Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Review

Posted by Uma Damle | Filed under Harry Potter and the Deathly hallows

I am not a raging hot-blooded HP fan. Well not now at least.Used to be one at one time but the thoroughly lousy movies and even lousier book 5 led to the transformation (That is my personal opinion and is not being forced upon anyone who doesn’t quite agree with me. I do not fancy waking up one morning to find a mob of raging hot-blooded HP fans at my doorstep clamoring for my head).I started reading the book with expectations approaching to zero but after a breathless 5 hours 10 minutes 42 seconds I kept the book down to bow down to Rowling.

This sure as hëll isn’t a kiddie book anymore. Rowling has been merciless this time. Half a dozen significant characters topple like cards in a castle when the blow comes in cold blood….just like that. The danger is real and the wizarding community is engulfed from all sides. The characters no longer pretend that the world is fine and dandy. This is a war…and every war has casualities. Throughout the book the omnipresent air of danger around the entire wizarding community is so palpable that you can almost smell the stench of death or worse that lies awaiting in the shadows to pounce at the slightest provocation. There are small joys, weddings, births and personal victories but the characters don’t have time to dwell over them before another terror, another death eclipses them.

Rowling hasn’t wasted book space this time on Quidditch matches, christmas dinners, teenage romances, school classes, dueling clubs and similar things that are insignificant in the cold cruel real world of actions and consequences that Harry lives in now. This makes the plot so incredibly taut and fast that whenever I thought it was safe let my guard down and stop chewing my nails something would happen that would make me chew my nails with renewed vigor (My manicured nails now look like a bunch of rodents have been to work at ‘em).

The painfully real beginning hits the reader like a slap on the face. This sets the feel of the rest of the book which (as I have already said) moves at a breathless pace. There are no slow moments(unlike the 5th book which felt like chewing gum that’s been chewed for too long towards the end) The climax is surreal despite rising to a chaotic final crescendo. But alas the ending was an unexpectedly expected one, not expectedly unexpected as I expectedly expected of her (Lather rinse and repeat to understand ;p ) But then as I come to think of it she could hardly screw the whole story just for the sake of giving us a surprise in the end.

Since this is a very early review I respect people’s desire to read the book and unravel the story themselves, I’ll just give the basic plot with no spoilers: Harry is on the run with Ron and Hermione attempting to accomplish the task entrusted to them by Dumbledore - Finding the horcruxes that contain bits of Voldemort’s soul and destroy them to make him mortal again. They travel from place to place in the country, away from safety and comforts of home and school, trying to avoid capture, making mistakes, often losing conviction yet moving on (Reminding me a lot of Frodo,Sam and Golum’s journey in LOTR). They escape several horrendously tight spots by the skin of teeth, suffering irrevocable losses each time yet they never dither. Along the way they also discover something more than the horcruxes, something they didn’t intend to find - The deathly hallows (What they are is something that cannot be told in a supposedly spoiler free review).
Meanwhile darkness seeps like poison throughout the veins of the magical world rapidly as Voldemort and his supporters move in open and unleashes a regime of terror on muggles, muggle-borns, squibs and all those who oppose him.Both the ministry and Hogwarts are under his dominance.
We also get answers to all unanswered questions as the story unfolds. Even things mentioned only in passing in earlier books constitute as the missing pieces in the jig-saw puzzle. We discover things about Lily Potter, Snape (I always knew that a character as enigmatic as he had a story to tell) and…Dumbledore - the haloed wizard who we discover had feet of clay after all.

What I really really admire about Rowling’s books is that she is never hypocritical. She doesn’t pretend that world is fairy tale where on one hand there are good people who are harmless fluffy bunnies with not a drop of anything bad about them an on the other the black báštárdš who are just pure evil. Both the good people and the bad people have hints of grey and white… everbody has their own insecurities, their own fears to deal with (Well, I think people like Voldemort and Umbridge are just deviant perverts and don’t comply to this theory). She also showed that there will always be people for whom the end justifies the means and those people who hurt any propaganda that jeopardizes their position of advantage.

Rowling has surpassed all the previous books with this one. The narrative is flawless, the humor (which is very scanty in this book) subtle. She makes you weep with grief at every death and parting, feel as terrified as the characters in dangers, sigh with relief at every narrow escapes, feel jubilant at every small triumph…. she makes you leave your mundane world behind and enter that of Harry’s which is built so convincingly engaging that you could just reach out and touch it. This was by far her best.
So ended the journey we begun with Harry 10 years ago. The journey has had its ups and downs but well… all is well that ends with a well written book.I close it with a tear in my eye and a smile on my lips as I bid adieu to Harry Potter - the boy who lived, lives, and will live forever in a magical corner of my heart.

