This is the thread for discussing your general thoughts on the book. If you liked it, disliked it, thought it was the best ever, answered everything that you could possibly have wanted to know, disapointed you etc?

What did you think?

Were there parts that made you jump?

Were there parts that made you laugh out loud and have the people sitting near you look at you strangely?

Did you cry at any point?

Were there any parts that made you really angry or annoyed? What annoyed you? Was is the actual scene and you were meant to be annoyed, or was it because something in the book happened that you really didn't think should be there?

Does this conclude the series for you? Are you happy with the ending?

I don't know about anyone else, but I think the book title should have been Harry Potter and The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. I really like Dumbledore, no doubt about it, but I felt like JKR was asking a lot of questions for teh last book. I got really sick of the Dumbledore plot mainly because I wanted answers, not questions. I thought it was very drawn out.

I'm not quite sure if this is my favorite book yet. I think I'm going to have to mull it over a bit. I really enjoyed it, but the casual deaths made me dislike it. I feel like the characters should have been honored a little more.

Omigosh, this book now has my new favorite line!!! I cannot post it's entirety in the forums, but it is one that Mrs. Weasley screams at Bellatrix as she almost kills Ginny. "NOT MY DAUGHTER...!" and so on...that was a great line. I really hope they put that in the movie. It would make my day.

I didn't do anything that would make people look at me strangely, except perhaps cheer the characters on or whatever. Kind of like in movies when you talk to people...that's what I was doing. A little odd for a book I know, but it was fun nonetheless.

I am happy with the ending, though the epilogue was very cheesy. Those poor children and their names. Haha. But besides the epilogue, I think the ending scene was done very well. And Harry did it without luck too. Makes me appreciate him for his wizardy self.

In parts, the other six books have made me a bit emotional. Some happy, others sad. This one...Omigod, well it was a box of Kleenex job.

I guess I am an emotional person anyway, I cry at the opening of an envelope, so when Hedwig met her maker, I shed a tear. The most emotional part for me was definately The Princes Tale. I pulled myself together a little for King's Cross, but then it all fell apart in time for Harry to have company into the forbidden forest.

I am still on the fence about whether this is my favourite book or not. I will always have a soft spot for OotP. I certainly enjoyed this one. I guess the hype surrounding the release made expectations that much higher and JKR knowing this may have given in to too much sentimentality. I did think that the parts where Harry, Ron and Hermione were camping in different parts of the UK, was more like a campers guide to Britain, rather than a necessary part of the story. JK could have done with sending them off to Godrics Hollow a bit quicker, and letting them spend a bit more time there before sending Voldemort after Harry again.But I did like that you got to 'see' the story of the night James and Lily died.

I do however, feel a little bereft, that I will never have the excitement of ...I can't wait until the next book comes out, or of the queueing up in the pouring rain with other likeminded Potter fans chattong about theries and getting heckled from passersby who have just fallen out of the pub.

On the whole, I'd say this tied things up nicely. There is room for JKR to take up her quill again and pen some more about the magical world, but not about Harry Potter. His story has as she said, come to a satisfactory conclusion.

I liked it. Some parts I felt could have been left out and others elaborated on but overall it was a good book. I don't think she should have kept adding the Daily Prophet reports that went on for pages, just a snippet here and there would have been better. It's like she didn't want to spend too much time writing about Harry, or that she'd run out of ideas.

All of the deaths shocked me. I wasn't expecting so many so quick. I thought, yeah many nameless or unimportnat people will die but no! She killed off the mains and that aggravated me! Especially when she didn't elaborate and tell us how they died. Pretty lame in my opinion. Especially making Lupin and Tonk's child the new-age Neville, parents dead and having to live with his Gran. I'm half expecting a Teddy Lupin and the Fight of Hogwarts to come out next. Then a set of seven books all about Teddy. I'm glad Lupin had a child though, I just wish he could have lived and raised him. He didn't deserve to die.

I seemed to have cried alot. I was alone most of the time so it was no big but man she knows how to mix sad and happy! One second I was crying over a death and the next I was laughing at a line someones come out with! It was frustrating because here I am trying to mourn one person when anothers cracking a joke.

Showing Snapes' memories was nice. It actually proves he's a good guy, just in love with the wrong woman. I'm glad Harry was with him when he died though, no-one should die alone. Hate him or not, Snape was a massive part of the books and I'm glad she gave him the time he needed to make things right.

The battles were well done, I was expecting Harry and LV to be fighting each other in the midst of the other fighters so to have them circling in front of others was cool. Showed them they didn't need to be afraid of this person who thought he alone knew everything. Poor LV, being so stupid.

I thought the Epilogue was silly. Especially the kids names. Like sure, name them after your parents if you want, but Albus Severus! What on earth was she thinking!

So yeah out of ten I'd give it a 9. There were things that needed explaining but perhaps she'll have secrets on her site that will help us out.

The book would have been way better if she had left out that excuse of a chapter called the epilogue. I would advise most fans to simply tear out the epilogue and read more worthwhile fanfiction out there. Seriously Albus Severus? I can understand that and it's a very good sentiment, but honestly sounds as bad as than say Xenophilius Snorckacus or something like that. Poor kid.

I hated Harry in the first half of the book, it was as if Hermione could do nothing wrong, while Harry could do nothing right. It was only during the ministry raid and subsequent events at the Malfoy Manor that Harry came into his own. In the first half he degenerated from the mature version you saw at the end of the Half Blood Prince to the jerk we saw in the beginning and during Order of the Phoenix.

Overall the book was amazing, it goes on to show why JKR is JKR. The plot lines, the confrontations, the back stories etc were outstanding. Ron was awesome and the idea with ghoul was ingenious. Neville was the find of the book, he truly came into his own and his achievements surpassed those of his parents in the instance he led the resistance and when he stood upto Tom and slew Nagini. The entire concept behind the deathly hallows was amazing and something that no fanfiction writer could have ever come up with. Kreacher, though unbelievable was a pleasant surprise, but again that redeemed Hermione more than Harry on her "Treat Kreacher with kindness". Though ultimately it was the act by Harry that sealed Kreacher's loyalty.

Harry heading to Hagrid's hut prepared to die, accepting his fate, his conversation with his parents was one of the best scenes in the book, outmatched only by the final confrontation.
The final confrontations between Harry and Tom were awesome. The way the two stared eye to eye, circling around and the way Harry verbally demolished him in front of the future of the wizarding world, did more to demolish the terror or Lord Voldemort than his death itself. That was the Harry I wanted to see all through the book and not the washed out wizard with skills so mediocre that he would come across worse than most sixth years we have encountered in the book. Not a single instance of a non-verbal from him, something that's a norm for others in the same age group. I hated his overdependence on Hermione, perhaps JKR wished to make up for HBP (Half-Baked Plot) by overcompensating in this one. Not impressed with that.

Ooh...what a big question. And where to start...well, I guess I'll start with the bad stuff first so that I can end on a positive note

I read the spoilers - and they were true. I spent most of Saturday morning close to heartbroken and refused to read it. I was utterly dumbstruck at what has to be the weakest, most badly written openings of any book I've ever read. I was totally convinced it was an okay-fanfic - that incredibly uninventive 'Pius Thicknesse', for example, which is a clunky, music-less name and not worthy of JKR's creative mind. Voldemort was almost laughable, and it was full of such contrived analogies and sloppy descriptions that I thought JKR couldn't possibly have written it.

But then I thought...you know, you've been with this series so long, you have to see it through - for good or for bad - so I spent Saturday afternoon and most of Sunday finishing it off.

There were ups, and there were downs. But overall, I thought the story was concluded in the way not only that I had been expecting for a very long time, but largely with a great deal of satisfaction: the Hallows were original and, for the most part, unexpected; that Harry was indeed a Horcrux; that there was sufficient explanation of all those niggling little questions that had remained unresolved up to now; and that, for the most part, all the characters pretty much had satisfactory conclusions to their stories. I also liked the way that she brought all the places Harry had ever been into the story, and I particularly liked the reappearance of almost every character throughout the series...I think the only notable exception was Lockheart!

