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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: book review

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Warned you once: there’re spoilers in here about books six and seven. Read on at your peril…

This was the most highly anticipated book release of the year, and rightly so. Harry Potter is a worldwide phenomenon, and the books and films have earned some serious cash.

Personally, I was desperate to read this book, the fact there had been leaks and numerous rumours going round only made me more excited and curious as to what the final book in the series had in store for our young hero. J K Rowling’s own comments on the Jonathan Ross show made me think he was going to die, so I had prepared myself for the worst.

To recap: poor Dumbledore has been murdered by Snape, leaving Harry with a monstrous task – he must destroy the remaining Horcruxes (parts of Voldemort’s soul hidden in objects to make him immortal) and only then would he be able to kill the Dark Lord once and for all. So Harry, Ron and Hermione set off together on their quest.

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On the way, they run into many problems, but somehow, everything seems to work out. The attraction between Ron and Hermione becomes more and more obvious, I even found myself rolling my eyes in a Hermione-like way when they refused to admit their feelings for one another. There’s no time for dilly-dallying when Voldemort’s after you, is there?

Then things began to get confusing. As well as there just being Horcruxes to look for, there were now something called Hallows. You have to concentrate and remember what they’re talking about, and pay attention when the story of their origination is told, or you won’t have a clue.

So Hallows are nothing to do with Voldemort, as such, except there’s a wand which is unbeatable knocking around, and the Dark Lord, furious at the failure of his own wand, wants this one to finish The Boy Who Lived off.

And so the story continues. The book is full of the usual gripping action, and I was in anticipation of a sobbing fit when I got towards the end, so I had tissues at the ready. However, none came. After awaiting a chapter that had, apparently, made J K Rowling herself cry when she wrote it, I was expecting something really special and emotional, particularly as she’d also said some main characters die. I had a tear in my eye, but it was nowhere near as emotional as Dumbledore’s death. I cried more over poor Dobby earlier in the book.

There was nothing in the book that I thought was predictable, which is obviously a good thing. I wouldn’t have guessed Harry was a Horcrux if it hadn’t been circulated on the Internet previously, so I can’t count that.

I was immensely pleased that Bellatrix Lestrange got her comeuppance, but I thought it would have been so much more satisfying had “the boy with the balls” Longbottom finished her off. Also, why the hell is Draco “the bastard” Malfoy still alive? I wanted to kill him in the first book!

I thought the book was ace, because it’s Harry Potter , after all. However I thought Rowling really cheated herself out of what could have been a much more powerful and dramatic ending.

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I don’t want to include too many spoilers in here, but to say what I really want to say, I’ll have to. I was expecting one of the three main characters to die, and to sob my little heart out. I was even expecting Harry to die. But Rowling copped out. Totally.

She may as well have written “And they all lived happily ever after.” But in all fairness, I don’t think I’ve have killed a character that had made me that much money either. She’s too far away from retirement to throw away a guaranteed cash cow.

Lucy Felthouse

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

From the harry potter series , vol. 7.

by J.K. Rowling & illustrated by Mary GrandPré ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 21, 2007

Following the lead of its six preceding episodes this one may be sprawling, untidy and, particularly in its treatment of...

The epic adventure ends where, and as, it should in this long-awaited heart- (and, predictably, door-) stopping closer. With the entire tale now laid out, it easier to see the themes and qualities that not only bind it into one coherent, humongous saga, but have also so strongly bound millions of readers to its decade-long unfolding.

Many of those themes—the Hero’s Journey, the wonder of magic-working, the cluelessness of grown-ups, the sweet confusion of adolescence—are standard fare in stories for young readers (or readers who remember being young), but Rowling has shown uncommon skill in playing them with and against each other, and also woven them into a darn good bildungsroman, populated by memorable characters and infused with a saving, irrepressible sense of fun. In The Deathly Hallows , she opens with a vintage, riveting escape scene, then sends Harry, Ron and Hermione into a months-long flight from the ascendant and hotly pursuing forces of Lord Voldemort—this journey also becomes a desperate search for the remaining horcruxes that make him unkillable. Allies both known and unexpected gather to help, but it is strength of spirit and character that, particularly in Harry’s case, blossom here after developing throughout the series, carrying these “three teenagers in a tent whose only achievement was not, yet, to be dead,” past hopelessness, sharp divisions and other challenges to a decisive faceoff against a seemingly unconquerable adversary. There is a slow stretch toward the middle as the trio, having passed through a succession of refuges, hides out in the wilderness for some soul searching, but Rowling kicks up the pace in the second half. Strewing the plot with dueling spells, narrow squeaks and multiple corpses, lightening the load with well-placed humor and casting a sharp light on the flaws and graces of her characters, she builds to a suitably huge, compelling and, like illustrator Mary GrandPré’s chapter-head vignettes, stylish climactic battle on the grounds of Hogwarts.

Pub Date: July 21, 2007

ISBN: 978-0-545-01022-1

Page Count: 759

Publisher: Levine/Scholastic

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

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THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

From the school for good and evil series , vol. 1.

by Soman Chainani ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2013

Rich and strange (and kitted out with an eye-catching cover), but stronger in the set pieces than the internal logic.

Chainani works an elaborate sea change akin to Gregory Maguire’s Wicked (1995), though he leaves the waters muddied.

Every four years, two children, one regarded as particularly nice and the other particularly nasty, are snatched from the village of Gavaldon by the shadowy School Master to attend the divided titular school. Those who survive to graduate become major or minor characters in fairy tales. When it happens to sweet, Disney princess–like Sophie and her friend Agatha, plain of features, sour of disposition and low of self-esteem, they are both horrified to discover that they’ve been dropped not where they expect but at Evil and at Good respectively. Gradually—too gradually, as the author strings out hundreds of pages of Hogwarts-style pranks, classroom mishaps and competitions both academic and romantic—it becomes clear that the placement wasn’t a mistake at all. Growing into their true natures amid revelations and marked physical changes, the two spark escalating rivalry between the wings of the school. This leads up to a vicious climactic fight that sees Good and Evil repeatedly switching sides. At this point, readers are likely to feel suddenly left behind, as, thanks to summary deus ex machina resolutions, everything turns out swell(ish).

Pub Date: May 14, 2013

ISBN: 978-0-06-210489-2

Page Count: 496

Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins

Review Posted Online: Feb. 12, 2013

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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J.k. rowling delivers a truly magical finale..

[SPOILER WARNING: It should go without saying since you're reading a review of the book, but some spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are mentioned beyond this point. We're not giving everything away, but the structure of the novel and key plot points are discussed. You've been warned.]

With each novel in the boy-wizard series, Rowling seems to have evolved her characters along with her storytelling. Each book saw Harry, Ron, Hermione and friends changing and growing older, as Rowling's style matured in tandem. There's no doubt that she's grown as an author over the course of the series, but the evolution seems more like an intentional effort to have the complexity of the book itself mirror the state of the characters and the world they live in. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the culmination of all this. Far from the simple story of an orphan boy living under the stairs, we've now come to an epic showdown between the forces of good and evil. Appropriately, Hallows is a very different book than any of the previous ones. The sense of humor, wonderment, and charm that are present in many of the previous books is largely absent here. There are light moments, of course, but the time for cracking jokes about booger-flavored jelly beans is over. This is war.

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Rowling's writing style reflects the gravity of the events in her fantasy world, as she takes an overall get-down-to-business approach with her prose. That's not to say the book is overly straight-forward. And there are certain passages -- like the conversation between Harry and another character "at the close" -- that read more like epic poetry than something out of a modern-day fantasy novel.

The book is 36 chapters (759 pages in all) and seems to be presented in four movements. The action begins with Harry's departure from the Dursley's, but let's just say it's not exactly a trip to Platform 9 3/4 this time. We then follow Harry, Ron and Hermione on a quest through the English countryside, hiding from Death Eaters and in search of Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. The action then turns to the mystery of the Deathly Hallows -- a trio of legendary relics that have fascinated curious wizards for ages, including Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. Finally, the action comes to a gut-wrenching, edge-of-your-seat climax with the Battle of Hogwarts. Blood is shed, lives are lost, and Harry and Voldemort face-off once and for all.

We had high hopes that Rowling would leave no stone unturned in this last installment, and sure enough she manages to answer every single question and illuminate the secrets behind every mystery. What's the deal with Snape? Does Dumbledore have one last trick up his entombed sleeve? You'll find out.

Beyond just resolving outstanding issues, the author brings the entire series full circle by giving most of her memorable characters from the saga some sort of role to play in the finale -- everyone from Buckbeak the Hippogriff to Professor Trelawny sees some kind of action. And even after wrapping things up with a fine finish, Rowling delights by including a flash-forward epilogue that further satisfies our curiosity with a 30-something glimpse of the surviving heroes. She does all of this without ever making it feel cliché or forced.

In the end, things turned out a lot like we had anticipated, but Rowling kept us guessing right up until the very end. To her credit, Harry's world is one where the specter of death looms over everyone -- just like our own -- and we're never entirely sure about the safety of anyone.

The conclusion of Harry Potter's story is a masterfully told tale of love, loss, hope and the triumph of good over evil. And with this paramount work, J.K. Rowling secures her place in the pantheon of classic fantasy authors like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.

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Harry potter and the deathly hallows: harry potter, book 7.

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Grim, gripping end to the biggest saga in history.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 12+?

At least 50 heroic characters die in the final battle, including some who are ve

Wine, mead, champagne, fire whiskey, and brandy served to adults and older teens

Infrequent use of "damn" and "hell," plus "effing," "bastard," and one (very mem

Kissing and one bawdy joke.

Any Positive Content?

The whole series is full of positive messages about the power of love, friendshi

Harry finishes his hero's journey with bravery, daring, and self-sacrifice. He f

Author J.K. Rowling borrows from many established stories and myths to piece tog

Kingsley Shacklebolt is Black and is an important member of the Order of the Pho

Violence & Scariness

At least 50 heroic characters die in the final battle, including some who are very well loved. A very significant apparent death. Many other deaths on both sides, from curses, a giant snake, strangulation, and a stabbing. Scenes of torture, with characters writhing in pain, and some injuries that can't be healed by magic (e.g. an ear is cursed off). Violent action sequences include a flying motorcycle crash, explosions, snake attacks, kidnapping, a near-drowning, and a number of chases, duels with wands, and close-call escapes. Constant talk in the news about the deaths of both wizards and Muggles at the hands of Death Eaters. Stories recalled of tragic family deaths and an attack on a girl that left her permanently scarred, mentally. Harry finally visits his parents' gravesite and the home where they were killed.

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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

Wine, mead, champagne, fire whiskey, and brandy served to adults and older teens (you're considered of legal age at 17 in the wizarding world). Pipe smoke spotted at a wedding.

