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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books; 2007
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 759
Rating: 5 stars

With everything that has been said about his book, I have to say that I enjoyed it completely. A lot of people aren’t too pleased with the ending, but I accept that this is JK Rowling’s creation; only she knows how the books should and can end. No amount of fan pondering and analyzing can really make a fan know better than her. It’s her creation, her world. I thought the developing, finally realized relationship between Rom and Hermione was absolutely adorable. In between the tension of the serious, dark plot, their interactions were refreshing. It was also nice to see Neville get to be Hero again, and to see that Harry is not perfect in mind or in spirit. Yet, there’s an important underlying moral there that a person can still be imperfect but do the right thing for the right reasons, often times selflessly. The ‘final’ battle of Harry v. Voldemort felt sort of rushed, but I accept that. It certainly wasn’t anti-climactic. I went away from it feeling that all had been said and done; indeed, many holes were left, but I was content with the answers given. And though the battle was quick, battles aren’t often long drawn out dramatic affairs. They don’t need to stretch on for pages and pages to be meaningful.

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1. Disclaimer: This review is an expression of my own opinions and contains my own personal analysis. [↩]

At 11:51pm on Friday, June 20th, I pointed to the clock in my boyfriends SUV and said, “in less than ten minutes, the world will erupt into chaos.”

There was a strange stillness to the air, a calm that portends danger to come. The roads were strikingly empty for a Friday night, the occasional car passing or merging onto a highway that was usually packed at this hour on this night of the week.

On Saturday, Alfee and I decide to go to the Greenbrier Mall because that particular one has a pet store and puppies to look at. I saw the book and told him I wanted it because I do. And, I only have a month left during which pleasure reading will be possible. After August 25th, my entire year will be spent reading books for classes.

And, I also wanted to be part of one of the biggest events of the century. Sometimes, you just have to go with the flow of the hype. I mean, I bet a lot of people who could have gone to Woodstock but didn’t feel like tools for not wanting to consort with the “dirty hippies” and summarily missing their chance at storytelling fame.

So, while I enjoy the series, I do think that the majority of the fanbase are absolutely insane. Especially the Above 16 crowd who attend book parties and Harry Potter gatherings dressed up like characters. It’s like Children’s Book Cosplay. Especially overweight old ladies dressed up as Draco.

Anyway, I finally started reading it last night. So far it’s a… book.

The best part to me is the fact that the book is, most amusingly, the fake copy that almost no one wanted it to be. Every time I read a part of the book that people used as evidence as to its “fakeness,” I laugh a little (okay, a lot) inside.

Because Harry Potter is SERIOUS business.

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Because of spoilers ahead, I will post everything else underneath a cut. If you want to read, click. If you don’t… well, don’t.

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