There were moments when JKR positively shone - the final paragraph in Doge's obituary for Dumbledore, which brought tears to my eyes; Hermione's words to Xeno Lovegood about the falsifying of evidence, which appealed to the scientist in me and was particularly deep for those of a philosophical bent; Dumbledore's gift to Ron, not because he knew that he would leave, but because he knew that he would want to go back; the supremely emotional presentation of Harry's thoughts as he walked into the forest. But there were also moments where I shook my head and wondered just who exactly she is aiming these books at - I thought much of the violence and "blood" was unnecessary and over-the-top (this is a children's story, about children, for children - she needs to decide on her audience and stick to it); I thought that she went on a killing spree purely for the sake of shocking, and many of the deaths were formulaic, predicatable, empty, pointless and unsatisfying; I was completely shocked and rather disappointed at the highly laughable use of forced swear-words which means that I am now going to have to alter the rule on this forum that said 'if JKR uses it in the books, then it's okay to use it here'...there is no way that some of the words she used is appropriate for a children's book and certainly not appropriate for use on these forums. Don't get me wrong - I'm no prude. Those who know me here know that I have a rather foul mouth sometimes, and the books I usually read are peppered with words far stronger than JKR used and I am in absolutely no way offended by them...in their proper place. A magical world in a children's book is not one of them, regardless of how much she tried far too hard to hammer it home that these characters are teenagers...something that was, again, forced, ham-fisted, and unnecessary.

I was very disappointed at Lupin and Tonks' deaths, which were pointless and unsatisfactory. Surely JKR realised how important these characters were to people - why did she give such a triumphant exit to Sirius and James, and such a weak one to Lupin? And I was disappointed with Pettigrew's end. Yes, he had a small sliver of remorse, but not enough...and being strangled by his own hand was just weak. Many of the characters deaths felt forced, as though she were waving a scythe across the series...just in case anyone may think of picking up where she left off in the future. The level of violence was also unnecessary and again, I find myself wondering just who exactly she's aiming these books at. At times, the battle at Hogwarts was comical - plants wrapping themselves around DE's heads, desks being herded along the corridor, crystal balls being dropped on people's heads, suits of armour coming to life (in scenes reminiscent of Bedknobs and Broomsticks, I have to say) - and such scenes are indeed worthy of the magical world we've come to know and love. But then she marrs these moments with supreme and Tarantino-esque outbursts of bloody violence that would be more at home in the Muggle world and were certainly extremely noticable bum notes in the otherwise rather melodic symphonic magical war.

I was also disappointed that the entire Slytherin population of Hogwarts left. I wanted just a few of them to remain to prove that it was as Dumbledore had always said - that it's our choices make us who we are. It was supposedly a major theme of the series and this would have been the moment to bring that home more than any other, but it was an opportunity that was not exploited. Snape and Slughorn were also Slytherins, and they chose the right side in the end, so why didn't at least one or two of their pupils? Very disappointing...

However, the ultimate judgement has to be in the final battle between Harry and Voldemort - which was perfect. With everyone watching, on Hogwarts grounds, Harry broke Voldemort's spirit before he broke his body, and that has to be the ultimate in satisfactory conclusions. Wonderfully done - satisfying, appropriate, not entirely expected, and well written.

I'm not going to comment on the presentation of the ships in this book because undoubtedly my comments are going to be labelled as biased for reasons that those who know me will understand. Suffice it to say that I don't have words to describe my loathing, disappointment, and absolute contempt for the rubbish that was the epilogue. Again, I'd read it in a spoiler, and I couldn't believe that JKR would write such drivel. I thought it had been written by an over-enthusiastic ten-year old, obsessed with thoughts of marriage and babies and everyone living happily ever after...which leads me to the ultimate conclusion of the entire series: it was a children's story. As wonderfully as it was presented, as gifted as JKR is in plotting and story-telling and character construction, it is nonetheless a children's story - which still leaves the bouts of violence, bad language, and inappropriate situations as huge, ungainly jagged peaks in an otherwise beautiful and magical world - rather gaping plotholes notwithstanding, such as how Ron suddenly learning parseltongue, or how they got past the blocked entrance to the Chamber of Secrets

Overall though, despite some of the sloppy writing, weak character endings, occasional plotholes, I'm happy, and I'm glad that I stuck with the series to the end.

Wow. What a mixture of love/hate in these reviews...

Ok, where to start?

I'll start, like most of you, with the epilogue. Honestly, if I had read that online ahead of time (which I absolutely, positively, refused to do!), I would have said "Yeah, ok, like JKR would really write that mushy nonsense." Well, erm... she did.

I mean, the epilogue was certainly needed, and left the long-lived fans of the series with a very content, very satisfied reaction to the ending of the story, but, come one... "Albus Severus"? Puh-lease.

Other than the ending, I could not be more pleased with the book. (Well, for the most part). It was by far and away the most compelling piece of literature I have ever, ever read.

I was very disappointed at the death of Hedwig, though I can see how her presence would definitely have complicated the story, which JKR had planned out so meticulously and flawlessly.

Fred... You know, I definitely cried (I cried alot during my reading of the book, actually), but not as much as I would have if his death hadn't been placed where it was. I honestly thought it was Ron, until I saw Fred's name. My grief for the loss of Fred was softened by my relief that it wasn't Ron.

The death of Tonks and Lupin... this is where I disagree with JKR. I think their deaths were pointless and unnecessary. I also believe they were the two that "died that she didn't intend to die." That was just cruel...

I must say that I am very, very sad to see this series end, but also relieved at how she redeemed my one true love... Severus Snape

Oh, how I just KNEW he was innocent all along! I mean, I am very sad he is gone, but, come on... did any of you really expect him to live? I had been preparing myself for that moment since I read HBP.

I definitely saw the "Snape loves Lily" coming (as Louise can concur with me drawing from our many lengthy discussions in the Snape-Loved-Lily thread), and I was very, very happy with how lengthy his memories of her were explained on print. I was elated with them. Magnifico, JKR.

Overall, I will have to say I found it to be the best book in the series, not to mention the best book I have ever read.

My reaction to this book can be summed up in two words: Bitter Disappointment. It seems very rushed, which is disappointing, considering how long we had to wait for it.
What an anti-climax! I'm left with more questions than answers: What happened to there being "more to Petunia than meets the eye"? where is the person who shows magical tendencies late in life? What's the mystery about the veil and the whole ministry of magic thing? What did Dudley see around the Dementors?

If I had read this as a fan-fiction, I would have thought it was a huge waste of my time to have read such a load of absolute rubbish.

I have to say that I am very disillusioned and not satisfied at all. If I thought it would do any good, I would write her an angry letter, but what does she care, she's made her millions!!!

What did you think?

What can I say... I loved it! It was a great addition to the series, minus some parts, but overall I am generally pleased. I think some of the deaths were unnecessary and completely random, but hey, it's a war, I suppose. I really liked the style.. I like that they change a bit. It was certainly the War I was expecting with action around every corner. I truly love this book. It was a good 7th book.

Were there parts that made you jump?

Oh my.. tons! The scene when they just started to fly, and the Death Eaters surrounded them immediately! That was intense. I dunno why Hedwig was killed, but a loss is a loss. I'm sad to see Mad-Eye go with so little closure, however. When the snake was Bathilda, that was crazy! I'm having trouble imagining it when it happens, so I am shrowding the Dark Magic (obviously) with lots of smoke and stuff to make the transition from Woman to Snake a little more... imaginable.

Were there parts that made you laugh out loud and have the people sitting near you look at you strangely?

When Hedwig died, at first, I laughed because of the way she was described. "The owl lay motionless and pathetic as a toy on the floor of her cage." It was the first death that was a close death (we didnt know Charity Burbage) and I was sort of in shock that the Owl was killed so .. indiscriminately. However, after I chuckled, I grew sad.. and realized.. Hedwig is dead!

Did you cry at any point?

Oh my... nearly the whole book and I have no shame in admitting it. Every emotional scene was met with tears and I sobbed for Dobby. I dunno why.. but the death of the House-elf was particularly hard for me... perhaps because we knew what kind of life he lived, how he enjoyed freedom and was so willing to help. Yeah, most of the book was spent with the eye welling up. It was all so sad!

Does this conclude the series for you? Are you happy with the ending?

It concluded it, but there are still some questions... the epilogue was horrible. I hate the name "Albus Severus" and it was really hokey to name the kids in that manner. I assume that she left herself some wiggle room by making the Epilogue 19 years later... in case she ever wants to write again.

Ditto. I think it was a crowd-pleaser, to be honest. Something that you're average, ship-obsessed, fairy-tale-ending-loving person would enjoy, but as an adult reading this series, I thought it was nothing but contrived, pathetic, rubbish.



Forgot to mention that - but yes, I can see the reason for it. Unnecessary baggage for Harry, so she had to go. Shame though...I liked Hedwig.



