July 24, 2007

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  After years reading the Harry Potter books, we have arrived at the final story. Much like many other popular series, the concluding story is usually the one most scrutinized by the fans, because the expectations are just much too high. In the case of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," I would say that expectations have been met, but only if you can accept that not everything you wished for will actually happen. In my honest opinion, J.K. Rowling delivers what is probably the most epic and exciting volume of the series. After finish reading the book, I can easily say that it is my new favorite book of the entire series.

  The Deathly Hallows throws in a lot of things to us readers, from action, drama, comedy, suspense, fantasy, and horror. As usual, politics, social commentary, and racism are also brought into play. My imagination was just running wild with some of the scenes, especially the final battle (which should be a sight to behold in it's movie adaptation). There are revelations with the plot and characters that I was already
  expecting to happen, but Rowling was still able to give me so many
  other great surprises. One of the main plot in the story was actually something I never really considered, but I'm delighted that Rowling did.
  The main thing that I loved about this book however, is how she successfully linked up so many things from the previous books into this
  one. There were events, characters, and locations from the past six
  books that played such an important part in this, that I have to
  respect how crafty she was in pulling it off.

  A lot of pay-offs happens here to the true fan, which helps gives the whole series a finality by answering the majority of all the main questions you could possibly have. Sure there are some things I could have done differently, a few logical flaws here and there, how some questions aren't really answered, and wishing for more time spent on certain other characters. Speaking of characters, this is J.K. Rowling's tour de force in her writing of Harry, Ron, and Hermoine. Those three main characters together really carry the whole story, and their friendship to each other has never been done as well as it was here. Many other characters in this series also go through some huge changes, some for the better, some for the worse, but it only adds to the realization that I've literally experienced these people growing up in the books.

  Now that it's over, I will truly miss this series of books. Hopefully J.K.Rowling could be convinced to continue writing more stories about this fantasy world she created. If not, then I can only hope that she can write another story with the same love, understanding, and a knack of grounded realism as seen in the Harry Potter series, to a book not set in a fantasy world. Until then, I can just re-live this great series again through re-reading the books or through the movies.

  Thank you J.K.Rowling

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