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Shelby asked this question about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7):

Why did it have to end so soon? When will J.K. Rowling write another book? Why do so many people hate on the Harry Potter book series?

Russell I think I am similar to you, in that I don't want amazing things that I love to ever end. I would gladly take more Harry Potter, even if he wasn't the…moreI think I am similar to you, in that I don't want amazing things that I love to ever end. I would gladly take more Harry Potter, even if he wasn't the central character in the story.

They're doing that play now, so my great hope is that she novelizes the play, and that it will contain a decent amount of Harry, Hermione and Ron (plus others) in addition to Harry's sons and new faces we haven't seen before.

I don't think the next story has to be as epic a battle, although judging from wizarding history, it seems there is no shortage of wizards who go bad and great conflicts, so it should hardly be difficult to find suitable material. The best parts of the book, in my opinion, weren't the epic fight scenes, but the characters she created, how they interacted with each other and world that she built around them. The same basic story, in my opinion, could've been told by a different person, and it might've been terribly uninspired.

Ultimtately, I would love another book series from JK, although at the moment, she unfortunately feels content with cashing in on the success with movie series (Fantastic Beasts), barely satiating the most hardcore fans with Pottermore, and making weird choices like stageplays that a very limited number of lucky fans will ever get to enjoy.

As for people who make fun of the series? I was one of those people, because I had never read them, the movies looked dumb to me as a cynical teenager, and I wanted to make fun of the people who loved them by saying dumb things like "Harry Pothead". I discovered these series many years later, after I had already graduated college and was working in my profession, and I loved them. It made me feel dumb for not getting into it sooner.(less)

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