Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (2007)

So, here it is at last: The final confrontation between Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Chosen One, the “symbol of hope” for both the Wizard and Muggle worlds, and Lord Voldemort, He Who Must Not Be Named, the nefarious leader of the Death Eaters and would-be ruler of all. Good versus Evil. Love versus Hate. The Seeker versus the Dark Lord.
J. K. Rowling’s monumental, spellbinding epic, 10 years in the making, is deeply rooted in traditional literature and Hollywood sagas — from the Greek myths to Dickens and Tolkien to “Star Wars.” And true to its roots, it ends not with modernist, “Soprano”-esque equivocation, but with good old-fashioned closure: a big-screen, heart-racing, bone-chilling confrontation and an epilogue that clearly lays out people’s fates. Getting to the finish line is not seamless — the last part of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final book in the series, has some lumpy passages of exposition and a couple of clunky detours — but the overall conclusion and its determination of the main characters’ story lines possess a convincing inevitability that make some of the prepublication speculation seem curiously blinkered in retrospect.
Harry’s journey will propel him forward to a final showdown with his arch enemy, and also send him backward into the past, to the house in Godric’s Hollow where his parents died, to learn about his family history and the equally mysterious history of Dumbledore’s family. At the same time, he will be forced to ponder the equation between fraternity and independence, free will and fate, and to come to terms with his own frailties and those of others. Indeed, ambiguities proliferate throughout “The Deathly Hallows”: we are made to see that kindly Dumbledore, sinister Severus Snape and perhaps even the awful Muggle cousin Dudley Dursley may be more complicated than they initially seem, that all of them, like Harry, have hidden aspects to their personalities, and that choice — more than talent or predisposition — matters most of all.

It is Ms. Rowling’s achievement in this series that she manages to make Harry both a familiar adolescent — coping with the banal frustrations of school and dating — and an epic hero, kin to everyone from the young King Arthur to Spider-Man and Luke Skywalker. This same magpie talent has enabled her to create a narrative that effortlessly mixes up allusions to Homer, Milton, Shakespeare and Kafka, with silly kid jokes about vomit-flavored candies, a narrative that fuses a plethora of genres (from the boarding-school novel to the detective story to the epic quest) into a story that could be Exhibit A in a Joseph Campbell survey of mythic archetypes.

In doing so, J. K. Rowling has created a world as fully detailed as L. Frank Baum’s Oz or J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, a world so minutely imagined in terms of its history and rituals and rules that it qualifies as an alternate universe, which may be one reason the “Potter” books have spawned such a passionate following and such fervent exegesis. With this volume, the reader realizes that small incidents and asides in earlier installments (hidden among a huge number of red herrings) create a breadcrumb trail of clues to the plot, that Ms. Rowling has fitted together the jigsaw-puzzle pieces of this long undertaking with Dickensian ingenuity and ardor.

After years of waiting for the final showdown, this is the best Rowling could give us? We were thoroughly disappointed.

She had greatness in her grasp and had mapped it out perfectly. Snape was going to go down. That was a given. Anyone could have guessed that, for Lily's sake, he would die defending Harry. However, instead of the blaze of honorable, brave glory that he deserved after years as Harry's protector, Rowling has him walk right into his death, and poof, he's gone. Didn't even get to draw his wand or even knick old Voldemort! Not fair! Shame on her!

And... it was a bloodbath! She killed off so many beloved characters! No one was safe by the end! The worst were Hedgewig, Colin, and a Weasley!! We half expected Hagrid to get it in the end. It was horrible and senseless! She even kills off Tonks and Remus leaving Teddy an orphan! Just nasty! And yet the Malfoys emerge without casualties! What was she thinking?

And then, the worst was that we get to see them all years later! Hermione Granger, the brightest witch of her age is now doing what? She seems to be a housewife!?!?! Only Neville appears to be doing something with his life. The rest are all just playing house out in suburbia?!?!?! What kind of ending is that? Harry Potter, dad, husband, lawnmower?!?!? Please! What kind of ending is that?

