Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) (Deluxe Edition)

Order of the Phoenix was the best, and Deathly Hallows is the 2nd best. There's fear but not the same fear experienced when reading Order. Also Voldemort's really only a threat to Europe, but not to any other continent which is kind of annoying.

I started backward. I watched all the Harry Potter movies--and got lost. I really didn't see what all the hype was about. Somebody told me it was "simple": wave wand about, have unicorns and giants...the usual fantasy. I had no desire to "find out what happens". Yeah, I'd probably go watch the remaining movies, only because I like magic and wizards and special effects but go out and buy the last two books? Nah.

Then one day I picked up a used Harry Potter book at a garage sale and thought I'd find out what all the fuss was about; after all, books are supposed to be better than the movie.

It was cool enough to buy the last two books, but honestly, the plot of the Deathly Hallows was confusing and I really didn't want to put in that much effort into a book.

Someone recommended that I start at the very beginning with the Sorcerer's Stone...

The entire collection (books, audio cd, and dvd) later, Harry Potter got me angry, frustrated...I wanted Hermione to "give it a rest, already!"...and Ron! Don't even get me started on him!

In a way I am glad that I didn't have to wait for each book to be written, because there were times I truly disliked almost everyone of the characters. But by the end, (as I re-read)by the last chapter of THIS book, I had thoroughly loved the three friends as I would my own kids of impossible teenagers.

The Deadly Hallows has a complicated plot that readers that has not read the previous books (and I mean "read", the movie doesn't explain enough)will find difficult to follow. But it is a book that feeds the hunger the characters of Harry Potter has managed to create. Anything less would have been a let down.

Two parts were especially wonderful...the entire house elf saga with Dobby and Kreacher was priceless. Their drama queen manner was funny but touching. I laughed, smiled, and cried.

The other was the incredible, enduring love between Harry's arch enemy teacher and Harry's beloved mother. For 6 books, we were led to believe in the greatness of Dumbledore, only to learn that he was quite human with all it's failings. We also believed in the nastiness of Snape. To find out that he was really noble...and that as a boy he had been hurt and yet managed to love as none of the others, the so called good guys, had love was emotionally amazing.

I wanted to give this book 4 stars for all the grief this series had given me...then I realized that only a 5 star book can get a reader that worked up.

Yeah, I could find a dozen things wrong with this book (as other reviewers had) and those books that came before it, but in the end, if Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dobby and all the rest was real enough to make you believe for a span of time, then it has done it's job.

I loved this book. It is easily the best book in the series. I have to admire JK Rowling for her ability to kill off major characters when she has to be more attached to them than we are. The only reason it doesn't make 5 stars is because Rowling decided to tack on a horrible epilogue that doesn't answer any questions about Harry's future (plus the fact that she had to reveal things on her website that didn't factor into the books at all....)

I was disappointed w/ this last book, still good to read but just felt like it was not close to the others.

I have to admit that I was never a Harry Potter fan,I read all of the books but I found the first four quite boring .However after the 5th book,I really got into it and began to see the appeal and understand why people loved Harry and his adventures so much!

The 6th book for me was definitely the best,I literally could NOT put it down!

And when the arrival of The Deathly Hallows came about, I was so excited to know what happened but I also dreaded the fact that it was coming to an end and that it might not live up to my expectations.

I really enjoyed most of the book,it's just the end I wasn't so sure about.

I also felt that J.K.Rowling was just trying to patch things up and in the last couple of chapters I feel in her writing a sense she just wanted to finish and tie up all the loose ends.

And I have to say,the ending was far too sweet for my liking,a bit obvious and I expected greater things from Harry and his friends.

To sum it all up...
Yes I suppose I enjoyed the book overall but at the end,I felt it was nothing more than a big mess that feels as if J.K ran out of imagination!