Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book in the “Harry Potter” series written by JK Rowling. When Harry Potter turns seventeen, the protection he has against Voldemort at his uncle’s house will break, so he flees to the Burrow (his friend Ron’s house) before his birthday. Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione realise that since Dumbledore’s death, Voldemort has been rising to power and gaining support. They decide to not return to their school for their final year, instead they plan to find and destroy Voldemort’s five remaining horcruxes-objects he has put part of his soul into so that if he is killed, he survives; basically he is immortal until the horcruxes are destroyed. Although they are constantly hunted by Death Eaters Harry, Ron and Hermione manage to destroy all of the horcruxes. Towards the conclusion of the book, there is a huge battle at Hogwarts between good and evil. Many esteemed characters die but eventually the good side prevails.
The last chapter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is set 19 years later. Some readers thought this was an unnecessary addition to the book but I thought it was a great way to tie up any loose ends. The majority of Harry Potter fans thought that this book was a perfect ending to a great series. I think one of the reasons why the series is so popular is because the books appeal to both genders and to children and adults. Harry Potter has become the standard to which other books are compared.
Joanne Kathleen Rowling wrote under the pseudonym “J K Rowling” so she could attract a wider audience to her books. She decided that if she originally told readers that she was female, some males would be turned off her books.
I think Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantastic ending to a fabulous series. I recommend reading not only this book but every book in the “Harry Potter” series, as well as other books by JK Rowling (e.g. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through The Ages, The Tales of Beedle the Bard).
Thankyou to Abbey for this great review. Get the book from Camden library here.