Yes, again, I have to agree. In parts, I had the feeling that JKR ws skimming, anxious just to get things out of the way. I suppose that's a natural part of disillusionment when you've been writing the same series for so long.



Yes, there are a lot of unresolved questions. I'm looking forward to seeing what JKR has to say in the days and weeks to come. There's a chat on the Bloomsbury site on the 25th, I think.

And about the epilogue being 19 years - why was Teddy Lupin there? And who's Victoire? (Goodness, what awful names) Wouldn't "Teddy" be 19 at that point? Why's he at the platform? Waving his girlfriend goodbye, I suppose...urgh...utterly awful.

Well well welly-well well well. The final book has finally been passed to us avid readers, as we que up outside bookstores at 5 AM, the long line of people dressed in cloaks buzzing with excitement. I, being a slow reader just finished the book today in my Modern History class, and I just sat there for a good half an hour, dumb-struck. As much as I may not like to say it, it definately had not gone as I had thought it would, but all the same I found it an enjoyable read!

I remember sitting in the car listening to the radio about a month or so ago, when they released the date of when the final book would be among us. It ended out that it came out on my Birthday, July 21st! I was so excited, it was incredible. So I waited and waited until finally it came out. I spent the whole of the day reading, hour on hour, only stopping to either use the bathroom or get food. It kept me hooked.

This book definately left me more emotional than any book I've ever read, though I found there was a downside to places like the Forums. The amount of correct theories of the book seemed to ruin the mystery of it for me, I found as though I knew every surprise lurking around the corner. But all the same there were many things that I did not expect, this included the mounting death toll! And I can say that I sincerely thought that the Deathly Hallows was a place!

I loved the hidden surprises, being Dumbledore and Snape's past! Who knew tha Dumbledore had once seen domination as being "For the greater good". And of course Snapes love for Lily Potter, and he had kept Harry safe all these years, just so he could serve the memory of Lily. It all worked in nicely with the plot, and left me always curoius and on my toes.

Now to the "Nineteen Years Later" Epilogue, even though many people didn't like it, it seemed to satisfy me greatly. I thought the abrupt ending was awful, how they ended the book at Hogwarts. I really wanted them to atl east get to The Burrow, or somewhere else celebrating the victory! But the Epilogue seemed to satisfy me, I really wanted to know that they had a nice peaceful life (even if the names of the kids did seem a bit forced!).

But then there comes the worst part of all, for me at least. The slowly dawning realisation that this was the last book. There would not be another book, no more sharing in the lives of Harry, Ron and Hermione. It was painful to realise that as soon as the movies go, there will be little left to poke out of the Potter goldmine. But alas, it ended well, some things bothered me, but none the less I have thoroughly enjoyed the trips to Hogwarts.

"All was well."

I guess the whole point was that lot's of time had elapsed from the war and so unless JKR chosses to fill in the gaps.....it's her way of saying I'm done, Harry's moved on.

As for Victoire (why not just Victoria, I know she's supposed to be half French but shessh) wasn't she having her face snogged off by Teddy (stupid name) or did I read that bit wrong??

Ok i'm not to asure about spoilers yet so i'll do what i think best nd not post spoiers. I thought DH was fantastic and it was the best way to end a book. J.K.Rowling did this justice and i was satisifed with the end.

I have never feared cried or just down right screamed at a book in my whole life. I am so sad that it is at an end. I beleive J.K wont to anymore books and i dont blame her. She has put so much work into it allready. Let us say that it was an emotional ride for me.

And i feel an achivement for me. I read it in about 15 hours. I got it at midnight

Hi everyone,

I havent posted for a very long time but thought i would since i finished the last book yesterday. i dont know how i really feel yet quite numb actually. the deaths were suprising but added to the book in a positive way. i was riht about snape though but the ending im still not sure about "nineteen years later" i would have liked her to have talked about them a few months later and how they are all coping in a world where so many good wizards have been killed and families torn apart. but like i said still dont know how i feel properly although i dont have any yearning to read anymore. maybe it shows the book has done its job tied things up. sorry if this is just rambling to many of you. i did like the last line though "all was well"

Best one of the series I think - more love, hate, passion, fury, anger, outrage and answers than any other volume.

I thought the epilogue was inoffensive enough and summed up the story nicely. I was under no illusion that Dumbledore or Sirius were staying dead, or that if Harry survived he would end up with Ginny. I'm happy both went like this.

There was a lot of death of course, but then it's supposed to be a full-on war. Of course it's a shame but collaterol damage is something we've become remarkably unused to in the West.

There were a couple of minor points I had with it:

1. We never found out the occupation of Lily and James
I was looking forward to that out of curiosity more than anything

2. Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore went on too long
I suppose it was helpful to the plot but it was heavy going in some places

3. No return to the veil
Just thought it would be interesting to find out what it was for

4. The build-up to the Ron/Hermione kiss
I really don't think Harry should have been there at the time, it ruined the intimacy of the moment

Otherwise Jo, a thoroughly excellent book!

As I red the book I had a hundred different feelings running through me.
To be honest about it all… I had expected a bit more from JKR in the epilogue. It all seamed too… sweet and happy! I’m not saying that I wanted an unhappy ending, but everything just seamed too much the other way.
Otherwise I really loved the book!
But when I was halfway through the book I begun to wonder if they shouldn’t find a horcrux soon… I had begun to wonder if they would even finish in this book because there were so many things happening before they left. But then suddenly they did.
Some points of them book, I think, was a bit rushed. There were too many things going on at the same time in the beginning, and I had a really hard time keeping up with all the info I red. Wow.
The big fight? I really hoped there would be more between Harry and Voldemort, but when I red it, I thought it was perfect. At that point when Harry started to talk and everything I didn’t need a big fight, and was satisfied with the outcome.
But it left me with an empty feeling… now there won’t be more… I could cry. No more adventures with Harry, Ron and Hermione. No more fights! No more Harry Potter!
All in all. I loved the book, but it should have been longer so it didn’t seam so rushed and so it would fit with all the info we got, and my favourite will still be GoF. The epilogue was not good, but the chapter ‘The Flaw in The Plan’, was really good. The best I’d say.

What did you think?

i dear say that i enjoyed very much the fact that it was different from the other six (like the part that little of the action took place at Hogwarts). overall it was also a great book and once i got my hands on it, i just couldn't let it go, allthough i wanted to take this one real slow, to make it last. i was a bit disapointed with the truthfulness of the "Snape loved Lily" theory, i was expecting somethign grander. but it fitted, and we finally know the reason of his "quiet" and "enclosed" personality, why he rarely expresses positive feelings: he loved, but was not loved back the same way. but i wished to know more about him, still, because i suppose this is not the only tragedy in his life. i was also pleasently surprised that we saw a little more of Sirius, allthough only in character (his room) and echo . the twist in Kreacher's personality amused me, but it was a very nice thing, alltough i still resent him for contributing to Sirius's demise.
on the down side, i think the action was a bit rushed, i would have liked a longer book with many more detail, especially about the many deaths . they were so rushed, that i just couldn't pause to actually cry at any of them, allthough my heart sank when i read about Lupin and Tonks. i was also expecting Harry & co. to spend more time in Godric's Hollow. the only part when i actually cried was when Severus died. his end seemed unfitting for the great and complex man he was.

the epilogue was allright, but i was expecting something more complex, as i am sure many other fans do. i found "Albus Severus" as very interesting and fitting, and i belive he is Harry's favourite son. it doesn''t quite conclude the series, because i still have some burning questions, the most important is the "veil" and Sirius's death. but i hope future interviews and perhaps another comic relief book will clkear some of the lingering questions.

Well I spent the whole of Saturday reading, from 10:30 in the morning and only stopping to use the bathroom or eat. I managed to finish it at quarter past midnight though!

It's so sad that the Harry Potter saga is over - never again will I be able to rush down to a bookshop at midnight to pick up the newest addition to the series and read it with excitment, not nowing what will happen to Harry and the gang. It's like the end of an era!

Well I thought it was great - a perfect way to end 10 years of Harry Potter. I agree that it was rushed in parts, but it was still great.

God, what a bloodbath! So many people got killed, I couldn't believe it! How could they kill off Fred? And Tonks and Lupin? It was really sad. I also thought Dobby's death was sad, as was Hedwig's. I'm really glad that Bellatrix and Voldemort met their end. I thought that some deaths were unnecessary - like Tonks and Lupin's.

