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*Spoiler Alert concerning Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*

I went and bought a copy of HP and the Deathly Hallows Saturday afternoon and finished it about an hour ago.
I must say it was the most frustrating, gripping and satisfying book yet. A mostly fitting end to a well loved series.

Frustrating? For Harry and his friends. They couldn’t get a break almost the entire time. They had so many excruciatingly close calls. Oooooo, I was ticked at Harry’s stupidity in saying Voldemort’s name.

Gripping? Think of hearing Hermione scream under the Cruciatus curse and Ron banging the dungeon walls knowing she might be dying and there was nothing he could do.
Think of Harry realizing he must die, a man marked, accepting his fate, not even saying good-bye to those he loved. That trudge toward Voldemort was the seemingly longest most emotion invoking passage I’ve read in a long time. Yup, I was bawling.

Satisfying? Some may think of the twist in the story as being a rip off. A cheap way to keep Potter alive. Maybe it is. I didn’t quite understand it enough to make that call.(must re-read some things) :) I would have been sad but fine with his death, I thought it might be necessary. But I’m satisfied nontheless.
There was no question I wanted Ron and Hermione to both pull through and I was thrilled they did.

And as for Snape. I never really doubted where his loyalties would fall. I didn’t know why they were so deeply embedded however and was very glad Rowling answered that. He was perhaps to me the greatest hero of all. Acting the villain, knowing that the truth might never come to light.

I feel the epilogue was unecessary. I would much rather Rowling have left that out, opening up the possibility of spin offs based on certain characters.

All in all though, I am not disappointed with how the series has ended. Thank you J.K. Rowling for 7 fantastic reads!

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July 23, 2007 | Filed Under Random | 18 Comments