J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Books

Many years ago when I opened the first book of Harry Potter i was expecting for it to just be a short break from my regular activities, something that I could read in my spare time, but ever since I read the first chapter of that book it turns out to be an adventure. I have been a Harry Potter Fan from the very beginning and I would say that the last book didn't dissapoint. The book was breathtaking and kept me on my feet the entire time. I could not put the book down for several hours. Even though the ending was somewhat anticlimatic, it was still worth every penny. I reccomend you to buy this book if you have any spare time and just want to take some time off your regular routine.

This book was very good for a final installment. It really put together a lot of the clues and set ups from the other books and completely brought the story back into full circle. There were many parts of the book that were awesome action type sequences. A couple of them were over the top and the language was a bit much but on the most part it was pretty right on.

The book of course is much darker than the other books, it all leads up to this point and the take over by the death eaters is actually quite political and brilliant, much more advanced than what I expected from a children's book about wizards.

All in all, great book, difficult to put down and worth the read!

The Harry Potter books changed my life. And now, I'm not saying this in a worn out cliche-type way... I really mean it.

I cannot express the beauty of being part of the first generation to experience the story - and the last to experience it the way we did. From the midnight release parties to the endless predictions and guesses... we are truly the only group of people (a group that spans nations, languages, and ages) that got to marvel in J.K. Rowling's writing in this way.

Every says that Harry Potter taught my generation to read more... that didn't apply to me, I was reading books as soon as I could sign my name and get a library card. But that's not to say these books didn't work magic. They introduced me to a group of intelligent, thoughtful, and imaginative people who I count as some of my greatest friends to this day.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is not only the cherry on top, it's the chocolate syrup, the extra whipped cream, and a large splat of caramel sauce. This book finishes out the series in such grand style; though it can never be relived quite as it was in the days following July 21, 2007, it will always be the magical capstone. From the twists, to the character deaths and romances, the novel is captivating and flabbergastingly well written. I have spent 6 months in a book group discussing every last word of the novel, yet know there's still more to talk about.

So, if you value the written word, the imagination, or even pop culture in any way, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy - that's right, purchase it. It will be something you'll want to pass on to your children, and them onto their grandchildren... from the generation that was bewitched by Harry Potter.

Ok by now most of you must know the story. And even have your own opinion. I however thought it was good, contradicting other people's opinions. It really was good. Certainly not the best... but good.
The only worry here and in the last book as well were the twists... You have certain outlooks of people you keep throughout the entire series that it gives the reader some conflicting emotions about them.

Still... everything J.K. wrote was above the standard author with a great story in mind... Not the best I've ever seen by far but that is more to the opinion of the reader. Still every harry potter fan should finish the series and maybe read this book with a grain of salt.

This is the end, my friends. it had to happen. harry had to grow up. he had to fight Voldemort. He just had to.

What's that? You haven't read the books yet? let me catch you up: this is the final installment of the Harry Potter series which, unless you've been living under a rock without sunlight for the last eleven years, you've heard about: he's the boy wizard with the lightning-shaped scar whose friends and school are embroiled in a classic good-versus evil battle with the Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard in history, and his band of Death-Eaters.

Got it? good. I'm not giving any more away.

I'd held back on reading the Harry Potter series after being disappointed with the first, well, offended really, because of the phalanx of people who'd bought it, read it, and all jumped on the cultist bandwagon to call it the Best Book Ever. The other thing was that all of these people, these book critics, these academics, these pop culture fanatics, were each comparing Rowling's first novel to Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, and every other ones of those great British children's fantasy writers who we'd all read and for whom we were desperately looking for an heir. I didn't see it in the first book at all. I didn't get the whole cult behind Harry Potter at all, and was offended that the “people who knew” would be so shallow as to compare Rowling's fantasy to Roald Dahl, who'd done more more for the English language than anyone in children's lit, for ever and ever and ever. Then I saw the movies up to The Goblet of Fire and decided that I had to cave in. This book, the seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, is the end of a long, hard road story-wise and the fruition of Rowling as the most important writer of fantasy fiction in a generation.