The battle of Hogwarts was my favourite part - wow is all I can say! I was gripped and I thought it was amazing. And how all the DA and the Gryffindor Quidditch team ganged up together to fight, as well as the teachers - great!

I was a bit confused with the King's Cross bit. Were they actually in Harry's head or not? How could Dumbledore talk to Harry within his head? I was a bit confused at that bit.

Snape is good! I was so glad! I was wrong there - I thought for sure he was evil! It was great that he was still faithful to Dumbledore and helped Harry along. Although I did kinda suspect it, I was still quite shocked at the Snape loves Lily part. Snape's memories were really interesting and a great insight into his life and Lily's. I guess you can really understand why Petunia hates magic - she begged to get into Hogwarts!

I thought that the bit with the Dursleys - where Dudley said that Harry wasn't a waste of space and mad him a cup of tea - that was touching! There was kindness in him after all!

I agree that the epilogue kind of brought down the whole book. It really did seem like a piece of poor fanfiction. An epilogue was really needed but to finish off 10 years of Harry Potter with that - what a let down.

I thought it was great how you got to see into Dumbledore's past, although it did go on for a bit too long. However it was really interesting to get an insight into his childhood. Like Harry said, it is hard to imagine him as a child

Some things are still unanswered though - What's the deal with the veil??? And what did Dudley see when the Dementors attacked him??

I thought the humour in the book - mostly provided by Fred and George - was great. For such a sad and dark book it really helped to lighten it up. What's going to happen to their business now that Fred is gone?

Overall though the book was great - I loved it! I'm not sure if it is my favourite book yet but it was fantastic. I couldn't put it down!

Finishing the book I really liked it and was satisfied with the ending. About half way through it I wasn't quite sure where it was going, I wasn't sure if I was going to like the ending. And even though there was something happening in pretty much every chapter, there seemed to me to be a sort of quietness to the middle of it. Not like the other books, it was strange. I don't know if anyone else found that, maybe I'm just weird. Anyway, by the end of the book it had the old 'Harry Potter' feeling back.

I think it successfully became the book I cryed most often reading! I am not ashamed! But I think she balanced the sadness/darkness and happy/funniest well. Obviously there needed to be more darkness than lightness, but J.K.R chucked in a couple of good ones (Fred: feeling holey!!!).

I also think that Harry and Voldemort's final fight was perfect! I couldn't imagine a better ending. However, there wasn't much after that. You barely got Ron and Hermione's reactions when he told them about what happened, and then we find out what happens 20 years later. That sorta annoyed me, but not enough to put me off the book, obviously!

All in all though, I loved it!

I can honestly say without embarassment that I as soon as I finished the book I cried like a baby for about half an hour, I just couldn't stop (this may also have something to do with the fact that it was 2 in the morning and I had 4 hours sleep the night before. Oh the joys of college life). I started reading "The Philosopher's Stone" in December 1997, when I was nine, so there is a strong link in my mind between my childhood and Harry Potter. And now its over. I hope this doesn't mean I have to be a 'real' adult now!

I nearly had a heart attack when Ron left. I knew that if he din't come back I could never read the series again and have any respect for him. Snape's death was I felt very degrading but I also understood that it was the only way he could truly redeem himself in Harry's eyes. The Prince's Tale was an extremely dignified way of sending him off that offset the humiliating circumstances of his physical death.

It's possible that I actually stopped breathing when Harry entered the Forbidden Forest, I was so tense. During the reading of King's Cross I had to put the book down for a second because I couldn't see the page as I was quite teary.

All in all this may be my favourite of the series, even topping Prisoner of Azkaban. It was everything I could have possibly hoped for in ending such a mind-bendingly good story. Totally love it!

three words : THAT WAS AMAZING!


gripping from the start unlike most of the earliers , shame about all the dead.

i felt JK could have honoured the dead charachters better

dobby was the only one who seemed to get respect in death.


dobby and the house elves

they all really supprised me during the story by being so heroic.

RIP DOBBY


Fred and george didnt deserve what happened to them, as they were the most sucsessful weasleys , enterprise wise. fred didnt have to die, although it seemed to make the battle more reasistic.

Lupin and tonks should have been described fighting

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Have to agree there-my favourite book of the series




The reason for that is because it wasn't set at Hogwarts.In the previous six books the story would trundle along at a nice pace with the odd bit of action thrown in.But this book was different-it was action all the way which i loved especially the stuff when the trio were on the run.I knew as soon as Harry described one of the workmen in the Tottenham Court Road cafe as big and blonde, that it was that Death Eater from HBP.I was screaming "run away,run!!!"

Now i have a confession to make i kind of liked the R/Hr stuff in this book, even though im a H/Hr shipper weird!! I was positive R/Hr would get together then break up because of all the stupid bickering and bad feelings between them(canaries anyone), this would leave the way clear for H/Hr. But i knew R/Hr was going to last as soon as Hermione ran up and hugged Ron when he arrived back safely in 'The Fallen warrior' and i accepted that they would be together(grudgingly but i did )Their kiss was random but after HBP i was glad sappy romance wasn't the main story. I will talk about the epilogue later.....

The deaths! I lost count of how many people died, there was so many.The saddest death for me though was Dobby I mean he had just come to save Harry and co and then JKR had to go and kill him....why oh why??

And Lupin and Tonks- they were happily married and had a kid and they were killed- how we don't even know

I have to admit that i nearly cried once- and it wasn't even at a death! It was when Harry used the Resurrection Stone and Lily,James,Sirius and Lupin came out of it. I just felt myself welling up.....
However there are a few issues i have with this book.

1. Who did magic later in life? The only person i can think of is Ted Tonks because did he not heal Harry before he went to the Burrow?

2. The Vei!lWhat was the point of introducing it of we were never going to find out more about it. I thought that was what the American cover was depicting.

3.Dumbledore I found the whole Dumbledore story a bit too long and drawn out and the 'King's Cross' scene was just plain weird.

And now i come to the Epilogue.Oh dear. This is the only 'spoiler' i saw prior to the book's release and as soon as i saw it i thought it was fake and was a fanfiction.Boy was i wrong.
I hated it because

1. It was pure cheese.
2. The names of the kids were just weird, Albus Severus
3.We didn't really find out anything apart from R/Hr got married and had 2 kids, H/G got married and had 3 kids and Neville became Herbology professor(which he so deserves because he was amazing in this book) I wanted to know what everyone's job's were and what happened to the Weasley's and how George is coping with Weasley's Wizard Wheezes and stuff like that.

However bar the unnecessary epilogue Deathly Hallows was a great book but still left a few questions.

Oh yeah the best moment in the book. It's a tie between the part where McGonagall has gone wild and is directing desks to charge at the Death Eater's and Mrs Weasley yelling "Not my Daughter you......"

I thought it was great. My favorite parts were the first fight in the air and when Hogwarts fought Voldemort.

I was a bit disappointed that Sirius was in it so little and that once we knew for sure Snape was good he was dead. J.K. was killing people off left, right, and center. I couldn't believe when she killed Lupin and Tonks. I was worried one of them might die but I never thought they both would especially after having a baby! And poor Dobby, that one was surprising so was Fred. I never thought she's kill one of the twins.

I liked the fact that most of the D.A. and Wood came back to fight. Though my mom pointed out Colin shouldn't have been there since he's Muggle born so why was he at school?

The epilouge was okay but it should've been longer. I would've liked to know what happened to everone even if they weren't important like Grawp, George, Percy, Lockhart, pretty much anyone.

Who do you guys reckon took care of Teddy?

I too tried to read it slowly. If slowly means from 8 A.M. to 7:44 with a break for church I read it slowly lol. Well I thought it was great with a few minor flaws like them running around the country in a tent but I loved it. GoF is still my favorite though. It's a bit very sad though no more Harry Potter books to look forward to now.

Personally, the humor and wit is what I really love about Harry Potter, more than the plot and action sequences. Therefore, I couldn't help feeling disappointed as I reading most of the book. I knew that this book was going to be dark, and I have no problem with its darkness, but I missed the charm and sparkle that was in the other book.

The first books were growiing increasingly dark, but there was still an undercurrent of wit and humor - generally at least until the final showdown. That said, the final showdowns in the book were excellent!

In sum, I liked this book as a book, but not as a Harry Potter book - but I think I need to re-read. I'm afraid I spent so much of my reading upset that the book wasn't what I expected that I didn't truly appreciate the book for what it was.