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Infrequent use of "damn" and "hell," plus "effing," "bastard," and one (very memorable) "bitch."

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Sex, Romance & Nudity

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Positive Messages

The whole series is full of positive messages about the power of love, friendship, and self-sacrifice. In this book, evil's reign must be overcome with many acts, big and small, of rebellion and sacrifice. Trust is also tested among friends and mentors.

Positive Role Models

Harry finishes his hero's journey with bravery, daring, and self-sacrifice. He faces a lot of doubt both about the task in front of him and about whether to trust Dumbledore, the mentor who set him on this difficult path. In the end he chooses trust and he accepts the fact that Dumbledore made mistakes in his life and learned from them -- he wasn't perfect. Ron faces so many doubts that he deserts his friends but later makes amends. Hermione is the stalwart character here. Her careful planning and considerations help the central trio survive on the run.

Educational Value

Author J.K. Rowling borrows from many established stories and myths to piece together her magical world. Kids can look up more about centaurs, elves, giants, hippogriffs, werewolves, vampires, acromantulas (giant spiders), inferi (reanimated dead), magic wands, flying brooms, etc., compare the author's take with other interpretations, and think about how and why she weaves these magical elements and beings into her stories. The registration and persecution of those who aren't "pure blood" witches or wizards mirrors the many times in real human history when those not of a certain race or religion have been persecuted and even systematically annihilated.

Diverse Representations

Kingsley Shacklebolt is Black and is an important member of the Order of the Phoenix. Students of color who fight in the climactic battle include Cho Chang, the Patil twins, Lee Jordan, and Angelina Johnson. Characters in the wizarding world face a lot of discrimination, especially for not being "pure- lood." In this book, it's gotten so bad that they're being rounded up, put on trial, and jailed. Harry and friends fight against this pure-blood mania with everything they have. Some diverse family structures are described: Harry grew up with his aunt and uncle, Neville with his grandmother, and Tom Riddle in an orphanage. Women have prominent roles at Hogwarts: Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout are both heads of houses.

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Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling' s series about an orphan who discovers that he's a wizard tasked with saving the magical world from the evil Lord Voldemort. There have been major character deaths since Book 4 . Here, so many notable characters die (or appear to die) that it's almost hard to keep track by the end. One or two deaths will really stick with readers, depending on who they liked best throughout the series. Get ready to have a few good cries with kids. Most happen in battle, but others are caused by curses, a giant snake, strangulation, and a stabbing. Scenes of torture are described, with characters writhing in pain, and characters sustain injuries that can't be healed by magic. Violent action sequences include a flying motorcycle crash, explosions, snake attacks, kidnapping, a near-drowning, and a number of chases, duels with wands, and close-call escapes. There's constant talk in the news about the deaths of both wizards and Muggles at the hands of Voldemort's followers. Harry finally visits his parents' gravesite and the home where they were killed. Other mature content includes some drinking -- Harry and friends are considered of-age in the wizarding world at 17 and drink wine, mead, and some hard alcohol, but never to excess. Swearing includes mostly "damn" and "hell" but also "effing," "bastard," and one very memorable use of "bitch." Harry finishes his hero's journey with bravery, daring, and self-sacrifice. He faces a lot of doubt both about the task in front of him and about whether to trust Dumbledore, the mentor who set him on his difficult path. In the end, he chooses trust and accepts the fact that Dumbledore wasn't perfect. Parents who want to learn more about the series (and spin-off movies and games) can read our Harry Potter by Age and Stage article .

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AWESOME BOOK

Its amazing but..., what's the story.

In HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, Harry has his assigned mission from Dumbledore: a hunt for hidden horcruxes (parts of Voldemort's soul). But he has an agonizingly long wait before he can get started. First he must send his Muggle relatives into hiding so Voldemort can't use them as bait. Then he must escape from the Dursleys' home when a protective charm breaks. This proves extremely difficult, even with the best aurors flying alongside him and a clever plan that results in several decoy Harry Potters. More than one life is lost when the heroes are attacked by Death Eaters on all sides. After a direct attack from Lord Voldemort, Harry is shocked to see his wand mysteriously act of its own accord to save him. Even after that ordeal, Harry still can't set off on his mission because Bill Weasley is getting married. Harry, Ron, and Hermione help with the preparations at the Burrow while trying to plan how they'll live on the run. But when the celebrations are interrupted by news of the Ministry of Magic's fall, the time for planning is over. Harry, Ron, and Hermione barely escape with their lives and are nearly caught by Snatchers -- a gang of wizard kidnappers -- in London. From there they hide out in Grimmauld Place, where they try to work out clues to find the only horcrux they know about: the locket stolen by the mysterious R.A.B. Luckily, the first hint is right in Grimmauld Place. Unluckily, Harry's scar is now bothering him constantly. His connection to Voldemort is stronger than it ever was, and the trio's search for horcruxes may not be a secret for long.

Is It Any Good?

There's everything in this epic fantasy finale and more: mysteries solved, institutions plundered, dragons ridden, sacrifices made, battles fought, and evil defeated. So much happens that not one but two movies were adapted from the last Harry Potter book. It would have been a crime to cut short any of the action scenes in the Ministry of Magic, Gringotts Bank, or the final battle at Hogwarts. All three places are impossible to break into or out of, and yet somehow Harry, Ron, and Hermione pull it off -- and with the kind of narrow nail-biter escapes fans have come to expect from the series.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows delivers the action sequences, but also a lot of mysteries to solve. There's so much to ponder about wand lore, Dumbledore's complicated past, Professor Snape's allegiances, the location of the final horcruxes, Kreacher's cruelty, and more. Wand lore is the most confusing to decipher, as well as the most clever and crucial element to the series' good-vs.-evil struggle. It will leave readers piecing together the complex puzzle until the very end. Dumbledore's past is a sore spot for Harry, who never wanted to see his hero as flawed but learns to accept the man he was -- the very relatable process of realizing that our parents and mentors are human, too. Snape's secrets are the most poignant and heartbreaking and drive Harry to his ultimate act of sacrifice. So many revelations are expertly woven together in the final act, so many beloved characters get their moment to shine (yay, Neville! yay, Mrs. Weasley!) that it's oh so hard to see the true magic of this series come to an end.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about all the loss of life in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Whose death hit you the hardest? Why? Were you braced for it, or did it catch you by surprise? All the known characters that died were willing to die for a cause greater than themselves. Does that make their deaths easier to bear?

A major theme tackled here is the terrible prejudice against those who are not from "pure blood" wizarding families. For not being the "right" kind of witch or wizard, they're ostracized and sent to jail. In real life, author J.K. Rowling has spoken out against the trans community and publicly stated her prejudice against them. Can you still appreciate the message presented in the book knowing that? How separate is a work from its author?

In the Deathly Hallows, Rowling shows Dumbledore in a new light, as a complicated and very flawed character instead of the infallible headmaster. Harry undergoes a period of anger and then finally reaches acceptance. Are we all Harry when faced with the flawed real selves of those we put on pedestals, whether they're authors, actors, or any public figure?

Book Details

Author : J. K. Rowling
Illustrator : Mary Grandpre
Genre : Fantasy
Topics : Magic and Fantasy , Adventures , Brothers and Sisters , Friendship , Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires
Character Strengths : Courage , Perseverance , Teamwork
Book type : Fiction
Publisher : Arthur A. Levine
Publication date : July 21, 2007
Number of pages : 759
Last updated : July 14, 2023

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It felt most strange to stand here in the silence and know that he was about to leave the house for the last time. Long ago, when he had been left alone while the Dursleys went out to enjoy themselves, the hours of solitude had been a rare treat: Pausing only to sneak something tasty from the fridge, he had rushed upstairs to play on Dudley’s computer, or put on the television and flicked through the channels to his heart’s content. It gave him an odd, empty feeling to remember those times; it was like remembering a younger brother whom he had lost.

“You’re right. But before you try to kill me, I’d advise you to think about what you’ve done. . . . Think, and try for some remorse, Riddle. . . .” “What is this?” Of all the things that Harry had said to him, beyond any revelation or taunt, nothing had shocked Voldemort like this. Harry saw his pupils contract to thin slits, saw the skin around his eyes whiten. “It’s your one last chance,” said Harry, “it’s all you’ve got left. . . . I’ve seen what you’ll be otherwise. . . . Be a man . . . try . . . Try for some remorse. . . .”

God, I can't even look at Minerva's face without thinking about how much I love her. I'd die for this woman. Book character and movie character. She is by far my favorite character of all time.

Now, let's talk about Deathly Hallows. This is for sure a new favorite of mine, alongside Goblet of Fire. The best two books in the entire series IF YOU REMOVE TWO THINGS:

1 Hedwig. A bird. A motherfucking freaking bird, in a MAGICAL UNIVERSE, DYING INSIDE HER OWN CAGE. Why the fuck did the bird die inside of a cage. WHY WAS THE BIRD NOT BIRDING.

OH YOU WERE THE BIGGEST SYMBOL OF THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE? WHO GIVES A FUCK. Let me give you the lamest, most insignificant death of all characters just because I feel like I have to start killing people so this feels like a final book.

*takes a deep breath*

I honestly don't care that she died. I care that she was not given a Heroic death. "Oh it represents the death of Harry Potter's innocence, she couldn't escape or defend herself, it was on purpose" nah it fucking wasn't.

I honestly think that JK Rowling already had Warner Brothers on her ass because the fifth movie had already been released, the universe was a MAJOR SUCCESS. And they needed a script for the sixth and seven movie ASAP. So she dropped the ball on a lot of things here, which brings me to my second point:

2 The wand transfer BULLSHIT. She 100% pulled that one out of her @ss just to try to make her ending make sense.

The elder wand is transferred to the one WHO KILLS THE WIZARD WHO WAS HOLDING IT. That's it. There is no: OH BUT I disarmed Draco, and Draco disarmed his mother, and his mother disarmed whoever the fuck ERGO It belong to Harry Potter all along. No, it didn't. The wand was always Snape's. Snape killed Dumbledore. The Elder Wand should have been Snape. And when Voldemort killed Snape, the wand WOULD TRANSFER TO VOLDEMORT. That's it.

She pulled an incorrect lore LAST MINUTE, just to make sure Harry won against Voldemort and that was stupid. The "wand choses the wizard" is only real when it's their FIRST WAND EVER. Not in the scenario of death and wizard's dueling.

But like I said, I will give JK Rowling a pass for two reasons. 1 the rest of this book was absolutely fantastic, an adventure for a life time. 2 I know that she was pressured into finishing this, I JUST KNOW IT. And you can't rush perfection.

Snape's memories. Oh God, Snape's memories. I mean I did NOT NEED ANY EXTRA REASONS TO ADORE him as a character. He's the best written character I've ever read about and will remain a favorite. He is a weirdo, like Dumbledore, like Malfoy, like Tom, like Harry even. I think the beauty of this world truly is how phenomenal and complex every single character in this universe is.