Say what you will about the pace of the book, that there are lots of ends being tied up that slowed the action, that there's a little too much of Harry bitching and moaning throughout the first half of the book, that Snape's real motivations seem to be a little contrived-- I don't care. The beauty of this whole series for me is a few fold: first, Rowling became an exponentially better writer as the series went on, in part because she seemed to understand her own characters more and in part because she plainly got better at storytelling; second, she somehow met each one of the creative pressures placed on her with the passage of each book in flying colors, and this, the end of the series, met the challenges her audience set to her from the end of Half-Blood Prince, when half of us (myself included) contemplated sending death threats to the author for killing off one of our favorite characters.

The book might or might not stand up to the rigors of massive amounts of study in the decades to come, but that doesn't matter a great deal to me; none of those book series-- Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Dune, blah blah blah blah-- are critic-proof, and they don't have to be. All they have to do is tell a good story for the audience for whom it's written, and this one-- with its wizards' war of classic good versus evil, its characters that we've watched grow with every book, and the story of the final battle that Harry must face-- most certainly is.

The Harry Potter series was amazing. They're up there on my top favorite books. J.K. Rowling has a way of making you feel like you're there. I think it's the way she writes for each character. You start to feel like they're actual people and you can understand why they are doing an action or feeling a certain way. I was very pleased with these books. I wish they would do a series in the future-ish. Like maybe before they're all grown up and such.

I had always went and watched the movies with my 12 year old son but i need a book to read one rainy day and he had checked book 3 out from the library. I thought what the heck and started it. I love dit and have since read the entire series it made the movies that much more enjoyable.

Truthfully, I loved all the Harry Potter movies and books and my boys are fanantical when it comes to this series. I didn't even have to read the books myself because my boys would read it to me, or tell me step by step what was happening. When one was done reading a few chapters, the other would have his turn, and then I get to hear it all over again. It was amazing all the stuff they actaully left out of the movies. I really was having some great ideas of what I thought they should have included...but that would have made for a really, really long movie, and they were long enough as they were. These books really engross you and give you great visuals of the people, places and events going on. It's hard not to go from one book straight to the next. The sad part is when you get to the last one and you know it's going to end!

My son loves to read the book and he like to read over again. The book was good to read for everyone. He has all of the books. He also watch the movie too. He was glad that he finish read the books. :) Keep up and hope the new book come someday. :)

All good things must come to an end. I really didn't want to read this because I thoroughly loved the entire series. This was my least favorite including the Half Blood Prince. Of all the HP books, this had the least action. It was very anticlimactic and could have been a lot better. The part where Harry, Hermione, and Ron are hiding out in the forest seemed to drag on forever. For most of the story that was all they did, hide out.

The Deathly Hallows does answer all the mysteries surrounding past relationships and their connections to Harry. I felt it was brought to full circle very well. In the end, it was truly bittersweet. I still feel like Harry and Hermione were better suited for one another...there I said it!

So the final installment of the Harry Potter trilogy is not perfect, it lags at times and spends a lot time tying up all of the loose ends from the three thousand plus pages that preceded it, and it really drives home the fact that these novels are intended for young adults (as much as many of us enjoy them and want to pretend like the target audience is us). Nonetheless, Rowling pulls off the finale in style, with beautifully rendered scenes and some surprising twists. Most people know what happens at this point (and you could probably guess if you don't), but I won't ruin it here. Suffice to say that it's a great conclusion to the series and any fan of the series will only be marginally disappointed at most. (and most likely the disappointment will come in the form of an epilogue)

After the disappointedly mediocre Half Blood Prince, one would think JK Rowling would step up her game for the climatic and conclusive Book Seven of the Harry Potter series. Tragically, that is not the case. Instead of giving us a satisfying ending to one of the best fantasy franchises written recently, Book Seven really drops the ball with ridiculous plot turns (killing off main characters just for giggles is really just stupid) sloppy writing, and a story that has way too much packed into it for its own good. I'm sure Rowling had a good story in mind, but the way it is executed ultimately left this fan extremely disappointed. Granted, Deathly Hallows had its moments, but instead of creating a fitting conclusive to such a terrific series, Rowling really gives us more of the same mediocrity that was so prominent in Half Blood Prince.