In any case, my deepest appreciate to JKR for a wonderful series.

Hey,

This was definatly my favorite book so far. The 'randomness' (Tonks and Lupins death) adds to the story a great deal, i saw a few people above complaining and i have got to say i do not agree. The story is in the middle of a war, it adds to the realism that there are random, unexplained, sad deaths! I think Albus Dumbledore was the only one to agree. The camping part of the story was also needed ... I, as a reader, felt i could understand them, the camping part of the book shows the audience their despiration and hopelesness they were feeling, it made me feel a bit spaced.

The book is so very different in general format and writing style.
All the previous books are laid roughly upon these lines ...

- Starts off at either the Burrow or the Dursleys
- Harry goes to school
- Has a few uneventfull weeks
- He descovers the first clues to the plot
- Harry, Ron and Hermionie play the private detectives
- Climax, Harry confronts Mr.Evil at end of the plot
- Alls well, back to the Dursleys for the summer

Obviously there are variations but thats the best pattern i can fit the first 6 books into.
Deathly Hallows on the other hand is completely off the rails, its action right from the start, i think the best way to describe is 'An emotional rollercoaster'.
The style of writing is also very different, the characters are much more sarcastic, there are more clever remarks, 'effing' is used a few times, and there are much more 'morbid' scenes. I think this change is because of the 'audience' growing up. JKs main audience is obviously young kids who like the adventure, but i think thankfully she aimed this last book at us, the people who actualy look deeper and find the hidden meanings. Another reason for the change in style could be to portray the desperation of the situation, emotions running high and all that, Mrs.Weasly calling Belatrix a ''B * T C H!' was certainly surprising and a very nice touch.

Favorite part:

I really like the House elves and feel alot of sympathy for them, i really liked it when Kreacher made up with Harry, the 'blood-traiter' and the 'mud-blood'.

The part which made me laugh and made people look at me like a was mad:
SPOILER...

'Sirius never cared about any of that junk-'
There was the sound of pattering feet, a blaze of shinning copper, an echoing clang and a shriek pf agony: Kreacher had taken a run at Mundungus and hit him over the head with a Saucepan.
'Call im off, call im off, 'e should be locked up'! screamed Mundungus, cowering as Kreacher raised the heavy-bottomed pan again.
'Kreacher, no!' shouted Harry.
Kreackers thin arms trembled with the weight of the pan, still held aloft.
'Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?'

I absolutely loved the book. I'm reading the whole thing again because it's that good!
The beginning was shockingly scary, and the ay that Jo put in poems about death was a really good touch, because it made the whole book much darker, and had an onimous feel to the beginning.
I don't think i was shocked to see a death in Chapter 1, because the same happened in book 4...
But the fact that the death eaters had taken over so much of the Ministry and were so far in front of everyone else just kept me gripped. And then J.K. Rowling just couldn't miss out on the humpur and shocks in the chapters before the arrival at the burrow.
So for the first part of the book, I found it a blur of different emotions and fast-paced action, there were scary parts, exciting parts, funny parts ad sad parts aswell, and Jo just never stopped.

But through the middle of the book i found myself getting slightly bored, because there was no placeholder for events - the trio (harry, Ron and hermione) were just camping out in random places, with no purpose or path. It was also fairly difficult to understand the concept of Dumbledore's past, because it was presented by such unreliable people (though Aunt Muriel was certainly a fantastic character to emerge in the last book).

Eventually though (and i'm taling after 300 pages here) there was the part i'd been watiing for. The ultimate adventure and whirl of excitement and action, involving gringotts, a random dragon (just where did Jo get the idea to ride some dragon?), and a final trip to hogwarts. I knew something had been missing, and finally i was at home reading about Hogwarts once again. During this time (which spanned 24 hours, but another 140 pages), Jo really gave us pure class writing, with Perce coming back, McGonnogall's last argument with someone, ANOTHER rebellion, and neville finally coming though. I was a little sad when i saw harry had to die, but i KNEW there'd be another twist, but i was just totally lost in the discussion at king's cross. if the deathly hallows didn't save harry from death, and didn't actually have an effect on Voldemort (meaning the elder wand), or harry (meaning the resurrection stone), then why were they there at all? why?

still, i ignored that and read the last chapter. harry's really fearless argument with Voldemort was cool, gut nothing beat Mrs Weasley launching herself on Bealltrix, and saying: 'not my daughter, you b*tch!'
it was like harry potter meets ugly betty!

sadly, i was a little disappointed with the end. There were just 2 pages between Voldemort's death and the epilouge, which was also too short. We didn't find out what harry did for a living or anything about ayone else....

But still, no book has been more entertaining for me than this one, and i think that cancelled out any sadness at the fact it was the end of the series.

The book was my favorite in the series. I just couldn't stop reading it! That being said I do have some thoughts.

I wished that Harry and friends could have gotten the horcruxes a little sooner in the book, not right before the final battle scene. We found out what curses were upon Slytherin's locket, but not Hufflepuff's cup or Ravenclaw's diadem. Yes they were destroyed eventually, but I wish Harry and friends could have suffered the full effects of all of the horcruxes (the locket gave them a bit of trouble at least) and have a really hard time destroying them instead of just simply stabbing them with the sword or a fang.

I thought the Harry near death sequence with Dumbledore was satisfying and really strange. But what was that small, wretched child laying on the floor? Was it the body Voldemort was destined to become once he died?

The epilogue would have been okay if Harry given his children original names. It kind of made the after story seem a little cheesy. I mean the epilogue wasn't terrible but it could of had a little more about what had happened to the wizarding world in general. Maybe an article or two of the Daily Prophet commemorating the defeat of You-Know-Who.

The book still left some questions unanswered. Like what jobs Harry's parents had, what Dudley saw when the dementors chased him, and I was hoping to see a bit of an apology from Petunia Dursley for their subpar treatment of Harry.

I really enjoyed Harry and friends frantically chasing down the locket's whereabouts. I was hoping something bad would have happened to Umbridge besides her being stunned. She deserved a kiss from the dementors. The part with Ron, the sword, and the locket was creepy but really cool. My tiara in the RoR horcrux theory was correct! Though I hoped to see what horrible curses were upon the tiara.

All in all a great book and an outstanding series.

I really liked the book, it's my second favourite. The Order of the Phoenix is still the best for me.
I did cry at certain points in the story, but not at the ending.
It's such an emotional book, the story and what it stands for. It is the most emotional book of the series, but when you are reading it you can't let go of the feeling that this is it, the end.
JK Rowling did a good job!!

I'm utterly suprised. I didn't think the book would be able to top OoTP for me, but it did. DH is officially my favourite of the series. It was amazing. My favourite moment was when Harry saw that Ron and Hermione had fallen asleep holding hands and my favourite chapter was'The Prince's Tale'; it was really gripping. I loved learning more about Dumbldore too. The only thing that I wasn't keen on was that by the was JKR described it, it seemed that the polyjuice potioned lasted more than an hour, espcially when it came to Bill and Fleur's wedding. Other than that. Fantastic.

Perfection.
I absolutely loved it
Can't fault it at all
I felt every possible emotion, love, hate, anger, joy, terror, excitement everything, i've never loved a book so much, it was amazing!
The deaths obviously made me cry, but so did the part where Lupin and Harry argued, when we learnt about Dumbledores past, when Lupin made Harry Ted's Godfather, when Sirius, Lily, James and Lupin appeared, When Harry was at Kings Cross Station and When you learnt about Harry's future, especially when he spoke to Albus Severus about who he was anmed after!

The book kept me on the edge of my seat throughout, i didn't want it to end, but i wanted to know what had happened. From the first page to the last i was was trapped in Harry Potter land.

It's so hard to describe it, there's only one word for it, again,
Perfection.

I have one quote from Ron to summarize what I thought of the final book.
"BLOODY BRILLIANT!"
I was always one of the fans who thought Harry would have to die in the end. So when he got to the edge of the forest and saw the dead people with him, I burst into tears. When he was walking into the forest, and when he was facing Voldy, my eyes were full of tears and I was having trouble reading. I was also having trouble breathing, I was taking deep breaths, and I could acctually hear my heart pounding, and when voldy "killed" him, I lost it. I wrote on my list of people who had died harry's name and the time it was when I read his death. Then, after I calmed myself down, I kept reading, and I thought DD was delerious or something when he told harry he wasn't dead. When Harry killed lv, i don't know, I couldn't explain how I felt. I beleive that is the best book with the best ending on Earth. J.K. Rowling is the best author anyone could ask for to write this series. However, I do have a few questions. I didn't catch the answers to these questions:
What was so important taht Harry had Lily's eyes?
What did Harry's parents do for a living(did they work for the order of the pheonix?)?
There were more, but I can't remember. I'm goning to go read it again.

