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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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bookshelves: favorites, fantasy, ya, science-fiction, classics, 100-book-challenge
Dec 18, 2013
bookshelves: favorites, fantasy, ya, science-fiction, classics, 100-book-challenge
This is one of those series' that you think "wow there's 7 books this'll go on forever!" but really, it was over in a blink of an eye! I can see why people are calling for J.K. Rowling to do a spin-off series or something! I'm on the brink of joining them! This series is a work of art, literally and figuratively. I am a hurricane of emotions throughout this book. I simply ADORED the ending but at the same time, I hated it for the sole reason that it represented the end of one of my all time favorite series. I'll stop wallowing in my feelings now and get down to business.
All right. So the characters. I have to say that Harry is my favorite character along with Ginny and then Lupin coming up in close seconds. I know that is so stereotypical of me to love the main character more than the others but I feel like we (as readers) get to know Harry so much more than the others. Yes Ron and Hermione are also main characters but we don't see so much of their deeper thoughts and such. With that said, I feel like all the characters were wonderfully developed according to their role in the plot-line. If all the characters were developed as much as Harry, it would be quite an overwhelming story! In most good books I've read, I've found that the best books always develop 1-2 characters deeply and then going down the levels from there. Also, throughout the series, I definitely saw growth in all the characters. They all seemed to act their age as if Ms. Rowling was drawing on her own childhood experiences, altering them slightly, and placing them in the story.
The plot. The first thing I noticed while reading through this series was the way the books seemed to get thicker and thicker as the series progressed. Now this could be merely coincidental and not at all intentional but my take on this is as Harry grows up and matures, he notices more and more just starts happening because he is coming of age and all his problems are catching up with him (or more accurately, he is just starting to be more aware of his problems with Voldemort). So while he was young, the books are thinner and when he is older and more experienced, the books are thicker. Beyond that, I loved the plot-line. It was the perfect mix of little plots that all added up to the overall scheme that came together perfectly in The Deathly Hallows. Not a lot of series' this long are able to find that perfect mix of subplots and the large plot overall but Ms. Rowling was able to do it.
I realize I'm rambling a little here so I'll wrap it up. If you like young adult or fantasy or just love books at all, I highly recommend this series. I know that when I write, I'll definitely keep the format of this series in mind.
Thank you Ms. Rowling for writing this series and forcing me to learn some things about myself - 5 stars!
All right. So the characters. I have to say that Harry is my favorite character along with Ginny and then Lupin coming up in close seconds. I know that is so stereotypical of me to love the main character more than the others but I feel like we (as readers) get to know Harry so much more than the others. Yes Ron and Hermione are also main characters but we don't see so much of their deeper thoughts and such. With that said, I feel like all the characters were wonderfully developed according to their role in the plot-line. If all the characters were developed as much as Harry, it would be quite an overwhelming story! In most good books I've read, I've found that the best books always develop 1-2 characters deeply and then going down the levels from there. Also, throughout the series, I definitely saw growth in all the characters. They all seemed to act their age as if Ms. Rowling was drawing on her own childhood experiences, altering them slightly, and placing them in the story.
The plot. The first thing I noticed while reading through this series was the way the books seemed to get thicker and thicker as the series progressed. Now this could be merely coincidental and not at all intentional but my take on this is as Harry grows up and matures, he notices more and more just starts happening because he is coming of age and all his problems are catching up with him (or more accurately, he is just starting to be more aware of his problems with Voldemort). So while he was young, the books are thinner and when he is older and more experienced, the books are thicker. Beyond that, I loved the plot-line. It was the perfect mix of little plots that all added up to the overall scheme that came together perfectly in The Deathly Hallows. Not a lot of series' this long are able to find that perfect mix of subplots and the large plot overall but Ms. Rowling was able to do it.
I realize I'm rambling a little here so I'll wrap it up. If you like young adult or fantasy or just love books at all, I highly recommend this series. I know that when I write, I'll definitely keep the format of this series in mind.