Do I feel like Draco needed a redemption ARC? Fuck no. They were all just children. I think while interacting with this fandom the thing I heard the most was: Snape is nothing but a bully. Draco is nothing but a bully. And I think there is NOTHING MORE small minded than describing ANY OF THESE CHARACTERS AS NOTHING BUT... Y'all need to read this series again or go back to school to develop better reading interpretation skills.

It truly enrages me when people say stuff like this. It is SO CLEAR AND OBVIOUS how much Rowling put into every single character. None of them were JUST SOMETHING... And even the Malfoy's near the end realized they made the wrong choice and just hold each other inside castle walls post battle and no one cares they're there.

None of the kids in this series need "redemption", they're all products of their parents or lack there of. Even Harry.

As for Dumbledore, I've been saying this for a while. He is just as morally grey as Snape is, but people are not ready for this conversation.

However... I don't blame him. He did the best he could with what he knew. Just like Snape. Harry would never have won this war if it wasn't for BOTH of them who clearly sacrificed everything they had. They did absolutely everything they could, so there's that.

Hermione and Ron just felt right! Ginny and Harry felt right! I was unbelievably happy with everyone's ending. Dobby, Fred and Hedwig were war casualties because SOMEONE ON THE GOOD SIDE HAD TO BE. So they were just sacrificial pieces, but that's ok lol

The ending? Cheesy as fuck. But more than appropriate for a Young Adult series.

And last but not least, I have to say, I can't wait to have children to read this to them. This was one of the most creative things I have ever read in my life. There is a reason HP is regarded as one of the best Fiction works in this world. Even with the small mistakes, JK Rowling is a genius. She invented a world that will live on forever in everyone's hearts and that's what this is all about.

Excited to jump into FANFIC world, because, even though I didn't shed a single tear at the end of this book... I am facing one of the worst book hangovers of my life lol

Anyways, just another Gryffindor signing out.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

By j.k. rowling.

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' is the finale of the much-renowned childrens' book series written by J. K. Rowling.

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Article written by Mohandas Alva

M.A. Degree in English Literature from Manipal University, India.

It accounts for the last year that Harry is supposed to go to Hogwarts, but unlike all its predecessors, ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ ends up being the only book in which Harry decides not to go to Hogwarts for his seventh year. His friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger decided to accompany him on a journey to find the five remaining Horcruxes that Dumbledore set him on. Furthermore, this book marks its end with the ultimate and highly anticipated battle between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort , the protagonist and the antagonist of this book series, respectively.

Key Facts about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Published: 21 July 2007
Literary Period: Contemporary
Genre: Fantasy
Point-of-View: Third Person, omniscient
Setting: 1990s Great Britain
Climax: When Harry Potter faces Lord Voldemort in the Great Hall of Hogwarts
Antagonist: Lord Voldemort.

J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J. K. Rowling wrote the story of ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ in several locations but eventually completed it in the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh in early 2007. She is said to have signed a statement on a bust of the Greek god Hermes claiming “J. K. Rowling finished writing ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ in this room (552) on 11 January 2007.” Furthermore, she has stated in interviews that finishing the entirety of the series was both a thrilling and sad feeling, very emotional and difficult because of how much she loved writing these books. She agrees that writing ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ was by far her favorite writing experience out of all the books she had written so far.

When asked if she would write another book, Rowling claimed that she had no plans to do so and that she didn’t want to change the ending of the book she had already written. This ending made justice to Harry’s character. It is said that she wrote the last chapter of this book titled ‘The Epilogue’ very early in her journey writing the series, as early as 1990. She claimed that this marked the ending of the Harry Potter series officially, although she later collaborated with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany to write the play ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ which picks up from the last chapter of ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.’

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Books Related to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The most obvious set of books related to ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ are the other books from the Harry Potter series. The book closest to ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ is probably ‘ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,’ which was the penultimate book of the series. J. K. Rowling herself has compared the two and has claimed that they are very closely related, and they even play as ‘two halves of the same book.’

Other books that are compared with ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ include J. R. R. Tolkien’s ‘ Lord of the Rings’ and C. S. Lewis’s ‘ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe .’ Both these authors’ works are comparable to ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ because of similar magical creatures and characters as well as the worlds of magic. Even the plots and the hero’s struggle are quite similar in all three of these authors’ works.

In the Narnia series, the first book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, deal with the White Witch, a character who controls the land of Narnia forcibly to do her bidding. However, with the help of Aslan, the magical lion, the two sons and the two daughters of Adam and Eve (humans) fulfill the prophecy of overthrowing the White Witch and freeing Narnia from its evil. Similarly, in ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ the protagonist Frodo sets out on a mission with a ‘company’ of men, dwarves, and elves, to destroy a ring of ultimate power before the antagonist Sauron can confiscate it. Frodo is guided by the wizard Gandalf.

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ has a lot of parallels with both these books as Harry Potter himself is the resultant of a prophecy made by Sybill Trelawney about how he will eventually vanquish the Dark Lord, Voldemort. This, when heard by Voldemort, sets a chain of events that eventually lead to the very prophecy that claimed them. Here, Harry is like the four saviors of Narnia – Peter Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Edmund Pevensie, and Lucy Pevensie. Dumbledore, the wisest wizard of his time, guides Harry through this path, just like Aslan, a wise-talking lion. Furthermore, Harry enlists the help of several of his friends to defeat Voldemort, like Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, the members of Dumbledore’s Army, the members of the Order of the Phoenix, other students from Hogwarts, and many others just like the four siblings in Narnia take help from centaurs , mice, beavers, and many other creatures. Similarly, like Frodo, who takes help from Gandalf, Harry uses Dumbledore’s assistance. Like Harry’s friends and supporters, Frodo too has his friends – Samwise Gamgee, Pippin, and Merry, and a ‘company’ including Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and several others with whom he journeys to destroy the magical ring.

Also, Voldemort, the White Witch, and Sauron are all very powerful beings with great magical abilities, willing to control the world around them according to their wishes. However, Harry, the Pevensie siblings, and Frodo are all ‘underdogs.’ Harry lives under a cupboard in Privet Drive, oblivious to anything about magic or Voldemort, the Pevensie siblings are just human children sent away from their parents due to the war, and Frodo is just a Hobbit living a very happy and content life in his ‘Shire.’ They all are doing normal things until the threat of mass destruction makes them step up and decide to carry out the mission to stop the tyrants from flourishing.

These are just some of the prime similarities between ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,’ The Lord of the Rings, and ‘ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.’ There are several similarities between the entirety of the Harry Potter series and other works of Tolkien and Lewis as well.

The Lasting Impact of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,’ the final book of the Harry Potter series, was pitted with a lot of responsibility. Firstly, the phenomenon of Harry Potter had gripped the entire world by the time ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ was meant to be published, with people flocking to bookstores to buy Harry Potter books and details of books being revealed before publication due to leaks and so on. Secondly, the previous book, ‘ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,’ left a lot of details unexplained and confused readers enough to want this last book to come out as quickly as possible. Therefore, it was essential for ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ to live up to the expectations and hype it had been collecting.

When it came out, ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ did almost everything it was expected to do. A majority of the readers were thrilled with how well this saga came to an end and how well Rowling had woven all the details left unaddressed in previous books into ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,’ delivering a very satisfying and heartwarming ending to the very beloved children’s book series. The story of Severus Snape and the connection and conversations between him and Dumbledore surprised readers very much. So did the unaddressed details of the actual connection between Harry and Voldemort. Even the moments where Harry, Ron, and Hermione exhibited their differences and had disagreements garnered great praise for being very true to reality and portraying human relationships exactly as they are.

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ went on to be adapted into two separate movies, with most of the characters ‘ roles being reprised by the actors who played them in previous adaptations. However, some significant additions to the cast included Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour, Domnhall Gleeson as Bill Weasley, and Nick Moran as Scabior. The movies, too, garnered great critical reception and broke several box-office records as well. The premiere of the movie ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’: Part 2 was attended by all the major stars of the movie, and J. K. Rowling too made an appearance on the red carpet.

The promotion of this book involved Scholastic releasing a set of seven questions they claimed will be answered at the end of this book. These questions included, “Who will live? Who will die?”, “Is Snape good or evil?”, “Will Hogwarts reopen?”, “Who ends up with whom?”, “Where are the Horcruxes?”, “Will Voldemort be defeated?” and “What are the Deathly Hallows?” This proved to be a successful strategy as book sales skyrocketed.

While some early reviews of this book were not very praising of it, later reviews began to make up for the negative critics, and soon, ‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ went on to become one of the most sold books in history.

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ also won a lot of awards and prizes. It was among the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books in 2007. Malcolm Jones of Newsweek named it the best book of 2007. At the Nebula awards, it won the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy in 2007. It received the Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award in 2008. It was also named in the list of the best books by both Publisher’s Weekly and the American Library Association . It still holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest-selling book of fiction for 24 hours.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Book 7

This reviewer’s heart felt more than a touch of sadness as she closed the back cover of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. It’s never easy to say goodbye, especially to those we love and cherish, and to a world we believe in totally, without question.

Reading the Harry Potter series has been a reader’s excavation: the simple, jeweled surface of THE SORCERER’S STONE caught the attention of bibliophiles the world over nearly a decade ago. Its straightforward yet engaging structure charmed readers of all ages and introduced them to a world of magic and friendship --- and of good and evil.

However, the real magic of Harry Potter’s story is that THE SORCERER’S STONE was just the beginning. After the first three volumes, J.K. Rowling quickly abandoned the “bad guy of the year isn’t who you think it is” method of storytelling (while deliciously depositing other plot treasures here and there, like Ron’s “pet” Scabbers and Ginny’s possession in THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS) and revealed to her faithful readers a deeper, richer world than anyone could have imagined at the outset of the series.

And THE DEATHLY HALLOWS is the richest book of them all. Throughout the series, the majority of the action has taken place with “Harry blinders” on --- that is, because of the third-person limited narration of most of the books, the other characters’ actions, appearances, motivations and loyalties have been colored for the reader by Harry’s opinion of them.

Now that Harry has matured and is on the cusp of manhood, those around him are seen in far more detail and with more care than ever before. Rather than just basing opinion on what surface information he has presented, Harry examines and speculates on the reasons for action in those around him, and the characters are more real because of it. In the first several chapters, the reader is presented with some precious observations about Harry’s loved ones --- a blossoming romance, a marriage, the presentation to Harry of a meaningful birthday gift --- that makes the other cold fact of the book that much harder to handle: Harry’s world is a world at war.