I loved it also, my favorite book in all of the series, but I have to aggree with some of you, yes the ending was somewhat cheesy, and way to perfect, i liked it, but i wish that it was a bit more tragic, i mean, i felt like i was reading a fanfic cause of how everything was absoultly perfect...the kids names, i have nothing against, except, HUGO!!! (no offense to anyone named that) but i think that Ron and Hermoine can come up with better than that. o well, i didn't get to write it, but i do think that she did a fantabulious job on it, i have to say that my fav chapter was the silver doe, because we can see how much Ron really cares for Hermione in that one, and i was cracking up when they we kissing in the middle of the war and Harry was freaking out, hilarious, not to forget the whole Chamber of Secrets return, really funny. i think that the whole Snape loving LIly think...MESSED UP!! he's a death eater, they're not supposed to like "mudbloods", even though he's good, but still! i'm glad at how mature harry was in this book, it really shows how much he cares about everyone. Mad-Eye, i liked him, WHY DID HE HAVE TO GO!! and hedwig, and fred, and lupin, and tonks, and snape, and crabbe, and scrigemore...that's all that i can think of that i feel somewhat sad, when i was at my feis (irish dance competition) i had already finished the book (feis was on sunday, and i finished the book in 13 hours on saturday) everywhere i turned, someone was reading the book! i'd say that out of the 1,000 people who were there, about 650 we reading the book, and to one person i walked up to them and started reading right next to them, and they looked at me like i was crazy, i simply said "harry dies" and walked away, they were mad, but then they finished the book, and all was well... what? can't i play a simple joke on someone?and last but not least, voledemort, i know that this will sound crazy, but without him the stories had no purpose, so good-bye Tom Marvalo Riddle (Lord Voldemort). hehe.

I have to say that the book was great.... and bad.

I am glad that Voldemort ended vanquished, and the build up to it in the book was excellent. Harry ended up the hero, but had to go through what seemed like endless hardship (as usual) along the way. I have never felt so much emotion leap off the page at me as I did in this book. I felt anger, happiness, surprise, confusion and sadness throughout the book constantly.

The reason I said it was bad, is because it is now clear that there is nothing left to look forward to. The epilogue at the end of the book made it so that there could be nothing else, and knowing that the saga is over leaves me feeling a little empty. So many questions remain, what happened in those 19 years? How did relationships spring up? How did families get along after all the deaths? Does Harry every take another pet (poor Hedwig)? These questions burn within me.

So the excitement of number 7's release has come and gone.. And boy what a weekend it has been!! So whta did I think of DH? It's kind of mixed. I loved it, and was disappointed. It just seemed so rushed like J.K. was trying to tie in all the rest of the books into this one last book. However, the story was wonderful. I was pleased to see some of my theories correct and will also admit most of mine were wrong. The whole snape thing, that was driving me nuts. I wanted to know right there and then.. as I did for everything else. I was hoping that snape turned out to be "good." but the way that it was described in the book was wonderful. Just to have the whole isse told the way it was... I'm sorry guys I'm not good at putting my thoughts into words. Let's soo.. Oh and the whole "death" of Harry Potter.. Oh wow, I actually thought that was the end of that.. I almost shut the book and not read anymore.

And Neville. Was so glad he had a part in this. Was so proud of him! I actually gave a shout of triumph when he slew Nagini. Scared my daughter she came running into my room to find out what happened. Let's see. What else.. Ah the death of Dobby.. Our beloved house elf.. I shed the tears for him.. I couldn't believe it!! But what a way to go.. Protecting his Harry Potter, sir.


All in all was a bit cheesey but I still loved it.. I loved the coming together of the relationships!!

Ya know.... I loved this book as much as I loved all the rest.. Great ending to a great series.. So Sad to see it go.. Thanks for the opportunity to visit your world J.K.!! Love ya!

I loved it. It was my favorite book of the series, but I didn't like the epilogue. I cried while reading chaptor 34.

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I loved Dh! It was great !I was surprised in many parts in the book and when one of my theories was right I said "YES!"I feel like all of the emotions were there.i would jump at times and I did cry when Lupin,Tonks,and Fred died.I did like how JKR wrote the book.I did have many questions when I finished the book.Like how did Ginny and Harry get back together,what happened to George,and Harry's uncle and aunt.What I really liked is that Snape was good.All in all the book was fantastic.I'm glad I had the opportunity to read the books.Thanks JKR. I'm sad to see it end.
>Rosie

It took me two days to read the book and i through it was not as exciting as the other book .
I think or maybe not, that J.K rowling didn't bother about the book 7 because it was boring, not exciting and the book was too short. we didn't learn about the other stuff which J.K didn't bother to put.

At the end which say (19 years later), we didn't learn about the other characters and not enough details. we didn't know what happen to the other characters like luna, the Lucius malfoys , weasleys etc.

we only know Harry married ginny and they have 3 children ( lily, albus severus, james), ron married hermione with two children( rose, hugo) - ron drive , draco malfoys married a girl possibly (pansy) and got a boy(scorpius) and neville teaching at hogwarts (herbology) and we didn't know about the other characters, it was like J.K didn't bothered about it and only thinking about the money ( maybe which i'm not sure or your view about it).

the fight between Voldermort and Harry was [Mod Edit] because it was the worst fight in the whole series, only the fight between Voldermort and dumbledore was the best(book 5).
Harry didn't even fight Voldermort, he only use experlliamus which rebound off the killing curse and killed voldermort, what the [Mod Edit].

i thru it was a good book but it was not great but the only bit which was the best was, when harry was walking toward the forest which he knows that he was going to died and when he find himself somerwhere after he was killed which made my heart beat fast & nearly cry.

i don't know what you think about the book and i'm going to read it again, so if you read my reply, reply back about ur views and my view about the book.

Well, I finally finished DH around 1:30 this morning. I was trying to savor it since this was the last book, but it was so hard to put it down! I loved just about every part of it! It really tied up most of the loose ends of the series and all in all I was very satisfied with the first 36 chapters (epilogue not so much ).

I know a lot of people were disappointed with how long the camping about England went on, but I would say that it made the book more realistic. The Trio had very little to go on to find the other Horcruxes let alone destroy them so having them traipse about the country side trying to figure it out for a few months seemed realistic to me. They were also wanted persons so it's not like they could have stayed in one place to figure everything out anyway.

I loved how Snape was redeemed in The Prince's Tale. I knew there was goodness hidden beneath all the snarkiness! I have to say one of my favorite quotes of the book was between Dumbledore and Snape in this chapter:
"Are you intending to let him kill you?"
"Certainly not. You must kill me." There was a long silence...
"Would you like me to do it now? Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?"
Really... I could not contain the giggles. Only Snape...

By far I think the final battle between Voldemort and Harry was the best part of perhaps the entire series. I mean, LV was pretty much finished off by one of the most superb verbal attacks I've ever read... and then he actually was dead from his own Avada. Completely awesome. Although I was surprised that Harry figured out why Voldemort's wand wasn't working as it was supposed to since he had been pretty much relying on Hermione for those sorts of things throughout the book.

The only thing marring my fuzzy giddiness over the last book was of course that it is the last book. But hey, there are still two movies to come to feed my Harry Potter addiction

Oh my gosh, I loved the book!!! I got it in the mail at noon thirty and read practically nonstop until midnight, when I finished it. The only problem for me was, like most of you, the cheesiness of the epilogue.

My favorite quote was when Mrs. Weasley yelled "Not my daughter, B*TCH!" I laughed so hard at that!!

I cried really hard when I read the part when Harry was walking into the forest and had to die. I thought he was going to die!!!

There were many Laugh out Loud parts for me, that made my parents come into my room and ask what on Earth could be so funny that my face was red from laughing...

All in all, THE BEST HARRY POTTER BOOK EVER!