And the middle is just plain boring. Pages and pages of hiding in the woods....Talk about anti climactic!
Honestly, Harry's had the Invisibility Cloak since year 1 but, Ron and Hermione never told him that there was this story about the Deathly Hallows? What the heck was she thinking!
She wrote like she was tired and just wanted to wrap it up already.

I loved the time we had between books 6 & 7 when we all tried to guess how it would go down! That was fun! We had so much better ideas than Rowling! Shame.
All it was, in the end, was an ending.
Oh, well.

It is very entertaining, and I enjoy reading it with my son. We bought it because we plan to read the entire series.

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Thought it was a great ending - do wish there had been more detail about the remaining characters later lives instead of the short chapter. Loved the book anyway!

I absolutely love this book series. It is a great read for kids as well as adults. Would recommend to anyone.

Hi I bought the book because I really have enjoyed the other ones and could not wait for the movie to come out.

I was so anxious for this book to come out. I was super excited when it did and, as some others said, I have been with it since the beginning, even before it was popular, so this ending was bittersweet, but a good ending. great book

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We have enjoyed the Harry Potter series as a family. My kids started reading the books early on, then my wife and I got hooked after seeing the first movie. We've been entertained by the story, glad for the classic good vs. evil themes and pleased with her grasp of struggle in the hearts of teenagers. We've loved the detail and surprised of Harry's mythic world.

However, the final book took the series from very good to great in a stunning climax that had us in tears and cheering all at once. While not quite on par with Narnia and Lord of the Rings, I think over time Harry Potter will endure as an excellent series for any age. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows closes with a climax on a scale as epic as Mt. Doom and Aslan's country. 'Nuff said!

good book for the collection. its a hardback thats great. i didnt like how long it took to get to my door. i bought this book because i have all the others except this one. this finally completes the collection of harry pootter books that i have.

Awesome book! Can't wait for the movie to appear as I hear it's not going to have anything edited from it... YAY!!!

I have to admit crying throughout this book. The reviews made me trepadious about reading it - all that about "a major character gets killed and so on". But after finally getting around to reading it I was pleased with the ending. I'm glad it ended up on a positive note - I was all set for it to be a dismal ending. I won't tell you what the book is about, but if you're a Potter fan you'll be pleased with the book for the most part.

Excellent book, as the others were. Now that I have the whole collection, I will to go back and read all of them again.

my son loves this book and has not put it down since he received it other than going to school and doing homework reading this book is all he does. it definitely is making him read more thanks for the help with his reading. i am interested in purchasing the half blood prince if you have one at a great price like this one it was definitely worth it.

Much better book than the sixth publishing. This is the seventh published book about Harry Potter and we have all seven books.

I've read all other Harry Potter books and couldn't wait to get my hands on the last adventure. It was wonderful! Very happy with the item and purchase experience.

Excellent book. Easy to read for children and adults. Holds your interest, you don't want to put the book down. I read this entire book in 2 1/2 days. I am very excited to see the movie version of this book in a few years. All of the books in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling are excellent. I've purchased 2 complete sets of hard cover books, 1 set of soft cover books and 3 sets of collectable Harry Potter bookends to go with the books (to have on hand when I have grandchildren some day to share this wonderful experience with).