My verdict:8/10

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66 Responses to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Review”

  1. Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    Nice review
    Stumbled on your blog thru orkut..Why dont you list your blog on some blog listing sites like http://www.buzzerhut.com and i hope you will get more eyeballs.
    keep blogging..

  2. Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 5:24 pm

    I just finished reading the book, which took be about 5 1/2 hours. Very good review.

  3. Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    Thank you :-)

  4. Says:
    July 22nd, 2007 at 12:00 am

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  5. Says:
    July 22nd, 2007 at 8:01 am

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  6. Says:
    July 22nd, 2007 at 8:02 am

    A few spoilers could have helped to generate more hits… :P

  7. Says:
    July 22nd, 2007 at 1:14 pm

    nice review . although i do disagree with some points. but that may be because i’m a die hard potter fan.

  8. Says:
    July 22nd, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    Please, don’t let J. K. Rowling kill Harry Potter. :)
    http://avenidacentral.blogspot.com/2007/07/pottermania.html

  9. Says:
    July 22nd, 2007 at 3:29 pm

    Prashanth:Elegent and proffesional book and movie reviews do not give away more than they need to.Couldn’t care less about hits…and thank you (takes a bow :-))
    Pratham:Of course you are most welcome to disagree.This was a review on which everybody can have a different take and not a commandment”Thou shalt agree with me” ;-p.Thanks for the compliments.

  10. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 8:00 am

    Cool spot buddy
    finished the book in 5 1/2 hrs

  11. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 8:39 am

    excellent review, although i wasnt weeping with every death i otherwise agree with everything, particularly the part about the films - theres even a wikipedia article about it (sort of): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differences_between_book_and_film_versions_of_Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix

  12. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 9:15 am

    The painfully real beginning hits the reader like a slap on the face.
    lol
    i dont relly agree with that
    but i loved ur review, and the book of course

  13. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 10:45 am

    Nidhi:Err..when I say beginning I meant the death of Moody.It shocked me like hëll to see that a character like him would get snuffed out this early and so unceremoniously in the book.Thanks anyway.

  14. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 1:51 pm

    stumbled on to ur review through google. not bad! i like the part about the opening chapters hiting the reader like a slap in the face! my sentiments exactly, an i quite agrre with it bein at breathless pace! i mean throught the 8 hours i read it i looked like i was tryin to set the record for eye popping!!!
    my eyes wer wide open, my mouth open wide the whole time! and i uttered non stop “oh my god!” and ” what??” “no WAY” lol
    i think ur terribly right in saying that it is no longer a kiddies book. it has all of a udden become soo real and intense.

    i admit i cried sooooooo much throughout reading it especiaally the chapter” the prince’s tale” as i predicted snape was good months ago! so i awas happy to see i was right.

    please check out my HP page

    http://-XHarry-PotterX-.bebo.com

    through wich you can find my own personal page under the name yasmin shaw / XHarry-Potter-LoverX

  15. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 2:23 pm

    nicely written..

  16. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 2:48 pm

    a very nicely put up review….

  17. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 3:04 pm

    Great review!!

    And yeah..everyone has shades of gray..The book’s an excellent narrative, fast(like you’ve mentioned :D), and definitely not a kids book anymore.you’re right about JKR not wasting time and space in the book..
    there’s so much we can ponder about in this book..so much more value and human nature..

    Glad I stuck through these years just for this :)

  18. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    Amazing review..but I disagree with what u said about the 5th book. And yeah..this one is the best work of Jo..but it hurts that it’s all over..

  19. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    Very well put review. Although I don’t agree with a few things you’ve mentioned (being one of the obsessive fanatics you were referrring to), I loved your writing style. Way to go!

  20. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 4:44 pm

    Over 2500 views and still counting today,and no.4 on google search for “harry potter and the deathly hallows review”…THANK YOU all for visiting and commenting :-)

  21. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    lovely review. i completely agree about the 5th book….god that took forever! anyways great review ^^

  22. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    i love your review. read the book and couldn’t agree with you more. the first chapter instantly grips you. and yes, i found snape’s and dumbledore’s story heartbreaking.