I agree that the epilouge left something to be desired. What type of name is Hugo? Though Harry saying that he doesn't care what house his son is in was really lovely and sweet, espically since he said that Snape was the bravest man he ever knew. I cried. Snape is awsome!
And OMG, SNAPE LOVED LILY...No, can't even act surprised. This was something I long guessed at, if Snape was good it was really the only way he could of been good. Also that he was good. What a shocker! The same deal with R.A.B, it was Regulas Black, I'm going to pause he to have a heart attack...no wait it was just a cough.
Some stuff did confuse me, like how exactly was the Horcrux in Harry's head made, and why could Ron speak to snake all of a sudden? I'll read it again to get some of the stuff.
The deaths, it was a freak'n blood bath! How many people died? Fred, Lupin, Tonks, Hedwig, Ted Tonks, Colin Creevy, Dooby....any one else? And then there's all the bad guys. I get it though because war is all about death, needless, stupid death. But Lupin and Tonks died in a way so unbefitting to their characters, it was like...opps they're dead
The final fight just seemed lame, how Voldemort died just seemed...something.
I just complained a lot, but some of it was really good. The part where Ron comes back to Harry is by far the best part, second to when Ron and Hermione finally kiss.

It left something to be desired. It answered some questions, but not all. I guess the unanswered ones weren't important at all. We learned nothing about James' parents, but we did learn about their ancestors. To me it seemed that the deathly hallows were placed in the story haphazardly, and only to ensure that Harry did not die. However, JKR did leave the door open to more fanfiction about Harry's kids and whatnot. During the story where Hermione was saying that the hallows were fiction, it would have been awsome if harry pulled out his wand and did the diffindo spell to see if it ripped or not. if not then it would have been obvious. A cloak like that has to be indestructible otherwise it would have long ago been destroyed. I did kind of like the fact that the entire time the answer to the elm wand was in history of magic that they never pay attention to anyway.
Plus I really,REALLY, hated how Alastor Moody died without a fight. He should have taken out half a dozen death eaters with him, not just get hit in the back. I would have turned around once voldemort left and blasted them out of the sky.


Oh, no doubt, but I hate to see what they will cut out. It will be ridiculous. But the end scene fight will cost millions. Dobby probably wont be in the last two movies they'll find some way around that particular wall.

I will probably be crucified by fans for saying this but I think I liked the fanfiction "The Seventh Horcrux" more. By the end of that I actually was in tears but I was sort of emotionally detatched from the deathly hallows

I think that with the right director DH will be a great movie, but it can't be someone who's to cut happy. It can't be like OotP, I love the movie but DH is a differnt deal.
All and all I think that DH could of been a better book, it was good, but not great. Happy to know all the loose ends that where imporant and all though.

I'll start my post with "Ditto Louise." My reactions were very much the same as hers, although I do differ slightly about Lupin and Tonks. I don't think Tonks had to die, there wasn't any reason. But somewhere I knew that Lupin would. I knew that he wouldn't get to have the happily ever after that I wanted him to.

I do agree with most, though, who have said that the manner in which they died was disappointing. It was beyond disappointing for me, actually. Lupin deserved to die doing something brave, saving someone's life, sacrificing himself as a trap for a death-eater, not just being part of the body count. We should have seen him duelling and distracting the death-eater from a student, from McGonagall... His death was as significant as Sirius', but we didn't even get to see it.

I also think that Fred's death was unneccessary. I had previously theorized that both twins would die and there was a sort of necessity to it. But, the way it was written, Fred was just part of the body count. Again, he didn't die doing anything Fred or George like, or even die being a man (which we hadn't often seen from the twins). He was just a dead body. I guess maiming one and killing the other was JKR's way to show that they were, in fact, more than "the twins", but it didn't work. She might as well have killed both of them. (In fact, I think George is the one who got a reprieve.)

I liked Percy's return. I know that some think it should have been done with more pomp and circumstance, but I think it just showed that when it ultimately came down to it, Percy was a Weasley. What was right, his family, his school, those things would always be most important to him - but he needed to see them truly threatened to realize it himself.

I'm also bothered by the epilogue. It was cheesy, it was too neat, it didn't tell us enough. I wasn't bothered by the shipping, I've always seen the Ron/Hermione as one that made sense (purely because it doesn't make logical sense) and I think the foreshadowing to Ginny/Harry has been present since COS at least. I do think the Ginny/Harry has been poorly written in HBP and I was furious that Harry forced Ginny to sit around and do nothing - and more furious that she did it. Ginny wasn't that sort of character. Sure she wreaked havoc at Hogwarts, but the Ginny who was Fred and George's little sister wouldn't have been satisfied with causing trouble at school when her boyfriend, her best friend and her brother were risking their lives. You know? I've never thought Ginny was poorly written until this novel. Sitting tight doesn't fit her character.

(As for who Victoire is, she has to be Bill and Fleur's daughter. I didn't mind Teddy at the platform; if he's dating a 6th or 7th year I'd expect that, but I do think the whole thing was poorly written. He could have been there and had it be less cheese factor.)

The names? Bad.

I think James should have been James Albus and that Albus should have been Sirius Severus. If she was going with the cheese factor of naming the kids after Harry's parents and people he loved, at least those names would have made sense... (Frankly, I'm surprised that Hermione and Ron didn't name their son Remus. Sure, Teddy's middle name is Remus, but Lupin was incredibly important to them, too...)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was amazing. I cannot decide whether it is my favourite just yet, but another read will sort out that problem.
Though the story was line was gripping, I felt that the plot only really started to pick up after Ron’s return.
Rowling’s clever use of casual death throughout the book had me in tears a lot of the time. I am not afraid to admit that after the chapter “The Prince’s Tale” I cried continuously till the end.
Like many people have mentioned I also feel that the book in some places was far too rushed. It was always going to be a huge task to tie up all the lose ends in a book that was never ever going to exceed 700 pages. I felt that everything came at the end, and that answers were not spread out throughout the course of the book.
I too am quite disappointed with the epilogue. It is very centred around the main characters, and I felt that what was written, was well…. Predictable. I always felt that after I had read the book, I would have no burning questions, but there are still things I would like to know the answers to. For example, “Who became head of Hogwarts?” and “Who became minister for magic?” I also felt that not enough information was given about other survivors like the Weasley’s, and Lovegood’s etc.
I also like many others would have liked an explanation about the elusive ‘veil’ that we never quite got all the answers to.
Dumbledore still remained a very central character after his death and even though I liked the fact he was not forgotten, it really did steal the light from what the story was really about.
At times I was terrified that the story couldn’t possibly end in the amount of pages that were left, but that wasn’t the only thing that scared me. There were moments when I would scream and let out gasps that made my friends pull out of the page they were reading to ask what had happened.
Overall it’s a fantastic book, and there are not enough words to describe just how amazing it is. There are things that I did dislike but on the whole I could not have imagined anything better.

When I got the book, I was walking trough my house trying to decide wheter or not I will open it. So I did.

The first chapter was a perfect way to describe the atmosphere of the other side...we never saw that, and I think Jo made a very good job showing us how the death eaters act around Voldemort and how he`s acting.
Then the all thing with the seven potters...very, very intense scene, I was flipping my hands while reading the chapter. It was a surprise that Hedwig died...it was also a surprise of Mad-eye...
Then I liked the scenes where the trio just acted on their owns. Now I can understand why Jo had to kill Sirius and Dumbledore. It was much more fun to see them actually think for themselves and not getting any help.
It was a good journey returning to Grimmauld Place. It was nice seeing Kreacher act the way he did. Not a surprise of Regulus Arcturus Black, was it? We were right all the time.
A surprise was that Voldemort tooked over the Ministery, and that Umbridge had the horcrux??!?! I bet nobody forseen that.
Malfoy Manor - again, a very very intense chapter, very well written, loved it when Dobby saved them - and cried when he died, very sad...but I guess she had to, she didn`t need the secret of Snape came out so quickly...
The Deathly Hallows... well, personally, I think she should have found another title, I didn`t think that this is the essence of the book. I mean, I know, Harry had an obssesion for them, and all the efforts to try to found out whatever they are real or not, but I don`t know...
Loved Neville! Loved DA! Love OOTP! Loved Aberforth and his help! Loved Mcc`gonnagall! Always there...
Cried for Fred... I don`t think it was necessary...
Laughed when Percy said " Hello Minister. By the way, did I mention I`m resigning?"
That was very funny. Very satisfying, hearing him said that.
LOVEEEEEED Molly Weasley and her triumph over that B*itch Bellatrix! Ha-ha-ha!
The Prince`s Tale was very very very extremely touching. Cried all over it. Wonderful character Jo had built! Wonderful!!! Ah well, knew it all along that Snape was good, and our side!
The scene with Dumbledore was very well written, and liked the end when Harry asked if it is all in his mind, and Dumbledore answered "Of course it is all in your head, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
And the scene when he defeats Voldemort... how he humiliated him, calling him Riddle, and explaining like explained to a stupid child that he did wrong, that he can`t understand everything... very wonderful!
The epilogue... well, I do not want to be mean, but we could of done without this epilogue...
I mean, the book is SO wonderful and SO well written that this epilogue might have sound like a bad fan-fic...
In rest, my favourite all time book!

