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What do you say? The end of a popular, well-done series.
The beginning, still, perhaps, of an era. It has long seemed inevitable that with competition from all the other modern forms of media, that print, or more importantly, prose, would suffer a long downhill slide that would never kill it, but could make it... 'least among equals' with other artforms.
But the continuing popularity of the series, the record-setting sales, the passion these books have engendered in the very generation that it was ...more
The beginning, still, perhaps, of an era. It has long seemed inevitable that with competition from all the other modern forms of media, that print, or more importantly, prose, would suffer a long downhill slide that would never kill it, but could make it... 'least among equals' with other artforms.
But the continuing popularity of the series, the record-setting sales, the passion these books have engendered in the very generation that it was ...more
For the first time in the series, I was able to read the book straight through. I finished it exactly 24 hours after I got the book at the midnight party, only stopping for 3 hours of sleep, to walk the dogs, and for a little food. It was well worth it! I won't reveal any of the secrets because they are so important to realize on your own. I cried three times, some for deaths and some just for nostalgia. I am so sad to see this story end. I thought that Rowling did not disappoint because, yet ag
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I was very disappointed with the conclusion. The way everything came to a head was nice, though the death to life though was a little cliché even if it did work. I just didn't like how the last chapter didn't come together. It skipped so much information! It was like "He's dead!" to "Kids!" Someone in the comments linked an interview with Rowling which answered a lot of questions but I really think the end should have been less jarring.
The whole series is fun to read. I'm going to see if I can g ...more
The whole series is fun to read. I'm going to see if I can g ...more
What an amazing ending to such a series! I could not put it down! It made me happy, sad, and everything in between all at once. I can't believe the series is over, but what JK has done for children's books and reading all around is amazing. Read the whole series and look in between the lines for what she is saying.
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I'm not a big JKR fan, as her writing style is just not my cup of tea most days, but the style gets better in the latter half of the series. On book 7, while some things were predictable, she threw in enough surprises to make it interesting reading. Good brain candy. ;-)
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Sometimes it was Harry Potter and the silly plot devices, but it ended it for me in a satisfying way, more or less.
I couldn't put down this excellent ending to Rowling's Harry Potter series.
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