  23. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 6:13 pm

    I also happened on your review through Google. Very nice job. THe first death was actually the worst for me becasue it was so unexpected. I also found Kreacher’s story of Regulas and the potion very moving.

  24. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 9:04 pm

    You are very good at writing reviews, I must admit. I don’t quite agree with you there because i do not think that this was the best book of the series. It was certainly a good one but I think there was something missing. Maybe I am expecting too much of J.K Rowling because she writes with such imaginative flair and creativity but I think bringing Harry back from the dead was slightly confusing. Although she mislead me in such a way that i was pleasantly surprised when Harry was reprieved from Voldermort, i don’t think she fully explained the period in which he met the ghost of Dumbledore in his mind(?). I think it is good of an writer such as J.K to leave some parts untold for us to imagine but she could’ve explained things jsut THAT much clearer. But overall, i think this book was a very good read and it ties up this era of Harry and his world with a brilliant end. I would also like to say, Albus Serverus is NOT a good name.

  25. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    Great review, and I appreciate your professionalism and a lack of spoliers! I wish that there were more safe reviews ti read like this one.

  26. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 10:20 pm

    Nice review, and I appreciate your professionalism and a lack of spoliers! I wish that there were more safe reviews ti read like this one.

  27. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 pm

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  28. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 6:09 am

    very nice… u sure you’re a student?
    i’ve been a journalist for 11 years and i seen very few such well-written reviews.
    i hope to see your name on a book someday… and you can be sure i’ll buy it.

  29. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 6:42 am

    gr8 review…but u could hav given more hints

  30. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 7:09 am

    your review is superb. the best book so far by JKR.
    I got on to the firebolt and circled entire earth and landed safely on the rooftop. That’s how I felt the moment I started the book and completed it some 19 hours later (minus some minutes spent on daily cores!) what a book! You need not be a genius to have guessed some plot details earlier because it is a continuing story right from first book. I felt really sad (even had wet eyes!) for Snape. What a man. JKR should have at least permitted harry to hug snape once (even though he loath him and the feeling is mutual!) I feel that jkr’s children should have made her change her mind from eliminating one of the three main characters. But I don’t complain. The epilogue should have been more hilarious and informative had there was a dinner meeting at The Burrow amongst all Order members and other survivors (including Grawp!). The following may also be added (this is only inclusive. Lot and lot can be mentioned):
    1. Hagrid marries Madam Maxime
    2. Hagrid gifts tawny Owl to harry named Hedwig
    3. Umbridge put behind Askhaban
    4. Luna Lovegood marries Neville
    5. Ron joins Charlie in WWW joke shop
    6. Kreacher joins Hogwords kitchen
    7. Hermione becomes Healer
    8. Harry becomes Auror
    9. Kingsly Shacklebolt becomes minister of magic etc etc

  31. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 9:50 am

    Well written-review , Chuma. Great work.
    Hmmm .. may be you should have given some more hint abt the plot.
    Many were waiting for that !

    prashanth, you shud be a happy lad now !

    Kudos to Uma !

  32. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 10:59 am

    Yeah man… 5500+ views to my blog was generated just because of this…
    Uma simply rules! Finally, some quality content on my blog, eh? ;)

  33. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 2:43 pm

    Chichoo:Yeah…even I was very dissatisfied with the epilouge but couldn’t say that in the review ‘cos then I would have had to explain myself which hardly fits in a spoiler free review.You have suggested some preetty nice endings I must say :-)
    Ruchi:I am quite sure I am a student ;-)Thank you so much for commenting.It is a great compliment coming from a seasoned journalist(Though I don’t plan to write a book in near future.Am too lazy ;-p)

    Pig:Yes Albus Severus is a very..ah discordent name.Totally agree with you regarding the resurrection yet again I couldn’t speak about that in this review.

    Tarun,Prashanth,Mille,Affle8,Pam,Paige,Afreen:Thanks again(Takes a bow and straightens up with a grimace.Back hurts ‘cos of too much bowing ;-))

  34. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    WOW!!! Uma, This was awesome. ur hits are just refusing to stop. wait till ur sitemeter blasts. u are all over the search engines!!! well, i hate harry potter (no pun intended). its simply coz i hate fantasy but ur review suggests it to be a cool one. Thanx for the review as i can never stand Mr harry singh potter.
    This was a real kickass review. well done! always expected this from u and no less.

