Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Spoiler alert!!! The seventh and final book in the “Harry Potter” series was phenomenal. I couldn’t believe the way that it ended, but I’ll get to that in a bit. J.K. Rowling really outdid herself on the final book. I’ve listened to all seven books on tape several times and love them all. I couldn’t wait to see what happened in the final book, just because I wanted to see if any of my predictions came true. I don’t think that any of them did. I thought that when Dumbledore was killed in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by professor Snape, that Dumbledore was really Wormtail using polyjuice potion because of the damaged right hand. In “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” Lord Voldemort gave Wormtail a magical right hand to replace the one that Wormtail himself cut off in order to give the dark lord a body. I also thought that Harry would end up Headmaster at Hogwarts school. It didn’t happen. The journey in this book is full of adventure, of course being the last in the series, it should be. There were so many questions to be answered in order to wrap the whole thing up, like why did Dumbledore trust Snape? What and where were all the horcruxes? How can Harry destroy them once he does find them? Turns out that objects with destructive power with no real magical remedies is what destroys them. The basilisk’s fang that destroyed Riddle’s diary contained venom with only one cure, phoenix tears. Another horcrux ended up being Marvolo’s ring which was destroyed by Dumbledore, leaving a horrible curse upon him. The others were Hufflepuff’s locket, Ravenclaw’s Lost Diadem, Nagini the snake, and surprisingly enough, Harry himself. At the end of the book I was astounded at Snape’s memories. Dumbledore trusted Snape because of his love for Lily Evans, later Lily Potter, Harry’s mom. Once Voldemort would not spare her life, Snape went to Dumbledore for help. Ever since that day, Snape acted as a double-agent protecting Harry and working towards the downfall of the dark lord. In the epilogue, nineteen years after the downfall of Voldemort, the book tells of Harry married to Ginny Weasley and one of their children is named Albus Severus Potter. It was quite the surprise. I left out a lot of other surprises so as not to spoil everything. Overall the entire tale is excellent and should be read by everyone who likes epic stories.