Thank you Ms. Rowling for writing this series and forcing me to learn some things about myself - 5 stars!
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Quotes Laura Liked
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
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― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.”
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“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”
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― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again.
"So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking...”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking...”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.”
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― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students.
"Don’t let it worry you," said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Don’t let it worry you," said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“There was a clatter as the basilisk fangs cascaded out of Hermione's arms. Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet.
"Is this the moment?" Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. "OI! There's a war going on here!"
Ron and Hermione broke apart, their arms still around each other.
"I know, mate," said Ron, who looked as though he had recently been hit on the back of the head with a Bludger, "so it's now or never, isn't it?"
"Never mind that, what about the Horcrux?" Harry shouted. "D'you think you could just --- just hold it in, until we've got the diadem?"
"Yeah --- right --- sorry ---" said Ron, and he and Hermione set about gathering up fangs, both pink in the face.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Is this the moment?" Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. "OI! There's a war going on here!"
Ron and Hermione broke apart, their arms still around each other.
"I know, mate," said Ron, who looked as though he had recently been hit on the back of the head with a Bludger, "so it's now or never, isn't it?"
"Never mind that, what about the Horcrux?" Harry shouted. "D'you think you could just --- just hold it in, until we've got the diadem?"
"Yeah --- right --- sorry ---" said Ron, and he and Hermione set about gathering up fangs, both pink in the face.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley.
George's fingers groped for the side of his head.
"Saintlike," he murmured.
"What's wrong with him?" croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?"
"Saintlike," repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see...I'm HOLEY, Fred, geddit?”
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George's fingers groped for the side of his head.
"Saintlike," he murmured.
"What's wrong with him?" croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?"
"Saintlike," repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see...I'm HOLEY, Fred, geddit?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“He must have known I'd want to leave you."
"No, he must have known you would always want to come back.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"No, he must have known you would always want to come back.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred.
"Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?"
"Vaguely," said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?"
"I forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?"
"Vaguely," said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?"
"I forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it’s safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that’s still likely to be the last thing you ever do.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it.
"Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than falling asleep.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than falling asleep.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Every second he breathed, the smell of the grass, the cool air on his face, was so precious: To think that people had years and years, time to waste, so much time it dragged, and he was clinging to each second.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“We did it, we bashed them wee Potter's the one, and Voldy's gone moldy, so now let's have fun!”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Look...at...me..." he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?'
Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here. ”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I am sorry too," said Lupin. "Sorry I will never know [my son]... but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand I was trying to make a world in which he could live a happier life.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked, limping back to his bed.
"Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said Hermione. "When we're looking for the Horcruxes."
"Oh, of course," said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library".”
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"Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said Hermione. "When we're looking for the Horcruxes."
"Oh, of course," said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library".”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Great, tell me when you've defeated Voldemort for me, will you?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“So why in the name of Merlin’s saggy left —”
“Don’t talk to your mother like that.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Don’t talk to your mother like that.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“You think I'm a fool?" demanded Harry.
"No, I think you're like James," said Lupin, "who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"No, I think you're like James," said Lupin, "who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Luna had decorated her bedroom ceiling with five beautifully painted faces: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville. They were not moving as the portraits at Hogwarts moved, but there was a certain magic about them all the same: Harry thought they breathed. What appeared to be fine golden chains wove around the pictures, linking them together, but after examining them for a minute or so, Harry realized that the chains were actually one word, repeated a thousand times in golden ink: friends . . . friends . . . friends . . .”
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― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I wish...I wish I were dead...”
“And what use would that be to anyone?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“And what use would that be to anyone?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Hermione launched herself forwards and started punching every inch of him that she could reach.
'Ouch — ow — gerroff! What the — ? Hermione — OW!'
“You — complete — arse — Ronald — Weasley!”
She punctuated every word with a blow: Ron backed away, shielding his head as Hermione advanced.”
