Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) in End of the Series Reading Challenge

Jul 10, 2010 Nicole rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Wow... what else can you say about the final installment of the instantly classic Harry Potter series? This is my second time reading this one, and I couldn't believe how much I'd forgotten! Thank God they're splitting the movie into two parts, otherwise someone was going to lose their head with all the material they would have left out. J.K. Rowling couldn't have made the ending to an epic series any better and I love her writing style. A must-read if you're a Harry Potter fan (even if you have Wow... what else can you say about the final installment of the instantly classic Harry Potter series? This is my second time reading this one, and I couldn't believe how much I'd forgotten! Thank God they're splitting the movie into two parts, otherwise someone was going to lose their head with all the material they would have left out. J.K. Rowling couldn't have made the ending to an epic series any better and I love her writing style. A must-read if you're a Harry Potter fan (even if you haven't read all the other books and have only seen the movies, this is totally worth it).

**SPOILERS!!!**
For the love of Job, do NOT read past this point. You will be sorely disappointed when I tell the world who dies and how mad I am about it and the whole thing turns out.
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Why did anyone have to die, first of all? Truth is, all those people dying is realistic and I'm almost surprised more main characters didn't die, but I mean come on. This isn't an adult book (it's geared way more towards kids) and so maybe so many people didn't have to die.
Poor Lupin, Tonks, Mad-Eye, Dobby, and Fred. Thos are the only ones I really care about... And surprisingly Snape as well. If you're reading this part that means that you've read the book and so I'm sure you know why. I can't believe he was a double agent! When I read that the first time I was like meh? and had to read that part over again to make sure I was getting the picture. It's sad that he dies and never was able to tell Harry all those things in person that he found out through the Pensieve. Totally forgot that Dumbledore already had a death sentence because of the stupid curse on the stupid Horcrux. But it worked out in a way, though it would have been nice if he had told Harry more about what the hell he was supposed to be doing!
Thank God for Ron and Hermione! That's what I really like about these stories. If Harry had been arrogant (or completely self-sacrificing) and decided to do all of this alone, he would have been dead so fast it's ridiculous. But with the help of his friends, he made it through it all without getting killed.
That's so weird that Harry's soul was a Horcrux. Okay maybe not all of his soul, but part of it. Part of Voldemort latched onto Harry's soul when he couldn't kill him as a baby. And so that part of Harry's sould had to be killed... meaning Harry had to die. But he didn't die because that seriously be the worst ending ever in the history of literature! Voldemort only killed the part of Harry that was Voldemort's piece of his soul, and so Harry lived to finally defeat Voldemort once and for all. And Neville... thank you Neville! Finally that stupid snake (and Horcrux) is gone for good along with its master.
There were so many things going on in this book, it felt like there WERE two parts to the story. I loved this book for the second time and always will. ...more

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Feb 18, 2011 Louisa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Oh, this book was so freaking great! So much happens, and it was so enjoyable, and yet there were hard parts! Now to finally read the Cursed Child for the first time!

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