At the very time when the characters become that much more precious to the reader, their lives hang in the balance --- from the moment Harry Ron, Hermione and numerous Order of the Phoenix members depart 4 Privet Drive and are ambushed, it is clear that a war has begun. When everyone finally regroups at the Burrow several hours later, some arrive injured --- and some never return.

True to his resolve, Harry goes willingly into this battle. Gone is the safety of Hogwarts and of the structured familiarity of the school year. Rowling creates a deep sense of unease and restlessness by yanking this security blanket from both her characters and her readers. Though Harry is clearly on a quest, there are many false starts, delayed plans and poorly-executed missions. The reader can very much empathize when Ron, Hermione and Harry, roughing it in the woods on their frustrating search for the Horcruxes, become cranky, sniping and petty.

Though the structure of THE DEATHLY HALLOWS differs slightly from its six predecessors, Rowling’s themes remain familiar --- good versus evil, the redemptive and protective power of love. What Harry discovers on his search for the Horcruxes (as well as the Hallows, but I will leave each reader to discover exactly what the Hallows are) is that, as Sirius has so wisely pointed out to him, “People are not separated into good people and Death Eaters.” The book humanizes both a perceived hero and a perceived villain by displaying both sides of each man’s personalities, light and dark.

Never fear. In addition to the ever-deepening emotional maturity of its main character, THE DEATHLY HALLOWS also offers quite a few nail-biting battle scenes and more than one narrow escape. Rowling still firmly believes that a person’s actions can be just as important as their emotional inner landscape. She has stated that more than a few people will be upset by the high death toll in her final installment of Harry’s battle against Voldemort, and she does with fair warning --- more than a half-dozen characters Harry (and readers) know and love (or love to hate) perish before the ultimate one-on-one battle between the boy hero and evil personified.

In the end, the survivors of this battle cling to each other with love that has deepened and grown over the past nine years. Rowling, who began writing this story longhand over a decade ago, in a café while her infant daughter slept in a stroller beside her, believes unwaveringly in the fundamentals of love and family. She reminds readers that these things are more important than magic, fame, power or glory --- and so does Harry.

Reviewed by Colleen Christi on July 21, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Book 7 by J. K. Rowling

Publication Date: June 26, 2018
Genres: Fantasy
Paperback: 784 pages
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
ISBN-10: 1338299204
ISBN-13: 9781338299205

Harry Potter and the Ignominious Cop-Out

Two weekends ago, I found myself accidentally proving the old theory that Harry Potter is a gateway drug to the wider world of serious literature. Standing in the very back of a gigantic horde at my local bookstore at midnight, wedged into a knot of adolescents reading People magazine through oversize black plastic glasses, I picked up and nearly finished a great American superclassic that I’d somehow managed to avoid for my entire life: Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men . Under normal circumstances I would have been perfectly happy to go on ignoring it—the paperback had an unmistakable high-school-syllabus stench about it—but I was bored to death and the aisles were clogged with potbellied wizards and it was the only readable book within arm’s reach. A few pages in, I found myself hooked. By the time I got to the register, I was three-quarters of the way through (just after—spoiler alert!—Lennie the man-child mangles the bully Curley’s hand) and all I really wanted to do was finish it. But the employees were all clapping because I was the last customer, so I closed Steinbeck right on the brink of what felt like an impending tragic climax, took my Potter, and left. Ironically, this meant that Of Mice and Men was now suspended at roughly the same point in its dramatic arc as Rowling had suspended the Potter series before Deathly Hallows . So I went home and conducted a curious experiment in parallel reading: a two-day blitz of 860 pages, with a pair of nested climaxes—one hot off the presses, one 70 years old.

I started with Potter. Not since 1841, when New Yorkers swarmed the docks to ask incoming Brits whether Little Nell died in the latest installment of The Old Curiosity Shop (spoiler alert! She totally did), have readers been so simultaneously poised on the brink of a collective climax. My gut, along with the new book’s scary epigraphs, kept telling me that—like Little Nell—Harry had to go. For a children’s series, Potter has been unusually death-obsessed—Harry’s heroism, remember, sprang from the gruesome murder of his parents—and in recent books, the body count has risen quickly: In the previous book, even Harry’s untouchable mentor Dumbledore died. Also, in a larger narrative sense, Rowling owed us. Harry had been too outrageously lucky for too long: He lived for six books in a big bland protective bubble of innocence and nobility and love. As minor characters dropped around him like cursed broomsticks, he lucked his way through unsurvivable encounters with dragons, basilisks, dementors, Death Eaters, and about 34 different manifestations of Voldemort. Now it was time to pop the bubble. We all felt it. Rowling knew it. One of the big reasons we all read Potter so devotedly was that, unlike most kids’ series, there was something serious at stake. And she practically promised us Harry’s death with Book Six’s prophecy about him and Voldemort—“Neither can live while the other survives.”

By now, the book’s final events have been spoiled as thoroughly as a pint of six-month-old cottage cheese in the trunk of a flaming car. And yet I still feel compelled to issue a warning. If you don’t want to know how Harry Potter ends, you need to fling this magazine, very hard and very fast, out of your window or into the nearest vacant horse carriage. Fling it! There’s no time to think! Gaaaaa!

I approached the book with some fear. For one thing, despite the charm and immersive power of Rowling’s magical world, despite her solid instinct for broad, mythic narrative strokes, she’s always had trouble with the basic mechanics of plot. Even by pulp standards, her storytelling is ridiculous. Exposition happens almost exclusively via overheard conversations. Narrative logic falls apart at crucial moments. Every book ends in an orgy of coincidence and revelations and arbitrary switcheroos. (As George Orwell once wrote about Dickens: “rotten architecture, but wonderful gargoyles.”) Since Deathly Hallows was the series-capping megaclimax, I expected to find it ponderous, overactive, dangerously clotted with characters, and confusing. This was pretty much exactly right. All the Rowling signatures are here: She’s still addicted to adverbs and (oddly) the word “bemused,” her caps lock gets stuck at critical moments, foreigners speak in intolerable accents, and everyone stutters uncontrollably at the slightest hint of stress. When the action gets heavy, she cranks the “coincidence” dial up to eleven and flagrantly abuses her imminent-death-thwarted-at-the-last-possible-moment privileges. (In an MSNBC survey of fan reactions to Deathly Hallows , a 10-year-old who claims to have read the entire series eight times observed that, for his taste, the final book leaned a little too heavily on coincidence. I believe this tells us something important.) As for plot, there’s a Mission Impossible –style break-in at the Ministry of Magic and a never-ending camping trip featuring some heavy Lord of the Rings plagiarism and innumerable action sequences in which everyone screams, “No! No! NO! NOOOOOOO!” A few minor characters die; most movingly, Dobby the house-elf. (“And then with a little shudder the elf became quite still, and his eyes were nothing more than great glassy orbs, sprinkled with light from the stars they could not see.”) Much of the book, however, was strangely forgettable.

And then I got to Chapter 33. In a powerful sequence that immediately makes up for much of the prior slog, Harry learns that, in order for the world to live, he has to die. He accepts this with genuine stoic heroism, relishes his last moments of life, and, surrounded by the ghosts of his dead family and friends, marches off to get himself nobly slaughtered. My tear ducts initiated their “misty” sequence; when Harry asked his mother’s spirit to stay close to him, I almost shed an actual tear. The Rowling-skeptic in me kept waiting for the impossible bailout, but it never came: Voldemort smote Harry into oblivion. Suddenly, Potter was a legitimate tragedy. The series had grown up.

Unfortunately, the cop-out—which in retrospect seems as inevitable as I once thought Harry’s death was—comes three pages later. Chapter 35 sees Harry wake up in an ethereal train station (presumably some regional hub halfway along the Heaven-Hell line), where the spirit of Dumbledore gives him special news: Because of the purity of Harry’s self-sacrifice, he’s eligible for a Jesus exemption. He’s not dead. He gets to go back and kill Voldemort. And just as a bonus, his sacrifice has redeemed all of humanity. (As Harry puts it, while he and the Dark Lord circle each other like the knife fighters in “Beat It”: “You won’t be able to kill any of them ever again. Don’t you get it? I was ready to die to stop you from hurting these people … I’ve done what my mother did. They’re protected from you.” I’m not sure, at this point, why they don’t just let Voldemort hang around like an old toothless lion—but I guess that would lack dramatic flair.) After the predictable duel, Rowling wraps things up with an epilogue that is, hands down, the worst piece of writing in the entire 4,000-page series. Harry and the gang, now all thirtysomething and blissfully intermarried, reappear at King’s Cross Station to drop off the next generation of wizards at Platform 9¾ while reveling in har-har family-sitcom humor. The final sentence is remarkably bland and awful, the linguistic crystallization of Rowling’s cop-out: “All was well.”

I’m not opposed to happy endings per se—I’m just opposed to an author trying to get emotional credit for both a tragic and a happy ending without actually earning either. Rowling had been gathering storm clouds for ten years; her fictional sky was as purple and lumpy as a Quidditch stadium full of plums, and the whole world had lined up to watch it rain. She owed this ritual sacrifice to the immortal gods of narrative: either the life of her hero or—infinitely harder to pull off—his convincing and improbable survival. With Harry’s death, the series would have graduated instantly from “light and possibly fluky popular megasuccess” to Heavy Tragic Fantasy Classic. Instead, at the last possible moment, she tacked on an episode of Leave It to Beaver . This is roughly the equivalent of Oedipus Rex’s tearing his eyes out, then stumbling across a wise old friend who tells him: “Hey, guess what, buddy? You know how you just killed your dad and slept with your mom, like the oracle predicted? Well, since you did it all with totally innocent love in your heart, it doesn’t count! Go tell your mom to untie that noose! And look, your eyes just grew back! All is well!” Rowling seems to misunderstand the power of catharsis. It’s not simple reassurance, it’s a primal release.

Meanwhile, back among Steinbeck’s farm laborers, all was not well. In fact, it was terrible. Curley’s wife came out to the barn while Lennie was playing with his puppy, and—you know what? I’m not going to spoil it for you.

BACKSTORY Plenty of critics have noted the coincidence of Harry Potter and The Sopranos —the two great pop-cultural myths of the last ten years —ending simultaneously. But the parallel runs deeper. Both series depended on essentially the same trick: smuggling the mundane back into the exotic, normalizing the abnormal. A wizard buying school supplies carries approximately the same defamiliarizing charge as a mob boss going to therapy. Or, as Rowling once put it, a gun is only “a kind of metal wand that Muggles use to kill each other.”

SEE ALSO: The Incomplete Sayings of Albus Dumbledore

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling (Harry Potter: Book 7)

Harry has left Hogwarts to dedicate himself to the quest for final Horcruxes, together with his friends Ron and Hermione. Harry is also searching for the answers he feels Dumbledore has left unanswered and his feelings for his beloved old headmaster veer from anger and bitterness to painful loss. Voldemort continues his rise and nowhere seems to be safe anymore. With three gifts, bequeathed by Dumbledore to our intrepid trio, they set off on their deadliest task yet and know that this could be the end of everything they hold dear, even themselves. With Voldemort ever closer our hero must not hesitate; the final battle is coming and no one knows what the outcome will be.

