Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Here’s a good review of Deathly Hallows; as always, if you haven’t read the book yet, then you probably want to avoid reading this!
After more than 10 years of adventure and mystery, the story of Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, is finally over with the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
In this last adventure, it’s up to Harry and his two sidekicks Ron and Hermione to stop He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (Lord Voldemort) once and for all by destroying magical objects called Horcruxes that each contain a portion of Voldemort’s soul. To make the mission even harder, the trio are forced into hiding when Voldemort takes over and makes our heroes into wanted criminals.
To further compound our heroes’ troubles, Voldemort spends most of the book looking for one of the three Deathly Hallows, a magic wand said to be more powerful than any other. The trio of objects were created by Death itself, whose legend says if you have all three objects, will make you the master of death.
The story is set at a very fast pace, which made “Deathly Hallows” stand out from the other six books in the series by J.K. Rowling. The action and bloodshed starts from the very first chapter and does not stop until the very end, with no breaks in between.
The action was a refreshing spin on the series. In previous installments, there were usually long pauses of side storylines that were not essential to the overall book. In the case of “Deathly Hallows,” there are no side plots in the book at all - which will make the movie adaptation in a few years a little tricky. Every single detail builds up to the shocking revelation at the end of the book. And is it a whomping willow of a twist ending.
One thing that was a big letdown was how Rowling handled death in the book. In past books, each time a character died, it was carefully planned out and had a distinct meaning and impact on the story. But in “Deathly Hollows,” death was completely random. Random death was due to Rowling trying to create a sense of war between Voldemort and the forces of good. In war, people die randomly. Many characters die and a lot of the time it seemed like Rowling was doing it for pure shock value.Also, in the final battle, which took place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, screamed, “I am trying to be as epic as Lord of the Rings.” The final battle just seemed like a forced epic for some reason.
Besides the symbolism of death Rowling created, everything else about “Deathly Hallows” lives up to the expectations many readers had for the last Potter book. What was also enjoyable was the fact Rowling didn’t leave you with any unanswered questions … until you read the epilogue.
The epilogue takes place 19 years after the conclusion of the book and leaves you with a lot of questions such as, “What is that person doing now?”
Hopefully the rumors of Rowling writing a Harry Potter encyclopedia with all the information you could ever want about the characters is true.
So, for the million-dollar question, does Harry Potter, indeed, become the Boy Who Once Lived?
For the sake of my own existence, I recommend that all just read the book and find out for yourselves - or you can train in Legimancy aka Google.
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