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'Ouch — ow — gerroff! What the — ? Hermione — OW!'
“You — complete — arse — Ronald — Weasley!”
She punctuated every word with a blow: Ron backed away, shielding his head as Hermione advanced.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“But this is touching, Severus,” said Dumbledore seriously. “Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?”
“For him?” shouted Snape. “Expecto Patronum!”
From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe. She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
“After all this time?”
“Always,” said Snape.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“For him?” shouted Snape. “Expecto Patronum!”
From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe. She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
“After all this time?”
“Always,” said Snape.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Yeah 'ear 'ear," said George, with half a glance at Fred, the corner of whose mouth twitched.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Xenophilius Lovegood," he said, extending a hand to Harry. "My daughter and I live over the hill, so kind of the Weasleys to invite us. I think you know my Luna?" he added to Ron.
"Yes" said Ron. "Isn't she with you?"
"She lingered in that charming little garden to say hello to the gnomes, such a glorious infestation! How few wizards realize just how much we can learn from the wise little gnomes — or, to give then their correct names, the Gernumbli gardensi."
"Ours do know a lot of excellent swear words," said Ron, "but I think Fred and George taught them those.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Yes" said Ron. "Isn't she with you?"
"She lingered in that charming little garden to say hello to the gnomes, such a glorious infestation! How few wizards realize just how much we can learn from the wise little gnomes — or, to give then their correct names, the Gernumbli gardensi."
"Ours do know a lot of excellent swear words," said Ron, "but I think Fred and George taught them those.”
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“Hello, Minister!" bellowed Percy, sending a neat jinx straight at Thicknesse, who dropped his wand and clawed at the front of his robes, apparently in awful discomfort. "Did I mention I'm resigning?”
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― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you ever meet some veela when you're off doing whatever you're doing.'
I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest.'
There's a silver lining I've been looking for,' she whispered, and then she was kissing him as she never kissed him before, and Harry was kissing her back, and it was a blissful oblivion, better than firewhiskey; she was the only real thing in the world, Ginny, the feel of her, one hand on her back, the other in her long sweet-smelling hair...”
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I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest.'
There's a silver lining I've been looking for,' she whispered, and then she was kissing him as she never kissed him before, and Harry was kissing her back, and it was a blissful oblivion, better than firewhiskey; she was the only real thing in the world, Ginny, the feel of her, one hand on her back, the other in her long sweet-smelling hair...”
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“The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Ooh, you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry" said Hermione, before catching sight of Ron's raised eyebrows, blushing slightly and saying "oh you know what I mean - Goyle's Potion looked like bogies.”
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― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.”
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― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I'm Draco Malfoy, I'm Draco, I'm on your side!"
Draco was on the upper landing, pleading with another masked Death Eater. Harry Stunned the Death Eater as they passed: Malfoy looked around, beaming, for his savior, and Ron punched him from under the cloak. Malfoy fell backward on top of the Death Eater, his mouth bleeding, utterly bemused.
"And that's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!" Ron yelled.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Draco was on the upper landing, pleading with another masked Death Eater. Harry Stunned the Death Eater as they passed: Malfoy looked around, beaming, for his savior, and Ron punched him from under the cloak. Malfoy fell backward on top of the Death Eater, his mouth bleeding, utterly bemused.
"And that's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!" Ron yelled.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive.”
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― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Hide them all, then. Keep her – them – safe. Please.'
And what will you give me in return, Severus?'
In – in return? Anything.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
And what will you give me in return, Severus?'
In – in return? Anything.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour.
“No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Reading Progress
December 18, 2013
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to-read
December 18, 2013
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March 18, 2014
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Started Reading
March 28, 2014
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favorites
March 28, 2014
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fantasy
March 28, 2014
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ya
March 28, 2014
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science-fiction
March 28, 2014
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classics
March 28, 2014
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Finished Reading
April 6, 2014
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100-book-challenge
