKR? All the reports I've come across are only going by the website.

ETA: Okay, so it's use has been pretty widespread and there's been usuage by the publishers.

Still it just doesn’t seem to match the pattern. Maybe I just want to find fault because I don't particularly like it.

Not that I can speak. Some of my fics have truly awful titles.

EATA: Adverb? Adjective? All I know it is ain't a noun, that I suck and that my various English teachers should be fired.

Comments

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

Not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. In this case, "deathly" describes the hallows. "Lovely" and "friendly" are like this.

And to the OP: Yeah, I'm not too into this title. It reminds me of "HP and the Doomspell Tournament".

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

True. In this case, "deathly" is an adjective rather than an adverb. :)