  35. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 7:30 pm

    What did you think of the epilogue? I enjoyed the book thoroughly, but the childish epilogue really dealt me a blow.

  36. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    Of the reviews I’ve read, professional papers included, I enjoyed reading this review most of all.

  37. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    Annie:Yeah I know..looked more like a kiddish fan-fic than anything else.I mean Albus Severus and Scorpius(rolls eyes)…can it be more lame than this.And this was the chapter I had been dying to read since I read the first book 8 years ago(sighs deeply).

    Shakti:Haha…thanks.I love your comments on any of my works.Highly distinctive they are :-).

  38. Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    Matthew:Thanks…that’s quite a compliment :-)

  39. Says:
    July 25th, 2007 at 8:25 am

    i Love your review…it couldn’t be put better then what you’ve wrote.
    I love the book from the very first word to the very end. Except the epilogue lols. I guess it is needed in order to ease our souls knowing that life goes on for the one that lives.

    I didn’t want to read it because I know that it will end as soon as i turn the last page…But after i finished the book i felt relived and saddened at the same time…i guess that all good things must come to an end. *cRies*

  40. Says:
    July 25th, 2007 at 9:11 am

    You actually liked this load of rubbish? perhaps it’s because of ‘fans’ like you that ekta kapoor still has such a large following. Cheesy is the word I would use to describe this book. It wasn’t a good trash-read. Sorry mate, but you need to rethink why you like this series, one that had much potential but has descended into the murky underbelly of popular culture. It is indeed a sad day that you cannot recognize it. Of course nothing that I say will have any impact on you, so I don’t even know why I’m bothering to post this… but whatever.

  41. Says:
    July 25th, 2007 at 12:01 pm

    I totally agree with the review. I just finished reading the book and I adored it. I am just really sorry that it’s over, that this was the last book…though we still have the ‘lost years’ before the last chapter to think about!

  42. Says:
    July 25th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    A VERY NICE REVIEW! KUDOZ!

  43. Says:
    July 26th, 2007 at 10:57 am

    hahaha somebody help my insides!!im rollin in laughter already…Prashant u hav surpassed ur image of a retarded geek wid dat review. however dont forget dat though rowling is a brilliant writer, she just doesnt hav a sense of pace.the fifth book crawled lik it had rheumatism and the seventh blasts of lik its tail is on fire[broomstick tail or watever]
    secondly thr is never enogh time for the reader to fully absorb the enormity of the situation dat harry and his frends are in.they r just blunderin along with the reader feeling dat he is just a side passage in the main corridor-u might glance in once in a while but othervise u mostly ignore it.Mrs. Rowling, only one request plz dont ever forget to give readers time to absorb wat uve written or else v just wont b able to keep up wid the plot.
    thirdly thr is no relation between the main plot and certain sidetrails that definitely spiced up interest in the buk..recall if u may the recent controversy over whom harry wuld go out wid?does his ex die of a broken heart?wat does she aim to do?wat does harry feel about her?such things thjough mundane definitely bring out the reader in most of us.
    and then thr is no indication dat our frends hav any idea wat they r doing-whether chasing death eaters or voldemort or simply tryin to find their way across a forest.besides it wuld be nicer if rowling culd bring about the more mature feel adt harry and co get after dobby dies-it wuld have added character and perspective to the task thats been set before them.
    aneways i dont think prashant appreciated my sayin nothin about his review so here goes-*deep breath* hey p itz a grt review though id tone down the adoring fan worship..either way i still think dat ur gonna do wonders ìf û këëp up the good work.

    P.S.sorry for the long comment!!!

  44. Says:
    July 26th, 2007 at 11:07 am

    sorry ppl dat comment was for Uma, not for the geeky brat on the top of the page…sorry about dat uma….