The seventh and final instalment of the Harry Potter series sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hour of its release. To say it was eagerly awaited would be an understatement. It was like holding the holy grail when my copy arrived (pre-ordered of course) and I savoured the moment before I actually opened the book; this would be the last time I would hold a Harry Potter book that I had not read, once I had finished this, that would be it, no more. That lasted about three seconds, I read the book in almost one sitting, this was to get me complete and undivided attention, no telephones answered, no friends welcomed in if they called, just this long awaited last piece of the puzzle and me.

“ ‘What is it’ he asked as he reached the dressing table which was heaped high with what looked and smelled like dirty laundry. ‘ There’, she said pointing at the shapeless mass. And in the instant that he looked away, his eyes raking the tangles mess for a sword hilt, a ruby, she moved weirdly: he saw it out of the corner of his eye; panic made him turn and horror paralysed him as he saw the old body collapsing and the great snake pouring from the place where her neck had been.” Chapter seventeen: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

And did it deliver? You bet your sweet behind!! There are many loose ends that are tied up here, lovely little snippets of additional information that enable to not merely understand why and event has occurred but understand the characters personality (JK Rowling is so good at this), why they would react a certain way. There are of course many revelations not just for Harry but for the reader and some suspicions you may have had about some characters are found to be true! The end of the book really takes you there and back before you reach the conclusion and I am not surprised that Rowling cried when she had completed it, it was emotionally draining for me and I was only reading it!! It has been said that this and the Half Blood Prince were really one book splint into two, rather than two separate stories, and I do believe that to be true.

“ And the source of the light stepped out from behind an oak. It was a silver-white doe, moon-bright and dazzling, picking her way over the ground, still silent, and leaving no hoof prints in the fine powdering of snow. She stepped towards him, her beautiful head with it’s wide long-lashes eyes held high. Harry stared at the creature, filled with wonder, not at her strangeness, but at her inexplicable familiarity. He felt that he had been waiting for her to come, but that he had forgotten, until this moment, that they had arranged to meet. His impulse to shout for Hermione, which had been so strong a moment ago, had gone. He knew, he would have staked his life on it, that she had come for him, and him alone.” Chapter nineteen: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I would still say that Half Blood Prince is my favourite but it’s a close call and very difficult to separate the two. All I can say is that you will not be disappointed when you read the Deathly Hallows. How can a series of books, written for children (although admittedly I think us grown ups were considered a bit more in the writing of the last three) become something so entrenched in peoples imaginations? It’s simple, I KNOW that I was destined to go to Hogwarts, that I have special powers that I remain ignorant of and that there is more to life than the world we see around us, it is only by some fluke that my true destiny was never fulfilled and that Harry Potter was written as a way of letting me experience a little of what could have been – also, JK Rowling isn’t too bad a writer. I feel a little sad that there will be no more books, but in a way, it was good it has ended leaving you wanting more, and now I have my own daughter, I cannot wait until she is old enough and we can read them together.

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It was a good book. But when help came too readily, it brought down the quality of the book. But it was a stupid way to put Neville in the fight. His parents were aurors, super aurors and you make him fight with weeds. Stupid indeed! And Ron too must age been shown as a hero's friend. He should have defeated 2 or 3 death eaters. All these seven years, he was never shown as a warrior. And he and Neville went on to become aurors.

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10 stars are not enough for these HARRY POTTER SERIES!!!

Corrine Y from United States

Avada Kedavra! On July 21, 2007, J.K. Rowling released the final iconic novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, of an astonishing seven book series. The Harry Potter series are still wildly loved to this day, with 400 million copies sold worldwide, and translated in 68 different languages. The Deathly Hallows is about Harry Potter and his friends finding ways to destroy Voldemort. They learn that even good contains a bit of evil, and vise versa. Even though the trio faces many difficulties, they persevere. And most importantly, they learn that love conquers fear, and this allows then to be selfless in many ways. The Deathly Hallows is written in third person and portrays the thoughts and emotions of each character. This allows readers to thoroughly see inside the characters’ heads. The Deathly Hallows is marvelously written, and closes the series out beautifully.

T from Australia

This book was awesome you should definetly read it. I love everything about it and the idea of the Hallows was great. The only disappointment is that there is no more books.

Lakshmy from India

I have read all the 8 books. I liked all of the books. I request the author to write more!

S. P from South Africa

HARRY POTTER is a brilliant set of books with a well thought out plot. The deathly hallows which is the 7th and concluding entry Spreads out its complex plot in one book While Some Parts of the book Were Bloated. Most Of the story Was good if Not Excellent. Its a smart and slick conclusion with a deep religous,Polictical And Philosphical message. It has A build Up Pace With Sudden Deaths that show the Evil Of War. HP ROCKS and so does JK Rowling. Hope Cursed Child is a Movie With Dan,Emma,Rupert,Evanna,Matthew,Bonnie in it. Currently Waiting For Fantastic Beasts Movie. So Excited. Pray Fantastic Beasts Does Brillantly at the box office and critically. Fantastic beasts movie is the prequel to main Harry potter Verse. The Potter Movies Were Great [All 8 Got good reviews and made tons of cash ]

Vidya from UAE

Excellent way to finish off this wonderful seires!! J. K. Rowling has outdone herself! Wish I could read the Cursed Child as soon as it comes out...

Prashant from India

Excellent book written by J K Rowling. I wish there could be another book.

Asma from Pakistan

Loved it it was a treat!

Himika from India

A spellbinding end to the series! Leaves any reader with tears in his or her eyes when he or she comes to the last page. Basically Harry is every readers' companion in growing up and learning about life, because love, innocence, cruelty, friendship and victory of good over evil is the same in our Muggle world as it is in the magic one. Hats off to Rowling! HP is a religion, it is immortal because "the stories that we love live on in us forever."(Lovely review Himika - Lee @ Fantasy Book Review)

Emma from NZ

I love this book for some reason when I read it it I get shaky. I've read it at least 7 times for it is the ultimate book! The chapters are always new and exciting bringing on unexpected twists. Characters have great roles and bad turns to good without the simplest knowing. This is the best book ever : D

Rachel from USA

I love these books and the movies. The movies follow the book completely. My favorite part about the movies is that you can see the cast grow up. The plot is amazing and I love the actors they picked for their parts. My favorite is Alan Rickman as Snape. The last movie makes me cry when Snape dies.

Nathan from Pamilan

Ages since I read this book the first time. Still the book has its own charm and an everlasting magic of its own. But it seems that Jk Rowling is blundering by alienating herself from the genre where she can work wonders. I'm sure that there are billions who feel the same. I just hope that our wishes travel till her and persuade her to weave new stories in the wonderful world she has created. It's really agonising to realise that the above mentioned wish may never come true... But that will always be my fantasy.

Piper from England

Amazing book, don't let anyone tell you different, the best series ever, J.K. Rowling and her books are Brilliant, BEST SEQUEL ever!!!

Sharna from England

You can't beat any of the Harry Potter books, I only wish Rowling would continue writing forever. It would just be brilliant to hear about Rosie and Albus Severus. The fact that the end leaves you wanting more is infuriating and amazing. I turned the last page, and cried. But then I found the 19 years later bit. A nice touch. Xxx

Jon from England

Best in the series by far.

Nikola from Australia

Amazing. Harry Potter is my life. I've been very impressed with the whole series and I just keep reading them over and over agian. Brilliant

Miggz from Pakistan

This is the best series ever! I have read all the parts and am only 12!

Joshua from England

Usualy I would never give such a dynamic brilliant book an 8 but like some people say, it can be a little boring at times. I am a MASSIVE J.K. Rowling fan, books 1 to 5 were amazing but J.K. Rowling just seemed to stop caring about her charecters, killing off the best ones. In my oppinion it could have taken a more interesting route to the final battle but it didnt and I am unhappy it didn't. Even though it was imaginative and detailed it lacked that wow that you get in the other books.

skanda from india

awesome.................................

Tarun from India

The best book I have ever read in my life!

Guillemette from Belgium

I LOVE THIS BOOK! I think it is just magical and entertaining!

D from Ukraine

This is the book for eyes and heart to feast on!

Daniel from Sheffield

Over 4 years on from this publication and I still find people are taking the books too seriously, at the end of the day, J Rowlings initial target audience was children. To create a series of books that can not only entertain and keep children interested, but also capture the imagination of millions of adults worldwide, is something that happens very rarely and should never be forgotten. But now for the matter of Deathly Hallows, I think certain people have been far too critical. I personally believe that the series was concluded excellently, many loose ends were tied and many unexpected twists were included in the plot. I would have perhaps liked Harry to have had some sort of special power in him to defeat Voldemort but maybe that would have been too cliche and easy to finish this story. I am overall still extremely satisfied at the end of Harry's adventure and I remain adamant that Rowling created an excellent conclusion and deserves all the plaudits she recieves and one day she will become Dame Joanne Rowling for her outstanding contritubion to British and Worldwide reading for young and old alike. Personally, J.K. Rowling is probably the only ever hero/heroin I have had in my life and I am eternally grateful for that.

Sharnali from OAE

Basically Harry Potter is a legend. JK Rowling, if you read this, you inspire me!!!

Jamie from Australia

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is AWESOME!!! I annoy everyone at school, talking about Harry Potter!

Riley from U.S.

@Anon I honestly think books 6 & 7 were the best from the series. Greatly written, as if planned out. Everything ends in a way that makes you think "Oh my gosh! I remember that happening!" If you think these 2 books are horrible especially 7, then you should not be reading or reviewing fatasy books because this book is the greatest book I've ever read.

Perky from London

This has to be the best book I've ever read. I loved it, the storyline is fantatic and my favourite character is Ginny Weasley, even from the first book. I'm so sad that the series has ended!!!!!!!!!! I love this book.

Arielle from US

Well, I'm on chapter 10 right now and well - is the rest of the damn book good or not? Well, this is actually the first time I heard something bad about it, well I quess I should just read some more and find out myself...

TY from United States

Best book ever, it helps wrap the sequel up well, and has many twists. I hope she writes one more book about Harry's future, but if not this is a good enough book to close out the best sequel ever.

9.6 /10 from 32 reviews

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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows finishes off an exciting series that is one of the best of all time. In this book Harry finds out that he must kill Lord Voldemort and can only do so by finding his hidden Horcruxes. The book contains an astonishing ending and many characters fight for their lives. It also has twists, turns and plenty of action as Harry, Ron and Hermione run from Death Eaters on the quest to kill Voldemort. I would recommend this book for older readers and adults. Also, I would recommend reading the books before this one to understand what is going on in the story. It is an overall action-packed adventure.