So, here it is at last: The final confrontation between Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Chosen One, the “symbol of hope” for both the Wizard and Muggle worlds, and Lord Voldemort, He Who Must Not Be Named, the nefarious leader of the Death Eaters and would-be ruler of all. Good versus Evil. Love versus Hate. The Seeker versus the Dark Lord.
J. K. Rowling’s monumental, spellbinding epic, 10 years in the making, is deeply rooted in traditional literature and Hollywood sagas — from the Greek myths to Dickens and Tolkien to “Star Wars.” And true to its roots, it ends not with modernist, “Soprano”-esque equivocation, but with good old-fashioned closure: a big-screen, heart-racing, bone-chilling confrontation and an epilogue that clearly lays out people’s fates. Getting to the finish line is not seamless — the last part of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final book in the series, has some lumpy passages of exposition and a couple of clunky detours — but the overall conclusion and its determination of the main characters’ story lines possess a convincing inevitability that make some of the prepublication speculation seem curiously blinkered in retrospect.
Harry’s journey will propel him forward to a final showdown with his arch enemy, and also send him backward into the past, to the house in Godric’s Hollow where his parents died, to learn about his family history and the equally mysterious history of Dumbledore’s family. At the same time, he will be forced to ponder the equation between fraternity and independence, free will and fate, and to come to terms with his own frailties and those of others. Indeed, ambiguities proliferate throughout “The Deathly Hallows”: we are made to see that kindly Dumbledore, sinister Severus Snape and perhaps even the awful Muggle cousin Dudley Dursley may be more complicated than they initially seem, that all of them, like Harry, have hidden aspects to their personalities, and that choice — more than talent or predisposition — matters most of all.

Rowling's last book of the Harry Potter series was very well written. She answers all of the questions that anyone would have had throughout the series. The ending was a fitting good-by to all of the characters.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the 7th and final of the Harry Potter novels written by JK Rowling. The book was released on July 21, 2007 in Canada, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

This book is by far the most interesting book of the entire series. Unfortunately, many cherished characters die in this book. The death's occur fast and furious. Within the first 100 pages you already have a character being killed off. :(

The book deal's with a couple of main themes. The first is the escape from the Dursley's. Once Harry overcomes this issue the ministry of magic fall's and the end of the Weasley's protection occurs.

Afterwards Harry, Hermionie, and Ron are on the run from Voldemort as they look for Voldemort's Horcrux's to destroy. You learn about the Deathly Hallows and start the search for them.

Finally, you get to see the battle of Hogwart's. To me this is my favorite part of the book. Professor McGonagall is a true card in this fight. You can picture everything she does in your mind and you laugh as she get's the *entire* school to fight the Death Eater's. Even the desk's!

A true classic. It is sad to see this series come to an end.

5/5

Latsyrhc
Tamarack Collectibles

Nothing against the story. It's the usually "keep you at the edge of your seat" type story. But I'm never fond of hardcover books. They're heavy and a complete waste of paper. Of course it takes the publishers over a year to decide to put out a smaller paperback book. They can make more money with the hardcovers.

For those who are fans of Harry this book accomplishes in many respects the desired result of completing the series. Rowling did the best job she could in concluding the life and times of Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort and the rest of the Magical World.

The book is well in keeping with the rest of the series. It will definitely delight readers and make people want to turn the page. I found throughout the series it was on some level perfectly believable that these people actually existed. That magic could be a part of the world and yet be kept from us Muggles.

J.K. Rowling in her series did a great job invigorating not only the youth imagination but also in giving youth and adults a commonality that they could talk about. I argue that it is part in due to Rowling’s work that the Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings was reinvigorated on such a global scale since both are some 70+ years old. I remember reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe when I was a youngster some 25 years ago.

As for the specifics of Deathly Hallows, this book was a little more predictable in many ways than the previous in the series. But it does more to explain the history of Lord V, Tom Riddle, Dumbledore, Harry's parents, and Snape. There is a lot of development around Harry, Hermione and Ron as a good deal of the time it is one, two or all three of them in some fashion or another. As with the previous books be prepared with a box of Kleenex nearby, as this is the book where the main battle commences.

Somewhat of a SPOILER: In general I found that like many of the well written or scripted novels/movies, so much time is given up to character development, toils and action, leaving to what I can describe as only as a somewhat hasty conclusion. The conclusion of this basically equated to a "and they all lived happily ever after" except. This to me distracted from what I would argue was an incredibly well written series. It left me feeling a little cheated. It worked in that I'm not waiting on the edge of my seat for the next in the series, but at the same time it made me loose a little interest in anything Harry, which does not bode well for the movies.

All in all I think that people will feel cheated if they do not finish the series and as such the Deathly Hallows is required reading and does an good job (just not excellent). I am glad I read it, but probably will not as I did with the previous novels read the story again.

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