  45. Says:
    July 26th, 2007 at 11:41 am

    Who decides which books get press (Harry Potter) and which get censored? After all, censorship is becoming America’s favorite past-time. The US gov’t (and their corporate friends), already detain protesters, ban books like “America Deceived” from Amazon and Wikipedia, shut down Imus and fire 21-year tenured, BYU physics professor Steven Jones because he proved explosives, thermite in particular, took down the WTC buildings. Free Speech forever (especially for books).
    Last link (before Google Books caves to pressure and drops the title):
    http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-38523-0

  46. Says:
    July 27th, 2007 at 11:06 pm

    i cant believe so many have started and ended the 700 page book in single-digit hours.
    About the book, i thought that it couldn’t have ended more perfectly, even though i don’t think it was cheesy, corny, expected etc. I mean even with the happy ending there are still some sad parts: Death of Severus, death of Lupin & Tonks right after having a child, death of Mad-Eye etc. Great review by the way (liked the “lather rinse and repeat to understand” part) Ohh i cant believe harry potter is over. As much as i know this was the last one (”we now present the seventh and final installment in the epic tale of harry potter on the cover”) i would like to think that more is coming, perhaps a continuation of Harry Potter’s new life with Ginny and his kids (Albus, James & Lily), of Ron and Hermione and their kids (Rose & Hugo), about Teddy Lupin and Victoire (i think she’s Bill & Fleur’s daughter), about Neville being a teacher at Hogwarts. I just wish that the EPIC TALE OF HARRY POTTER does not end.

  47. Says:
    July 29th, 2007 at 4:58 am

    > This was by far her best.

    Wow, we differ on this. I thought it was by far the worst of the seven: jumbled storylines, gigantic plot holes, inconsistent pacing, questionable ethics, a resolution to the Snape character that was just a colossal train wreck and a saccharine-sweet epilogue so overstuffed with empty calories it would have choked a python.

    But then, what do I know? I thought book five was the pinnacle of the series, with book six scraping the bottom of the barrel and the finale dropping through a Snape-sized hole in the floorboards.

  48. Says:
    July 29th, 2007 at 6:40 am

    > I thought book five was the pinnacle

    Oops, I seem to have purjured myself. Book Four (Goblet of Fire) was the apex; the series has been in slow decline ever since.

  49. Says:
    July 29th, 2007 at 7:50 am

    Tushin:
    The only reason you couldn’t keep up with the plot is because you struggle to write a coherent sentence.

    Book seven was in my opinion the best of the series, it answered all questions beautifully. I didn’t think she would be able to finish the series so well but she surpassed my expectations immeasurably. The best revelation was that of Snape’s unbreakable loyalty to Dumbledore, that he had done it all out of love for Lily and that he had in fact, loved Harry all along.
    My only criticism is the death of Tonks, which I have deemed unnecessary. However, many years of loyalty to Harry have lead me to trust J.K. Rowling and see that she has had years to think of her characters’ fates.
    J.K. Rowling you are a genius. And if someone is going to refute me on that, please make your response legible.

    Very thoughtful review!

    Cheers.

  50. Says:
    July 29th, 2007 at 8:54 pm

    Snape didnt love Harry at all, he did it all for Lily. In my opinion, the book leaves everything unanswered and it is just a beautiful attempt to continue the series under another name. It is the end of Harry Potter as a character, but not of the story at all. The elder wand, the ring and the cloak are still out there. And there are Death Eaters too, such as Bellatrix Lestrange. Are they so weak that they can’t keep on fighting? I very much doubt it. The story has to continue because it is not ended. I didn’t like the book at all because it is both inconclusive and there are too many deaths that are unnecessary (I won’t go over all of them, but -for real- what is the purpose of the death of the two members of the order that had just got married? Or is it that their son is going to be the new hero?). I am really disappointed with the story and I really think it is not a closure to the series. It poses more doubts. Cheers to those who die in the series and did not have to die.

    Paola

  51. Says:
    July 29th, 2007 at 9:00 pm

    I forgot to say this: The epilogue is bull šhìt. What does Harry do? Has he attained his wish to become an Auror? Or is it unnecessary? And the Dursleys? There are many things unsaid and it isn’t JK’s style not to leave everything written in a neatly polished style. My regards from Argentina.

    Paola

  52. Says:
    July 30th, 2007 at 7:13 pm

    Bellatrix Lestrange is dead. Mrs. Weasley killed her. I honestly think that some people didn’t take their time to enjoy the book and just skipped over parts. Anyway I completely disagree with most people’s opinions on the epilouge. I had to read it though twice because I loved it so much. I just think that after all the tragedy that Harry has gone through, he deserves a happy ending like JKR wrote. Also maybe Harry doesn’t even want to be an auror anymore. The main reason he wanted to be an auror before is to kill Voldomort and his supporters….but now Voldomort is dead. Oh I think the name Albus Severus is beautiful! It made me cry because it showed how grown up Harry has become and the credit Snape deserves.