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By Christopher Hitchens

Aug. 12, 2007

In March 1940, in the “midnight of the century” that marked the depth of the Hitler-Stalin pact (or in other words, at a time when civilization was menaced by an alliance between two Voldemorts or “You-Know-Whos”), George Orwell took the time to examine the state of affairs in fantasy fiction for young people. And what he found (in an essay called “Boys’ Weeklies”) was an extraordinary level of addiction to the form of story that was set in English boarding schools. Every week, boys (and girls) from the poorer quarters of industrial towns and from the outer edges of the English-speaking Empire would invest some part of their pocket-money to keep up with the adventures of Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton, Bob Cherry, Jack Blake and the other blazer-wearing denizens of Greyfriars and St. Jim’s. As he wrote:

“It is quite clear that there are tens and scores of thousands of people to whom every detail of life at a ‘posh’ public school is wildly thrilling and romantic. They happen to be outside that mystic world of quadrangles and house-colors, but they can yearn after it, daydream about it, live mentally in it for hours at a stretch. The question is, Who are these people?”

I wish that the morose veteran of Eton and St. Cyprian’s had been able to join me on the publication night of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” when I went to a bookstore in Menlo Park, Calif., to collect my embargoed copy on behalf of the Book Review. Never mind the stall that said “Get Your House Colors Here” and was dealing with customers wise in the lore of Ravenclaw and Slytherin. On the floor of the shop, largely transformed into the Gryffindor common room for the occasion, sat dozens of small children listening raptly to a reading from a massively plausible Hagrid. Of the 2,000 or so people in the forecourt, perhaps one-third had taken the trouble to wear prefect gowns and other Hogwarts or quidditch impedimenta. Many wore a lightning-flash on their foreheads: Orwell would have recoiled at seeing the symbol of Sir Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists on otherwise unblemished brows, even if the emblem was tamed by its new white-magic associations. And this was a sideshow to the circus, all across the English-speaking and even non-English world, as the countdown to the witching hour began.

I would give a lot to understand this phenomenon better. Part of it must have to do with the extreme banality and conformity of school life as it is experienced today, with everything oriented toward safety on the one hand and correctness on the other. But this on its own would not explain my youngest daughter a few years ago, sitting for hours on end with her tiny elbow flattening the pages of a fat book, and occasionally laughing out loud at the appearance of Scabbers the rat. (One hears that not all children retain the affection for reading that the Harry Potter books have inculcated: this isn’t true in my house at least.)

Scabbers turns out to mutate into something a bit worse than a rat, and the ancient charm of metamorphosis is one that J. K. Rowling has exploited to the uttermost. Another well-tested appeal, that of the orphan hero, has also been given an intensive workout with the Copperfield-like privations of the eponymous hero. For Orwell, the English school story from Tom Brown to Kipling’s Stalky and Co. was intimately bound up with dreams of wealth and class and snobbery, yet Rowling has succeeded in unmooring it from these considerations and giving us a world of youthful democracy and diversity, in which the humble leading figure has a name that — though it was given to a Shakespearean martial hero and king — could as well belong to an English labor union official. Perhaps Anglophilia continues to play its part, but if I were one of the few surviving teachers of Anglo-Saxon I would rejoice at the way in which such terms as muggle and Wizengamot, and such names as Godric, Wulfric and Dumbledore, had become common currency. At this rate, the teaching of “Beowulf” could be revived. The many Latin incantations and imprecations could also help rekindle interest in the study of a “dead” language.

In other respects, too, one recognizes the school story formula. If a French or German or other “foreign” character appears in the Harry Potter novels, it is always as a cliché: Fleur and Krum both speak as if to be from “the Continent” is a joke in itself. The ban on sexual matters is also observed fairly pedantically, though as time has elapsed Rowling has probably acquired male readers who find themselves having vaguely impure thoughts about Hermione Granger (if not, because the thing seems somehow impossible, about Ginny Weasley). Most interesting of all, perhaps, and as noted by Orwell, “religion is also taboo.” The schoolchildren appear to know nothing of Christianity; in this latest novel Harry and even Hermione are ignorant of two well-known biblical verses encountered in a churchyard. That the main characters nonetheless have a strong moral code and a solid ethical commitment will be a mystery to some — like his holiness the pope and other clerical authorities who have denounced the series — while seeming unexceptionable to many others. As Hermione phrases it, sounding convincingly Kantian or even Russellian about something called the Resurrection Stone:

“How can I possibly prove it doesn’t exist? Do you expect me to get hold of — of all the pebbles in the world and test them? I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist.”

For all this apparently staunch secularism, it is ontology that ultimately slackens the tension that ought to have kept these tales vivid and alive. Theologians have never been able to answer the challenge that contrasts God’s claims to simultaneous omnipotence and benevolence: whence then cometh evil? The question is the same if inverted in a Manichean form: how can Voldemort and his wicked forces have such power and yet be unable to destroy a mild-mannered and rather disorganized schoolboy? In a short story this discrepancy might be handled and also swiftly resolved in favor of one outcome or another, but over the course of seven full-length books the mystery, at least for this reader, loses its ability to compel, and in this culminating episode the enterprise actually becomes tedious. Is there really no Death Eater or dementor who is able to grasp the simple advantage of surprise?

The repeated tactic of deus ex machina (without a deus) has a deplorable effect on both the plot and the dialogue. The need for Rowling to play catch-up with her many convolutions infects her characters as well. Here is Harry trying to straighten things out with a servile house-elf:

“ ‘I don’t understand you, Kreacher,’ he said finally. ‘Voldemort tried to kill you, Regulus died to bring Voldemort down, but you were still happy to betray Sirius to Voldemort? You were happy to go to Narcissa and Bellatrix, and pass information to Voldemort through them ...’ ”

Yes, well, one sees why he is confused. The exchange takes place during an abysmally long period during which the threesome of Harry, Hermione and Ron are flung together, with weeks of time to spend camping invisibly and only a few inexplicable escapes from death to alleviate the narrative. The grand context of Hogwarts School is removed, at least until the closing scenes, and Rowling also keeps forgetting that things are either magical or they are not: Hermione’s family surely can’t be any safer from the Dark Lord by moving to Australia, and Hagrid’s corporeal bulk cannot make any difference to his ability, or otherwise, to mount a broomstick. A boring subtext, about the wisdom or otherwise of actually uttering Voldemort’s name, meanwhile robs the apotropaic device of its force.

For some time now the novels have been attempting a kind of secular dramatization of the battle between good and evil. The Ministry of Magic (one of Rowling’s better inventions) has been seeking to impose a version of the Nuremberg Laws on England, classifying its subjects according to blood and maintaining its own Gestapo as well as its own Azkaban gulag. But again, over time and over many, many pages this scenario fails to chill: most of the “muggle” population goes about its ordinary existence, and every time the secret police close in, our heroes are able to “disapparate” — a term that always makes me think of an attempt at English by George W. Bush. The prejudice against bank-monopoly goblins is modeled more or less on anti-Semitism and the foul treatment of elves is meant to put us in mind of slavery, but the overall effect of this is somewhat thin and derivative, and subject to diminishing returns.

In this final volume there is a good deal of loose-end gathering to be done. Which side was Snape really on? Can Neville Longbottom rise above himself? Are the Malfoys as black as they have been painted? Unfortunately — and with the solid exception of Neville, whose gallantry is well evoked — these resolutions prove to possess all the excitement of an old-style Perry Mason-type summing-up, prompted by a stock character who says, “There’s just one thing I don’t understand. ...” Most of all this is true of Voldemort himself, who becomes more tiresome than an Ian Fleming villain, or the vicious but verbose Nicolae Carpathia in the Left Behind series, as he offers boastful explanations that are at once grandiose and vacuous. This bad and pedantic habit persists until the final duel, which at least sees us back in the old school precincts once again. “We must not let in daylight upon magic,” as Walter Bagehot remarked in another connection, and the wish to have everything clarified is eventually self-defeating in its own terms. In her correct determination to bring down the curtain decisively, Rowling has gone further than she should, and given us not so much a happy ending as an ending which suggests that evil has actually been defeated (you should forgive the expression) for good.

Greater authors — Arthur Conan Doyle most notably — have been in the same dilemma when seeking closure. And, like Conan Doyle, Rowling has won imperishable renown for giving us an identifiable hero and a fine caricature of a villain, and for making a fictional bit of King’s Cross station as luminous as a certain address on nearby Baker Street. It is given to few authors to create a world apart, and to populate it as well as illustrate it in the mind. As one who actually did once go to boarding school by steam train, at 8, I enjoyed reading aloud to children and coming across Diagon Alley and Grimmauld Place, and also shuddering at the memory of the sarcastic schoolmasters (and Privet Drives) I have known.

The distinctly slushy close of the story may seem to hold out the faint promise of a sequel, but I honestly think and sincerely hope that this will not occur. The toys have been put firmly back in the box, the wand has been folded up, and the conjuror is discreetly accepting payment while the children clamor for fresh entertainments. (I recommend that they graduate to Philip Pullman, whose daemon scheme is finer than any patronus.) It’s achievement enough that “19 years later,” as the last chapter-heading has it, and quite probably for many decades after that, there will still be millions of adults who recall their initiation to literature as a little touch of Harry in the night.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

By J. K. Rowling. Illustrated by Mary GrandPré.

759 pp. Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic. $34.99.

A review on Aug. 12 about “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” by J. K. Rowling, misstated the location of the California bookstore where the reviewer collected his embargoed copy of the novel. The store, not named in the review, was Kepler’s Books and Magazines, which is in Menlo Park, not Stanford.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the sequel to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , is seventh installment in the record-breaking Harry Potter series and the highly-anticipated conclusion of the boy wizard’s story. Since the publication of the first Harry Potter novel in 1997, the series has sold over 500 million copies, and Harry Potter has become the best-selling fantasy series of all time. Released 10 years after the initial publication of the first Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hallows takes place during (what would be) Harry’s seventh year at Hogwarts. Instead of following the traditional arc of the previous Harry Potter novels, Harry and his friends choose not to return to Hogwarts and focus on trying to defeat the evil Lord Voldemort . The novel focuses on many of the same themes as the previous novels, including love, sacrifice, family, good versus evil, friendship, prejudice, and hope. The final novel in the Harry Potter series was broken up into two films, which were released in 2010 and 2011 and earned critical acclaim. The version of the novel used for this guide is the hardback Arthur A. Levine imprint of Scholastic Press.