Wow. My username is the opposite of how I feel after reading it. I tried to keep my tears in as I read, but when I had finished it, I just got overwhlemed, I suppose, and I cried so much, over Fred, Lupin, Tonks, Mad-Eye, Hedwig, Dobby, Scrimgeour, Ted Tonks, Dirk Cresswell, (even though I didn't know who he was) Snape,even a little bit over Bellatrix, Pettigrew and Voldemort. I cried over the happy things too, like Ron and Hermione together (FINALLY!) Albus Severus, Snape being good, things like that. It left a lot of unanswered questions, though, such as, "What became of Kreacher?" "What became of Umbridge?" I laughed a lot too: "Just one more then, Master Harry, for luck?" "I'm holy, Fred. Geddit?" "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU *****!" "Support Harry Potter parties are unwise in the present climate." "Merlin's pants!" I was sad that characters like Fred weren't honoured a bit more. But overall, it was the best bloody book that I have ever read! As, Ron would, say...


"Bloody brilliant."

Overall, I don't have too many complaints. I was desperate for JK Rowling to write a finale worthy of all the hype and the wonderful moments of the previous books, not just for her sake, but also for all us fans, many of whom have grown up with Harry, Ron and Hermione. On the whole, she didn't disappoint.

It wasn't perfect. I felt it could have begun with more of a bang. The opening chapter was fine, but the death of the Muggle Studies teacher seemed somewhat meaningless. Why not open the story with a real flourish? It felt like a slight cop out to kill off a charecter we had barely heard of in previous volumes - why not kill off Slughorn, or Moody (who was to die chapters later anyway) or another charecter that we are emotionally attatched to, just to give it a real shocking opening and kickstart the end of the saga?

The middle of the story dragged slightly, after the excitement of the opening 200 or so pages. I understand that they had to go on the run from the Death Eaters and the Ministry, but I would have liked to have seen them searching for Horcruxes with a bit more purpose, rather than camping around and hoping that they might just stumble across one. Also, while Ron's departure was necessary to empathise just how much Harry needs the support of his friends, I just felt that the narrative lacked energy without him. The pace of the novel picked up noticably when he returned.

My final major gripe is with the epilogue. It just wasn't very good and probably ought to have been edited out. Apparently, JK Rowling wrote it before she started the first book, and it felt like she wanted to include it for nostalgic reasons. Her style of writing and the general feel of the series has improved and changed considerably over the course of the books, and the sentimental epilogue felt completely out of place with Deathly Hallows more adult style.

But enough of my complaints, Deathly Hallows contained many of the series most spectacular scenes and magical moments.

Harry's removal from Privet Drive was terrific. The seven Harry Potters was a wonderful idea and the flight in Sirius' flying motorbike was well realised. The chase with Harry riding shotgun and the arrival of a flying Voldemort was very exciting and a scene that I bet the movie directors are already salivating over!

Infiltrating the Ministry and breaking into Gringott's were also great set-pieces, and Harry's use of the Imperius Curse and Umbridge's new use for Moody's eye were especially memorable.

I was also pleased to see the importance of Harry's friends brought to the forefront. Ron's inner-struggle with Riddle's eyes was a highlight. While Hermione was needed to destroy the Cup and Neville to slay the snake. It really drove home the fact that Harry was not alone and that he had so many people who remained loyal and who were willing to fight and, as the Battle of Hogwart's showed, willing to die for him.

The Battle of Hogwarts itself was quite possibly my favourite chapter of the entire series. The final battle simply had to happen at Hogwarts and JK Rowling imagined it with all the magical touches that we had longed to see.

The deaths didn't always hit the mark - Lupin and Tonks should have gone out in a more dramatic fashion. Yet Dobby's death was extremely emotional, and Harry's desperate digging of his grave...perfect. Fred's death was undeniably powerful, although George's reaction should have been revealed in more detail. While, Snape's final words were simply heartbreaking.

Harry's slow walk to his death in the Forbidden Forest, surounded by those he had loved and lost was wonderfully handled by JK, and his fight with Voldemort: the shift in power and finally the death of the Dark Lord was satisfying, if a little abrupt.

JK Rowling did something I hadn't believed possible: Turned me against Dumbledore, yet his explination at 'King's Cross' and the delight of his portrait after Harry had completed his life's work showed him to be the great man we always knew he was, although more human, more fragile, than we could ever have guessed.

And it was the realities of human life, that we all have strengths, weaknesses, parts to celebrate and skelatons to hide, that was celebrated most in the Deathly Hallows. We saw Ron's betrayal and return, Snape's redemption, Kreacher's turnaround, Lupin's resentment and then outpouring of joy at the birth of his son - and Harry earning his role as Godfather by being the one person capable of reminding Lupin of his responsibilities to his unborn child.

Harry Potter grew up over the seven books and ten years - and so did JK Rowling as a writer, and so did it's readers. Deathly Hallows was a fitting and fine way to go out - Just like Harry himself: Flawed, but overridingly good and undeniably magical.

The book was good and bad. The death of Fred was like...whoa...it was by far the worst death of the book for me. But I thought that Harry coming back from dying was stupid. Instead of the Boy Who Lived hes the Boy Who Lived...Twice. Even with those statements this is by far the best book. I liked where Harry held the Snitch to him and said im going to die. It was just, I don't know...smart. One part I hated about the book was the Epilogue. Yeah we find out the Ron and Hermione have kids together and so do Harry and Ginny. We find out that Neville is a professor at Hogwarts. But nothing more pretty much. It was like a cliffhanger. And why did JK choose to make it nineteen years later? How long was it before Harry and Ginny got married? NO ONE KNOWS!...Its just like...The one empty space in the book is one of the worst parts to leave an empty space. But overall...best book ever. Although I'm sad there isnt gonna be anymore.

IMHO, it was the best in the series by far. I was simply blown away. It took me about two days (from Saturday night to this morning) to finish it, and I couldn't get through it fast enough, it was so intriguing. It kept us hanging so long I thought we'd never find out the clenchers: Snape, DD, and Horcruxes. I was so happy that the trio survived. Jo was tricky, she had me believing Snape was on the Dark side from the first chapter, so it really shocked me when Harry saw in his memory what really happened. He hated James (or so it seemed), but he loved Lily, so the reason he saved Harry was because he had Lily's eyes. It broke my heart when Dobby died, I almost cried (and I'm not a cryer), and I hated to see Remus and Tonks go. And Fred. I had been hoping that Harry wasn't a Horcrux and that he wouldn't have to die, so I was heartbroken when it looked like he was going to. But Jo tricked us again and he's still the Boy who Lived!! I'm so glad Harry got to talk to DD while he was in limbo, and he knew that tho he was a Horcrux, he didn't have to die! It was his choice. I'm glad Percy came back around and got his head back on his shoulders. No better way to end a book, imo. As for the very end, I think the 19 year jump was a little abrupt for me, but it's ok. One little thing that disappointed me was that they didn't tell us what the trio and others (except Neville as Herbology teacher) did after Voldemort's fall. Did they ever return for their 7th year at Hogwarts? Did Harry become an Auror? Did Hermione join the Ministry? Did Ron play Quidditch? What about George and the other Weasleys? We'll never know, we can only guess. But I'm assuming that's what Jo wanted, was for us to use our imaginations, and the story will live on. Kudos, Jo. You did good.

I LOVED this one! I sadly did read the epilogue and... I wish i did not. I would have been very happy at the ending before the epilogue. Now it shows us how bad the names of their kids are. Albus Severus... he has got to be the next malfoy.

I did not think Percy's apology was enough to redeem him in my eyes and it should have been him dead not fred (no pun intended) I did read a spoiler online and this is what it says

"Hermione dies and so does hagrid. They flee to Privet drive."

as soon as i saw "they flee to privet drive i knew that was a bunch of [mod edit]. and we still dont really know what dudley heard/ saw.

I liked the battle of hogwarts and that should be awesome in the movie!

Biggest disappointment: Not enough Luna and Neville