  53. Says:
    July 31st, 2007 at 5:58 am

    The book was fantastic, a great addition to the HP story. My one wish from the previous books was an increase in spell usage - it always seemed from the stories of the Marauders that they had a larger repertoire of magic. While Harry and Gang were struggling with elementary spells such as Expelliarmus and Stupefy, James and Company at the same age were constructing magical maps and becoming Animagi. Which brings me to my one wish for Book 7, what would Harry become if he were an Animagus? That was the main letdown other than a broader description of the trio’s lives and occupations after the fateful battle. Props to JKR for an engaging and otherwise spectacular tale. Anyone who criticizes the book can’t seriously call themselves a true HP fan. The hero gave in to his fears and realized that in order to truly save the ones he loved for “the GREATER Good,” he had to sacrifice himself. Albeit, the fact that he didn’t have to die was to appease the fans, it worked for me. All in all, a spellbinding tale that at times seemed slow and methodical, but for a purpose. I don’t believe JK wanted it to end as much as she knew it must end, and she wanted us to truly identify with the friendships formed throughout some 3500 or so pages of magical moments.

  54. Says:
    July 31st, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    There were good parts to this book, but a lot of it sucked. So many promises unfulfilled, so many promiseing leads that turned into dead ends, so many flints, as they are called, and an ending that is among the worst ever written, about a bunch of kids very few people cared about, instead of a relevation of what happened to more than a few of the survivors. If you cut off the epilogue, I’d give it six of ten. Worst of the series, beyond a doubt.

  55. Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 3:47 am

    OK, so I read it in a day and a half. Sorry I had to sleep some time and was actually doing so during the reading as well. I found the story boring, and while it did have some good parts, the majority of the story takes place as a hermit in a tent, doing not much of anything and moving from place to place. There’s a curse on the name, Voldemort and everyone reverts to calling him You-Know-Who when they should have reverted to calling him Tom. Hermione and Luna flirt with Harry during the book but ultimately, Harry being a good friend who knows his bestest and truest friend already called DIBS does nothing when that git of a prat goes home to mummy.

    Deathly Hallows read like poorly written fan fiction with cliffies and recaps as a transition. Like the author thought that we couldn’t turn the page and see what was happening next. Most of the stuff had been done over and over again in fan fiction as well. The only original bits were the Dumbledore and Grindlewald connection and temporary new characters which were quickly eliminated.

    Personally, I think that Mz. Rowling lost her mind after Goblet of fire. She claims that she had the whole idea of writing this tory and it’s all emcompassing conclusion since she wrote the Philospher’s stone. She’s full of çráp with that type of statement. If she truly had been it wouldn’t have spanned years to create this series and it would have been more apparent with the pairings.

    The biggest disappointment to the whole story is the whole “Power the dark lord knows not” is GOOD LUCK! Yeah, Tom never had much of that. Dumped in an orphanage. Found out he was heir to Slytherin, and that his mum fancied a muggle and he’s half-muggle. Abused in the same orphanage? Probably but never really confirmed, but definitely implied. One doesn’t go from a wholesome loving rearing environment to start torturing people while there without proper tutoring or motivation. Begs to stay in school only to be denied by the headmaster over and over again, and finally is denied the position that he wanted. BAD LUCK all the way around.

    I honestly can see why people would start thinking that there was a Ron/Hermione pairing if all they had to go on was the movies, and OOTP was the worst insult to the readers. It was like a reader’s digested condensed version which left out the constant bounding of friendship between torture sessions Harry endured with Umbridge.

    Back to DH. It sucked. Well written and verbally correct, but that’s an editor’s job, is it not? The story line sucked and the complete and lack of anything romantic was completely at a loss.

    Somewhere between Dumbledore’s funeral and the seven Harry’s JKR, unknown to the simple reader transplanted Harry’s brain and switched with Ron. He was self-centered, unintelligent and had the emotional range of a teaspoon. Ron, got the Penthouse/Hustler/Gent Magazine’s version of how to when witch’s and influence serious snogging book and became an idiot savant of Mage purportions.

    The one consistency in the whole story is that Ginevra Molly Weasley remains a complete and utter non-character and win’s her man by no-contest.