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After years of battling against the evil Lord Voldemort, 17-year-old Harry Potter is finally an adult wizard, and he and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger must set out on a dangerous mission to stop Voldemort once and for all. Harry and his friends must destroy Voldemort’s Horcuxes, which enable him to live on even after he is killed. To succeed on their mission, they must leave behind their friends and families to face old and new challenges and end the Dark wizard’s evil reign.

Harry and his friends know they must find and destroy four Horcruxes: a locket that once belonged to Voldemort’s ancestor Salazar Slytherin, a cup that belonged to Helga Hufflepuff, a diadem that belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw, and Voldemort’s pet snake, Nagini. However, finding the Horcuxes proves to be more challenging than expected. With a wide world of possible hiding places, a relentless army of Death Eaters pursuing them, and time running out, Harry and his friends are pushed to their breaking point and must learn to rely on one another and their friends in the wizarding community to reach their goal.

Along the way, Harry uncovers dark secrets about this childhood mentor, Albus Dumbledore . Harry learns that Dumbledore, who dedicated his life to stopping Dark wizards and guiding others, dabbled in Dark magic in his youth. Harry feels the weight of his responsibility to destroy the Horcruxes but resents Dumbledore for his secrecy and unclear instructions. Harry begins to wonder if the Dumbledore he knew was the real Dumbledore, and as he finds himself struggling to figure out how to eliminate the Horcruxes, Harry realizes that he cannot rely on adults like Dumbledore to help him or protect him anymore. He struggles to overcome his fear, grief, and confusion.

Throughout the story, Harry and his friends learn about the Deathly Hallows: three legendary objects that grant their possessor power over death. Harry realizes that Voldemort is after the Elder Wand, a hallow that would make Voldemort impossible to defeat. Harry realizes that they are running out of time to defeat Voldemort before he becomes unstoppable, and the search for Horcruxes intensifies.

To find the Horcruxes, Harry, Ron, and Hermione must infiltrate the Ministry of Magic, break into Gringotts, and sneak into Hogwarts while keeping their mission secret. They are helped by their fellow Hogwarts students as well as new and old friends in the wizarding world, and as the final battle against Lord Voldemort and his followers breaks out at Hogwarts, the terrible truth about Harry’s mysterious bond with Voldemort comes to light. Harry learns that years ago, a piece of Voldemort’s soul latched onto Harry, making him a Horcrux that must also be destroyed. Harry allows Voldemort to kill him so this piece of Voldemort’s soul can be destroyed and bring Harry’s friends one step closer to killing the evil wizard. Miraculously, Harry comes back to life because of his mother’s sacrifice to protect him when he was a baby. He faces down Voldemort, and the evil wizard accidentally kills himself when his killing curse rebounds on him. With all of the Horcruxes destroyed, Voldemort is gone forever. The Battle of Hogwarts results in a tremendous loss of life, including the deaths of Lupin, Tonks, and Fred,

Years later, Harry is married to Ginny Weasley, and they have three children. Harry takes his children to board the Hogwarts Express, and his son Albus is nervous about leaving for wizarding school. Harry assures him everything will be alright, and as the train pulls away, Harry realizes that his scar hasn’t bothered him since his final showdown with Lord Voldemort. Peace has been restored to the wizarding world, and Harry has a life with his children that he never got to have with his own parents.

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Following Dumbledore's death, Harry is moved to a safe location and during this event Mad-Eye is killed. Ron and Hermione decide to join Harry in his quest to destroy the Horcruxes.

Some of the clues that Dumbledore left them included: a Golden Snitch for Harry, a Deluminator for Ron, and a book of fairy tales for Hermione.

During Bill Weasley's wedding, the Ministry of Magic falls. Harry, Ron and Hermione flee to 12 Grimmauld Place in London. They identify R.A.B. as Sirius' brother Regulus Black and Kreacher reveals that he stole the locket and it now belongs to Dolores Umbridge . They manage to retrieve the locket but cannot destroy it. Ron becomes increasingly angry especially due to the locket's influence and leaves the trio.

Harry and Hermione travel to Godric's Hollow, Harry's birthplace where they meet historian Bathilda Bagshot, but she turns out to be Nagini in disguise. They escape to Forest of Dean. A Patronus appears to Harry and guides him to an icy pond containing the Sword of Gryffindor. However, the locket around his neck tries to kill him through the Horcrux and Ron saves Harry. Ron uses the sword to destroy the Horcrux.

They visit Xenophilius Lovegood and he explains to them about the Deathly Hallows. Harry realises that Voldemort is seeking the Elder Wand. However, they are all captured and taken to Malfoy Manor. They escape and Griphook tells them of Helga Hufflepuff's cup, which is another Horcrux. They break into the vault, retrieve the cup, and escape on a dragon. They enter Hogwarts through a passageway. Harry realises that Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem is a Horcrux. Ron and Hermione destroy it with a basilisk fang.

Voldemort kills Snape after assuming that the Elder Wand is not working because it's loyalty lies with Snape, who disarmed Dumbledore. Snape passes Harry his memories to view in a Pensieve. It is revealed that Snape was a double agent working for Dumbledore because he loved Lily Potter. It was Snape's doe Patronus that lead Harry to the sword.

Neville Longbottom manages to kill Voldemort's snake Nagini, the last Horcrux. Voldemort uses the killing curse against Harry. Harry enters Limbo where he meets Dumbledore who explains to him that Voldemort has killed the link between himself and Harry. Harry returns to the living world. Voldemort and Harry battle. Harry reveals to Voldemort that the Elder Wand cannot harm him because its loyalty lies with Harry, as he was the one to disarm Draco Malfoy , who disarmed Dumbledore.

Voldemort cast the killing curse on Harry but it refutes and he ends up killing himself. Harry destroys the Elder Wand after the war and the wizarding world returns to peace once more.

In the epilogue, 19 years later, Harry, Ron, Hermione see off their children who are off to Hogwarts.

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what shocked harry before the dursleys left number 4 pivet drive

Harry was shocked when Dudley told him that he didn't think Harry was a waste of space.

why hadn´t ¨Bathilda¨ wanted to talk in front of Hermione?

Moreover all she could hear would be hissing from the other room which can easily be disregarded. That is why Bathilda didn't speak in the same room as Hermione otherwise she would have made the connection that the hissing sound is actually coming...

What shocked Harry before the Dursleys left number four, Privet Drive?

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) by J. K. Rowling is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series. It was first published in 2007. Page numbers refer to the hardcover, American edition published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. ISBN 978-0-545-01022-1

1 Chapter 1: The Dark Lord Ascending
2 Chapter 2:
3 Chapter 3: The Dursleys Departing
4 Chapter 4:
5 Chapter 5: Fallen Warrior
6 Chapter 6: The Ghoul in Pajamas
7 Chapter 7: The Will of Albus Dumbledore
8 Chapter 8: The Wedding
9 Chapter 11: The Bribe
10 Chapter 12: Magic Is Might
11 Chapter 16: Godric's Hollow
12 Chapter 19: The Silver Doe
13 Chapter 20: Xenophilius Lovegood
14 Chapter 21: The Tale of the Three Brothers
15 Chapter 22: The Deathly Hallows
16 Chapter 24: The Wandmaker
17 Chapter 25: Shell Cottage
18 Chapter 27: The Final Hiding Place
19 Chapter 28: The Missing Mirror
20 Chapter 29: The Lost Diadem
21 Chapter 30: The Sacking of Severus Snape
22 Chapter 31: The Battle of Hogwarts
23 Chapter 32: The Elder Wand
24 Chapter 33: The Prince's Tale
25 Chapter 34: The Forest Again
26 Chapter 35: King's Cross
27 Chapter 36: The Flaw in the Plan
28 Epilogue: Nineteen Years Later
29 External links

Chapter 1: The Dark Lord Ascending

Character - Lord Voldemort/Tom Riddle

Chapter 3: The Dursleys Departing

Character - Dudley Dursley to Harry Potter

Chapter 5: Fallen Warrior

Character - George Weasley
Character - Fred Weasley
Character - Ron Weasley

Chapter 6: The Ghoul in Pajamas

Character - Ron Weasley about cleaning his room before Bill and Fleur's wedding
Character - Ron Weasley about being told that his soul will remain intact even if he is stabbed.
Character - Harry Potter to Ron about being happy after the wedding

Chapter 7: The Will of Albus Dumbledore

Note - Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter talking before she kisses him on his seventeenth birthday
Character - Harry Potter to Rufus Scrimgeour, Minister of Magic
Character - Rufus Scrimgeour
Character - Harry Potter's response to Rufus Scrimgeour

Chapter 8: The Wedding

Character - Harry Potter to Victor Krum regarding Krum's interest in Ginny
Character - Victor Krum

Chapter 11: The Bribe

Character - Harry Potter to Remus Lupin
Character - Harry Potter to Remus Lupin, after Remus says that he doesn't want his son to meet him

Chapter 12: Magic Is Might

Character - Harry Potter to Ron and Hermione while arguing about who should and shouldn't break into the Ministry

Chapter 16: Godric's Hollow

Pg. 325 and 326
Engraved on Ariana and Kendra Dumbledore's grave ( Matthew 6:21 ).
Engraved on the headstones of James and Lily Potter ( First Corinthians 15:26 )
Pg. 328-329

Chapter 19: The Silver Doe

Character - Hermione Granger to Ron Weasley after he returns to the search

Chapter 20: Xenophilius Lovegood

Character - Xenophilius Lovegood

Chapter 21: The Tale of the Three Brothers

Chapter 22: the deathly hallows.

Character - Kingsley Shacklebolt, responding to Lee Jordan's question, "And what would you say, Royal, to those listeners who reply that in these dangerous times, it should be 'Wizards first'?"
Character - Fred, speaking of Voldemort.

Chapter 24: The Wandmaker

Character - Luna Lovegood at Dobby's graveside
Inscription on Dobby's grave marker
Character - Griphook
Character - Garrick Ollivander the Wandmaker

Chapter 25: Shell Cottage

Character - Fleur Delacour

Chapter 27: The Final Hiding Place

Character - Ron Weasley to Hermione
Narration - Inside Voldemort's mind

Chapter 28: The Missing Mirror

Character - Aberforth Dumbledore to Ron
Character - Aberforth Dumbledore to Harry, Ron and Hermione

Chapter 29: The Lost Diadem

Character - Aberforth Dumbledore after being thanked for saving Harry, Ron, and Hermione's lives
Character - Neville Longbottom
Character - Luna Lovegood answering the question "Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?"
Inscription on Rowena Ravenclaw's plinth.