If you're a Harry Potter fan, you need to read it. However, don't be surprised if it leaves you feeling woefully empty. The Harry Potter story had a great run. It's a shame it had to end on such a bad note.

I was so angry with J.K. Rowling about book 6, I almost didn't read this one. I think the apotheosis of her writing came with books 4 & 5, with the best, most complicated (and funny) writing of the series. Book 1 was simple, but enchanting, Book 2 brought more detail, but was hard to follow, and 3, the Prisoner of Azkaban, was where she really started to develop as a writer.

However, the things she did to Harry and Dumbledore in 6 were pretty unforgivable (okay, so I got too involved and took it too personally; I know! I've been in therapy recently dealing with this and many other issues...!)

So that by the time we reach book 7, where all the threads are going to interweave, I am sorry to report that in my family, anyway, we spent a lot of time discussing all the threads she dropped, all the story lines she promised and then didn't follow through on... we were all quite disillusioned by book 7.

Having said that, I read it, of course. In fact, we each had to have a copy, so everyone here read their copy (subsequently donated, so that I could justify buying the boxed set).

It was a nice summation of the entire series, in the sense that Rowling gives you the sense, at the end, that all will be well in the world of magic, even if some of your favourites don't survive, and some of the story lines don't make a lot of sense. We all decided, hey, it was always supposed to be kid's fiction, so let's not hold it to a higher standard. The problem for her, I suspect, is going to be down the line, when her books are taught at the university level (it will happen; there's already literary criticism being written, as well as psychological criticism). Then her lack of consistent plotting and structure will become exposed, and the gaping holes will be revealed.

But it's a great ride, though, through 7 books. Too dark for small kids, though, I think. Given that these are considered children's books, I'd be very wary of giving them to kids under the age of 9. Books 5 and 6 are particularly dark, and even 4 is more horror than fantasy.

I have read every Harry Potter book almost instantly upon being made available. (We only buy one copy and my husband, who is a fanantic, reads it first.) I did find this book to have a great plot but each book has seemed to get darker and darker to me and this one tops the charts. I must admit, I am not a fan of darkness, so the first book is my absolute favorite. I also found that I had to ask my husband a lot of questions about who was who and what they had done in the earlier books. But a true fan would certainly remember these details that slipped my mind. I also would be reluctant to read this to my 5 year old daughter who loves Harry Potter just like her dad. But if you are a fan of dark magic... and love the good versus evil theme...this is the book for you!

5 Stars all the way! For sure 5 stars! This book is a great read. All of the Harry Potter books are of course so I suppose I might be biased but this one is great! What I really like is how easy it is to read and how fast and instantly gratifying it is to read a book in just a few days. I like how everyone is more mature and the plot gets even juicier. It's hard not to spoil it so I will just say this, you will love the ending! You will love it. Most people have already read the other Harry Potter books, which I recommend doing, but even if you have not I'm sure you will thoroughly enjoy this one.

I LOVE HARRY POTTER BOOKS!

I have read EVERY SINGLE Harry Potter book that ever released "officially." (There might be knock-offs out there that I'm not aware of....)

Compared to the the first 6 books, which have endings that I didn't really expect... this one ends in a way that I expected. I won't spoil the story plot with any details, but I guess there's no other choice for J.K. Rowling...

This is by far one of J.K. Rowling's best works within the Harry Potter series. It is a dark, fast-paced ending to the story of the boy-who-lived. Rowling tops herself once again with the climactic ending to the war we've all been waiting for. I finished this book in about three days; I couldn't put it down. As a writer, it's always difficult to find a book that I can really get into without analyzing and picking apart, but 'Deathly Hallows' had me gripped from page one. Rowling's writing is practically flawless, and a book I will read over and over. I reccommend the whole series to anyone and everyone- it's got something for all of us.