    There were so many unanswered questions. 19 years later? OK, we have kids. What do we do for a living? What happened with the Dursleys? Why the heck to Hermione bawl her eyes out when Ron showed his tried and true colors? Why did Harry marry Ginny, when all he ever wanted was a normal life and she made the stupid comment of “I knew you’d never be happy unless you were chasing after Voldemort”

    Most of the characters, with the exception of the one Weasley twin and Hedwig(Which was just plain sick and may she burn in hëll for doing that to his first friend)was killed off of paper. It just happened without explanation.

    I think that JK Rowlings cognitive reasoning and writing skills can be summed up with Jack Nicholson’s quote from ‘As Good As It Gets’ when describing how he writes like a woman(JKR). I write just like a man, and then I take away reason, and accountability.

    Geovanni Luciano(pen name)

  56. Says:
    August 3rd, 2007 at 3:41 am

    Hey i got on to this from google and i gotta say im inpressed people usualy dont get this in depth about books… now im gonna say this once and once only i hate reading but when it comes to HP i cant stop i really say taht this is the most memorizing series of bookes i have ever read when the 7th book came out i got it and couldnt put it down cause every chapter it was like you got closer and closer to the truth. When harrys wand broke i was mad cause that was really gay and çráp why would she do that. i cant believe some of the things done in the book by the characters but hey whatever. And by god i was RIGHT~ Snape wasnt evil. But i still cant help to feel some anger at him and dumbeldore cause they really left Harry hanging with nothing… But anyway great review and if I had the chance while i was reading the book to make harry do 1 thing i would make him kill the fág Beltrax Lestrange cause she really pìššëš me off.

  57. Says:
    August 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm

    I personally think all these books are amazing! They are brilliant and just get better as the books go on. When I finished reading the deathly hallows I hated the feeling of not being able to read another book showing how they lived with all the attention. Even though I was happy that everything had turned out well and they showed you after nineteen years had passed I couldnt help feeling sad that I couldnt have seen what had happened during that time; how Harry and Ginny had got together, How Ron and Hermoine had carried on their relationship. It would have been brilliant. Now I just can’t wait till the rest of the movies! J.K Rowling is just magnificent!

  58. Says:
    August 3rd, 2007 at 10:24 pm

    It wasnt me who said that before it was my friend but i do agree with everythimng that was said, this book is magnificent and no-one can say otherwise!

  59. Says:
    August 16th, 2007 at 4:42 am

    Mm.. nice review.. I already read the book.. It’s the best out of all the 7 books.. Rowling is one of the reasons why I learned English.. thanks to Rowling and my fav Hero Harry…
    Anyway I just can’t imagin that there will be no more Harry Potter stories.. Gonna miss them alot!!! :(

  60. Says:
    August 20th, 2007 at 8:46 pm

    Nice review, mate. A bit overenthusiastic maybe. I think Rowling didn’t want to disappoint the male adolescent readers who want wars , so she engaged in a “Lord of the Rings” saga, with the “horcrux-ring” that alters the moods of the bearer, and battles and killings, and all the ingredients that satisfy this type of reader. The real enchantment of the magical world she had so wonderfully imagined has vanished, in favour of the all too traditional “good-against-evil” series everyone is so much acquainted with. To me it is a real loss. Besides, I think it’s a pity she simply dropped 19 years that might have connected us again to the marvellous world she had created for us ten years ago. And as as several comments say, many questions are left unanswered. How did Teddy grow up as an orphan, who’s the new headmaster ,and indeed what about the Dursleys and Hermione’s parents… I secretely hope that Rowling might fill the gap one day.

  61. Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 7:47 pm

    In an interview[4] and online chat, Rowling gave additional information on the futures of the main characters that she chose not to include in the epilogue of the book. She stated that Harry becomes an Auror at the Ministry of Magic, and is later appointed head of the department. He keeps Sirius’s motorcycle, which Arthur Weasley repaired for him, but can no longer speak Parseltongue after the destruction of Voldemort’s soul fragment inside him. Ginny Weasley plays for the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team for a time, then becomes the lead Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet.

    Hermione initially works for the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, greatly improving life for house-elves and their ilk. She later moves to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and assists in eradicating oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. She also finds her parents in Australia and removes the memory modification charm she put on them. Ron works for a time with George at his store, Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, and later becomes an Auror.