Chapter 30: The Sacking of Severus Snape

Character - Minerva McGonagall in response to "Where do vanished objects go?"
Character - Harry Potter using the Cruciatus curse
Character - Filius Flitwick
Character - Minerva McGonagall about Snape after he jumps out the window.
Character - Filius Flitwick referring to the Diadem of Ravenclaw
Character - Minerva McGonagall to Horace Slughorn
Character - Minerva McGonagall to Argus Filch
Pg. 605-606
Character - Percy Weasley

Chapter 31: The Battle of Hogwarts

Character - Minerva McGonagall telling the students of Snape's departure
Character - Draco Malfoy
Character - Ron Weasley as Hermione and he rescue Goyle

Chapter 32: The Elder Wand

Character - Ron Weasley punching Draco Malfoy from under the Invisibility Cloak
Severus Snape's last words to Harry Potter

Chapter 33: The Prince's Tale

Character - James Potter in response to where he would like to be sorted
Character - Lily Evans to Severus Snape
Character - Severus Snape in reference to the Potters
Character - Albus Dumbledore to Severus Snape
Albus Dumbledore speaking to Severus Snape
Character - Severus Snape in reference to Dumbledore saying he should kill him
Character - Severus Snape when asked how many men and women he had watched die.
Pg. 687-688

Chapter 34: The Forest Again

Character - Harry Potter to the Snitch that Dumbledore left him
Character - James Potter
Character - Sirius Black (As a Ghost or Memory) on being asked if dying hurt
Character - Remus Lupin about his newborn son
Character - Sirius Black (As a Ghost or Memory)

Chapter 35: King's Cross

Character - Albus Dumbledore
Pg. 709-710
Character - Albus Dumbledore to Harry
Pg. 720-721

Chapter 36: The Flaw in the Plan

Character - Lord Voldemort
Character - Neville Longbottom to Voldemort
Character - Lord Voldemort to Neville Longbottom
Character - Kreacher the House Elf
Character - Molly Weasley confronting Bellatrix Lestrange
Character - Harry Potter to Lord Voldemort
Character - Lord Voldemort speaking to Harry Potter
Character - Harry Potter to Lord Voldemort/Tom Riddle
Character - Harry Potter to Voldemort, right before they duel.
Character - Lord Voldemort/Tom Riddle's Last words
Pgs. 734-744
Character - Peeves singing his victory song
Character - Ron Weasley with regard to Peeves singing his victory song.
Character - Harry Potter referring to the Elder Wand

Epilogue: Nineteen Years Later

Character - Ron Weasley to his children, Rose and Hugo
Character - Ron Weasley referring to Draco Malfoy's son
Harry Potter to his son, Albus
Character - Ron Weasley when all the kids on the train are staring at the adult Harry
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For many, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is remembered as the Harry Potter franchise that faltered, but it is not beyond redemption. The series always possessed great ideas and boundless potential, as Hogwarts enthusiasts eagerly packed their imaginary trunks to join Newt Scamander on his journeys through the Wizarding World. However, as the series progressed and the Wizarding World expanded, many felt it veered into curious and uncharted territory better left unexplored. Now, with the return of Fantastic Beasts and the continued expansion of the Wizarding World, those adventurous enough to delve back in may find that it is bringing some of the best aspects of the series to life, finally delivering the experience many believed the movies should have been.

Ever since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ) hit bookshelves in 1997, readers have been captivated by the Wizarding World. Fans were always searching for more content, and author J.K. Rowling consistently found ways to deliver. As the fans’ curiosity grew about the world beyond Harry Potter’s alma mater, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Rowling expanded the lore with companion books like Quidditch Through the Ages , Tales of Beedle the Bard , and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them . Furthermore, the Pottermore website became a compendium for additional Wizarding World lore. After Warner Bros. adapted all seven Harry Potter novels by 2011, it wouldn’t be until 2016 that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them made its big-screen debut. Starring Eddie Redmayne as magizoologist Newt Scamander and Jude Law as the legendary Albus Dumbledore , the film followed their efforts to combat the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. J.K. Rowling’s spinoff movie spawned two sequels and left behind a divisive legacy. By 2023, director David Yates announced the series was currently "parked," leaving Harry Potter enthusiasts to wonder if the journey would ever continue.

Newt Scaramander arrives in New York in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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When Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them debuted, there was a very different story to tell and a fun way to introduce its new cast. There were strong ideas, entertaining characters, and a message that the series was willing to shift away from Hogwarts. Fantastic Beasts wasn’t just turning the page in the Harry Potter saga, but starting an entirely new book and the audience was enthusiastic to start it. To understand the fall of the Fantastic Beasts series, one has to look at its origins and what people liked about it in the first place. Because at its heart, the first Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie had a great premise and everything fans could’ve wanted, before getting lost along the way.

One of the most exciting aspects of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was the promise of a larger Wizarding World. After spending so much time in the UK during the Harry Potter series, fans were eager to explore other wizarding communities and cultures. While Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire briefly introduced audiences to overseas wizarding schools, Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, much of the globe remained unexplored. Fans were excited about the globe-trotting nature of Newt Scamander’s adventures, it’s why for the first Fantastic Beasts movie debuted, Pottermore expanded the lore by revealing 11 great wizarding schools worldwide. In particular, attention was given to America and Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , setting the stage for the film’s New York setting. Although the sequels were met with mixed reviews, they successfully apparated audiences to exotic locations like France, Germany, and America, making the Wizarding World feel more alive and immersive than ever before, exactly what fans had hoped for as the series continued.

Interestingly, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them wasn’t based on a traditional story but instead one of Harry Potter’s in-universe textbooks, shared by his best friend, Ron Weasley. In a clever twist on the book’s title, the movie adaptation had Newt Scamander tracking down magical creatures that had escaped from his sanctuary and into the streets of New York City. In Newt’s first adventure, the focus was primarily on these animals, with some minor political intrigue and mystery woven into the narrative. Audiences were captivated by seeing the creatures from Scamander’s book brought to life on the big screen, witnessing how the Wizarding World biologist interacted with them, and embracing the underlying message: "There are no strange creatures, only blinkered people." The magical menagerie, from the adorable, treasure-hoarding Nifflers to the majestic Thunderbird, were the true stars of the show, offering moviegoers a fresh perspective on the Wizarding World and giving the film a unique identity and charm that had begun to wane in the later Harry Potter adaptations. Above all, it was the creatures that excited viewers and had the series focused more on them, audiences might have been more receptive to the rest of the saga.

Luna Lovegood married Newt’s grandson, Rolf Scamander, and unfortunately, neither ever produced proof of the legendary cryptid, the Crumple-Horned Snorkack.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a good film, possessing everything the first Harry Potter movies began to lack towards the end, including a fresh start. However, over time, enthusiasm began to decline. While the loss of Hollywood legend Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald certainly didn’t help things, there were other reasons why the movies found themselves on hiatus by 2023. The sequels represented a gradual decline and a dramatic shift from what Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them should’ve been about and why many began to consider this a failed franchise. While redemption is on the way for Fantastic Beasts , it does raise the question of why it needs it in the first place.

While the larger Wizarding World was a major draw, and the sequels effectively showcased it, there was untapped potential in concepts that could have truly shaken up the series. Locations like France's Place Cachée and the Circus Arcanus were rich with life, curiosity, and cultural expression. Fantastic Beasts’ introduction of new ideas, such as the villainous New Salem Philanthropic Society, gave the series a much-needed boost, but these elements felt underutilized. In a sad irony, despite having so many fascinating settings and ideas to explore, the Fantastic Beasts stories became increasingly reliant on Hogwarts, using Dumbledore’s complex conflict with Grindelwald as a crutch to keep Harry Potter fans engaged. While journalist Rita Skeeter’s insinuations and Dumbledore’s confessions laid the groundwork for intrigue within the books, revealing that Hogwarts’ headmaster wasn’t always the hero Harry idolized, it never truly felt like Newt Scamander’s story. Meanwhile, the convoluted revelations about the Lestrange and Dumbledore families also felt like unnecessary detours that added little value. It was evident the more Fantastic Beasts tethered itself to Dumbledore , Hogwarts, and Harry Potter, the more convoluted the narrative became, resulting in weaker stories. Had the films chosen to distance themselves from Hogwarts and focused more on Newt’s quest to protect the natural world, it likely would have made for a stronger, more compelling series.

In a series titled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, one would expect the creatures to play a central role in the narrative. While the first movie masterfully used them to tell a story about how misunderstood animals can be and the consequences of human ignorance, the iconic magical creatures felt like an afterthought in the Fantastic Beasts sequels. While the series became increasingly focused on the Wizarding World’s international politics and Dumbledore’s past, the animals often served as props or comedic sidekicks, as with Pickett the Bowtruckle and the Nifflers. Although there was an attempt to make the creatures relevant in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore with the Qilin, the title alone indicated where the series’ focus truly lay. The more audiences noticed the parallels between Grindelwald’s ascension and Voldemort’s takeover in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , the more it felt like retreaded territory. Ultimately, the series seemed to lose sight of its promise to explore magical creatures, shifting its focus to the human world’s issues rather than the natural world's.

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While many thought the Fantastic Beasts series would be extinct after the movies were left in limbo, surprisingly, Newt Scamander appeared to have one last trick left in his magical suitcase. In 2019, NBCUniversal announced the creation of Universal Epic Universe Theme Park. Having already created attractions based on Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, and Hogwarts, many were surprised that a new land called The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic would be built in Orlando, Florida. However, despite being brandished with the name of the famous boy wizard, strangely, it’s mainly based on Fantastic Beasts . Seemingly having learned lessons from the supposedly doomed franchise, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic aims to bring the best of both worlds, paving the way for Fantastic Beasts' redemption.

Universal Epic Universe is bringing to life one of the most iconic locations from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald , fulfilling the desire not only to see the international Wizarding World but to experience it in the most immersive way possible. Parkgoers will be transported to Place Cachée in the 1920s France. Instead of Olivander’s and the usual Diagon Alley shops, guests will soak in the culture at places like Cosme Acajor Baguettes Magique. Additionally, the film’s magical beasts will play a defining role, with people interacting with them through store windows or experiencing them at the Circus Arcanus. While it’s true that Harry Potter is slated to have his own attraction centered around the British Ministry of Magic, the use of time travel supposedly separates the areas rather than forcefully cramming it into another Fantastic Beasts story. This approach allows both franchises to coexist and fans to enjoy both worlds.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic shows that Universal Epic Universe has learned from both franchises' strengths to give Fantastic Beasts the second chance it deserves. The fantasy of seeing Newt’s creatures alive and in the flesh, combined with the wanderlust of exploring a magical world that fans have always wanted to be part of, will ultimately be Fantastic Beasts' salvation. Perhaps being reminded of the breathtaking sets, the whimsy of its colorful creatures, and the wild ride the first movie offered will allow Newt to embark on his own adventures once more; or at the very least, reveal that Fantastic Beasts had much more to appreciate than it was ever given credit for. After all, like the creatures Newt cares for, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was always misunderstood; whether by those who tried to turn it into something it was never meant to be, or by those who forgot what it originally aspired to achieve.

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