*spoiler alert* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[Robb]

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So, what did everyone think?

I had figured out that Harry was a horcrux early in the book, it just all kinda made sence as to why he could do what he do, and how he survived the avada kadabra.

Overall I loved the book, not as good as the last one for me, but it did end in a way that kept me guessing. Would of liked to have had a bit more info about what happens after, but it was good none the less. Nice to know Ginny and Harry stay together, and the same with Ron and Hermione.

[RivaOni]

I figured it out in the last book that he'd be a horcrux, there wasn't any major suprises in the entire book for me.

The whole "Elder Wand" thing really really reminded me of The Lord of the Rings though...

[Robb]

[RivaOni]

The wand bit? It just screamed of "One wand to rule them all" type spiel.

As for Harry being a horcrux, every time Voldemort placed his soul into something, he became less mortal, he tried to kill Harry and but "died" (in a sense) himself, it makes sense (to me) that Harry would be the final Horcrux

[Legend]

Yeah, Harry as the final Horcrux was something I figured out as soon as they told us about Horcruxes.

Allright, so, here's my opinion, though I know in the end it will earn me enemies. I do hope someone can change my mind about it, though, and give me good reasons why I'm wrong. But this is my first impression anyhow.

I know people will boo me off the stage, but I was overall rather disappointed by the book. It was very predictable in a lot of ways, and most of the things that weren't were sort've "oh. Whatever." or were completely random and out of left field (and unimportant). A lot of characters seemed to be acting somewhat out of character (Bellatrix Lestrange, Voldemort, Remus Lupin, Ron, for a few). And a couple of the plotlines were really completely unnecessary in the end (Dumbledore's plotline, and even the Hallows, if you really think about it.)

And the Epilogue was horrible. J.K needs to check her genetics, since red hair is one of the most recessive genes, hence why it's such a rare hair colour (Particularly in comparison with brown and black, but really, I see a lot more blondes even than red-heads.) And it was complete cheese. The only thing it did was establish that Harry had indeed killed Voldemort, which she could've wrapped up as easily in a paragraph at the end of the book giving a brief overview of the aftermath. It didn't even seem to really be her writing style, in some ways.

I think the biggest reason, though, that I may never pick the book up again after my class is over, is that she killed off my three favourite characters in one fell swoop for just about no reason. Fred, Remus, Tonks, you will be -severely- missed.

[RivaOni]

I pretty much agree with you Legend, it seemed she killed off the characters that were killed off for the sake of the book being "darker" it could of achieved that tone without the deaths of the aforementioned characters.

Dobby was sort of understandable, he died saving Harry, something he probably knew would always have happened, and it helped Harry finally choose the path he was going to take. But the deaths of Fred, Tonks and Remus were very much "well we need some of the popular characters to die for the sake of showing the level of the battle", but that was all. I honestly think Hagrid should of died, too often has he scraped through and its become a little unbelievable that he'd manage to survive that often, Half-Giant or not.

I don't think Ron was out of character at all, his stroppiness towards Harry has been building for sometime, its hard being second best to your best friend all of the time, especially when you feel your the least valued within your family (something Ron's voiced as a concern before iirc, think it was in reference to how Harry was part of the family or something like that).

I wouldn't say I was dissapointed, but yes, pretty much the whole book was predictable, from Snape being loyal (although the reason why was a little bit of a suprise I hadn't known he was that obsessed with Lilly) and Harry being a horcrux, to Bethelda Bagshot being dead before they even got to her.

[Robb]

I concur about the three people Legend mentioned who died at the end, it did seem rather needless.

Voldemort just didnt seem to have the overall nastiness that he once had, just wasnt as scary a figure.

[GAAZ]

Yeah, the ending pissed me off too.

They named their kid James...Seriously man...JK rips off Star Wars all the time.

In the next series of books Hagrid AKA Chewbaka will die saving James and then James will later die making Harry all cold and distant just to have the Imperials rise up and have Harry-Solo rise to the cause and save the universe and mend his family ties.

[Legend]

I don't know. I saw the Snape/Lily thing as other people brought up the theory, but I thought it was so awful (and really, it was, and completely out of character for him) that I was hoping they were wrong. I was actually hoping it was more of a Snape/Narcissa thing, which would've been more interesting IMHO.

Voldemort wasn't less nasty, he was -stupid-. I'm sorry, if it were me, I'd have all the horcruxes in a bag around my neck like Hermione's, because if they can get past me they're not going to know what's in the bag, they're not going to figure out what they are even if they do, and it's a -lot- more dangerous to have them all split up like that where you can't keep an eye on them. Either that, or I'd have posted my very most powerful people as guards at the -very- least. Or, y'know, checked on the horcruxes sometimes. Maybe cast a few spells on it that'd let me know if someone was near it, or destroyed it, etc.


The Deathly Hallows, I think, though, were second worst They were COMPLETELY pointless to the storyline other than making Harry look for more things for no particular reason other than they wanted Dumbledore to be imperfect, which didn't matter in the end because Dumbledore was already -dead-.


The -worst-, though is the Jesus reference with Harry dying for everyone's protection/sins. I seriously wanted to shoot myself after reading that. J.K, throwing in biblical reference isn't going to make the witch-hunting Bible thumpers happy. It's not going to make your fans too happy either , for the most part. It's cliche and overdone and just doesn't jive with the entire rest of the series.

Blah. I can't wait to see what my group leader James thinks of it. He's going to be -pissed-.

[Aiman]

I didnt read the book, and I probably wont because Ill wait for the movie to come out on DVD like Ive done with all the other ones, but the opinions that you have voiced can be summarize in 1 simple phrase.

It was the last book and she's so rich that she just... Didn't care.

Kinda like Spiderman 3. Worst movie Ive ever seen this summer.