    Rowling also explained the fates of several secondary characters. Surviving twin George Weasley runs his successful joke shop, now helped by Ron. George names his first child Fred, after his late twin brother. Former Dumbledore’s Army member Luna Lovegood searches the world for odd and unique creatures. She eventually marries Rolf, a grandson of the famed naturalist, Newt Scamander.[7] Her father’s publication, The Quibbler, has returned to its usual condition of “advanced lunacy” and is appreciated for its unintentional humour. Firenze is welcomed back into his herd, who acknowledge that his pro-human leanings were not shameful, but honourable. Dolores Umbridge is arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggle-borns.

    There has been a transformation in the wider wizarding world. Kingsley Shacklebolt becomes the Minister for Magic, with Percy Weasley working under him as a high official. As one of the reforms introduced by Shacklebolt, Azkaban no longer uses Dementors. Consequently, the world is now a “much sunnier place”. At Hogwarts, Slytherin House has become more diluted and is no longer the pureblood bastion it once was. Nevertheless, its dark reputation lingers. Voldemort’s jinx on the Defence Against the Dark Arts (DADA) position is broken with his death, and there is a permanent DADA teacher. A portrait of Snape does not appear in the headmaster’s office as he abandoned his post before dying. Harry intends to lobby for the addition of Snape’s portrait, and reveals to all Snape’s true allegiance.

  62. Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 6:14 am

    First of all, i’d like to say that I am just starting in my 7th yr at school. I would class myself as a kid as i am definently not an adult. I absolutly LOVE the Harry Potter series, but still, i am not absolutly obsessed with it, but they are my favorite books out the ones that i have ever read. I know all the books from cover-to-cover and strangley enough (cough, cough) I enjoyed 5-6 the most although all the books are fantastically engaging and make you not want to get up and do anything no matter how many times that you have read them.
    I absolutly love the way that J.K Rowling finished the series, I have read the book 3 times and am now starting for a 4th, I don’t enjoy anything as much as these books. They are the kind of books that can give you entertainment for ever and i am so sad that they have come to an end, though, I must say, it seems almost impossible to make another book.
    anyway, i think that YOU didn’t enjoy the book because you have vocabulary of a 5 year old. Sure enough, I had to look up 5 or 6 words, but that’s great.

  63. Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 6:37 am

    I cannot believe that anyone could not like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. For that person who said it’s like a Hermit living in a tent, if it was all voldemort, voldemort, voldemort, you would have said it was unbelieveingly unrealistic. Yet when they have the ‘hermit’ part, which DOES give loads of information to those who actualy READ it not just SKIM through it. So really it couldnt have won both ways. It’s really sad for the people who critisize it and quite frankly i feel sorry for you.
    Also, Ron, to that person, git of a prat, didn’t go home to Mummy but went to Bill and Fleur’s. (maybe you should try READing it not just reading every fifth line. I’d turn YOUR 1 and a half days into about 6 days if I may suggest.
    Ive raed it, reread it, and reread it again and im not about to stop now. I cannot, however, stick up for the fact that so much is missing at the end eg. WHO’s the new headmaster or WHAT happened with Ron and Hermione in that long gap. It does imply on a FEW details. But I still love it. How about YOU start writing a 3500 page book and 6 before that and keep it on the best sellers list for 10 or so years. Only a truly gifted writer could do that. I could hardly DREAM of being half the writer that J.K Rowling is.
    The BEST writer ever in my opinion, and boy have I read alot of books!!!

  64. Says:
    August 30th, 2007 at 2:34 am

    Pretty childish and uninspiring review but I’m sure you’ll improve as you practice.

    As for the book, I read it pretty fast, felt more like a chore than a delight. Could care less about the unanswered questions. Maybe my expectations we’re too high, being nowhere near a fan of Harry Potter, I always thought it was a pretty decent fantasy serie: you get to know some other world, of magic and legendary creatures, in which you meet loads of places and characters. I enjoyed travelling in this fantasy world until the last one, at least for me (even though the 5th book might have been a dissapointment). Deathly Hallows had too many pointlessly repeated events , many discrepancies or botched parts, things explained that we’re better left unexplained. Some characters got incredibly annoying as the story went, which led me to feel detached and uninterested in the remainder of the story. At that the journey stopped feeling epic and I just felt obliged to finish it.

    While I enjoy the fact that these books came as a revelation to millions of readers, old and yound alike, toward the joy of reading, I’m horrified whenever I discover that they refer to Harry Potter as being the best book they ever read or as the best book that was ever written.

  65. Says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 12:29 am

    OMG you r like the best reviewer ever. Your details are so emmense..thx for the help!!! <3

  66. Says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

    the book made me cry

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