Book Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
July 24, 2007
It is finished. Sadly. Though appropriately I suppose - good things can’t go on forever or they stop being good. Right? Right.
Well, I won the bet and finished the first six Harry Potter books well before the seventh book came out. The terms of the bet turned out to be Adam cleaning up from dinner one night AND, more importantly, going to Barnes and Noble on Saturday morning to buy me the seventh book when we found out that UPS, who was scheduled to deliver the book, does not deliver on Saturdays. And, indeed, I finished the book at 11pm on Saturday and the book I pre-ordered did not show up until Monday afternoon - so it was a good bet. So we have two copies, one we will be returning to Barnes and Noble and the Amazon copy we got for free since they did not live up to their promise to deliver the day of.
I can’t say much about the book yet since Adam hasn’t finished it. But I will say that I liked it. I liked the ending. I’m disappointed it didn’t have any twists, but it was satisfying just the same. Definitely a great series and a good ending.
Posted in reviews by Sarah
Chris M. said:
July 25th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
I finished reading the book last night. I think it was the darkest of her books. The ending of the book was good. One thing I noticed is that JKR changed her writing style three times near the end of the book.
jan said:
July 26th, 2007 at 12:49 am
Just finished it tonight. It wore me out, but I’m so glad for the whole series. Love JK Rowling.
mark said:
July 30th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Somewhat sad that its over after all the anticipation..
Pretty good stuff though..The Epilogue was a touch over the top for me but I guess she needed to show hope in a very dark book..
Mark
Adam said:
July 30th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I loved it — Mark, I think I’m with you on the ending — I kind of skimmed it. But from the moment Harry started looking in the Pensieve — I was hooked. That was the ending I’ve been hoping for since the very first book. It was amazing.
Joey Quinton said:
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Happy Birthday, Sarah…I should finish my copy tomorrow (Saturday) morning! I will be starting with chapter 33….apparently the best chapter in the book.
Jeremiah said:
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:59 am
I loved the book. I thought it was pretty cool to literally see into Snape’s mind.