This is every bit as good as the very first book, which held worldwide attention - in fact, it's better. It's very different; much of the action takes place outside of Hogwarts, and the main characters are definitely maturing. It's sit on the edge of your seat, heart pounding, action packed reading. Since it's the last one, you just know something big has to happen, and it does. I especially liked the epilogue. If you haven't caught up yet, do - you'll enjoy it. No wonder the movie of this book has to be made into two separate films; it's that action packed.

What can I tell you that won't spoil it for you? Almost everyone who's interested at all knows this is the last book, so you know SOMETHING huge happened. Some things, actually.

Rowling does so much with this last book; she expands the essential characters, you get answers to some of the things you've been expecting, and she keeps the pressure on in ways she hasn't since The Order of the Phoenix. You learn how and why Harry is connected to Voldemort in a way that's way deeper than what was described in the earlier books.

Some people like the ending, some don't. But if you've read all the other books, or even a few, even one, you have to read Deathly Hollows. This series has been, obviously, a major event in literature, and not just for kids in high school. Events like this become part of our culture, something like the way Star Wars was (although maybe not THAT big). Just read it.

This is the best one yet! You will not believe the suspense and Drama in this book! J.K. Rowling you have done it again! The pages of this book fly through your imagination. This book is the ultimate ending to the best series ever! You will not believe how the end turns out. Surprise will jump right out at you. You will not be able to put it down. You will want to read it again and again! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the best of the series and will answer all the questions you ever wanted the answer to and more!

A lot of people have the misconception that this book is only for kids, but it's really not. It is tailored for the imaginative mind. Even if you hate reading, this book will ease the pain. J.K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter books are brilliant. Easy to read and full of adventure from page 1 to page 900+. I'm kind of sad that this is the end of the adventure, because I always looked forward to reading the next part in the series. If you have an open mind and love magical thrillers, then this book is for you. Start from book 1 and enjoy!

I am a huge Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling fan because I really think that her books are really inspirational for all of the kids and the young adults out there. The reason that I liked this book because it is filled with great and action packed adventure, and wonderful excitement. I also enjoyed this book because I there was not one moment that there was anything missing from this book, because it had every single exciting detail in it. I really recommend this book to everyone because I think that it is a great book and also a very exciting one as well.

This is simply just a breath taking book full of twists and turn that will keep you on the edge of your seat until you are done reading it. First of all, you should only read this book if you have read the previous harry potter books. This is the last of the harry potter books and it is not at all a disappointment. It was everything that I expected and more. I waiting outside at night until I could finally purchase the book the day that it came out. Anyone would enjoy all of the harry potter books unless you hate books or something. I would recomend this book to anyone who had read the previous harry potter books since if you start with this book, it would ruin everthing. Please enjoy this breath taking book.

There is only one word that describes this book and any other Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling books that are out there, and if you don’t have a copy of this book then you should get yourself a copy of this book. J. K. Rowling is a genius for making this book or any other Harry Potter book. I enjoy this book because there are so many great thrills, and excitement in this book, and it really get's me off my seat, that is why I enjoy it. I am telling everyone that if you didn’t read this book you should read it now. ENJOY.

The Good:

The best book in a wonderful series. Book VII has a lot of mystery, a lot of action, and a lot of character development. Secrets about important characters, including Dumbledore and Snape, are revealed and will change the way you think about them. This book is for children, as well as for adults. Read it with or to your children or younger brothers or sisters.

The ending ties up loose ends and leaves the door open a tiny crack for sequels. Frank L. Baum's “Oz” series includes over 100 books, most written by authors licensed by the Baum estate. Could it be that the “Harry Potter” universe will continue and expand in the same way?

The Bad:

The action ending, Harry's final confrontation with Voldemort, starts out with a bang but then drags and becomes a little too focused on strange imagery. It's sad to see the end to the series.

Bottom Line:

Terrific, truly breathtaking. You won't be able to stop reading.